General

About to publish my first article

Isaiah D. Williams — Sun, 04 Dec 2005 01:33:00 GMT

It has been along time since I have posted. It has been extremely busy since my last post with school and of course the friendly hurricane Katrina. I will post some pictures from Katrina when I finally get a chance.

I am glad to say that I am about to publish my first article. It has been an extremely long process. I have learned a great deal about how to write an article and what readers actually look for in an article. Oh well, enough with the boring details in a few days I will be publishing an article that introduces generic types in Visual Basic 2005. So keep your eyes on my blog for a link.

The Right Move

Isaiah D. Williams — Mon, 20 Jun 2005 07:54:00 GMT

Steve Jobbs made the right move in my eyes, with the change to intel. I am tad bias on this matter, however, considering I am windows based developer. In the coming years I am sure that we will see MAC clones all over the market, thus making the MAC os cheaper and readily accessable for the average joe. With this in mind we will see a rise in MAC usage from the average person.

Although, this was the right move, I seriously doubt that it will impact Microsoft the way Jobbs intended. With the up coming release of Longhorn, I believe that Microsoft will continue out do Apple.

College

Isaiah D. Williams — Fri, 27 May 2005 16:15:00 GMT

I have finally finished high school, and have made some time to start blogging again. It turns out that I will be attending the University of Alabama come this fall. I will be there for five weeks this summer as apart of an advanced math program.

I really don't have much to say today. Although, I just wanted to say that I am going to start again. So keep an eye out for new post. =)

Presidential Classroom

Isaiah D. Williams — Mon, 07 Feb 2005 06:20:00 GMT

This entire week I am attending Presidential Classroom in Washington D.C. So far I can say that it is extremely interesting in what I have been able to ask and gain from others. However, the people that run this seem a tad over protective in that I cannot get on the internet with my PC. I have to use the George Town's eMacs. Presidential Classroom is where students get an introduction into the world of politics and how they affect an area of interest. My area of interest of course is Technology. From this week I hope to find out why the government is allowing the RIAA to do as they please and whats going on with the Microsoft lawsuits.

Home of the Brave and the Free

Isaiah D. Williams — Fri, 21 Jan 2005 05:44:00 GMT

Ever since I was a young child I can remember singing the words “the home of the brave and the free.” Those words have come alive, in my life, from this week that I have spent in Washington D.C. At President Bush's inauguration He said that we will not allow tyranny rule and oppression; those words show that this nation is truly the home of the brave and the free.

The United States of America is truly the home of the free because of those hundreds of millions that have come before us that fought and died so that we may fuel our zeal of freedom. She is the home of the brave because she there is not a force in the world that she is afraid or worried about. The United States of American is truly a lighthouse of hope and freedom throughout this world. She shines brightly so that everyone under the sun may see the hope and freedom.

We, as American citizens, live in a nation that is founded upon the belief that freedom shall ring. That should not just ring in the hearts of Americans but that it should ring throughout the world.

God bless the United States of American and freedom continue to resonate in the hearts of all.

RIAA/MPAA implementing Trojans

Isaiah D. Williams — Sat, 01 Jan 2005 11:30:00 GMT

Slashdot | RIAA/MPAA Contractor Deploys Malicious Adware Trojans

Where do we draw the line of right and wrong? Apparently the RIAA/MPAA believes that it is alright to take on the persona of a hacker. Within the United States these actions, however good the intentions, are illegal and carry a heavy punishment. This raises the question “what makes it alright for them to deploy trojans and not someone else?” Do not get wrong here, I am in no way saying that file piracy is right in form or fashion. I believe that software and music alike should be purchased. I am just making a point that I believe that the RIAA/MPAA should face the same punishments that any other hacker would have to face.

"Be nice to a recruiter Month"

Isaiah D. Williams — Fri, 31 Dec 2004 19:27:00 GMT

Have you ever wondered what it would be like to interview at Microsoft? Well, the Channel 9 team has interviewed Zoe Goldring and Gretchen Ledgard, both are technical recruiters for Microsoft. The clip :: Zoe Goldring and Gretchen Ledgard - What is it like to interview at Microsoft?

According to the Technical Careers @ Microsoft blog it is “Be nice to a recruiter Month” (January 2005). :: Mark your calendars - Be Nice to a Recruiter Month is almost here!

Lets all be nice to recruiters =)

vbCity blogs make the news

Isaiah D. Williams — Thu, 30 Dec 2004 15:50:00 GMT

Google has done an amazing job with their new search. I got bored and decided that I would give it a whril by searching for news about vbCity and I found something about our blogs.

'Blogs' provide first-person, on-the-scene accounts of tsunami chaos

Blogs do provide first-person accounts for what has and is happening due to the tsunami. Shandy has posted several accounts of what it is like to leave through a tsunami which can be found at :: An Experience of Living Through A Tsunami

TechNet :: Theft On The Web: Prevent Session Hijacking

Isaiah D. Williams — Wed, 29 Dec 2004 18:00:00 GMT

Theft On The Web: Prevent Session Hijacking I would suggest that all network developers and network administrators read over this article. It goes into detial of how hackers attack your network and the data.

Choosing a College

Isaiah D. Williams — Thu, 04 Nov 2004 06:59:00 GMT

There was one point in time in which I thought that it would be rather easy for me to decide on a college. Well, now that they time is upon me I am finding that it is a harder process than I originally thought. The good news is that I have it narrowed down to three different schools. Oral Roberts University, University of Southern Mississippi and University of Virginia are the three schools that I am looking at, each of them have something different to offer but the end result is the same an education. Also, through this process of looking for a school I have found that there is a good deal more math involved with a Computer Science degree.

The hard part is not picking a place I rather be or an education that I would like to have but the best school for me.