This is a much shorter podcast than I had planned but I wanted to break this off into it’s own episode and then over this next weekend get our next regular episode out.  Pardon my indulgence here but sometimes you “just gotta” give out props when they are so earned.

The Help Desk Podcast – Podcast – #4 – “Happy New Year – XPâ€

 The blog for this podcast is located at:  http://thehelpdeskpodcast.com/thdp4-blog

I talk about what I have to give thanks for this year.  I especially talk about Scott Beuhler who really impressed me as a good person last November.

Scott is a pure online marketer with a blog called the “Beginner’s Guide to Understanding Google Plusâ€.  I subscribed to his WebHostingChoose.com.

Scott’s Google+ page is here.

Tomorrow, January 3, 2013 Scott is launching his new project: Plus Mastermind.  Here is the website:  Google Plus Mastermind Course Launch.

The second part of our podcast talks about the impending death of Windows XP.

The second blog for this podcast is located at:  http://thehelpdeskpodcast.com/thdy4-blogxp

Show notes are located at http://thehelpdeskpodcast.com/thdp4

Show Links:

Shane McGlaun’s blog in Daily Tech, on August 8, 2013

Gregg Keizer of ComputerWorld in his article “XP Migration easy pickings over, say experts.â€

http://www.cbsnews.com/8301-505143_162-57579541/the-end-is-near-for-windows-xp/

http://www.cbsnews.com/8301-505143_162-57599073/windows-xp-zero-day-threats-every-day-forever/?tag=nl.e664&s_cid=e664&ttag=e664&ftag=TRE000da0d

http://www.computerworld.com/s/article/9238049/Windows_XP_decline_stalls_as_users_hold_onto_aged_OS_flout_2014_deadline