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Sunday, June 01, 2008 11:30 PM

Customer Service Is Key

A few months ago I went to MIX08 , which was I must say an excellent conference with a very different focus from DevConnections, TechEd, and PDC. However, the weather was against me, and I've been meaning to write about it for some time. Now that I'm
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Thursday, April 17, 2008 4:22 PM

Twitter as Smoking Cessation Aid

I was talking to a couple of friends and occasional smokers today, and both were commenting about how nice it is that Seattle is almost entirely non-smoking now, so they didn't light up while in town for the MVP Summit. I've never smoked, but listening
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Friday, April 04, 2008 12:57 PM

2008 Goal Progress Update

If you just read my blog for technical stuff, you can skip this one. So at the start of the year I set a few personal goals . Since the best way to achieve goals, I've found, is to break them down into smaller and smaller pieces (as in "The journey of
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Friday, April 04, 2008 9:48 AM

Not Working for Microsoft

I thought I should post a follow-up since I'm sure many people ready my post on Tuesday about going to work for Microsoft on some code-named project and (a) didn't remember it was April Fool's Day and (b) didn't then read the comments where I pointed
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Tuesday, April 01, 2008 9:31 AM

Joining the Collective

After many years of working with Microsoft technology as a developer, Regional Director , and MVP, I'm finally giving in and joining the team as an official blue badge wielding full time employee, starting today. This was simply an opportunity too good
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Tuesday, January 29, 2008 3:42 PM

Department of Redundancy Department

I really hate repetition, especially useless repetition, in language. I guess I've been a follower of the DRY (Don't Repeat Yourself) programming principle long before I knew about the acronym, but I tend to apply it in natural language as well, as much
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Friday, January 25, 2008 11:25 PM

New Puppy!

Today we brought home our new puppy, a mastiff boy with brindle coloration whom we have named Odin. So far he's doing well, learning his way around the new home, playing with the kids, and getting to know our three cats who are completely terrified of
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Thursday, January 03, 2008 11:20 AM

Some 2008 Goals

With 2007 gone and 2008 already 1% complete I need to start thinking about what some of my goals are for the year. Last year I didn't blog about any sort of yearly goals, but looking back at my posts from January 2007 makes me think about Michael Palermo's
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Friday, December 14, 2007 2:19 PM

Nerdvana - Coding on a Beach

Recently on the Regional Director mailing list, the topic of Theater Glasses like these came up, which led me to express my wish for a high-res version of such goggles that would be sufficient for writing code and otherwise being productive as a developer.
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Monday, May 14, 2007 4:54 PM

Why Russia

First of all I’d like to say Thank You! to everyone who has congratulated us and wished our family well. We really appreciate the support we have received from our family and friends, both locally and online. I’ve had a number of people ask
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Friday, May 11, 2007 11:53 AM

New Arrival

I could go the total geek route and write some pseudo-code to the effect of adding a new instance of a person to the smith family, but that’s been way overdone and I’m so overloaded now that it probably wouldn’t even compile anyway…
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Sunday, January 14, 2007 3:45 AM

Five Things

Craig tagged me so now I don’t feel left out. Oh, and Keyvan did, too, but I’m just finding it. Sorry about that! Here’s five things you may not know about me. 1. Like Scott , I’ve never had a cavity (nor even fillings to prevent
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Friday, October 06, 2006 2:08 PM

No More DLL Hell - the song

Dan Wahlin, an ASP.NET and XML guru and friend of min, just released a song called No More DLL Hell which you can download as an MP3 and listen to. If you’ve had any experience in the COM world, you’ll appreciate this song. You’ll find
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Thursday, September 07, 2006 12:50 PM

Windows Principles Editorial

An editorial piece of mine was published in a local paper Tuesday: Microsoft opens a window to entrepreneurs Share this post: email it! | bookmark it! | digg it! | reddit! | kick it! | live it!
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Monday, August 28, 2006 11:38 PM

Passed Green Belt Test Today

I try not to post too much non-technical stuff on this blog, but this is one of those rare occasions where I’m doing so. I’ve been training in karate with a club at Kent State University for a while now, probably 5 or 6 years, and have (finally)
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