At TechEd NorAm 2009 in Los Angeles the Community Corner had an XBox 360 setup to play Guitar Hero… Some buddies and I played a couple of songs. Watch them now! (I seem to recall we also did Hotel California with me on vocals… be glad that video appears to be lost forever!)
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Mitch Garvis
on 12-24-2009
Filed under: Community, TechEd, TechEd 2009, REM, Guitar Hero, Justin Rodino, This One Goes Out To the One I Love, Telmo Sampaio, XBox
I can hardly believe it has been nearly a year since I sat down to speak with Stephen Ibaraki. Stephen is a very well respected professional, a past-president of the Canadian Information Processing Society (CIPS), Advisor to Chair of Culminis (now GITCA), and a 44-year-veteran of the technology...
I have seen a lot of contests recently… some promise cash, others cool prizes. This contest will actually help you to grow your business! Microsoft Canada has a great contest for IT professionals and implementers. Do you have a story about how Windows 7 is helping you to expand your customer...
Yesterday morning I was sitting in Artisano’s Bakery and Café in Oakville (as I am now) and twitted as much. Barry, a fellow Oakvillain whom I met in Seattle when I was living in Montreal replied that it was a great place, and would I be there in the afternoon… we could start our first Oakville...
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on 06-18-2009
Filed under: Coffee, Oakville, ITPro Toronto, Social Networking, Community, Coffee and Code
Over the past six years I have had the honour of leading and participating in two major Canadian IT Pro user groups; I have spoken at scores of user groups across the country and around the world, and have been in touch with so many of the user group leaders from around the world, both as a speaker,...
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on 06-03-2009
Filed under: MIcrosoft, Community, Cooperation, User Groups, Microsoft Canada, Study Group, Microsoft Learning, Sponsorship
You never know who you are going to meet at a user group meeting. Last Tuesday evening the IT Professionals Community of Greater Toronto hosted its monthly event at the University of Toronto. It was great to see so many new faces at the meeting, and I was happy to meet most of them. I count...
Tuesday evening was the inaugural meeting of the IT Professionals Community of Greater Toronto ( www.itprotoronto.ca ). The event was hosted at Nexient in Mississauga. The evening's presentation was entitled ' Virtualization Fever... Catch It! ' Although the main focus of the...