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Clean Up the Asus Zenbook Bloatware
Got a new Zenbook and want to get rid of the software that comes with it? Consider this your guide. Coming from an enterprise IT environment, I’m used to the laptops immediately being wiped clean and...
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The 6 Things I Carry At TechEd 2012
This is the ninth time I’ll be attending TechEd and what I carry around the conference center has changed from year to year. When I started going, I lugged a heavy laptop. Last year, I mostly went...
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Emulators Galore at TechEd 2012 Keynote Day 1
I Need One of Those For My Office Kicking off TechEd 2012 was a DJ on stage manipulating a SmithsonMartin Emulator DJ Touch machine. This translucent large panel multitouch display runs only on...
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Billy Hollis Speaks! Unlocking the Invisible Cage
Billy Hollis as John Keating Day one of TechEd was a bit light for the developers in the crowd. One of the stalwarts of TechEd speaking is Billy Hollis and he’s here in 2012 with two sessions. I went...
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Initial Thoughts on Windows Phone 8
Today, Microsoft gave the first look at Windows Phone 8, due out this fall. Windows Phone 8 is more of a hardware spec than a software spec and this new hardware will support a new feature set not...
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Birchbox Man July 2012 Box Review
Way to make a comback! The July Birchbox Man delivery is redemption after the disappointing June box. I wasn’t alone in my sentiment about the June box; many folks over on Makeup Talk felt that the...
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Windows 8 Without Touch
Or, My 3-Year-Old Can Use Windows 8 With a Mouse. So Can You. I’ve used Windows 8 as my daily driver for a couple of months and it’s time to review how well it works on a computer without touch. In...
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Birchbox Man August 2012 Review
Are you a gal checking this out to see if the man in your life would like Birchbox Man or any of the products supplied in this month’s delivery? If so, go and get that man and have him read this...
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Two Months to Go
“There’s only two months left!” said my very pregnant wife one Saturday night. That’s when I realized I was staring into the eyes of a woman who was Not. Messing. Around. Our second daughter was due...
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One Year of Blogging: A Review
It’s my blog’s cake day! I’ve been blogging for one whole year. The first post was published on September 20, 2011 and it is brimming with caution. I thought I’d blog about a few different topics, some...
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Build 2012 Initial Impressions
Yes, the tent is very large. And they’ve already started taking it down. Day one and two keynotes are over and gave Build 2012 attendees a familiar experience similar to other Microsoft conferences...
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Thanksgiving Planning with SkyDrive
Fall is, by far, my favorite time of year. It reminds me of my years playing snare drum in the Marching Illini. The air clarifies, the pace of life eases, my patio door stops sticking. In college, the...
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Windows 8 UI Mistakes – Khan Academy
As big name Windows 8 apps start to roll out, I notice that some developers are making some mistakes with the established UX guidelines. Recently, the Khan Academy released their app to the Windows...
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SkyDrive on Xbox 360
This is exciting. Yesterday, Microsoft released SkyDrive for the Xbox 360. Our primary Xbox 360 is in the family room and is on most of the day. It’s what we use to watch TV (Netflix, Hulu Plus, and...
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Lenovo ThinkPad X1 Carbon Touch First Impression
UPDATE: See the comments for a brief note from me on my impressions after a week. The Lenovo ThinkPad X1 Carbon Touch dropped at my office yesterday and I had a couple hours to give it a look. After...
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Remove Lenovo X1 Carbon Bloatware in Windows 8
Lenovo did a pretty good job of not shipping too much bloatware on the X1 Carbon. But, that doesn’t mean there’s none. In the world of Windows 8, some of the bloatware is super easy to uninstall while...
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Setup WordPress on Azure Web Site with GitHub Publishing
Azure Web Sites includes a way to easily install a number of web apps such as WordPress, Drupal, Joomla, Orchard, and DotNetNuke. By itself, that’s a great offering. But Azure has built in a way to...
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How I Work – Hardware and Tools 2013
Inspired by others who’ve written something similar, I thought I’d have some fun and write down the tools and setups that I’m use at the start of 2013 and then take a look in 2, 5, or 10 years to see...
View ArticleMomCharts.com – Almost Here
Six months ago, I hit File -> New Project on what has become MomCharts.com. My second daughter was due within weeks and I wanted to build a tool that would scratch an itch. Baby Data I’m a data...
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Last week, my company published the public preview of MomCharts.com, our baby tracking software in the cloud. One of the design goals for the software was make sure it was cross-platform, cross-device,...
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