Monthly Archives: January 2011

Be A Part Of History

Posted on January 27, 2011 by Matthew Norwood
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He that outlives this day, and comes safe home, Will stand a tip-toe when this day is nam’d, And rouse him at the name of Crispian. He that shall live this day, and see old age, Will yearly on the … Continue reading →

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Tech Field Day 5

Posted on January 19, 2011 by Matthew Norwood
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I’ve been fortunate to receive an invite to Tech Field Day 5 out in San Jose, California. The event takes place in February and will bring IT vendors and technical people together to talk about products from the various vendors … Continue reading →

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Programming Bad Performance

Posted on January 15, 2011 by Matthew Norwood
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Last week an interesting problem surfaced at work. An application engineer received reports of slow performance on a particular website and needed some help from my group to track down the source of the problem. This engineer had done some … Continue reading →

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Dealing With Knowledge Gaps

Posted on January 6, 2011 by Matthew Norwood
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Inevitably, we are all going to come across things in our jobs that we are deficient in. Maybe we know a little about a certain topic, but we need to know more. Maybe we know absolutely nothing and need a … Continue reading →

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