Small and medium size businesses (SMB) can leverage server virtualization software to reduce the cost of implementing and supporting today’s diverse IT ecosystem. Server virtualization allows you to run several operating systems on a single physical computer. By virtualizing server operating systems, you can gain flexibility that allows you to better utilize physical hardware, deploy [...]
A former student asked me to offer some tips on teaching to a technical audience. I have about 10 years experience delivering Microsoft training courses to a variety of audiences, mostly groups of 10 to 15 adult learners. I collected some thoughts, sent it off to my former student, and decided to share those tips [...]
I have attempted and passed 17 Microsoft software certification exams and earned 6 certifications. In the process I have learned a few things about software certification exams, and I think they might apply to other multiple-choice software certification exams: Domain knowledge (factual knowledge of the exam subject) is important but by itself is often not [...]
I’m a longtime user of a pair of Grado SR-60 headphones. These headphones probably win almost any $/sound quality contest, but they make my ears hurt. Try as I might to be tolerant, it’s just not comfortable to have a foam rubber disc pressed up against my ears for hours at a time. And so [...]
A participant in my 70-291 night class at Portland Community College thought that I had turned him onto a couple of great free software applications that had value for him. He suggested that I write a blog post on the subject. Google is a great search engine, but it doesn’t always point you right at [...]
