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  I was spending some of my coffee break flipping through the LIFE photo archive on Google when I came across this one. It made me ask myself…did we fund the iPod? Now there’s a story….. For those who don’t have the back story, check out this historic Read More...
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  A friend just pointed me to Rory’s blog entry from the PDC – it’s a pretty accurate and fun view of what 3 days in the land of Microsoft looks like and I think Rory enjoyed himself. This part made me smile in particular:   But then a Microsoft Read More...
The new Microsoft Store in the US has gotten a lot of press today with the entire consumer booty available - desktop software, the Xbox console and its related game titles, the Microsoft Zune, and all of the company’s hardware, including mice, keyboards, Read More...
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I was scanning a few videos on Microsoft Videos site this week and noticed a cool little feature that “turns off the lights” and spotlights the playing video. Very cool – check it out and hit the lights icon when you’re chosen video is playing. Attention Read More...
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I count myself alongside The Beatles and Tiger Woods – not because I have anything close to the raw talent of any of them – but because we’re all paid to do our hobby. Like them I’m extremely fortunate of course and today I was reminded of how much I Read More...
I love Seth Godin’s work and own a tonne of his books – passing them on to friends as guides on how the new world of marketing really works. I almost always find myself nodding in agreement with Seth’s nuggets of wisdom. But not today. Today I find myself Read More...
Video: New Family Part 2 Okay now this one genuinely made me laugh out loud. [update 1] High Res (Silverlight) version [update 2] YouTube Channel Read More...
Video: New Family Part 1 This one I didn’t quite get….but wait… Read More...
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  I read the ValleyWag post regarding Google's food perks on the chopping block last week and was surprised one obvious angle didn’t come up – as the workforce has less reason to stay and work late, does productivity go down? Same goes for Microsoft Read More...
  I’ve been called lots of things (most unrepeatable here) but this week I was called an intrapreneur by Management Today . If I’m honest I hate the word but do agree with the sentiments behind it. The result was an interview with MT and a piece Read More...
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I usually try to re-title my posts from the originator but on this occasion I felt the title of a recent post had to stay. There is a whole load of commentary in Rob’s post that is of course music to my ears, and on Apple in particular he was joined this Read More...
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[image credit – Unix-Girl.com ] In Bill Taylor’s post on A Geek's Guide to Great Service he talks with Robert Stephens, founder of Geek Squad . I’ve already mentioned on this blog why I think Geek Squad is a great idea and I hope they do well here in Read More...
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I did an interview with Management Today earlier this week about intrapreneurship at Microsoft and it got me thinking. I think I was asked to be interviewed partly due to the Blue Monster thing but also because I tend to get involved in off piste stuff. Read More...
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This slide is starting to appear in more and more Microsoft public presentations from our executives. It was in Steve Ballmer’s Financial Analyst Meeting slides and also used at a number of recent Microsoft internal events. I like the slide a lot as it Read More...
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[image credit - http://www.h4x3d.com ] There is a definite turn of perception over the last few weeks about Apple – no doubt some of it down to issues with MobileMe and the iPhone 2.0 but my sense is it’s more due to their growing popularity and whilst Read More...
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