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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…
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Zero Day: A Cyber Thriller by a Cyber Master!
If you don’t know that the Microsoft Springboard party is always THE party to attend at TechEd, then you just haven’t been paying attention. This year Stephen Rose tipped me off that Mark Russinovich would be signing copies of his book for the first 50 people who came to our booth to pick up their…
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A New Stage in my Life
It didn’t start as I had expected it eventually would. A week ago I was driving and I had the strangest sensation… I would look down at the dashboard periodically and when I looked up I felt as if I was going to lose consciousness. Of course when you are driving down the highway with…
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A Brief History of how Microsoft (and others) Changed the World… Part 1.
In October of last year I pitched an idea to the editor of Backbone Magazine for an article about how Microsoft changed the world. We were a month shy of the 25th anniversary of Microsoft Windows, and I thought it would be a fitting and timely piece. He asked me to write a short piece…
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I am You, You are Me.
A couple of months ago I was in the cafeteria at Microsoft and I came up with an idea for a blog article, which I then gave to Rick Claus for the IT Pro Connection. It was originally titled ‘I am You, You are Me.’ He added the rest of the title, but I didn’t…
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