tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-154517862011-12-13T21:57:02.754-06:00Unofficial Debriefs on the meetings of the Winnipeg chapter of the Canadian Information Processing Society (CIPS).Darryl Parkernoreply@blogger.comBlogger101100tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-15451786.post-1159567790392015682006-09-29T16:49:00.000-05:002006-09-29T17:19:20.393-05:00

OK, this is my last set of notes about Dion Hinchcliffe's presentation to the Winnipeg chapter of CIPS.After an interesting presentation, I had the chance to listen to Dion speak with some members one-on-one. After standing by listening for a while, I got the chance to ask him the question that had been bothering me: The obvious corollary to the power of networks is that small networks are not

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Before I get into my post, I want to mention Dion Hinchcliffe's ZDNet post from today, "Can Web 2.0 be adapted to the enterprise?". In it, he remarks on alot of the issues I mention here with a lot more eloquence and insight than I ever could. It seems that his whistle stop in Winnipeg is part of a larger story arc in his thinking this days.For my second set of observations from Dion

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First, I would like to thank Moskal Electric for sponsoring my student attendance at this month's Winnipeg CIPS meeting. I had the opportunity to sit and ask a tonne of questions from Ms. Moskal at a CIPS meeting last spring, and she was gracious enough to insist that I sit with another table to give me more networking opportunities.On that note, I had a very interesting conversation with

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Dear CIPS Member I Sat Beside,Thank you for the opportunity to sit beside you at the most recent CIPS Winnipeg meeting.It was a great chance for me to ask a ton a questions. I enjoyed your professional and expert opinion on important issues related to my own beginning career in I.T.Although I was tempted to try impressing you with proclamations and declarations, I restrained myself. And by just

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So, CIPS had a lunch in April, but I was unable to attend.I've been lucky enough to spend the last 3 months working hard with F.H. Black & Company.Spending all day working with SQL Server 2005, MySQL Server 2005, Visual Studio 2005 and ASP.NET 2.0 has been amazing.Also consuming, and as a result I did not attend the April meeting. Luckily CIPS and my other organization, the Winnipeg .NET User

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"The Dark Side of Technology"with Dr. Thomas KeenanI said it in my last post, and I'll say it again. Dr. Keenan: wow.Maybe it's just that in my previous life I didn't go to many dinner/presentation events by experienced speakers. Most of my presentation experience comes from watching students give book summations and university administrative staff talk about regulations. But a presenter of Dr.

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I'm going to start my reporting on March events by talking about the 1-hour session for students prior to the main dinner event.Chris Friesen, Kyle Molotkin and Susan Zuk hosted a very small session with 6 RRC students and one U of M student. The talk was originally scheduled to be about resume preperation and job search skills, given by Russ Smith from CNC Global. But something came up and we

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"How Information Technology Gives Leverage to Ethics and What We Should Do About It"with Dr. Arthur SchaferDr. Schafer is a hugely qualified and very well-known public speaker. And he certainly showed us that he deserves the reputation. He was a very personable speaker, beginning and ending his talks with humorous, and relevant, personal anecdotes.Throughout the hour long discussion, he

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As my first post, I would like to thank the Manitoba Lotteries Commission for sponsoring my attendance at the February meeting of CIPS as a student member.I got the chance to meet three of the guys from the MLC and talk about the state of I.T. in the gaming industry. As a student, I hear lots of theories and discussion about best practices, but these guys gave me some perspective from where the

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The start of a blog…Such lofty intentions; such low expectations…The goal of this blog is to provide a note-taking and memory-jogging mechanism for my attendance at CIPS Winnipeg meetings. I’ve been to two so far, and I don’t want to lose the insights and lessons I pick up.Therefore, a week or so after a meeting, I intend to post a debrief of some of the most important points (for me) that came

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