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You ever work someplace that blocks access to Yahoo! or Google? Please, allow me to repeat this. It’s important. This is an IT blog. You, as an IT professional, have you ever had to do your job in an environment that blocks access to Yahoo! or Google. Uh…yeah. It’s happened to me. It’s happened to a lot of us. I generally see this happening to consultants because of the security risk. Okay, good argument, “I’ll hire you, Mr. Consultant, and I’ll give you access to the tools you need to do your job so that you can rob us blind, ruin your own reputation, and never find work in this town again.” Besides, consultants are the experts and they shouldn’t need “tools.” Never mind that [F1] takes you to a website anymore.

The latest DevCares, from my perspective, was an appropriate deep dive after Tuesday’s MSDN Event covering application security. The MSDN Event was a little less than stellar, and we found out why at DevCares. Uber presenter (and ex-LÛCRUM-ite) Bill Steele had a family emergency, so the MSDN presenter was probably working off of one-day’s notice. It’s forgivable. Mike Wood picked up the ball and handled DevCares. Given the circumstances, Wood handled the ball with the heart of the bat. Get it? Wood? Bat? Oh, never mind.