Archive for May, 2008
Wednesday, May 28th, 2008
Over the past fifteen years that I've been in information technology, I've heard countless different opinions on the value of certifications, which certifications to get, the role of certifications in hiring and promotion decisions, the degree vs. certification argument, and whether certifications lead to vendor lock-in. In my younger days ...
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Wednesday, May 21st, 2008
Lately I've been working on documenting the processes I use for reviewing change requests. There are two processes that are used for this weekly endeavor. One involves the lifecycle of a change request from creation to technical approval (my job), and then it goes off to higher powers. The other ...
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Tuesday, May 13th, 2008
I'll admit it: I was a bit late to the Twitter game. I remember when it launched, but I honestly couldn't find a value for it beyond the novelty. Over the past year, Twitter has become very popular with all kinds of people, evolving into a communications medium through which ...
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Wednesday, May 7th, 2008
I have a genetic disorder called Crouzon Syndrome. This disorder causes certain facial deformities that are corrected via reconstructive surgery. From 1991 to 1993, I underwent these surgeries. One of them, performed in 1992, involved correcting my orbital hypertelorism. Without getting too deep into the gory details, I will say ...
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Monday, May 5th, 2008
Javier Lozano, a Microsoft MVP, asks "How do we define community?":
[A]re there channels or ways to reach to people in the enterprise? If so, is there a problem with providing greater reach? And if not, how can we create such channels?
Then in a comment, Javier further asks:
For some ...
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Thursday, May 1st, 2008
Welcome to my new blog about life in the enterprise IT world. More to come!
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