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JRPattison

@JeffMillerCPA Agreed! Admins can now push out an mms.cfg file to turn on silent updates. A service and scheduled task do the work. 5:48 AM May 22nd via web in reply to JeffMillerCPA
Thank you @Adobe for solving the issue of standard (non-admin) users installing Flash updates (silent auto-update) with 11.2. 5:42 AM May 22nd via web
Great article discussing the downside of Metro's clean layout - Windows 8: Does Metro actually work? zdnet.com/blog/microsoft… 6:31 AM May 17th via Tweet Button
@EricLigman So is the Action Pack going away at some point? If so, would that be after the 12-month SBSC grace period? 11:18 AM May 2nd via web
@RingCentral I count 25 phones... 20 orange handsets, 4 iPhones, and 1 fax that got "the boot". 11:38 AM Apr 24th via web in reply to RingCentral
@VZWsupport Great news about the new global data plan. Very reasonable. Are cruise ships covered by that plan? 4:54 PM Apr 18th via Twitter for iPad
@russbroomell Thanks Russ! Looking forward to checking it out. 5:52 AM Apr 13th via Twitter for iPhone in reply to russbroomell
@russbroomell Sorry, I can't DM you unless you follow me. My email is my first name at infoetc.com 3:50 PM Apr 12th via Twitter for iPad
@russbroomell I would love a Cubby invite if you still have one available 3:39 PM Apr 12th via Twitter for iPad in reply to russbroomell
jon_bartelson LinkedIn Has an Unlimited Right to Everything Posted Forever feedly.com/k/HrbwYK 7:17 AM Apr 5th via feedly Retweeted by JRPattison and 2 others
Just got an email from @dominos offering me a pizza for $n,ull.00. Some DBA goofed up that one! twitter.com/JRPattison/sta… 10:26 AM Mar 30th via Photos on iOS
It is both sad and a HUGE relief to retire an old custom application you built, especially when it hasn't had changes in years. 6:22 AM Mar 20th via web
@WPI Thanks! 3:37 PM Mar 19th via Twitter for iPhone in reply to WPI
Remote Desktop vulnerability patched yesterday -- the kind of exploit to make you stop and apply immediately. technet.microsoft.com/en-us/security… 3:24 AM Mar 14th via Safari on iOS
350 companies are working with Microsoft on custom Kinect applications. That is a lot of momentum. buswk.co/xwCqxh 6:36 AM Mar 11th via Tweet Button
Just realized I have been using @RingCentral for over 5 years, since long before "cloud" was an over-hyped term. 11:50 AM Feb 29th via web
Excited about the new Windows logo. Even more exciting that Microsoft will be sending out new logo stickers for our keyboards. 10:45 AM Feb 17th via web
Very cool... A 787 Dreamliner Drew the Boeing Logo Across the Entire United States m.gizmodo.com/5884425/there-… 3:06 PM Feb 12th via Twitter for iPhone
Great tips from WPtuts+ for customizing WordPress For Your Clients j.mp/A3gcKi 10:20 AM Feb 11th via Flipboard
@JeffMillerCPA I'm only seeing it on one paid Google Apps account so far -- which had its MX records set to Google not Postini. 8:54 AM Feb 3rd via web in reply to JeffMillerCPA

Name John R. Pattison
Location Sutton, MA
Web http://www.JohnRP...
Bio John R. Pattison is a Principal Consultant at @infoetc, @WPI alum, husband, father of three, and all-around geek.