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April 19, 2007
Traffic on the sidebar
I'm a late adopter of this (it's been out for 2 months now - what was the NBC re-run motto? If you haven't seen it, it's new to you!), but it is a darned cool thing - a live traffic map for an assortment of U.S. cities for the Vista Sidebar.
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April 5, 2007
Direct Push ROCKS!!
I was having trouble getting my corporate email on my Samsung Blackjack, and a helpful hint this morning from someone I was meeting with on the Windows Mobile side of the house got me un-stuck. Suddenly, my universe changed: my email, calendar, contacts now update in real time on my phone. Windows Mobile 5 Direct Push is awesome!!
I've had a Windows Mobile smartphone since my company (Action Engine) launched some software on the Orange SPV back in the fall of 2002, but this is the first time I've had push mail. It is sweeeeeeeeeeet!
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April 4, 2007
Day Two
Day two of NEO (1/2 day only) shot by - the paralegal (I think her name was Mary Kay) who did the two hour legal section was a RIOT. The two hours were over before I knew it - she was a terrific presenter.
After a brief kerfuffle around a computer (my laptop is stuck in customs apparently), I got my personal laptop up and running - joined the domain, installed all the proper software and BAM! I was good to go. MSFT's IT systems and processes are a dream - everything just worked. It is darn cool. Anyway, by 8pm last night, I signed up for all the new hire stuff and got home just in time to watch the last of the boxes go into my house.
And now I'm on to day three - I'm gonna get all the mandatory online training done and behind me, so Thursday I can start digging in. Booo-yah!
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April 3, 2007
Pleasant Surprise
NEO was pretty darned good yesterday. Yes, it is a long day and there is even more today, but the leader was dynamic and kept it interesting. In the end, it is a tough gig to lead the on boarding - the people in the group ran the range from interns to fresh out of college new hires to several Microsoft "boomerangs" like myself. So I give a thumbs up to our on boarding folks for doing a good job of making a long day fun.
I get access to the network, calendar,mail, etc today,so I'm going to enjoy my time in the eye of the hurricane while I can. 
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April 2, 2007
NEO
No, it's not the lead character from The Matrix, it's New Employee Orientation. I'm off to do all that fun first day stuff. Ok, technically 2nd day, I started Friday, but I managed to write down the WRONG last digit of my SSN when filling out my paperwork (and I didn't figure it out until I had a big "a-ha" Friday Night). I need a do-over for my first day, so going to NEO will be my first day. It will be interesting to see how NEO compares to orientation from 14 years ago. Honestly, it will be interesting to see if I can remember a single thing from orientation 14 years ago. Hell, after getting the last digit of my SSN wrong, it will be interesting to see if I can find the building.
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