Hello All (5 of you), Due to a lot of changes lately in career and association involvement, I've decided to do my blogging over on an MSN Spaces site. I know, I know - real bloggers don't use MSN. That's ok - I don't mind being whatever that makes me. I'll keep this site going for my previous posts (as long as Jeff lets me), but all new posts will be ......

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I've been giving some thought lately to all the rhetoric going on around the news and around the world in relation to the United States. No, I'm not going to use this space to go on a long diatraub about what's wrong with everyone. Instead, I'm going to spend this precious space and your precious time talking about what's right. It may be shocking or ......

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Hello! Wow, it has been quite a rush over the past few months since joining Microsoft. I’ve received a lot of e-mails from people asking me how things are going. It’s been great, but I will say that I’ve missed the regular communication I’ve had with many of my friends from the WI .NET Users Group and WI Windows Users Group amongst ......

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My Personal Productivity System – How it Works I've had a few people ask me questions about how I use all the tools I do in a systematic way. I may sometimes be seen as using too many tools and plugins. One of the initial criticisms I've heard from people is that it takes too long to use all the tools. I disagree. At first, it does take awhile ......

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For a scientifically unproven being to gather so much blog time (like here, here, here, here, and here) is truly impressive and amazing. It's 1am and I've got many things going on tomorrow, but I can't resist throwing my 2 cents into the mix. Thanks to Gerry for pointing this out to me first. There are so many intelligent people on both sides of this ......

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I haven’t seen too many screenshots all in one place of Windows Vista until I came across this site. Now, I’m feeling like I want to risk my current laptop environment and put Vista on! Oh well, I’ll try to hold off a bit longer. I don’t know if I’ve got the power to run it in a Virtual PC session, but I may try that first ......

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Check out Dave Noderer’s blog post about the recent Atlanta Geek Dinner hosted by Robert Scoble at: http://geekswithblogs.net/d... It was an awesome time. The best part about it all was seeing all the energy happening in the .NET community. It’s easy to sometimes become numb from your own energy and that ......

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Well, it’s been an interesting past few weeks to say the least. Nonetheless, I’ve made my decision officially now to join Microsoft. Before I get into any details, I want to take a moment to thank the awesome guys at Serlio Software for the past 16 months of challenges and rewards while working with them. Serlio Software is a group of first-rate, ......

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I came across this recently and recommend this as a background audio program you listen to while doing something productive. J http://www.kuow.org/theconv... BTW – I’m a huge fan of David Allen’s GTD strategy. He’s interviewed in this audio program. By all means, it’s not exhaustive. If you really ......

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"What we ponder and what we think about sets the course of our life. Any day we wish; we can discipline ourselves to change it all. Any day we wish, we can open the book that will open our mind to new knowledge. Any day we wish, we can start a new activity. Any day we wish, we can start the process of life change. We can do it immediately, or next week, ......

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I’m always interested in how leaders in every industry manage to stay on top. After reading hundreds of books, thousands of magazine articles, countless personal development articles/CDs/etc., I’ve discovered that it isn’t any form of magic. That may seem obvious to most of you, but to me that was a revelation of sorts. How do some ......

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Julie Lerman recently pointed out the phenomenal growth INETA has experienced. Check out her stats at: http://www.thedatafarm.com/... She’s definitely played a key role in helping build these numbers, as have about 80 or so other volunteers. Working with INETA is and has been a fantastic ......

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Interesting situation going on with Robert Scoble and the whole China/MSN situation… http://radio.weblogs.com/00... I personally think the very notion of freedom in speech is typified in blogging. The fact that MSN is even there opens doors to the freedoms too many of us Americans take for granted. My reply to him was… ......

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Wow. It’s hard to find words to describe how awesome of an event this has been. I’m absolutely the luckiest guy on the entire planet! Awesome wife, awesome daughter, and now…an awesome son! Yee Haa! So, you might be tempted to think I’m just an exuberant father, but I can prove he’s the most awesome son in the world. Ok, ......

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In today’s world of productivity tools, philosophies and practices, I’ve tried just about everything out there. If I haven’t tried it, I’d like to, so let me know what I’m missing. I’ve posted most of the tools I use either here, here, or here. One thing that still surprises me from time to time is how quickly the ......

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