In her recent article ‘ Windows 7: Seven points of imperfection ’ (posted on IT World Canada, and written for PC World US) Jacqueline Emigh calls out seven deficiencies in Microsoft’s new client operating system. While I understand that columnists have to find a hook to please their editors, I...
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12-07-2009
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Filed under: MIcrosoft, Windows 7, Windows, Microsoft Canada, Article, Client OS, Windows 7 Launch Party, IT World Canada, Jacqueline Emigh, Imperfections, PC World, problems
The week Windows 7 released Microsoft was slated to sponsor a portion of the Fox TV animated(and rather colourful) show Family Guy . At the last minute they pulled the plug because someone realized that the show did not quite … well frankly it is crude and tasteless. Nonetheless the original...
On October 28 I was invited to present a STEP (Springboard Technical Experts Panel) Event for the Sarnia Computer Users Group in Sarnia, Ontario. Steve Syfuhs and I drove out there and had a great time, even though we were in for a surprise! I have to say that this group of retired hobbyists...
When Microsoft announced that rather than throwing large launch events in select cities they would enable Influencers to throw ‘House Parties’ there was a lot of ridicule; many said it wouldn’t work, others poked fun and even shot mocumentaries about them. Cameron McKay and I set out to prove that...
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11-04-2009
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Filed under: Windows 7, STEP, Springboard, Deployment Point, Deployment, MVP, MVP Microsoft, Steve Syfuhs, Demo, Launch Party, Windows 7 Launch Party, Mitch Garvis, Cameron McKay, Sean Kearney