January 1, 2006

New year, new phone?

I’ve been using the HTC Typhoon for a while now (the SMT 5600 to be precise) and I just haven’t been satisfied with it. My service through Cingular has also been terrible, so I figure it is time for a new phone. I’m looking at new phones and just ran across this brick over at [...]

January 1, 2006

Switching

Russ Beattie is switching back to Windows.

January 1, 2006

Jelly Donut freestyle

This link is just way too good not to share (blame Jason if you don’t like it).

January 1, 2006

Guy Kawasaki is blogging

Guy Kawasaki: “As a venture capitalist, I have to listen to hundreds of entrepreneurs pitch their companies. Most of these pitches are crap: sixty slides about a “patent pending,â€? “first mover advantage,â€? “all we have to do is get 1% of the people in China to buy our productâ€? startup. These pitches are so lousy [...]

January 1, 2006

Projects for 2006- What will I be working on?

I have a number of projects that are planned for 2006. Besides spending as much quality time as I can with my family and working hard on a daily basis at Microsoft, here are some of the projects that I plan to spend time on:

Finish the DSI book- Systems management and the integration of those [...]

January 1, 2006

Resolution for 2006- Use New Tools

So one of my resolutions (I made a few this year) is to use new tools. Part of this is driven by my desire to use fewer tools from Google. Not that they don’t have some great tools- I’m just looking to reduce my dependence on their tools and to expand my view of software [...]

January 1, 2006

Appropriate for a New Year

ChangeThis “is creating a new kind of media. A form of media that uses existing tools… to challenge the way ideas are created and spread.”
Here’s a recent piece, Simplified Security: 25 Tips to Help Companies Implement Security.