I hit this while attempting to visit a link at www.codeproject.com.
 

I just love developers with a sense of humor. Makes the day go by faster.
Have a great weekend.
Mitch

I hate to actually admit it, but sometimes my company's customer service falls a bit short of what it should be. No excuses, it just sometimes does.  This week I was again reminded of the value and need to service your customers at the bare minimum, the way they expect, and if possible, to exceed [...]

Last night I was recuperating from a very late and very long business meeting by browsing through the Discovery/Science Channel/History Channel loop I have set as my favorites on my DVR when I ran across a short program on Robert H. Goddard, the father of rocketry.
I find his story fascinating because he actually conceived of the idea [...]

I noticed this:

Circa 1987.
Ah, those were the days….

Last year Phil Richardson and Ben Vollmer both posted solutions that would enable us to better track birthdays within CRM.  In May of 2007, the solution was added to the CRM How To series.
To review the situation we find that while Microsoft provided us with a Birthday Attribute on the Contact Entity it's really hard [...]

As you can imagine, email is one of the most powerful features within CRM. And since it is possible to over-use even the best tools, CRM allows you to determine, by contact, how people can be contacted.
When you look at the Administrative tab on the Contact form, you will find various methods of contact for [...]

I am in contact with people all over the world and I often find myself wondering if they are at work, or at least awake, should I need to email or IM them.  After trying several utilities that would show multiple time zones, I finally found one while listening to an episode of Hanselminutes, that [...]

Greetings Everyone,
I have had on my list of things to do, adding a monthly electronic company newsletter to the list of offerings I provide.
This past weekend, while reviewing my notes and planning the coming week, I started thinking about it again.
But to be quite honest, I'm really not sure that I need a newsletter.  Here's why:
1) [...]

Today is Memorial Day here in the United States, which to some, is more than just another excuse for a three-day weekend.

The simple reason that I have the honor to fly an American flag in front of my house, with the mostly green grass and tall Oak trees, is because at times in our country's [...]

I've been in Seattle all week attending the 2007 MVP Summit and besides catching a cold, I've had a great time.  I met some fellow MVPs, and got to attend some interesting technical talks with the Microsoft folks.
I want to thank Microsoft for the invitation and for rolling the welcome mat for the MVPs.