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  • Recognized with 2014 Microsoft MVP award

    Recognized with 2014 Microsoft MVP award

    It’s official! I received notification yesterday that Microsoft has awarded me the MVP (Most Valuable Professional) designation for the ninth consecutive year. The email proclaims: “Congratulations! We are pleased to present you with the 2014 Microsoft® MVP Award! This award is given to exceptional technical community leaders who actively share their high quality, real world…

  • Facebook’s ‘experiment’ isn’t evil, it’s just marketing 101

    Facebook’s ‘experiment’ isn’t evil, it’s just marketing 101

    Facebook is taking a lot of heat after revelations that it conducted experiments with user’s social network newsfeeds. The outrage is unjustified, though. All Facebook really did is AB testing. It’s Marketing 101, and it’s used by a variety of industries for various purposes. First, a little background on Facebook’s transgressions. According to a study…