Category Archives: Geek

A new job, a new future

Posted on May 18, 2012 by Derek

2012 marks my 12th year working for Praxair since graduating from RIT with a degree in IT.  I started working on Praxair’s first e-Commerce systems, and then transitioned to help build Praxair’s first intranet on Lotus Domino, and then was … Continue reading →

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Friday Five – January 20, 2012

Posted on January 20, 2012 by Derek

So the big news in the tech world this week was… Newt Gingrich. Just kidding it was SOPA – a proposed piece of garbage legislation written people that don’t manage their own Facebook and Twitter accounts that, if enacted, could … Continue reading →

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Modifying a SharePoint 2010 workflow email

Posted on January 6, 2012 by Derek

The out-of-the-box SharePoint 2010 workflow approver email notification no longer contains a link to the workflow task associated with the workflow item.  While that’s ok if the approver is using Microsoft Office 2010 and the document is an Office document, … Continue reading →

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Friday Five – July 22, 2011

Posted on July 22, 2011 by Derek

Friday Five is my [most]weekly technology tidbits post. #1 – Google’s ’20 Percent Time’ Will Survive The Death of Google Labs [TechCrunch] Google announced this morning that it will be shutting down Google Labs, a platform that allowed users to interact … Continue reading →

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Friday Five – July 1, 2011

Posted on July 1, 2011 by Derek

Friday Five is my [most]weekly technology tidbits post that I write for my internal Praxair blog and cross-post here. #1 – Google+ invite received, we go hands-on [Engadget] When news of Google Plus’ arrival broke today, we called the service … Continue reading →

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Friday Five – June 24, 2011

Posted on June 24, 2011 by Derek

“But, Derek – aren’t you on vacation today and Monday?” you’re asking. Yes, I am. But I already had a treasure trove of material for this week’s Friday Five by Thursday, so I drafted and scheduled this post for Friday. … Continue reading →

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Friday Five – June 17, 2011

Posted on June 17, 2011 by Derek

It’s been a couple weeks since I’ve been able to crank one of these out. Either I or my laptop has been unavailable. The laptop is now sporting a brand new SSD drive, though, so it was worth the interruption … Continue reading →

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Friday Five – May 27, 2011

Posted on May 27, 2011 by Derek

Let’s start off in the world of Twitter… #1 – Official: TweetDeck Has Been Acquired By Twitter [Tweetdeck Blog] The past three years have been an epic journey, with many highs and lows, accompanied by the constant thrill of never … Continue reading →

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Friday Five – May 13, 2011

Posted on May 13, 2011 by Derek

Let’s start off with the big news of the week – Microsoft buying Skype: #1 – 5 Key Takeaways From the Microsoft-Skype Press Conference [gigaom] On the morning Microsoft made its $8.5 billion acquisition of Skype official, Microsoft CEO Steve Ballmer … Continue reading →

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Friday Five – May 6, 2011

Posted on May 6, 2011 by Derek

Apologize for the hiatus for the last few weeks, but we had a big project go live at work, and with the Easter holiday and Dyngus Day, things were a bit busy. I actually started this for last Friday and … Continue reading →

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