Archive for August 2011
Dying hard drives on new laptops SUX
Posted by: sarah on: August 26, 2011
Just a few weeks before devLink, I purchased a new laptop to replace my ASUS G51JX. I ended up getting a Dell Latitude E6520. Within the first few days of getting it, the laptop had a KERNEL_DATA_INPAGE blue screen and lost sight of the hard drive. After rebooting a few times and working with Dell [...]
devLINK 2011 Recap – Sadukie’s Tales, Part 4
Posted by: sarah on: August 20, 2011
Last day of devLINK… I started off in Open Spaces, giving John Kellar and Leanna Baker live feedback on the conference. It was great to hear how planning worked this year, and I gave them some suggestions for next year. After giving feedback on the conference, I was off to the Mobile Smackdown. First of [...]
devLINK 2011 Recap – Sadukie’s Tales, Part 3
Posted by: sarah on: August 18, 2011
Standing room only at 8am… what a way to wake up! Thanks to all of you who attended my “Develop IT – Intro to PowerShell” talk at 8am. It was great to share my love of PowerShell and how to get started with those who wanted to learn more. We started at the basics and [...]
devLINK 2011 Recap – Sadukie’s Tales, Part 2
Posted by: sarah on: August 17, 2011
After spending time with friends yesterday, I needed to take the morning off to catch up on my talks. After reading my abstracts, I realized that my first presentation wasn’t setup right – it was more setup for a .NET developer user group and not purely intro level. I reworked that talk to be purely [...]
devLINK 2011 Recap – Sadukie’s Tales, Part 1
Posted by: sarah on: August 16, 2011
While planning for devLINK this year, I figured that I’d get there a day early to meet up with friends for lunch, maybe catch a summit in the afternoon, and then head to the VIP dinner on Tuesday. Well some of that happened and some didn’t – for me, meeting up with friends started with [...]
Starting a New Chapter in my Career…
Posted by: sarah on: August 12, 2011
- In: Careers | Goals
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753,120 minutes… 753,120 moments so dear 753,120 minutes… how do you measure, measure a career? Today marks my 4 years, 3 months, 2 weeks, and 3 days anniversary at OverDrive, Inc. This is the longest I’ve been at any company, and it will hold that record for at least another 4 years, 3 months, 2 [...]
Zune Software SUX… Again
Posted by: sarah on: August 7, 2011
- In: SUX
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I’ve recently become the owner of a Dell Latitude E6520, and while reinstalling my software, I figured I’d get my Zune software installed so that my Zune HD could sync up with this laptop. And boy did I see one of my favorite “undocumented features” of the Zune software – barfing on playlists and throwing [...]
Cleveland GiveCamp 2011 – Sadukie’s Tales, Part 3 – This One Time At GiveCamp…
Posted by: sarah on: August 3, 2011
- In: Caught in the Web | Community | Events
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This past weekend, I saw how my project managing skills would fare at Cleveland GiveCamp. First of all, if you aren’t familiar with GiveCamp, check out GiveCamp.org for a basic explanation. Now for a basic overview of Cleveland GiveCamp, check out this post from Bob at Simplex-IT or even this video made by my favorite [...]
