Came across this Help Wanted listing for the Seattle Police Department
(no I am not job hunting).
I noted that among the education requirement and many skills was the need for “Advanced PowerPoint Skills.” Listing.
– Troy @ TLC
Just a personal note, but one I am extremely excited about!
Today we will be attending my sister’s wedding!
Congratulations Julie and Tim!!
The below memo is true – date and all. Recently working onsite at a major corporation this memo was part of the weekly company updates sent to all employees.
– Note the date: April 19, 2007 (Office 2007 launched just weeks prior and Office 2003 is now almost 4 years old)
– Note the announcement: “…for future enhancements by beginning the worldwide implementation of Microsoft Office 2003.”
– Hmmm, the Microsoft sales team may have some work to do!
– Troy @ TLC
On a recent project in Dallas (the one that took me 10.5 hours on the plane to arrive from San Diego (should be a 2.5 hr flight)), the event photographer took this photo and emailed it me – thanks Sal!
The nice side lighting is actually a combination of another laptop monitor and the 12×9 screen in front of me. Despite the great photo, I am as usual working in the dark…
– Troy @ TLC
Okay, a bit of guilt here. First I lock myself out of the blog and spend over a week figuring out how to hack into it. I have been in Seattle, San Francisco, Big Bear, Los Angeles (3Xs), Boston and Orlando in the past 3 weeks – so time has been spent traveling and working onsite at many corporate events.
But the BIG thing that has taken my time is this new computer (actually I had a number of these delivered, but this is the one I am configuring first). It is running Windows Vista Ultimate and has a ton of power (2.16Ghz Dou Core 2, 2GB ram, 512MB video card, 160GB hard drive, etc – and it is a laptop!). Vista is stunning, but I am spending lots of time working through issues with various software to assure they work and are stable.
So my time has been taken up with airplanes, taxi’s to hotels and the nuances of Vista. Stay tuned, I have a backlog of great tutorials and information series that will start showing up soon!
— Troy @ TLC
So the secret to Microsoft’s success is in the water!
One of the benefits of working at Microsoft, or being an invited guest, is that beverages are free. For the week of the MVP Summit there was a special blend of water on hand.
– Troy @ TLC
Last week was the Microsoft MVP Summit – a great time! Even more impressive was that Bill Gates himself gave a live keynote address – A definite sign that I am in good company. Hear is a photo of Mr. Gates opening statements, this would be after the ‘please no photography or video taping’ announcement (notice the hundreds of cameras being held up – mine included!).
– Troy @ TLC
It has been a great week spent as a guest at Microsoft.
It has been a painful week – due to some almost unbelievable occurances I have been locked out of the blog and unable to access it. After spending the afternoon armed with lots of notes and suggestions, and working way outside my realm of expertise (ie. PHP administration) I have successfully hacked my own blog database and given myself access once again!
Stay tuned for some delayed photos and highlights from this past week at the Microsoft MVP Summit.
– Troy @ TLC
