tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-7162949800382472942024-02-06T21:52:18.690-05:00ThinkTank CollaborativeThe intent of this blog is to produce collaborative thought through provacation of sometimes known and unknown topics. As such the thoughts expressed here by the author or commenters are their thoughts alone and shouldn't be considered the shared opinion of anyone or any entity they are affiliated with, by viewing and commenting you agree to this blogs itent. ENJOY!!Geophrey Graveshttp://www.blogger.com/profile/08147917680762526138noreply@blogger.comBlogger15125tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-716294980038247294.post-25487362821243671412011-11-06T10:12:00.000-05:002011-11-06T10:12:40.430-05:00Finally landed...feels great...lets talk techSo I am happy to report your boy has landed at a great company just north of the border in the great liberal state of New Hampshire. I work for a software company that provides fleet management solutions to the transportation industry. Back in the saddle as an SE and loving every minute of it!
Now that we're done with this escapade lets talk tech; next week I'm going to give a review and Geophrey Graveshttp://www.blogger.com/profile/08147917680762526138noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-716294980038247294.post-71558414206731817912011-10-17T15:43:00.001-04:002011-10-17T15:43:33.313-04:00Getting close...Almost there.So once again to the handful of you still tuning...thank you!
It's been busy in fact I've been more busy now than most times with school and a 40hr+ work week! Well maybe not that bad...but still its been fun keeping busy and finding new interest. Really quick I want to send Bday wishes to my nephew, grandfather (posthumously), friends, etc...we have a few October peeps including myself Geophrey Graveshttp://www.blogger.com/profile/08147917680762526138noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-716294980038247294.post-6126808823661219722011-09-11T20:13:00.001-04:002011-09-11T20:13:47.273-04:00Still working on it...Hey folks, haven't posted in a bit I've been heads down on quite a few things and getting ready to make some moves. Before I go further let me just say I would like to thank all of those men and women serving in the arm forces for us; without them I couldn't freely do stuff like this! I know its cliche at this point but I don't you can do anything on a day like today without showing Geophrey Graveshttp://www.blogger.com/profile/08147917680762526138noreply@blogger.com0Fitchburg, MA, USA42.5834228 -71.802295542.5366578 -71.8812595 42.6301878 -71.7233315tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-716294980038247294.post-40425865908905439772011-08-26T00:35:00.003-04:002011-08-26T00:51:09.009-04:00Tough week but as they say, it'll only make you stronger...This week has been quite busy for a guy on a corporate sponsored vacation.
I went with my former colleagues (and friends) to bid our former CTO and fantastic guy Clint Battersby as he was called home after a long fought battle with cancer. Still miss the hell out of you buddy! I also supported a close friend of mine that I've known 14+ years as he did the same for his grandmother; emotionally Geophrey Graveshttp://www.blogger.com/profile/08147917680762526138noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-716294980038247294.post-17391967788901548392011-08-19T21:23:00.004-04:002011-08-20T15:03:12.845-04:00A Great Man Remembered...He was a mentor to me and my colleagues - he taught me a great deal in the short amount of time I got spend with him. He was taken from us far too soon after a long hard fought battle with cancer. We're all at a loss because you meant so much to us and touched us all and while we haven't worked together for some time I'll personally miss walking into your office and shaking your hand everyday. ItGeophrey Graveshttp://www.blogger.com/profile/08147917680762526138noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-716294980038247294.post-70835478795404785072011-08-01T17:34:00.006-04:002011-08-05T00:17:19.299-04:00Next steps...So now that I've whined a bit lets talk about how we roll into the next role. I've been looking various options in the market place and have landed on some interesting developments. First not many of you know this but I'm a bit geeky, well you know that, but I think if you knew me personally you didn't know of my love for learning technologies. Early in my career I had the opportunity to work forGeophrey Graveshttp://www.blogger.com/profile/08147917680762526138noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-716294980038247294.post-31284800177454144102011-07-27T21:47:00.002-04:002011-07-27T22:11:04.201-04:00It's been way too long...Hey there,So after a long hiatus I found myself where I was 2 years ago when I established this blog...looking for work. A lot has happened since then, my wife and I had a another child ( a girl, just turned 1), I graduated from school (finally.), and I got chewed up a bit from life's changes and challenges but I'm still here!Quick catch up; I decided to change career paths and stay in "Start-up Geophrey Graveshttp://www.blogger.com/profile/08147917680762526138noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-716294980038247294.post-69780463252354115512010-02-22T09:58:00.004-05:002010-02-22T10:18:17.503-05:00How to conquer FAT32 in WindowsHey Guys, sorry it's been quiet but its because I've been splitting time between the more important things like family, work, and school. Which leaves less time for things like random babble here and video games lol. I'm recently enrolled in a digital imaging class that requires me to use Photoshop cs4 on Mac; well not all Mac's can read external hard drives that are formatted NTFS. From my Geophrey Graveshttp://www.blogger.com/profile/08147917680762526138noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-716294980038247294.post-64137948573651704002010-01-06T16:09:00.010-05:002010-01-06T16:36:32.120-05:00I'M BACK!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!So I can officially say I've been in my own little hibernation but I'm back and plan to be back as much as I can providing all sorts of random nonsense mostly tech related or as technical as I can make it.Where have I been?No people this wasn't a pause on life it was life taking over my time to blog. Back in July I proclaimed to set out (with a great team) to co-found and launch a company that Geophrey Graveshttp://www.blogger.com/profile/08147917680762526138noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-716294980038247294.post-49902121166349776992009-07-02T15:14:00.001-04:002009-07-02T15:20:31.749-04:00Proclamation: Doing my own thing!So after being home and spending time with the family; I’m taking this opportunity to really decide what I want to do.  And while I’ve interviewed and made great contacts with companies out there I haven’t found something that newly challenges me and makes me as passionate as my first gig did with Centra Software so many years ago. If there’s an opportunity like that I’ve yet to find it andUnknownnoreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-716294980038247294.post-1468523448476046042009-05-09T01:15:00.006-04:002009-05-09T01:30:36.510-04:00Is Twitter really ready for prime time?So now after the likes of Oprah and Ellen and many other stars are adopting it's use we should take a step back and ask ourselves is Twitter ready for prime time? Plagued with inconsistent page loads and widget display errors I got to take a step back and think about the media coverage this little handy tool gets and while I understand press is press; I'm not so sure I'm convinced this product isUnknownnoreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-716294980038247294.post-67916369406780403552009-04-14T20:11:00.028-04:002009-04-15T23:18:00.919-04:00Quick Tips to Optimize and Keep your PC HealthySo after recently doing some routine maintenance and fixing a couple of PC's for family and friends I wanted to take a step back and provide some quick tips I've found useful for keeping my pc's up and running. These are easy and effective steps that anyone can do simply by reading the instructions, following the steps, and be confident! Also do some Googling on these various topics to gain more Unknownnoreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-716294980038247294.post-39148126157625519912009-04-06T22:47:00.005-04:002009-04-07T10:52:43.662-04:00It's Not Technical, It's Simply LearningAs I wrapped up my most recent semester of school taking a refresher course in web development and a week of interviews with a couple of software companies. After describing my skills and work experience to many recruiters, hiring managers and employees of the companies. It made me take a step back and ponder why people, in general, think having technical ability as it relates to computers and Unknownnoreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-716294980038247294.post-62814785546096896982009-03-27T20:57:00.001-04:002009-03-27T22:10:28.930-04:00Fiscal ResponsibilityLet's chat a minute about this; on the eve of probably another article, news report, or panel discussion about a failing financial services company asking for more money, let's ask ourselves am I and my employer being fiscally responsible?Being that I was recently invited to a "corporate-sponsored" vacation this is a bit of a subject I'm familiar. Since I'm such a "class act" as one of my Unknownnoreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-716294980038247294.post-4178889599007833932009-03-24T21:18:00.001-04:002009-03-24T21:31:05.919-04:00First Time OUT, keep with me and we'll get it!Hey Everyone,After several years of accruing bits of knowledge during my nearly 10 yrs in software I need some therapy. What better way to treat myself then to post it here for your enjoyment; comeback soon we got some stuff that may be of interest to you!A question was asked if this was to treat me or readers. My hope is we all get a lil something out of what is shared.Unknownnoreply@blogger.com4