Category: Testing

• Another Exam Experience… a harrowing one!

  Someone asked me recently why I used to prefer going into a testing centre to sit my certification exams. I told them that if anything went wrong, the staff had a direct line to get faster support, but that fewer things were likely to go wrong. This week I sat my third exam in the…

  Mitch Garvis

  January 28, 2022

  Certification Exams, Certifications, Certs, CompTIA, Testing

• Trying it Out: How to prepare to test your new operating system

  This post was originally written for the Canadian IT Pro Connection blog, and can be seen there at Trying it Out- How to prepare to test your new operating system. This is a really exciting season for IT Pros across Canada.  Last week Microsoft released Windows Server 2012 to the public, and on October 26th…

  Mitch Garvis

  September 11, 2012

  Boot Camp, Boot from VHD, CanITPro, DPE, Testing

  Canadian IT Folks, Disk partitioning, Hyper-V, IT Camps, Operating system, Windows Server, Windows Server 2012

• It’s tomorrow…

  It all comes down to tomorrow.  Five patterns, nine knife-defense techniques, some sparring… and 2.5” of concrete. For those of you who read my blog for the IT-related material, you will be relieved to know that after my test I will likely post some pictures, possibly a video or two, and a quick write-up… and…

  Mitch Garvis

  June 1, 2012

  Black Belt, Tae Kwon Do, Taekwondo, Testing