brian gorbett

whether you love ashton kutcher or not, the fact that because of his tweet over 1 million people just brought down an article talking about bing’s new features goes to show that google had better sleep with one eye open.

being from cleveland, i sometimes forget the great local talent the city has. one is a columnist for the city paper, the plain dealer, regina brett. here is one of her most popular articles originally written when she turned 50 in 2006.

1. Life isn’t fair, but it’s still good.

2. When in doubt, just take the next small step.

3. Life is too short to waste time hating anyone.

4. Don’t take yourself so seriously. No one else does.

5. Pay off your credit cards every month.

6. You don’t have to win every argument. Agree to disagree.

7. Cry with someone. It’s more healing than crying alone.

8. It’s OK to get angry with God. He can take it.

9. Save for retirement starting with your first paycheck.

10. When it comes to chocolate, resistance is futile.

11. Make peace with your past so it won’t screw up the present.

12. It’s OK to let your children see you cry.

13. Don’t compare your life to others’. You have no idea what their journey is all about.

14. If a relationship has to be a secret, you shouldn’t be in it.

15. Everything can change in the blink of an eye. But don’t worry; God never blinks.

16. Life is too short for long pity parties. Get busy living, or get busy dying.

17. You can get through anything if you stay put in today.

18. A writer writes. If you want to be a writer, write.

19. It’s never too late to have a happy childhood. But the second one is up to you and no one else.

20. When it comes to going after what you love in life, don’t take no for an answer.

21. Burn the candles, use the nice sheets, wear the fancy lingerie. Don’t save it for a special occasion. Today is special.

22. Overprepare, then go with the flow.

23. Be eccentric now. Don’t wait for old age to wear purple.

24. The most important sex organ is the brain.

25. No one is in charge of your happiness except you.

26. Frame every so-called disaster with these words: "In five years, will this matter?"

27. Always choose life.

28. Forgive everyone everything.

29. What other people think of you is none of your business.

30. Time heals almost everything. Give time time.

31. However good or bad a situation is, it will change.

32. Your job won’t take care of you when you are sick. Your friends will. Stay in touch.

33. Believe in miracles.

34. God loves you because of who God is, not because of anything you did or didn’t do.

35. Whatever doesn’t kill you really does make you stronger.

36. Growing old beats the alternative – dying young.

37. Your children get only one childhood. Make it memorable.

38. Read the Psalms. They cover every human emotion.

39. Get outside every day. Miracles are waiting everywhere.

40. If we all threw our problems in a pile and saw everyone else’s, we’d grab ours back.

41. Don’t audit life. Show up and make the most of it now.

42. Get rid of anything that isn’t useful, beautiful or joyful.

43. All that truly matters in the end is that you loved.

44. Envy is a waste of time. You already have all you need.

45. The best is yet to come.

46. No matter how you feel, get up, dress up and show up.

47. Take a deep breath. It calms the mind.

48. If you don’t ask, you don’t get.

49. Yield.

50. Life isn’t tied with a bow, but it’s still a gift.

be one of the first to get your hands on windows 7. for a limitied time, you will be able to pre-order windows 7 full version and upgrade from the microsoft store (this link will be live at midnight est) starting tonight at midnight est.

update: midnight offer available for us, canada, and japan

i just received a great email from paul andrew, senior technical product manager on the sharepoint team, detailing a number of great resources for sharepoint developers and it professionals. don’t worry paul. i did not include anything not disclosed yet.

here is the quick rundown:

• The New Product Name
  • SharePoint Server 2010
  • Ref: http://www.microsoft.com/presspass/features/2009/Apr09/04-15Office2010.mspx
• Get Ready
  • Move to 64 bit and upgrade to IE 7 http://blogs.msdn.com/sharepoint/archive/2009/05/07/announcing-sharepoint-server-2010-preliminary-system-requirements.aspx
  • Run the SharePoint 2007 SP2 PreupgradeChecker http://blogs.msdn.com/sharepoint/archive/2009/04/28/announcing-service-pack-2-for-office-sharepoint-server-2007-and-windows-sharepoint-services-3-0.aspx
• The New Developer Tools
  • Visual Studio 2010 SharePoint tools
  • Ref: http://www.microsoft.com/visualstudio/en-us/products/2010/default.mspx
  • Ref: http://blogs.msdn.com/somasegar/archive/2009/02/19/sharepoint-tools-support-in-visual-studio.aspx
  • Ref: http://channel9.msdn.com/posts/VisualStudio/Sharepoint-Development-with-Visual-Studio-2010/
  • Ref: http://download.microsoft.com/download/C/0/9/C0965791-049B-4200-9008-F07A783026F6/VisualStudio2010_ProductOverview.pdf
  • SharePoint Designer is now free
  • Ref: http://office.microsoft.com/en-us/sharepointdesigner/HA103607611033.aspx

all i know is that i am crazy excited to see transformers 2 tonight with my brother at midnight. it is doubtful that the theaters will let me do some video taping but i am still thinking of ways to capture this geeky moment.

also, did you know optimus prime is a pc?

i have to say that my mom has a couple cute dogs. too bad they are way too mischievous

i just downloaded and installed microsoft security essentials beta for my only machine left running windows vista (all my other machines are running windows 7 rc). since i do not typically run anti-virus software because of the overhead normally associated with such software, i wanted to see how security essentials acted on my machine.

i have to say that i am very impressed with the simplistic way security essentials employs to keep my machine safe. it also appears that it is not eating up all my lappy’s resources while it is running (which is why i never ran anti-virus software before).

i am excited for this release and feel a bit safer since i know virus writers are becoming more and more clever on how they infect machines.

i have had a couple weeks to digest internet week in new york city and the webby awards and found that experiences like these do not come very often to large technology companies like microsoft. it was an experience that i was glad i was a part of and microsoft was a part of. the opportunity to participate in a technology and social media extravaganza was priceless and demonstrated microsoft’s commitment to the web and all that it stands for. even if sometimes it is a schmooze fest.

i have to say that the microsoft gallery kickoff party to internet week last night was a huge success. we had so many people come through, including mark cuban pictured with me and sean below. i gave a ton of demos of windows 7 and the cool features of multi-touch throughout the evening and people were super impressed.

if you missed the gathering last night, make sure you check out our internet week schedule at http://themicrosoftgallery.com.

 this monday kicks off internet week and we are ready with our gallery space right smack dab in the meatpacking district on w14th (between 9th and washington). it is only a block away from the official hotel of internet week, the standard and across the street from a certain fruit store.

we spent the day there setting things up and getting ready for the open on monday at noon. we will be having regular tweetups, coffee, wifi enabled hp touchsmart computers, and sessions throughout the week. we will also be showing off the microsoft touch pack for windows 7 for one of the first times.