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sit conference 2011
i can’t believe we’re only a month away from the students involved with technology conference! ...
Author: Dan Rey Date: 01/12/2011
chicago windows user group on groups.live.com
this month we've crossed the 400 member threshold on the chicago windows user group site on...
Author: Dan Rey Date: 01/12/2011
kindle 3 is the best selling product in amazon's history
on december 27th amazon announced that the 3rd generation kindle is the is now the bestselling...
Author: Dan Rey Date: 01/01/2011
wikipedia–#keepitfree
i’m getting around to a lot of housekeeping tasks in this final week of 2010 – one of which is...
Author: Dan Rey Date: 12/29/2010
25 apps for christmas–office, itunes and zune
no list of applications would be complete without microsoft office. i have always used this on...
Author: Dan Rey Date: 12/25/2010
25 apps for christmas–kinect games
games on the xbox have always been “apps” that i use, but this christmas kinect games like joyride,...
Author: Dan Rey Date: 12/24/2010
25 apps for christmas–paint
i guess there was room for it after all – microsoft paint has always been an application i come back...
Author: Dan Rey Date: 12/23/2010
25 apps for christmas–techsmith snagit
thinking back to applications i’ve used for a long time, snagit comes to mind. screen shots...
Author: Dan Rey Date: 12/22/2010
25 apps for christmas–winzip
if i think back to some of the first apps i’ve used in windows (besides paint which should appear on...
Author: Dan Rey Date: 12/21/2010
25 apps of christmas–facebook, twitter and linkedin
first it was myspace, but then as soon as facebook allowed microsoft employees to create profiles, i...
Author: Dan Rey Date: 12/20/2010
25 apps for christmas - kindle
my wife finally broke down and asked for a kindle. it was a friend - not me that finally convinced...
Author: Dan Rey Date: 12/19/2010
25 apps for christmas–microsoft tag and word lens
in the first month of this blog (back in april 2008) i blogged about ice cube. it’s now two...
Author: Dan Rey Date: 12/17/2010
25 apps for christmas–itoiletfinder
this one made the list because of it’s use of geolocation and humorous application – itoiletfinder...
Author: Dan Rey Date: 12/15/2010
25 apps for christmas–rockband 3
i caught the bug a little late (stood in line at midnight for the guitar hero 3 for xbox release)...
Author: Dan Rey Date: 12/14/2010
25 apps of christmas–netflix
no list of the most important applications of the year would be complete without this – the netflix...
Author: Dan Rey Date: 12/13/2010
25 apps for christmas - fitbit
last january i picked up a fitbit from the 1st microsoft store in scottsdale, arizona and any list...
Author: Dan Rey Date: 12/12/2010
25 apps for christmas amazon mp3 download (with free christmas music!)
amazon’s mp3 store has a nifty little application that reminds me of when i first started...
Author: Dan Rey Date: 12/11/2010
25 apps for christmas–songsmith and ribbon hero
my daughter used to make up songs all the time (she still sings a lot but now it’s usually something...
Author: Dan Rey Date: 12/10/2010
25 apps for christmas–remote access
i use a lot of different computers (desktops, laptops, tablets, touchscreens, netbooks, etc.) and...
Author: Dan Rey Date: 12/09/2010
25 apps for christmas–eye fi
i’ve been using an eye-fi sd card in a digital camera for over a year now (so why is this on a list...
Author: Dan Rey Date: 12/08/2010
25 apps for christmas–media players
remember real player? winamp? codec’s like xvid and divx? there are addins like...
Author: Dan Rey Date: 12/07/2010
25 apps for christmas–windows live mesh 2011
ever since live mesh was shown to employees in 2008 by ray ozzie i have been a huge fan. this...
Author: Dan Rey Date: 12/06/2010
25 apps for christmas–shazam
imagine you are in your car, at a restaurant or a store and a song comes on that you really like but...
Author: Dan Rey Date: 12/05/2010
25 apps for christmas–foxitsoftware
with software there is a leader (or creator) and then there are alternatives. sometimes these...
Author: Dan Rey Date: 12/04/2010
25 apps for christmas - client virtualization
before joining microsoft i was a technical trainer and part of that job was dealing with the...
Author: Dan Rey Date: 12/03/2010
25 apps for christmas–apps to create apps
for the last 30 years i have been using a computer and the one common thread among all those...
Author: Dan Rey Date: 12/02/2010
25 apps for christmas - browsers
it’s december 1st and having recently gotten a windows phone 7 and starting to play around...
Author: Dan Rey Date: 12/01/2010
my youtube channel - whoops!
i haven't posted a lot of videos to youtube and a couple that i did post were apparently marked...
Author: Dan Rey Date: 12/01/2010
kinect and the microsoft company store opening in oakbrook, il
in my five years at microsoft i’ve had a chance to attend a lot of events. my first “launch”...
Author: Dan Rey Date: 11/04/2010
5 years @ microsoft
today is my 5 year anniversary at microsoft and seems like a great time to think back through the...
Author: Dan Rey Date: 10/31/2010
the power of education
so i’m driving along the expressway yesterday and out of the corner of my eye i see this billboard...
Author: Dan Rey Date: 10/22/2010
boot times in windows 7
i’ve got a customer that has inquired about boot times in windows 7 and i started digging into the...
Author: Dan Rey Date: 10/07/2010
kindle madness and how full is your bucket?
i have finally made a convert to the amazon kindle - my wife (and hopefully soon my parents or at...
Author: Dan Rey Date: 09/22/2010
internet explorer 9 beta–drag and drop
check this one out – when you’ve got multiple tabs in internet explorer 9, you can drag a tab into...
Author: Dan Rey Date: 09/16/2010
bad boys
last night was series 4 episode 5 of the it crowd “bad boys” and this one incorporates everything i...
Author: Dan Rey Date: 09/08/2010
sunday posts for everyone - biking, growing up and independence
this weekend our daughter audrey learned to ride a two wheeler and just like her older brother...
Author: Dan Rey Date: 09/05/2010
sunday posts for everyone - influences
it seems appropriate on my parent's anniversary to post something about how both of them have...
Author: Dan Rey Date: 08/22/2010
winsat.exe update–disk performance
about a month ago i shared a tip about running winsat from the command line. here’s some more...
Author: Dan Rey Date: 08/13/2010
workshifting
i came across this blog called workshifting and have found a number of the posts thought provoking....
Author: Dan Rey Date: 08/10/2010
movies about dreams and virtual reality
this week i saw the movie inception for the second time and it reminded me of another movie when i...
Author: Dan Rey Date: 08/01/2010
pxe stick lab at techready 11
i just finished session #2 of the create your own pxe stick lab at techready - thank you to everyone...
Author: Dan Rey Date: 07/30/2010
windows 7 wednesday tip–problem steps recorder
today i was installing office 2010 using the click-to-run/application virtualization technology...
Author: Dan Rey Date: 07/21/2010
windows 7 wednesday tip – winsat.exe
in windows 7 you have a performance information and tools in control panel that can rate the various...
Author: Dan Rey Date: 07/20/2010
powerpoint not required
two years ago this month i joined dekalb area toastmasters. for the past year i have served as our...
Author: Dan Rey Date: 07/13/2010
tnetennba - a new word is born
tonight is the 3rd episode in the 4th series of the it crowd. in the 2nd episode, moss uses the word...
Author: Dan Rey Date: 07/08/2010
sunday posts for everyone - the wait is over on june 25th
i've been waiting for friday, june 25th and now on father's day it's less than a week away. what's...
Author: Dan Rey Date: 06/20/2010
mrs. cinnamon–inspiring first graders
as my daughter finishes up 1st grade i have met and gotten to know another inspiring teacher. ...
Author: Dan Rey Date: 05/28/2010
sunday posts for everyone: multiple computers
between work and home i’ve got enough computers that i often lose track of what computer has what...
Author: Dan Rey Date: 05/09/2010
windows 7 wednesday tip: dan mode
when i first got involved with computers i soon discovered there were little known features that you...
Author: Dan Rey Date: 05/05/2010