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Stay out of politics!
A couple of years ago I went to Montreal with my colleague Damir Bersinic to do a presentation at the Montreal IT Professionals Community (www.mitpro.ca). I was born in Montreal, and when I moved to Ontario in 2007 I found it interesting to see the point of view of the ‘Rest of Canada’. Nearly five…
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Battery Up: Windows 8.1 on the Surface Pro 2
I have already bragged about the Surface Pro 2, and I still love it and that has not changed. It took a lot for it to supplant my Lenovo X1 Carbon as my primary device (my original Surface Pro was always simply a companion device). The device rocks, simply put. One thing that I don’t…
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My Famous Pooch!
I had forgotten about this one… but apparently her story is still on-line! Gingit has grown up some and earned some trust… but she is still one that has to be watched! She is now six years old… this is from when she was 8 months. -M I am so proud of Gingit… Yesterday she…
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Certification Exams: Is there a value to failing?
Although it is not something I am proud of, I have failed a number (the exact number is quite secret!) of certification exams. I am not proud of this fact, but the reality is I have taken a number of exams that I have been unprepared for, and that is a sure-fire way to come…
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How Many Changing Rooms Do We Need?
In January Christina Blizzard of the Toronto Sun published an excellent piece called Political Correctness Shouldn’t Trump Common Sense. I heard her interviewed on the radio, and was impressed. She took the Ontario Human Rights Commission to task. It seems that she had been in the changing room at her health club, and a ‘woman’…
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Three Months With a Fruit Phone
On the occasion of his 79th birthday, I would like to dedicate this article to my father, Arthur Garvis. He is a wonderful role model who has always given me the best advice he could, and when I was smart enough to follow his wisdom it was to my benefit. While he is not entirely…
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Mitch… Disconnected
So you are one of the world’s most hyper-connected individuals, known for having the Internet at your disposal 24/7. You are scheduled to work with a customer overseas on their connected system via live link, and you have dozens of other things that you usually do / plan to do / want to do during…
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Disconnecting Mitch
My son Gilad is truly a chip off the old block. In some ways that is a good thing, but when he decides to be difficult it can be a real nightmare for his parents. Take, for example, Wednesday morning last week. Gilad was happily playing with his cars down in the family room when…
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Transitions & Changes
I received an e-mail this week from the Montreal IT Professionals Community (MITPro) inviting me to the 2014 Annual General Meeting. I remembered a day nine years ago in January, 2005. Later in the day I would be heading to the first meeting of the group who had been brought together to build a user…
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Sick of Special Categories…
Earlier this month the headlines in the sporting world – rarely taken off of the Olympics – was on a ‘brave Missouri football player who came out of the closet and announced he was gay before the NFL draft.’ Commentators said that while it was brave, it could have been costly, possibly dropping him in…
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Getting to Know Windows Server 2012 R2
Originally posted on Grab Your Favorite Beverage: I know it’s been a few weeks – okay, maybe six – since my last post. Things at work have been really busy, I came down with that awful bug that was going around, and there were some changes in my personal life. Now that things have settled…
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Expand your knowledge on Windows Server 2012!
Okay, we know that you are probably upset that Windows Small Business Server is being retired. Fortunately Windows Server 2012 R2 will do you well… but do you know everything you will ever need to know about Windows Server 2012 R2 for the SMB space? Probably not… but that’s okay, because we are here to…
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Wireless Network Security… OMG!!!
Last week I wrote a piece called An Epic Advantage to Windows 8 & the Cloud. I was happy to share that Windows 8.1 and Windows SkyDrive (soon to be renamed Windows OneDrive) automatically maintain the passwords for wireless networks across devices. For the most part the article was well received, but there were some…
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Welcome to Cote St. Luc, Montreal
I came to Montreal to visit my father this week. I arrived Tuesday evening and picked my father up at his apartment in the Cote Saint Luc section of town. After dinner we drove around looking for a place to park. I found two spots that looked good, but my father found the signs (well…
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Surface Pro 2: Oh yeah!
It is not so hard to believe that it has been a year since I bought my Microsoft Surface Pro. I liked it, but as I am not an average computer user, it did not take too long for me to realize that it was simply not powerful enough to be my primary laptop. Don’t…
The World According to Mitch
The day to day ramblings of an IT Professional (and so much more…)
The World According to Mitch 