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Volume 13, Issue 29 | December 14, 2011

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Living Up to Expectations over the Holidays


As technology professionals, we play a multifaceted role during the holidays. It starts with the requests to recommend the best gadgets, games, devices, and software. Then it probably progresses to something like, "I'll bet uncle Mitch knows how to get a good deal on that gizmo." And then come the calls for help on setting up and troubleshooting whatever it is that you might or might not have recommended.


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