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Ottawa IT Camp is getting closer
Friday, April 08, 2011 11:09 AM
See http://ottawacodecamp.ca to register NOW! Welcome By now you have noticed that the Ottawa IT Camp website is nearing complete population for the 2011 event on Saturday, April 16, 2011 at Algonquin College .  Registration opens at 8:15 am.   We are fortunate once again that Algonquin College is hosting the IT Camp - this trims our expenses and makes... Read More...
by Garth Jones
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Ottawa IT Community Event
Wednesday, December 08, 2010 6:29 PM
Five chances to WIN a MSDN Ultimate subscription (A value of $15499) The Ottawa Community is excited to announce a special draw for Christmas.  We have three (5) MSDN Subscriptions (valued at approx.. $15,499/each) to give away.  You can participate in the draw by subscribing to our new email newsletter before December 16 th , 2010.  Good Luck... Read More...
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TechDays 2010 PPT
Sunday, November 21, 2010 1:25 PM
As promised, I have posted my TechDays presentation after my holidays with all the links that you need. And Yes, we had a great time in Jamaica. Read More...
It is Offical!
Tuesday, November 02, 2010 6:46 AM
Well, I got the note telling me that my ConfigMgr session has been accepted at TechDays Ottawa November 9 & 10, 2010. It is a good thing that I didn’t book my anniversary trip that week and waited until Saturday 13 th before leaving. Anyways there is still time to register for TechDays use the special discount code to MVPInvite to receive a discount of ~... Read More...
Henry beat me!!!
Friday, September 03, 2010 10:44 AM
Yesterday, I post a blog about the Wiggle Waggle Walkathon for the Ottawa Humane Society. Well today I received a note from Henry telling me that he was the first one to donate to our web page http://www.ohsre.ca/ehood . (Thank you, Henry)   Needless to say I thought that I had donated yesterday but apparently I was so busy on only posted a note and forgot... Read More...
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Wiggle Waggle Walkathon Sept 12
Thursday, September 02, 2010 1:41 PM
We are Wiggle and Waggling on Sept 12, http://www.ohsre.ca/ehood , Are you? Read More...
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SMSUG.ca Forums
Thursday, July 01, 2010 9:44 AM
I have decided that the forums on www.SMSUG.ca are not being used and due to some SPAMMER populating the membership list, I have closed them down. This is a good thing as it means I will arrange for the site to be convert to a blog only site. With the new site will come a new look a feel. (wait for it)   If you are looking for ConfigMgr , SCCM , SMS, v.Next... Read More...
The Ottawa IT Day / Code Camp April 17th
Wednesday, March 31, 2010 9:57 AM
The Ottawa Code Camp is back with a new look and more sessions this year. We have included a new track for the IT Pro and we changed the name of the event to the Ottawa IT Day / Code Camp. This initiative from the Ottawa community is bigger this year with 20 sessions divided in 4 tracks. We have a brand new IT Pro track including the best speakers of Ottawa,... Read More...
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Hack and Defend
Thursday, March 18, 2010 9:24 AM
MS Canada is bring back their “Hack and Defend” workshops! It’s back!  Last years popular Hack and Defend workshops are back!  Step inside the mind of a hacker at Microsoft’s Hack and Defend Workshop. Discover the tactics used to penetrate your PC, become aware of the most threatening viruses online, and most importantly, learn how to help protect yourself... Read More...
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Tip of The Day – Desktop Icons
Friday, February 26, 2010 9:13 AM
  Back at TechDays Ottawa I was using my laptop to give a presentation on Hyper-v live migration. Anyways Rick walked into the room as I was just about to “clean” my desktop of folders and icons as I always do before a presentation. Rick said “Let me show you this cool feature of Windows designed just for presenters!” Then he proceeded to right click my... Read More...
JOTD – Olympics
Thursday, February 25, 2010 10:29 PM
  Ellen told me about this article, it not really a joke but it is funny. http://www.winnipegsun.com/comment/columnists/greg_weston/2010/02/12/12858676.html Read More...
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Really!
Thursday, December 24, 2009 9:15 AM
I have to laugh at this item that is for sale on www.UsedOttawa.com !   Every so often I go looking to see what is for sale, anyways I keep running to the this AD where some guys is trying to sell “Brand new Microsoft Office System Beta 2 Kit 2003” ! That right BETA 2 ! Now the first thing to note is that it is illegal to sell MS Beta software! The second... Read More...
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An Ottawa summer in 30,000 fames
Sunday, November 22, 2009 8:43 PM
I don’t know how I originally found this RSS feed but here is a cool video of Ottawa in 30000 frames. http://waa.loudandskittish.com/2009/11/14/an-ottawa-summer-in-30000-frames/ Read More...
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How Google Maps has out done Bing Maps! (in Ottawa)
Monday, October 19, 2009 2:10 PM
What Bing Maps sees. http://www.bing.com/maps/?mkt=en-ca#JndoZXJlMT0xODAraG9sYW5kK2F2ZSZiYj00NS4yNjk3ODk0Mzg2NDQlN2UtNzUuNzYwMjgxMzMwNDgzMSU3ZTQ1LjI2Nzg2NjIwNjYzMDklN2UtNzUuNzYzNjE5NzEzNzUwNA == What Google Sees. http://maps.google.ca/maps?f=q&source=s_q&hl=en&q=150+Holland+Ave,+Ottawa,+Ottawa+Division,+Ontario&sll=45.324163,-75.712321&sspn... Read More...
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Stepping Down
Saturday, September 05, 2009 2:42 PM
Well it is official, as of Thursday Aug 20 th 2009, I have step down as President of OWSUG. I have been running the OWSUG since 2003! and it is about time to pass the reins on to someone else, and that someone else is Brad Bird . With this change to OWSUG, we have worked to increase the number of people within the user group executive committee and started to... Read More...
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