Category — Tech News

Sorry for the gap in posts. The gap got bigger when I took my vacation.

First of all, thank you to all who have purchased CBT Nuggets videos through my web site link. I appreciate your sales very much. I will try to demonstrate my appreciation in the future with regular and useful blog posts.

I have just received access to the CBT Nuggets videos for Windows Vista, tests 70-620 and 70-622. Both videos are taught by one of my favorite CBT Nuggets instructors, James Conrad. I will post a review of these videos hopefully within the next month.

I am also working on two software deployments: Microsoft Forefront Client Security and Microsoft Virtual Machine Manager Workgroup Edition. I am sure I will have some comments to share with you during and after these deployments.

On a personal note, I am starting my Master’s Degrees in Management Information Systems this fall at the University of Central Florida (where I am also employed). I am excited and fearful about this all at the same time. I have wanted to go back for a Master’s Degree for a long time. This degree will also give me academic credentials in the field that I have been working in for so long (my bachelor’s degree is in Industrial Engineering).

My mention of an academic degree may cause some readers to wonder which is more helpful to your career - degree or certification. My suggestion is that if you have the time and resources, go for the degree. My bachelor’s degree that I earned in 1991 still helps me find work 17 years later. I cannot say the same for my certification in Windows 3.1/MS DOS 6.x that I earned in 1995! However, my certifications do show an employer that I am continuing to learn and remaining current in my field (as opposed to just 1991 knowledge).

Thank you for reading. If you have any questions or ideas for articles, please comment or email me at blogmail@itcertpro.com.

I read a news story the other day about a man in South Korea was killed by an exploding cell phone in his shirt pocket. The cell phone had signs of melting. Fears of battery problems that had earlier plagued laptops now seemed to be realized in cell phones. Now your cell phone could be a ticking time bomb!

or . . .maybe not . . .

A follow-up article by the Associate Press reports the real culprit. A co-worker accidentally ran over the man while backing up a drilling vehicle. He moved the vehicle to throw off the police. The exploding cell phone story was made up.