March 9, 2007 — One of the key pieces of functionality that I think is missing from Windows Vista is the ability to mount an ISO image.  Being able to write that image back to media would be useful too. In the past, I have used VCD Control, a tool that is available to MSDN Subscribers as a mean…

March 9, 2007 — I saw Scoble mention this earlier on his blog today. Don’t get all worked up.  It’s not as bad as it sounds.  It’s not a medical condition, or something funny you do that keeps people staring directly at you. A global community of friends and strangers answering one simple question: What are you doing? Answer…

March 8, 2007 — How does that sound for a cool job title?  I was reading Jeff Sandquist’s blog yesterday and found his entry about Michael Garternberg joining Microsoft and the Channel 10 team as a Enthusiast Evangelist. I got to thinking … When I was working for Microsoft, I remember all kinds of different titles like developer evangelist,…

February 23, 2007 — Over the past several weeks I realized just how important Internet connectivity was to me. On Feburary 8, after returning from my trip to Seattle, I discovered that my Internet connection at home was broken.  It started out the alarm light on my DSL modem. I called support and walked through the normal questions of…

February 15, 2007 — Microsoft announced the release of Windows Mobile 6 this week at the 3GSM World Congress in Barcelona. This newest release will contain the DirectPush technology that was introduced last year as well as Office Mobile, code name “Crossbow”.  As far as Office applications on your mobile device go, you’ll be able to use mobile versions…