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Monthly Archives: July 2010
Microsoft Certification Videos
When I first started out one of the things that I did to get real world understanding (as opposed to at an Academic institution which is invaluable too but very different) was to get stuck into getting Microsoft Certified. Back then MCSE was my… Continue reading
Posted in My TechNet Blog, skills
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Weekly wrap up – July 19th to 25th
As usual this is my weekly wrap up of all the stuff I’ve posted to my blogs over the past week, a week where I was at a massive internal conference that was super awesome (you won’t believe what this picture is) All the following w… Continue reading
Posted in My TechNet Blog, weekly wrap up
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Tools to help you deploy Office 2010
The Office 2010 Engineering blog posted a great roundup of the tools that you can use to help deploy Office 2010 this week. It’s a powerful tool set and I honestly can’t see a blocker to deployment that it doesn’t help remove. Yo… Continue reading
Posted in My TechNet Blog, Office 2010, Optimized Desktop
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Have you ever seen a cooler watch?
I’m pretty sure this is the coolest watch ever created….more so than the TAG Monaco…
Horological Machine No4 Thunderbolt on Cool Hunting
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Posted in ITEMS, Uncategorized
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Why all Exchange ActiveSync experiences aren’t the same…
The Exchange blog has a very good explanation of why you don’t get the same great Exchange experience on every Exchange capable device you use. It’s very interesting that we license the IP rather than the implementation because it allows the … Continue reading
Posted in Exchange, My TechNet Blog
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Confused about deploying Windows 7? Try this…
Lots of people are looking at how they should go about deploying Windows 7 in their organisation, a few I’ve seen first hand are struggling to understand how to migrate. One of the major steps in planning your deployment is probably to bui… Continue reading
Posted in MDOP, My TechNet Blog, Optimized Desktop, Springboard, Windows 7
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Ten principles for good design
Dieter Rams’ 10 principles of good design. Five is important. 1. Good design is innovative. 2. Good design makes a product useful. 3. Good design is aesthetic. 4. Good design makes a product understandable. 5. Good design is unobtrusive. 6. Good design is honest. 7. Good design is long-lasting. 8. Good design is thorough down [...] Continue reading
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Office 2010 Compatibility
One of the hurdles that I’ve personally experienced when trying to move people to the latest version of Office to help them be more productive is that those little tools they rely on – that excel add-in that they bought that’s become a core part … Continue reading
Posted in My TechNet Blog, Office 2010, Optimized Desktop
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How to Take Full Advantage of Your Solid-State Drive
Very handy little guide form Lifehacker here on how to get the best out of an SSD. I’ve just ordered one for my “demo beast” laptop and it should help my VMs fly…interesting ideas around hibernation in this guide…not something … Continue reading
Maple Bacon Coffee
I like maple syrup. I like bacon. I like coffee. Not so sure about the 3 together…
Maple Bacon Coffee on Uncrate
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