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Friday, June 09, 2006 10:34 AM

Acronym hell in conference calls

James has been nagging me to have a look at this video that he found on Jasons blog.  He practically forced me to watch it the other day. The scary thing is - I understand almost all of the acronyms and buzzwords that they used during the video. 
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Wednesday, May 17, 2006 2:17 PM

Webcast for Introverts

I've included this webcast this month as it really struck a chord with me.  I work with a lot of introverts who do an amazing job.  However, in other parts of Microsoft, we tend to favour hiring extroverts (I sat through a recruitment day yesterday
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Friday, May 05, 2006 6:43 PM

Orb lets you view your files on your phone...

I've been raving about this for ages now - Orb gives me the ability to watch my recorded TV programs from my Smartphone.  I need never be disconnected from my TV soaps again.  It really impressed my US colleagues when I showed them back
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Tuesday, April 25, 2006 4:50 PM

Geeking out with the girls...

Sarah did an amazing job with last nights Girly geek dinner in London - over 180 people registered for the event.  There are some truly awesome women who want to be with other technically focused women.  The show of hands showed that there were
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Monday, April 24, 2006 2:35 PM

Do things really happen in threes?

... I wonder?  Last week, the video that I'd done for channel 9 was published, and this week the video that we all did for the Exchange Unplugged tour back in November has gone live on the IT's ShOwtime site.  There are little clips of
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Wednesday, April 19, 2006 1:18 PM

Channel 9 lets me talk to them....

I didn't even notice this, but Kintan mailed me overnight to say that he liked my video on Channel 9.  I was over in Redmond earlier this year, and talked to Charles and Jennifer about all sorts of things including ladies and girl geeks (and
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Thursday, April 13, 2006 2:03 PM

What is RPC/HTTP?

We talk about using RPC over HTTP and HTTPS a lot.  I've blogged about troubleshooting RPC/HTTP, I talk about how fantastic it is to be able to access my email without the need to VPN, but I was stopped in my tracks today when someone actually
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Monday, March 20, 2006 7:39 PM

Beyond the browser at MIX 06

I thought I'd spend some time this evening and watch the Keynote for MIX 06 in Las Vegas. (You can visit MIX virtually too)  Bill Gates was talking about how the way we interact with the web.  You know, when I started
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Monday, March 06, 2006 2:13 PM

Thats a pretty network diagram...

http://www.microsoft.com/uk/technet/designit/default.mspxWe were having a coffee with the Audience marketing guys a while ago, and we were talking about how we could contribute to a charity in some way.  Microsoft in the UK are sponsors of several
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Friday, March 03, 2006 11:15 PM

Blogcast: Folding a t-shirt

I knew how to do this already.  Lorna who runs the MVP program here in the UK showed me how to do this last year and I was very, very impressed.  So when my friend emailed this video showing how easy it is to fold a T-shirt I just
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Thursday, February 09, 2006 3:08 PM

What should we talk about?

Today is the second day of our IT Forum highlights event.  We've been focusing on things that will be coming up later on in the year (E12, Monad, Mobility and Vista today).  At the last roadshow last week we talked a lot about released technology. 
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Tuesday, February 07, 2006 4:32 PM

Evangelism on a global scale

I'm often asked if I only evangelise in the UK or do I "do" other countries too.  Well, when I present at TechEd or ITForum, then I suppose I'm evangelising throughout Europe, When I write for the Technet Flash, or for another publication, I 
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Tuesday, January 17, 2006 5:53 PM

Watch your TV recordings from anywhere

I've been using the Orb for some time now - as has Chris.  It's really impressive to be able to show photos and recorded TV from my Media Center displayed on my smartphone.  I can even see what's been recorded whilst I've been away,
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Friday, January 13, 2006 11:44 PM

Triscadecaphobia - and a film crew...

Yup, I have triscadecaphobia.  I hate days like these.  I'm glad I don't have to get on a plane today... I'd rather hang around an airport and fly tomorrow instead, so I thought that I'd keep a bit of a low profile today and not do anything
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Wednesday, January 11, 2006 10:38 PM

Windows Live - and lots of gadgets

Well I've been playing around with Windows Live Messenger 8 since I downloaded it the other day and I'm really impressed with it too.  From the beta page, I've had the chance to get to other beta sites to try, and Live.com has blown me away. 
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