14 January 2010 0 Comments

How to organize like Bill Gates, the HP-Microsoft deal, Helping in Haiti and more

Yes, I’ve been neglecting my blog. Although I have a couple of blog posts in the works (on setting up our Windows 7 home network connected to our Media Center), I have been just too busy with (gasp!) real work. So I obviously need to be better at my organization: helpful that I found this brief article on Bill Gates’ organizational effort with a few of his "top tactics" with a nod of what Bill calls the digital workstyle

24 December 2009 0 Comments

Favourite past posts with more on Christmas poems, Bill Gates and buying a new PC

For all of those who are still braving the crowds to finish their holiday shopping, you’re in good company, as you’ll note at right. I’m off this week but working on a couple of belated posts. In the mean time, here are a few to hold you through the holiday weekend, including my favourite Apologies for my ode on the Day Before Christmas   (With apologies to Clement Clarke Moore or Henry Livingston) And in the immortal words of Patrick Swayze: "Be nice." Now on to the posts… How to make an impact at Thanksgiving, even if you’re not Bill Gates   In a past post, I noted my posts on being thankful , in particular this one on being thankful , where I noted the Seattle P-I newspaper’s slide show on " Words of Thanks ." Your questions: "What do people read on your blog?" Stuff about Time, Bill Gates, Kids and shopping for a new PC

14 May 2009 0 Comments

The latest Microsoft "Laptop Hunters" commercial: "I’m a PC and I got exactly what I wanted."

There’s a new Laptop Hunters "You find it, you keep it" Microsoft PC television commercial out with Lauren (a new law school student) and Sue (her mom) … Video: Laptop Hunters $1700 – Lauren and Sue get a Dell XPS 13   Tags: articles , what I read , I’m a PC , Microsoft , Windows . Clubhouse Tags: clubhouse , Windows Vista , video , laptops Bookmark this on Delicious Also available via http://bit.ly/HY1pS