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This whole Buffalo parking ticket drama doesn’t really affect me, but here’s my take. I never expect free parking downtown. To be honest, I don’t go downtown that often, but when I do I expect that I’m going to have to pay. Parking is cheap in Buffalo. It’s no big deal. Sometimes I get lucky…
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Back in Buffalo
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Yes, as Amanda just mentioned, we were in Orlando last week. I went down for Lotusphere last Sunday and Amanda flew down Tuesday night to meet me so we could spend the latter part of the week and weekend vacationing. Both parts of the trip were a lot of fun! This was my third trip…
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Friday Five – February 4, 2011
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This week… a little bit of IT in the world of politics and a little bit of politics in the world of IT… #1 – How Egypt Turned Off the Internet [Gizmodo] “Under Egyptian legislation the authorities have the right to issue such an order and we are obliged to comply with it,” Vodafone Egypt…
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Friday Five – January 21, 2011
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Here are this week’s five interesting articles, handpicked by yours truly. A History of Enterprise IT in One Slide [AIIM Digital Landfill] I love a good graphic, and this one is a pretty clear illustration of computing history. Part 1 – FAST for SharePoint 2010 Features and Proposition [A Static State] FAST for SharePoint 2010…