Recently I’ve had to work on production and staging environments (windows server 2012), and I’ve been struggling using notepad to edit config files (which happen to be in XML format) – sometimes tags get misaligned or not closed correctly, and then not having the ability to compare files in a nice graphical display. Basically the …
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Need more space on your Virtual Disk image? I installed Windows 7 Ultimate (using my MSDN subscription) on Oracle’s Virtual Box, but didn’t guestimate the size of my virtual disk correctly. Let’s just say that 30gb is not enough if you want to install Office 2010, Visio for Enterprise Architects, and a flavor of Visual …
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I’m dual booting on my laptop between Windows 7 and Windows 8. You know how it is, you get comfy with one operating system and then another version comes out, and you’re like “Is it going to be any good?”, “I’m going to have to reinstall all of my stuff, again…”, etc… My default was …
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Microsoft finally released their Surface Pro. Is it a tablet or is it a PC? Who knows, but I’m slowly warming up to the idea of owning one, soon. Interesting how this article by Gabe at the Penny Arcade resonates with me, and I’m not a professional artist. I bought my Lenovo X220 Tablet Laptop about …
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Jensen Harris is the Director of Program Management for the Microsoft Windows 8 User Experience team. He gave a talk at UX Week 2012 conference in San Francisco in August titled The Story of Windows 8. I’ve included it below. Its definitely worth watching, as he provides insights into why Windows 8 looks the way …
