To commensurate a recent realization that Improving Enterprises, Inc is now the #1 link on google and live when searching for "Improving" (go a head… try it. give it a whirl!), a couple of the guys that I work with were discussing other ways that our name and slogan *could* be thought of… so without further ado, here are the rejected Improving slogans:
Improving… we’re getting better. Really we are.
Improving… not as bad as we used to be.
Improving… ’cause that’s how we role. yo.
Speaking of Improving: We are hiring! David O’Hara described what we are looking for:
"a pinch of architect, a splash of Castle, a little MVC goodness, a bunch of OO, and a good amount of humor. Viola!"
Today I’ll be out at the Sabre Holdings Southlake, TX office for another Hack Day. It actually started yesterday at noon, and will not end until 1pm today. (24 hours of pure coding with whom ever and on what ever you want to hack out) I attended the last one and it was a lot of fun. This year, my friend and global Hack Day organizer extraordinair, Jay invite me to participate as a Judge! (I’ve heard that Giovanni Gallucci will be there as well!) This is a true honor and very exciting for me. I can’t wait to see all of the crazy hacks that come out of today!
This was referenced today on twitter. (I tried to go back and see who had referenced it, but alas… their twit was lost in the sea of ideas that is twitter. Here’s the crazy article referenced in the video.
This week I’m in Seattle for the Microsoft Global MVP Summit. I’m having a great time up here meeting with the product teams and other MVPs from across the globe. Way too many incredible people to mention them all here. It’s been fantastic and exhausting at the same time!
Update: I had to swap out the “embedded” video for a image with a link because of because of the differences between Internet Explorer and Firefox. I’ll post more on that later.
This is *very* exciting! I know that I talked about it the other day, but just to make things easier, here is one of the videos that I did for xTrain directly emended from Adobe.tv.
Tuesday was the Official Microsoft Launch of Visual Studio 2008, SQL Server 2008 and Windows Server 2008 in Dallas. It was great. I got to hang out with many ofmyfellowMVP’s as well as people like Mark, Keith, Phil and Rachel (also Jason, Toi, Scott… and many more!) at the “ask the experts” table (which Microsoft *incorrectly* labeled the MVP - Microsoft Valued Partners booth - I guess even they have too many TLA’s!). I missed the Keynote, but I did get to see Chris Koenig present at another session on developing web applications with VS 2008 and he did a great job.
While walking through the halls I did run in to Keith Combs, a friend of mine from Microsoft - he presents all over the region at TechNet events. (think MSDN Event for MCSE’s - if that helps.) Keith has a very active blog and interviewed me for that. You can see the interview on Keith’s blog.
xTrain is a super high quality, web based, training company focused on designers that I have created a “Developer Designer Zen” series with. Yesterday they launched a ton of content featured on Adobe’s new Adobe TV. Here’s a clip from the release:
“Adobe just announced Adobe TV and Adobe Media player today. Adobe TV is your on-line source for expert insight and inspiration. Feed your passion for Adobe products with insider tips, innovative techniques, and behind-the-scenes tours. Get to know Adobe personalities by tuning in to Russell Brown Photoshop Laboratory.”
I’m very excited to be a part of this launch and to be featured along side some of the best UX presenters and trainers in the industry! Here’s the “official” digg link
Chris just mentioned it, but I thought that I would chime in as well. If you’re not planning on it, you should be. Head on over to the TechFest website right now, register, and secure you’re spot for this DFW first!
Improving… It’s what we do!
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