One thing that I miss about the office when I'm working @ home are the dual widescreen monitors on the workstation @ the office. Having three laptops strewn about the...

I think Steve nailed it when he focused on the prospective audience for documentation. When a team of professional writers (who didn't build the software and/or use it daily for...

In my experience, "industry experience required" means one of two things in a job posting. Either it's a weed out mechanism because that job already has a candidate destined to...

I was a little unclear, too, but I think he meant that he liked the mindset and wondered how I got that particular boss from his Bad Old Thinking™ to...

kevin labranche (12/17/2008)

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I have learned as a manager it is my job to guard and attempt to increase the work factor for the team by ensuring the have as much...

A little operational maturity goes a long way. If you're following MOF or ITIL, you're already keeping track of all these "little" details and should be able to reconstruct your...

ortek (12/17/2008)

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It is this sort of statement that I...

+1 for Yao's advice.

I'll add that in any aspect of IT you shouldn't just be preparing for possible career change... You should be actively planning for it. You can be...

I've blogged about the perils of tagging, especially tagging that's done by the great unwashed. A search engine that relies solely on tags is very weak, IMO. Searching for Mexican...

George, that smells like the server\instance name in the project data source is still incorrect. Are you sure the connection string has updated correctly and tested successfully?

George Dickson (12/4/2008)

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I finally did get the AdventureWorks.mdf and AdventureWorksDW.mdf installed. Now I am having problems loading the solution (AdventrueWorks Analysis Services Project\Standard) for Analysis Services. It is...

Fortunately, working is more restful than vacationing via an airline which shall remain nameless. It only took a mechanical failure, three different planes and an additional 24 hours stranded in...

Hey, Steve, next time tickle the work email address and I'm more likely to see it in a timely fashion.

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Looks like George got everything squared away before I caught up...

A lot of the folks that I talked to @ PASS this year are happy about where they sit in the current job market. One in particular that I remember...

d00d, don't blow my cover! :hehe: