Both times that I was laid off due to the economy, I embraced it as an opportunity to learn new things and do something different. And although I am...

Ok, this is weird: I selected option 3, the SQL Server instance to act like a login, but then I was told I selected the wrong answer....

I think I must...

davidthegray (12/19/2008)

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But to me, the best computer scene in all the movie history of all times is the Star Trek scene (I can't remember the title of the movie, the...

ahem - do I want to admit to this?

Yes, I'm 50+ and I'm still learning new things - LOTS of new things! And I love coding... I've been learning...

Loner (12/19/2008)

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. . . this is one of the reason why so many women leave the IT world. When a woman wants to take a couple years off to...

I think what bothers me the most about too much to learn and not enough time, is that I don't want anyone telling me I have to specialize. I...

I was just thinking about this the other day, when I had to tell myself I just don't have enough time or brain cells to learn (and remember) all aspects...

Yeah, when I got to thinking about it, it would only be able to tell that I was using my program editor, not which files (ie. project folder) I was...

Matthew Joughin (12/11/2008)

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I use a free service called rescue time to monitor how much work I'm actually doing

www.rescuetime.com

it is really awesome, and helps me make sure that i'm give the...

When I was doing contract work, I worked from home (Denver) with people in London. I'm an early morning person, so I would start work at 6:00 am, and...

mhaskins (12/9/2008)

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I have a major problem with people who use automatic email filters. There have been many times when an email that I have sent has been filtered away and...

I have created quite a few project folders in my Outlook Personal Folders, and have set up rules to take incoming mail and moving it to the project folders based...

Oh, yeah! I forgot about that...

pmcpherson,

Fantastic advice!!!!! Thank you so much for the specifics!

jpowers (12/5/2008)

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Re: smoking - a study came out about 15 years ago which proved that the chemicals in smoking stimulated the endorphin center in the brain, which is why it...