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Goodbye WindowsConnected

I’m typing (and posting) this final blog entry from 30,000 feet above the United States in a Delta MD-88. Delta contracts with GoGo to provide high-speed Internet… which is freaking amazing. Check out my connection speed:

GoGo-SkiFi

Considering the cost of WiFi on the ground… paying $10 at altitude seems like a bargain. I only hope Joe Six-pack doesn’t fire up Skype on his laptop. I draw the line at phone conversations in the air. What about you?

Anyway – back to the original purpose of my post. I’m retiring Jeff’s Connected Corner on WindowsConnected.com. It’s been a blast working with Josh and the other guys at WC since my first post back in February, 2006. Hopefully my posts will stay archived for some time… I’m always amazed at the traffic search engines drive to old posts. Thanks go out to the WC volunteers and readers for all their support and kind words over the years.

I still haven’t decided if I’ll create a TechNet blog now that I’m “inside” the Microsoft machine. Oh, I guess I should mention that as well. I started with Microsoft on June 22, 2009. I’m a technical sales resource (official title = Account Technology Strategist) dedicated to a handful of large customers in Kansas City. Bottom line – I’ll only start my own blog if I have enough interesting content to post regularly. Time will tell.

So, this is goodbye for now. --Jeff

Only published comments... Jul 21 2009, 12:03 PM by Jeff

Comments

 

Daniel said:

Congratulations!  :)

July 21, 2009 12:48 PM
 

Matt Freestone said:

First off Wow, that is amazing bandwidth for flying in the air.  Hope I can get a plane with Wifi on my trip to Hawaii!

Jeff, we're going to miss you here at WC! and we wish you all the best at MS.  Just do us a favor, if you're gonna post something interesting on your TechNet blog, give us a heads up so we can link to it first! :-)

July 21, 2009 2:40 PM
 

Jaxim said:

Congrats!

Now that you're in Microsoft, you can tell your new colleagues that the upgrade pricing for Win7 sucks for Vista users.

As a Windows Ultimate user, I am not only angered that I was not offered a discounted rate to Windows 7 Ultimate, but that Microsoft is treating XP and Vista users the same.

IMHO, Vista users should get a reduced price to upgrade to Win7 as compared to XP users. It's like upgrading to any other software. For example, if I upgrade to Adobe CS4, then my cost will be less if I have CS3 as compared to CS2.

I bought the Vista upgrade, upgraded my computer hardware and now if I want to upgrade to Win7, it'll cost me more than XP users (who skipped upgrading to Vista) if you factor in the upgrade cost of Vista. Where's the brand loyalty?

Maybe I should just switch to a Mac. Let's hope Microsoft still offers a reduced price by October to Vista users AND Vista Ultimate users.

But again, congrats!!!

July 21, 2009 8:13 PM
 

Brad Moczik said:

I could do without Skype or any phone chatter on planes as well. :-)

Good luck in your new role, man, and let us know when that blog is up and running!

July 22, 2009 10:37 AM
 

Stan said:

Congrats :) !!

buuut nooo don't leave!! I liked this blog :O !!

July 24, 2009 7:32 PM
 

Corrine said:

Congratulations in your new position at Microsoft, Jeff.

July 27, 2009 4:52 PM

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Jeff Centimano is a Windows Server MVP based in Fairway, KS (USA). In addition to blogging and freelance technical writing for Microsoft, Jeff leads the KC-MEC User Group (kcmec.org) and assists with various site duties here at WindowsConnected.com. Jeff has been in the IT industry since 1994 and is currently a Solutions Architect at EMC Global Services.
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