Powers Unfiltered

An entrepreneur’s journey into grid computing and partnering with Microsoft, by John Powers

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Microsoft Financial Developers Conference wrapup

April 30th, 2007 · No Comments

I just returned from New York where Dan and I worked the 5th Annual Microsoft Financial Developers Conference at the Grand Hyatt hotel. Dan and I did a tag-team presentation entitled “Scaling SOA with Grid Computing for .NET,” which was well received. Frankly, I felt like I stumbled through the first part, but eventually warmed [...]

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Tags: Entrepreneurship · Events · Grid applications · Partnering with Microsoft · Usability

Asking for Help

June 5th, 2006 · 6 Comments

I have a better-than-usual relationship with my current laptop — a Dell Lattitude D610.  It’s my one work machine — at the office, at home, on planes, at conferences, etc.  It’s a year-old, right-down-the-middle combination of fast-enough and light-enough and nice-enough-screen to be a good place to put my work life.  It’s been very reliable (ok, I [...]

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Tags: Usability