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Mike Nash posted on the Vista Team Blog yesterday that they've finalized the name for Windows 7 (the next version of Windows.) It's Windows 7! :-) I often like codenames better than the names products ship with, and I was definitely curious what
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I've been hearing SUCH good things about the WomenBuild program and just got the final details! The WomenBuild program will launch in October and the events will be free for those registered for the Professional Developers Conference. The program is open
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A week from today, we'll be in Keystone, Colorado at the Grace Hopper Celebration of Women in Computing!! Are you ready to CONNECT ? The CONNECT project is supported by the National Science Foundation (under #CNS-0738102) and ACM's Committee on
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I've unpacked some winter clothes to get ready for GHC in less than two weeks! I'm slowly but surely getting ready to go. Today's task is to go through the Program Schedule and determine what sessions I want to attend. Then I'll be signing
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In keeping with our Grace Hopper Conference preparatory blogging theme, I saw a very cool story about a Microsoftie today. Donna Hamilton was profiled in Alpha Gamma Delta Quarterly and the Lifetime TV show The Balancing Act . She's a Senior
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One of my 1:1s this week was with my co-worker Randy . Randy lives in Colorado so he'll be my local expert at the Grace Hopper Conference in a few weeks. :-) While browsing through the GHC site, I found a section on altitude sickness
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You've asked, we've listened! You wanted to have a conversation with Microsoft, to talk with us about the issues you care about and to know we are listening. So we've decided to expand our Facebook presence ... In addition to our good 'ol
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Starting back to school? Here are a few downloads you might consider to kick off the new year or setting up a new machine: The Ultimate Steal is back! Office Ultimate for students at only $59.95 . That's Word, Excel, Groove, Outlook,
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I work on a team that's geographically dispersed -- we live all over the US. That makes it a little harder to jump into things. They're all doing different activities in different cities and may be traveling, working from home or at
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I have a bunch of posts to write about ramping up, but I'm taking a break to write about something I'm even MORE excited about... I've started prepping for the Grace Hopper Celebration of Women in Computing! To be fair, I guess I started prepping
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Ah, training. Formal training can be more or less helpful depending on the training and role. For my role, I have various online trainings "due" throughout the year. I spent part of my first week back catching up on these and
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I love having someone I can ask stupid questions without feeling totally ridiculous. I'm extremely fortunate to have Hilary on my team -- we do almost the same job, she has previously returned from leave so understands my experience and she's a
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My first week was little odd because it coincided with my team's annual offsite where we present best practices and talk about our strategy for the fiscal year. It was both a great week to come back (so convenient to have everything being presented!)
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Today is a big day for Springboard! Hilary's blog is changing to "Hilary and Diane's blog." Now, we'll both bring topics to help you Springboard toward your career goals. Look forward to even more great content for you to consume.
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