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Coming Home… A New Venture!
I am a Road Warrior. I have been one for several years, since before I moved to the Halton Region. In fact since I moved to Oakville in 2007 I have spent more time away than at home, in over one hundred cities in more than a dozen countries. I have spoken to audiences of…
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Why We Support Communities
I wrote this article a few days ago, and decided that before I posted it here I would offer it to the CanITPro Team – IT Pro Connection. They published it on January 31st as a guest blog post. I am now republishing it here, so that it can get the most exposure. I have…
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CanIT! (Pro)
For years I have followed, worked with, and looked to the IT Evangelism team at Microsoft Canada for guidance and direction. My first encounter with them probably dates back to 2003 (before there was an actual team), but I really started to get to know them in 2005. When Rick Claus came to speak to…
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Hey Vancouver IT Pros!
If you are an IT Pro in Vancouver, we have an event for you! On Friday, February 10th and again on Saturday, February 11th Microsoft Canada’s Evangelism team is bringing the IT Virtualization Boot Camp to you! Damir Bersenic will be hosting the event, and I will be his trusty sidekick for two days of…
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Cluster Issues… how to clean out cluster nodes from destroyed clusters
There are things that you just shouldn’t do in real life. While many of them involve cold lamp posts and electric sockets, there are many in the IT field that inexperienced pros do that are avoidable, but once done seemingly impossible to recover from. I came across one such issue some time ago when resetting…
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An Interview with BizTech Magazine
In September I was honoured to discover that BizTech Magazine had recognized The World According To Mitch on their list of 50 Must-Read IT Blogs from BizTech (Sept. 7, 2011). Several weeks ago I was contacted by Ricky Ribeiro, BizTech’s Online Content Manager asking if I would be willing to do an interview about blogging…
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Who Pray Tell is Jack Oprah: Missing pieces are easier to contend with than wrong ones.
Although I have of late been on another ‘digging through the archives’ kick, I was reminded of this article from 2005 by a friend of mine who occasionally refers to it to remind me that I really can write about anything when I am so inspired. Thanks for reminding me of that Jess! Unfortunately I…
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Virtualization Lessons–Both Positive and Negative!
As I sit in the back of the room for Microsoft Canada’s Virtualization Boot Camp Challenge today I see that the lab environments that we are providing to the attendees actually mimics the setup I use for my Virtual Partner Technology Advisor (vPTA) sessions. As such, I am seeing a lot of potential for attendees…
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Moving Forward at the Speed of Life: Where we are is only interesting in relation to where we came from!
Here is another article from the archives that I came across this morning while procrastinating. Judging by the laptop I discuss I wrote it in early 2006, although the exact date is harder to pin down. Like the last one it is a glimpse into the past from the past, and I love those articles. …
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Advances in Technology: It is vital to stay current, even when remembering the past.
I guess I am on another one of these kicks… traveling back down memory lane. I dug up this article from the archives, and I remember sitting down to write it the first time I ever checked into a hotel in Redmond, Washington. What is more fun about this article is that it took me…
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IT Virtualization Boot Camp
Hey folks! The IT Professionals Community of Greater Toronto and Microsoft Canada are getting together to bring you this amazing opportunity! This Saturday (January 21st) and next Monday (January 23rd) we are doing a full-day Virtualization Boot Camp! The cost is only $25, with Damir Bersenic (Senior IT Pro Advisor, Microsoft Canada) leading the way…
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This Is A Scam!
I knew something was fishy when the phone rang and the Call Display showed a call-back number of 666-035-3612 because, as we all know, 666 is the area code of the beast. I waited the five seconds for the auto-dialer system to connect me to a real operator. ‘Hello, my name is Gary from the…
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Day 4: Wednesday Morning, 3AM
I have not been sleeping very well during the cruise. I don’t know if that is because I am relaxing so much during the day, or what else it might be. I certainly have not been lying awake worrying about… well, anything. The cruise has been a nearly stress-free time, and I have always been…
The World According to Mitch
The day to day ramblings of an IT Professional (and so much more…)
The World According to Mitch 