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Following MMS 2009 on Twitter
23 April 09 03:39 PM | rodtrent | with no comments

A bunch of folks have asked me recently about “who” to follow at MMS, and “how” to do it.  I just saw today that Stefan has already taken the time...

Filed under: Community, Internet, MMS 2009, MMS, Twitter

When did Amazon.com add the Associates browser bar?
15 October 08 10:41 AM | rodtrent | with no comments

This is a great idea from the Amazon.com folks.  They call it their “site stripe”. If you have an Amazon.com Associate account, Amazon.com automatically...

Filed under: Community, Internet

Twadget sounds dirty…
14 October 08 06:07 PM | rodtrent | 1 comment(s)

But, it’s a Windows Vista sidebar gadget: http://arsecandle.org/twadget/

Filed under: Community, Internet, Technology

A new App-V site you’ll never find by searching…
16 September 08 12:45 PM | rodtrent | with no comments

If you try searching using normal methods you’ll probably miss this new App-V web site.  Why? Well…it doesn’t use a normal domain designator. ...

Filed under: Community, Internet, App-V

Want to know what’s up with Appdeploy.com?
28 August 08 08:59 AM | rodtrent | with no comments

Bob Kelly indicates that the site should be back up, but it is still moving slow today.  So, additional technical issues are being worked on. However...

Filed under: Community, Internet

Looks like I blogged too soon about the LinkedIn Groups makeover
22 August 08 05:26 PM | rodtrent | with no comments

After talking about the recent update earlier this week , I received this email today from LinkedIn: Rod, First of all, thank you for your management of...

Filed under: Community, Internet

LinkedIn Groups gets a much appreciated make-over
21 August 08 08:21 AM | rodtrent | with no comments

The recently added LinkedIn Feature for Groups has received a great make-over that really makes it easier to search and manage the many groups available...

Filed under: Community, Internet

Something Garth will love – Reading the new Microsoft web-based forums offline…
07 August 08 07:02 PM | rodtrent | with no comments

MSDN Forums Client http://www.codeplex.com/msdnforumsclient

Filed under: Community, Internet, Support

One way to separate padded stats from real stats
18 July 08 07:08 PM | rodtrent | with no comments

I've seen in several instances where web sites will show a really neat graph of site stats, displaying a huge amount of traffic, yet you have to pull...

Filed under: Community, Internet

Sites that provide active content *only* by pulling in information from other places
18 July 08 04:11 PM | rodtrent | with no comments

Have you seen this?  I’ve seen a lot of it, lately.  To increase Google ad exposure, show activity on a site, increase site stats, and/or appear...

Filed under: Community, Internet, RSS

LinkedIn Groups gets a search engine – but somebody isn’t communicating
14 July 08 08:30 PM | rodtrent | with no comments

LinkedIn has rolled out Search for their newly public Groups areas, but delaying a search feature has definitely been at a cost. Right now, I’m a member...

Filed under: Community, Internet

Good riddance to Bill Gates… by Jim “Lynchmob” Lynch
03 July 08 12:39 PM | rodtrent | with no comments

Jim Lynch falls off his rocker, traveling beyond the speed of light, and heads straight into an industrial metal fan. Here he blasts Bill Gates for creating...

Filed under: Community, Internet, Industry News

Google’s dominance on myITforum.com
28 June 08 10:49 AM | rodtrent | with no comments

Funny how Google’s piece of the pie looks like Pacman – either eating up the others or spitting them out.  BTW: It is interesting that Microsoft’s...

Filed under: Community, Internet, myITforum.com

Microsoft Connect site maintenance planned this weekend
26 June 08 12:12 PM | rodtrent | with no comments

Maintenance Message: The Microsoft Connect Web site will be down for scheduled maintenance between 10am and 2pm PDT (Pacific Daylight Time) on Saturday...

Filed under: Community, Internet

The Microsoft Superpoke is on it’s way…
13 June 08 07:37 PM | rodtrent | with no comments

Didn’t I tell you ?   Microsoft testing prototype of Facebook-like social network

Filed under: Community, Internet