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Mixed Minds Business Course – Ready to Challenge Microsoft Netherlands ?

August 9, 2011 By 1 Comment
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If you are connected with me on LinkedIn, you probably know that I'm working at Microsoft Netherlands in the role of Next Generation Consultant (within Microsoft Services). It has been a very exciting rollercoaster ride so far, and keep in mind that Microsoft Netherlands won the Great Place to Work award for the third year in a row. Are you a talented student in the final phase of your study ? Are you creative and passionate about technology and ready to challenge the status quo ? If these … [Read more...]

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Waterfield Sleevecase review – Custom build, excellent fit, durable and brilliant customer service !

May 24, 2011 By Leave a Comment
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In this article I will have a closer look at the Waterfield Sleevecase for a Lenovo T61p with an extended 9 cell battery.It will not only be an indepth look at the product and its features, but I will also highlight the pre-sales advice and its underlying process.Waterfield customer pre-sales service The Lenovo T61p is a very robust and reliable machine, that is stall widely used in corporate environments. In my case it is a reliable workhorse for daily work, and with the extended 9 cell … [Read more...]

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Microsoft Mathematics 4 review – A free must-have Math application for Windows to do Calculus, Statistics, Trigonometry, Linear Algebra and more !

April 20, 2011 By 1 Comment
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Microsoft Mathematics is probably one of the most under estimated pieces of software, that I started to love in the last few years. The default Microsoft Windows Calculator is often fairly limited if you want to perform a little more complex calculations. On the other end of the spectrum you could use a specialized full blown engineering suite like Mathworks Matlab. However in a lot of (relative simple) scenario's such an extensive toolbox is overkill. Microsoft Mathematics 4.0 is in the middle … [Read more...]

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Endnote X4 – Thomson Reuters’ excellent customer service using an open strategy ?

September 3, 2010 By 4 Comments
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Last week I published a book review of Open Leadership - How Social Technology Can Transofrm the Way You Lead,  the latest book of Charlene Li.  In this article I will share some personal practical experiences about the use of social technology and some form of open strategy that was in place at the company.    Introduction of EndNote X3 "problem" Since a few years I use Thomson Reuters EndNote to manage my references and easily include these in academic texts and … [Read more...]

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Windows Phone 7 Technical Preview – Developers test performance of WP7 applications on “real” phones

July 21, 2010 By 3 Comments
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Windows Phone 7 development reached an important milestone yesterday, with the release of the Windows Phone 7 Technical Preview on  prototype phones from Asus, LG and Samsung !"Microsoft reached a major milestone with development of Windows Phone 7 and has devices loaded with the Technical Preview that will be sent to thousands of developers."Windows Phone 7 (series at that point in time) was first presented to the public during Mobile World Congress in Barcelona earlier this year. … [Read more...]

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LG Panther Windows Phone 7 Prototype @ Windows Phone Get Together Event, Netherlands

June 29, 2010 By 2 Comments
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Last week I attended the very first edition of the Windows Phone Get Together event in Utrecht, the Netherlands.  I think it is pretty unique to have an event in which a large company like Microsoft directly interacts and engages with end-users of their products. You can read an extensive event report on MobilityMinded, and please put November 9th in your agenda when the next Windows Phone Get Together event will take place @ Microsoft Netherlands HQ.  Meet the local Dutch Windows … [Read more...]

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DevDays 2010 – Looking back @ Charlie Kindel Windows Phone 7 Interview, Windows Phone 7 Development, Making the Social Connection & Giving Robots Life !

May 29, 2010 By 2 Comments
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A few weeks ago I published a Windows Phone 7 related interview with Charlie Kindel, Partner Group Program Manager for the Windows Phone Application Platform & Developer Experience @ DevDays 2010, Netherlands on the MobilityMinded website. DevDays 2010 is a large two-day event for developers on the Microsoft platform(s), and in this article I will share some information about the Windows Phone 7 related sessions.Interview with Charlie Kindel, discussing Windows Phone 7 @ DevDays … [Read more...]

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Microsoft Office 2010 + SharePoint 2010 Launch Event – The Future of Productivity

May 14, 2010 By 1 Comment
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Wednesday I was fortunate to be invited to the local Microsoft Office 2010 and SharePoint 2010 launch event in the Netherlands. As you can read in the press release “Microsoft Delivers the Future of Productivity With Office 2010 and SharePoint 2010“:“Microsoft announced the worldwide availability of Microsoft Office 2010 and Microsoft SharePoint 2010, as well as Microsoft Visio 2010 and Microsoft Project 2010, for business customers worldwide.”This has two implications: … [Read more...]

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