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Scobleized!
12 March 05 02:38 AM | jld | 4 comment(s)

Last night, I attended a great talk by none other than Robert Scoble . The title of the topic was "Blogs to Books!". He is currently writing a book with Shel Israel on blogging ( documented on The Red Couch blog ). Robert has recently signed up with Wiley...

Filed under: General, Writing, Business, MVP

Entrepreneurship Presentation at McMaster University
21 January 05 01:24 AM | jld | with no comments

I'll be presenting in Hamilton next week on the topic of Entrepreneurship. Some of the topics include how to incorporate, finding clients and managing your finances. There will even be a section there on .NET. If you're in the area and interested in the...

Filed under: Business, Speaking

Upcoming Speaking Engagements
13 January 05 01:06 AM | jld | with no comments

This month, I've booked several speaking engagements. Here is the complete list (with abstracts) in case you are interested: January 18th, 2005 East of Toronto .NET User Group Managing Code Using Visual Studio 2005 Team System http://gtaeast.torontoug...

Filed under: Team System, XAML, Windows Vista (formerly "Longhorn"), Writing, Business, MVP, East of Toronto .NET User Group, Speaking

Linux is not Free Software
04 September 04 09:37 PM | jld | 1 comment(s)

As an IT Professional, I've had many discussions with my peers about the true cost of implementing Linux in the enterprise or a business environment. The primary argument I keep hearing over and over again is that you don't have to pay to download or...

Filed under: Business

Notarizing U.S. Documents in Toronto
20 July 04 02:08 AM | jld | 1 comment(s)

A few days ago, I had to get some documentation notarized by a U.S. Notary Public. Not an easy task since I'm based in Toronto, Canada - I fully expected that the process would be expensive and difficult. I started an exhaustive search for places I could...

Filed under: Business