Contents tagged with Vista
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.NET Humor
In my prevous life as Editor for TheServerSide.NET, one of my favorite duties was to come up with ideas for .NET humor. This took the form of several cartoons, "Top 10" lists, and one April Fool's news post that got MASSIVE linkage. Unfortunately though, when a new humor item came out it tended to replace what was there and so prior cartoons where gone forever.
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Vista and Office 2007 Launch Happenings...
While Windows Vista and Office 2007 are generally available to the public now, Microsoft is hosting launch events all of the USA over the next month. But last week several MVPs got the opportunity to visit local retailers and give demos and offer advice on Windows and Vista to customers at major retail outlets like Best Buy, Circuit City, Fry's Electronics, etc. I volunteered to work at Best Buy #167 in The Woodlands, TX (Just north of Houston). They had some nice Vista end cap displays including an early look at the new HP TouchSmartPC which drew a lot of attention. While traffic was light the evenings I worked (the weather in Houston has sucked lately) I am happy to say that I was able to show off Office 2007 to several customers who then decided to buy it.
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.NET Predictions for 2007 - The Magic 8-Ball Rides Again
While I was editor for TheServerSide.NET, one of the more fun things I got to do was to write up humorous (hopefully) articles and cartoons. I've been missing that lately so I've decided to cut loose here in blogland. So here now are my predictions for 2007. Read and be amazed.
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The Sad State of Smart Clients
Well the year is officialy over now, or will be within a matter of hours and like a beaten candidate on election night it's also time for me to concede victory in my bet from last year to Rob and all of the other AJAX smitten developers of the world.
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Vista Compatibility: Getting Prepped for Friday and Looking For Help
As you may have already heard, Windows Vista will be available for download on MSDN this Friday, November 17th. WooHoo!! While I'm looking forward to using the new OS full time (I've been beta testing off and on for several months) I understand that there are some issues with with running my usual list of software on the brand spanking new platform. In particular, here's a list of software that I know I'm going to have problems with.