December 2008

Cisco Learning Center

December 30, 2008

Cisco has put a lot of effort into their online Cisco Learning Center, and it shows. They have resources for all their certification levels, including videos, white papers and blogs. They also cover topics that most engineers ignore, such as the soft skills necessary to be a successful and influential member of their organization. I [...]

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MSIA so far

December 21, 2008

I just completed my third week of my first MSIA class. So far the pace has been good. I do a little bit of work over 4-5 days of the week. I am enjoying the consulting aspect of the program. I like using our organization as a case study and analyzing it in relation to [...]

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Bad Timing

December 13, 2008

I had my home router give up the ghost today. Today, when I have to submit my first MSIA paper and to write a couple of forum postings. I just finished getting the network back up. It took 2.5 hours including a trip to Best Buy, a power outage at Best Buy, and writing a [...]

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Twitter

December 7, 2008

I posted this on my personal blog, but think it applies here as well. OK, I’m a fairly advanced technology user, but there is a lot that escapes me. For example, I can’t see why anyone who is not on a plane, train, or long bus ride would want to watch video on a 3″ [...]

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School update

December 7, 2008

The first week of my MSIA course is almost in the books. The week one paper is due on the 13th, so that is technically part of my week one work. Since writing is the pivotal piece of my coursework, I decided to make a MS Word template to give my papers a more professional [...]

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