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Usage Based Billing
I am probably taking a very unpopular position on this issue, but as you may (or may not) know, the Canadian Radio-Television and Telecommunications Commission (CRTC) is currently holding hearings regarding Usage-Based Billing (UBB) for Internet Service Providers (ISPs). On the Working World Blog there is a piece about it that I read with interest.…
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MCITP: Server Boot Camp, Virginia Beach
It was REALLY last minute… on Friday I got a mass e-mail from a training provider scrambling to replace a trainer who had cancelled at the last minute. By some miracle of scheduling I was available; after a few hours of back and forth e-mails I booked my flight for Sunday to be at the…
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Master Lee’s Joonbi Taekwondo: Humble and Insightful Lessons
I have been teaching a class in Virginia Beach for the past two weeks, and not surprisingly one of my students has a son in Tae Kwon Do. He had a class last Friday, and although with my injured foot I would not be able to participate, I asked if I could visit to watch. …
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An Real Honour from a True Geek Leader
Earlier in the week I received a Direct Message on Twitter from Jeff Wouters. He is one of the IT Pro bloggers that I make a point of referencing whenever I can. He is out of the Netherlands, and one of three IT Pros out of that country that I know and REALLY respect. So…
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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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