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Busy week so far

Thu, 28 Jan 2010 16:31:12 GMT

So Monday was the BentCarGuys social, Tuesday was movie night, Last night was SML Social, tonight I’ll be meeting up with some friends from SharePoint (time to catch up with old colleagues), and tomorrow night there’s an event I’ve been requested to go to out on the Hill, Saturday I think I’m doing something, then doing something else on Sunday. I think most of these events are in my calendar, at least I hope so. Oh, and a date this weekend. EEK.

Jeffrey Bernt ...

Social Night Out

Tue, 26 Jan 2010 07:14:36 GMT

A well intentioned evening was had, met up with some friends from the BentCarGuys car club, met up with another friend, then came home. Nothing too out of the ordinary, just tired from a long day with a lot more to come tomorrow. Should be able to handle it, just a lot of new tech being thrown at me and I’m still learning some of it. Always fun!

Night!

Jeffrey Bernt ...

Just chillin

Mon, 25 Jan 2010 08:09:10 GMT

It’s been 75 days since I started at Quilogy (now part of Aspect Software), and things are still going well. There are still a lot of people that do not know that I left Microsoft, so here’s some catching up for you. I no longer work for Microsoft for my own reasons. I can go back and work there at any time, so there’s no ill intent on either side, just a difference of opinion with those that I worked with and me. I am glad I made the choice to leave, because I am now able to see the wonderful world of SharePoint from a different angle, that of the general public on the customer side. Quilogy, now Aspect, works on projects as a vendor for Microsoft. These projects include a wide array of technologies (RTM as well as beta products), and many different areas which include research on how/if things can be done, demonstrations of software such as for conferences, literature, and several other types of work. Aspect is now a SharePoint business in addition to their UC (unified communications) and call center business. UC & C, or unified communications and collaboration, is what makes Aspect unique I think.

Ok, enough on all of that. I ended up ditching AT&T’s service due to poor service in my area of Washington, and poor customer service in trying to fix the problem. I was actually told that I had to use the latest app from AT&T in order to mark where I was having issues, and send that data to them. Yeah, that app? Called Mark the Spot. All it does is send data to AT&T telling them there’s a “possible” issue with that spot. Too bad the app never worked because there is such bad reception where I live. To say the least, I switched over to Verizon and their Android-based phone, the Droid. I love it. It’s Linux-based, with Java apps running on top of it. It’s stable, reliable, and genuinely geeky fun to use.

Let’s see, what else. Oh, I’m still single, but there’s always a chance I’ll meet someone nice through a friend or the like. Who knows. I told myself I would never blog in bed, but here I am, blogging in bed. What? I can’t help it. The laptop has Windows Live Writer on it, and I hooked it up to my blog on bernt.net. I was hoping to read a bit on the Kindle, but looks like 6am is coming too quickly, so I’d better head off.

Night!

Jeffrey Bernt ...

New Year, New Look.

Thu, 07 Jan 2010 00:13:04 GMT

Dad's birthday is today

Job at Quilogy is going well

Atlantis vacation was amazing

Changed hair color (went a few shades darker than my normal hair color)

Living with Myke and Kevin is going well

I'll update this more later. :)

Jeffrey Bernt ...