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 to them, clearly they were not addicts in the hard-core packs-a-day kind, but they would ...

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 a thousand miles begins with the first step''), I thought I would assess my progress on ...

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 out that it was a joke.  I'm still happily self-employed and working on Lake Quincy Media, ...

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 to pass up, to work on some very cool technology for which, while I can't talk about ...

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 as I can.  I'm a big fan of George Carlin, who shares my view on this.  One of ...

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 him.  Life will be fun at our house for a while.  Here are some pictures for ...

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 recent post about his goal of total blogging for 2008 (and some tips for blogs he ...

Työkaverini Sami Laakkonen on pyörittänyt tekniikanihmelapsi.com-sivustoaan jo jonkin aikaa. Aiheena viihde-elektroniikkaan ja multimediaan liittyvät ajankohtaiset uutiset ja tarinat höystettynä omalla kokemuksella Nyt Samilla on viime metreillä käynnissä arvonta, jossa hänen ...

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.  The ultimate goal, of course, would be to enable working in locations where even a ...

My MVP award was renewed. Honest thanks to MS. "Dear Teemu Keiski, Congratulations! We are pleased to present you with the 2008 Microsoft® MVP Award! The MVP Award is our way of saying thank you for promoting the spirit of community and enhancing people’s lives and the industry’s success every day. Your extraordinary ...