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Blahhg Entry #2. Too few.
I received some really exciting news a few days ago... Two of the webcasts I've presented over the past several months have made it into the first (and now monthly list of) Top 10 rated Microsoft webcasts! What a nice surprise! I guess it proves that I'm MUCH better over the phone than I am in person. :)
But now I'm home again, after a week in Illinois doing TechNet briefings, and a fun-filled-wet-weekend with my family at an area water-park / resort. (I wonder if my skin will ever stop itching. Seriously, though.. we all had a blast.) But now it's back to work.
One of my projects for the week, other than backing up several TechNet Webcasts, are to re-create my XP SP2 presentation that I did for the NW Chapter of the AITP into one that I can deliver to the Chicago chapter of that same organization. I've been told that this chapter has alot of CxO level attendees, so they'll be more interested in the dumbed-down version.. (JUST KIDDING!!!) Actually, and rightly-so, they'll be more interested in the big-picture rather than the low-level techie-stuff... more, "This is the reasons we did this and why you should make it a priority." rather than "Here's how the detection of when you're on the LAN and will therefore have the Domain Firewall Policy applied rather than the Standard policy."
The other project, and even more pressing, is my new role as one of the presenters for the "IT Security Solutions Roadshow". I'm presenting the sessions in Minneapolis and Chicago; doing the one-hour topic: "Defense in Depth Against Malicious Software". So, in addition to learning the selected content and demos, I have to refresh my brain and study-up on the topic. Bought a highly-recommended book on the subject, too.
And on a non-work-related note... this week is the only week I will be around to rehearse for my band's next gig. Yes... I'm in a band. It's a neighborhood band, actually. I sing and play light-percussion (read: Cowbell) for a band called "Unbridled" (from the fact that we all live in a neighborhood development named "Bridlewood Farms"). We got together a few years ago to play a few songs for our guitar player at his birthday party, and since then we've been asked to play at several parties and even some school fundraisers... and we've been increasing our selection of 60's-90's cover tunes... stuff that all of us 40-year-olds in this neighborhood know. Our next gig is November 6th at the Hamel VFW for a neighborhood party / fundraiser for the Wayzata School District music programs. (Email me here if you want a ticket. $20 for a good cause.)
Cheers!
Kevin