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Certifications Alone Do Not Make the Pro
An interesting post appeared in a newsgroup that I monitor today. A desktop support technician in the United Kingdom lamented a colleague who had attended a two week MCSE boot camp and indeed earned that certification. Unfortunately he later encountered a number of simple issues that he could not resolve, including one with regard to…
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Defective Microsoft Access? I don’t think so! Ask the Community!
Earlier today a LinkedIn contact asked me a question about Microsoft Office Access. I don’t know a while lot about Access, but here is why I am such a huge proponent of the IT Pro Community. The contact is someone who I met at a community event – an event I did on Windows Vista…
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Experience…
I don’t remember where I heard it or who first said it, but my class this week have been loving my definition of ‘experience’. Experience is what you gain mere moments after you needed it. It’s true, too… We learn from our mistakes, and if we don’t make them we would be better off… but…
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All Hail King Neptune!
I couldn’t believe it. I spent all day Sunday walking the boardwalk along Virginia Beach, and I missed it. I walked from 20th Street to 6th Street and back to 25th Street before turning back and going to the car. If only I had gone five more blocks (or, realistically, looked up from 25th) I…
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This MCTs Path to Certification
As I peruse the collection of articles that I have written over the past ten years that are, for whatever reason, not posted on The World According to Mitch I am amazed to see the differences from where I was to where I am. I hope that some of these articles will help others to…
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The ultimate guide to Sysinternals!
If you are like me, you rely on Sysinternals tools every day to do your job. For years it has been relatively unsupported, but today Mark Russinovich and Aaron Margosis have announced that their new book, Windows Sysinternals Administrator’s Reference, has been released! Read all about it on Mark’s blog at http://blogs.technet.com/b/markrussinovich/archive/2011/07/18/3439288.aspx. Don’t miss it!
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Honourable Mention: ‘Most Unclear Directions’
On Saturday I awarded the Runner-Up to the ‘Most Unclear Directions’ award. I think this one deserves an honourable mention. Yesterday I Meghan, the lovely waitress at Mahi Mah’s on Virginia Beach, how many shrimp were in the half-pound bucket of shrimp dinner. Answer: ‘Well, there’s about a half-pound of them’. For the record, she…
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Choose Your First Certification Exam Wisely
As I peruse the articles that I have written over the past ten years I occasionally come across one that is interesting or relevant today. I wrote this article when I was working with CertGuard, and it was published in November, 2006. If you are an IT Pro starting down the path to certifications, this…
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The runner up for the ‘Most Unclear Directions’ goes to…
I finished my book last night, so I asked the front desk clerk where I could find a bookstore. ‘Oh, there’s one in one of the shopping centres around here. I’m not sure which one.’ Her assistant, ever the yes-man, confirmed that there is indeed a bookstore in one of the (seventeen) shopping centres in…
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Who Pray Tell is Jack Oprah: Missing pieces are easier to contend with than wrong ones.
As I peruse the articles I wrote over the past ten years, I am amazed in some cases how much I have changed. This article, which amused me at the time, highlights the evolution in my career from putting out fires to serious consulting. -M <October, 2006>I was in my favourite cafe this evening and…
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Skiing as a Parallel for Professional Life
As I peruse my old articles I keep coming up with things I wrote in 2002-2003 and reminisce about where I came from. I have often told people about this article that I wrote about taking the professional plunge, but it had been lost until recently. I hope you enjoy it! -M <March 31, 2003>…
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Time Tips for Certification Exams
As I peruse the tome of articles that I wrote over the past ten years that were never published on this site, I am finding some articles that are timeless, including this one originally written for CertGuard, on Exam Time Management. -M <May, 2007>It is a common misconception that information such as the number of…
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Patch ’em if you got ’em!
You probably noticed this morning that yesterday was Patch Tuesday. Microsoft released 22 patches, most of which addressed issues in the OS but the last of them was for Office Visio 2003 SP3. Make sure that if you have automatic patching disabled that you take the time to approve all of your patches manually! -M
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The Genesis of my Career as an IT Consultant and Trainer
I can’t believe it has been eight years… I wrote this article for TechRepublic while I was still working for IGS Security in Montreal. These articles are the genesis of my career as a computer consultant and IT Trainer and Presenter. The first article tells of how and why I began to transition from a…
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Keep Your Word, Be a Hero.
Last night I forgot to go out and buy soy milk for the baby. We had half a container left and it wasn’t a NOW NOW NOW emergency, but I still told Theresa I would, and I forgot. So this morning without being bidden I got out of bed a few minutes early, and while…
The World According to Mitch
The day to day ramblings of an IT Professional (and so much more…)
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