Category: Travel
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One Microsoft Way
in: Travel
Tuesday I left for Seattle and spent until Friday commuting between the Willows Lodge and the Microsoft Executive Briefing Centre located at 1 Microsoft Way. While most of the time was spent in day-long sessions, in the evening we were treated to some fine food. Wednesday evening we had dinner at the Barking Frog, and…
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To and Fro
Linda and I returned last night from Calgary. I’m off again today to Seattle. We had a nice time in Calgary; it was my Dad’s 80th birthday. It seems all trips these days start with a de-icing step. This flight (both there and return) required one.
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Conference Messages
Conferences offer many messages giving one an opportunity to reflect:Comparing the fall of the mainframe to that of the Berlin Wall is certainly provocative, if not premature. But it is a theme that many promote. On a more serious note, or is it, in Las Vegas, the entertainment capital of the world, even the robots…
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Viva Las Vegas
Yesterday I left what amounted to about 10 cms or more of snow [1] for Las Vegas to attend the Gartner Conference. The flight departure was delayed about an hour as a result of the weather: the plane needed to be de-iced. One cannot really complain about spending time to de-ice a plane. It is…
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Draft #1: China 2008
in: TravelWe start in Hong Kong and end in Shanghai. note: if map is not positioned over China, drag it into position with your mouse. Click “View Larger Map” before clicking on pins to see details . We plan to visit Will in Yangzhou (towards the end of our trip) View Larger Map