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Learn how to save cost and develop yourself

I just came across a really good site that we have built to try to help out in today’s tough economic environment. It’s called Thrive and you find useful links, videos and other material. It starts with a welcome message from Tony Scott, CIO at Microsoft, and then focuses on 3 things:

• Advance Your Career: You find recommendations on how to write a resume, how and why to get certified, free online trainings available, how to use body language during an interview etc.
  
• Enhance Your Technical Skills: You find interviews, web casts, radio shows etc focusing on Virtualization and Desktop Optimization
  
• Align IT with Business: You find web casts, white papers, analytics reports around how to save cost, how to calculate Return On Investment (ROI), case studies etc.

I really think you should take a look at this. Especially the career and alignment parts is something we so often forget about. Even if you’re an expert in your job with a competence that is needed in your company we all need to understand how we can show that technology helps the business against competitors and that you are betting on the right thing!

Windows Mobile prototype stolen

In case you haven’t heard this story already, a prototype phone with Windows Mobile 6.5 was stolen last week at the Mobile World Congress, Information Week reports about it here. The device was used by a customer to do a demo and it got stolen. Except for his personal data on the phone there was of course also a risk of someone getting access to the bits. But what Microsoft did was just wiping the device remotely so both OS and data was erased.

Pretty good example on how important it is to have secure mobile phones! More about Windows Mobile here

How to upload a video on Soapbox

To upload a video on Soapbox you can follow these simple steps:

1. Go to http://video.msn.com

2. In the upper right corner you click “Upload Video”

3. Sign in with your LiveID or create a new if you don’t have one already.

4. Set a nickname

5. Browse for you video, give it a title, a description and tags. You also need to chose a category (technology, comedy etc) and make sure the permission is set to Public. The you agree to the terms and click Upload

6. When you’re done you get a link that you can share with your friends, embed in your blog etc.

Good luck!