It’s a Sunday night in rural Douglas County, and the old man is about ready to hit the sack. Maybe after the Steelers lose to the Ravens. Tomorrow I head back to the office, and I’m teaching an Azure class to ten or eleven students, some in the room, some remotes… I think it’s about …
September 2018 archive
Sep 29
Day 20,100
It’s late on a Saturday night, and I’m home. That’s the single most important thing. Right now I have a five-and-a-half pound Yorkie mix sitting on the ground, looking up at me with the saddest eyes, wondering when I’m going to put this laptop down and give her the lap time she deserves. Lap-dog privilege. …
Sep 28
Day 20,099
Alrighty! Good evening, my future grandchildren. Old fat Grampa Bob finishing up his last night in Orlando, before heading home to Kansas tomorrow morning. A few things. This is my first Airbnb rental. I think next year I’ll get back into a regular conference hotel. It was ok to get away from the conference crowds, but …
Sep 27
Day 20,098
It’s a Thursday night in Orlando, and I decided to stay in. Yeah, it’s a pretty big opt out for me, I know, but my knees are screaming at me, and I’m concerned that walking around Universal Studios amusement park might be just enough to spur the knees on to attempt a military coup of the …
Sep 26
Day 20,097
Wednesday night in Orlando, the third night at the Microsoft Ignite conference. I’m chilling at the condo again tonight. I had an invite to a party, but after the long day at the show, I decided to stay in, again. I’m not a kid anymore. There was a time that I would’ve been the first …
Sep 25
Day 20,096
Greetings! Salutations! What’s shakin’? It’s your old grampa Bob here, reflecting on another day at the Microsoft Ignite conference. So, I started off my day over in the hand=on lab area, where I normally work, taking a look at my practice test offerings. As I went ahead and scheduled myself to take the AZ-102 exam, I …
Sep 24
Day 20,095
Monday night at the Ignite Conference in Orlando. I’m am a potato. Spent a lot more time on my feet today than I would’ve liked, but that’s part of the job. Tomorrow I’ll have more time on the Hands-On Lab floor, but I won’t have quite as much territory to cover now that I know where everything …
Sep 23
Day 20,094
Greetings from mostly sunny Orlando. Today was the first day of the conference, as far as I’m concerned. Grabbed an Uber ride this morning, went over to IHOP for breakfast, then went over to the convention center. The Orange County Convention Center in Orlando, Florida, is one of the biggest convention centers in the world. We’ll …
Sep 22
Day 20,093
Hey, how’s everybody doing? The old guy, coming to you from a smallish condo in Orlando, Florida. Tomorrow, I get over for the beginning of this Microsoft event. I think I’ve been to all but 3 or 4 of these since my first in 1996. It can be quite the spectacle. There are always big …
Sep 21
Day 20,092
It’s Friday night. Tomorrow I get up at 4:15 and head to the airport, hop a flight to Orlando for what has become my regular annual sojourn to the Microsoft Conference that goes by the handle “Ignite”. When I first became a Microsoft Certified Trainer, it was called TechEd. I guess the marketing folks like names …