Larry Osterman has a pet peeve that I have ranted about in the past: the use of the word “ask” as a noun that has proliferated at Microsoft when people are talking about budgets and more.
There is a really fun discussion going on in the comments of this blog post – up to 42 comments at the moment. So if you like language, you will definitely enjoy reading or even participating in this conversation.
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Avonelle Lovhaug has been waiting for her Lenovo for a long time! And she’s not alone. But this is not stopping people from glomming on to the tablet that will finally make the mark for TabletPCs on the end user market. According to this eweek article: “The ThinkPad Tablet has sold so fast since its introduction that Lenovo quickly ran out of stock … [read more]
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Methods and Masters: The VB Upgrade Tour Are you still using VB 6? If you are then this is something that you will want to attend. Visual Basic 6.0 developers have had a great tool – but it’s time to learn how to use those Visual Basic skills with the next generation of products. Visual Basic .NET/2005 can help to make you more productive at the development that you do every day. Join Brian Randell for an evening session on getting those skills up to .NET. Wednesday, October 05, 6:00 PM – 9:00 PM |
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I think this is big in the world of SQL! Bob Beauchemin has joined Kimberly Tripp at SQL Skills!
Bob has authored some of the most detailed indepth technical content on SQL for developers that I have been able to digest. In other words, he knows his stuff and he knows how to communicate it to us poor folks who really need it!
High five, Kimberly!
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Deborah Kurata, Molly Holtzschlag, and Dori Smith.
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I have known Deborah for a bunch of years and yes yes yes, she is definitely an inspiration! She was one of the first women that I recall in the VB field that stood right up and out – writing books, speaking at conferences – when there were just not any women doing it (in VB). I came from the FoxPro world where chicks ruled – we had Tamar Granor, Pat Adams and Ceil Silver all incredibly visible and high level – writing books, editing journals, speaking at devcons and user groups. Great role models for a girl in her 20’s.