I’m a big fan of Camtasia products, both Studio and SnagIt, so I’m delighted to see that older versions are now available for free (for PC Plus users in theory). Camtasia Studio is for screen recording and SnagIt is probably the best screen capture utility around. Provided you don’t run...
For a long time now I’ve watched Jeffrey Snover and admired his passion, Graham noticed as well and linked to this short video that explains some of what motivates Jeffrey. As Graham points out the all important ingredient is that Jeffrey really believes that PowerShell is going to improve the...
I had a good laugh at this article in Wired where Seth describes how the search for increased productivity can easily become a goal in itself, in fact dwarfing actually doing real work. This snip tells it all: When my fiance came home from work each evening, we’d ask each...
I’m a user of Web 2.0 applications and on the whole I find them great. However although I know almost nothing about the current technologies involved used in their development, although I’ve become increasingly nervous about their complexity. Then I listened to a very scary talk by Rasmus Lerdorf who...
Its clear that Microsoft spent too long on Office 2007 fighting its historical desktop rivals through the introduction of a new user interface, file format, programming model. These platform investments provided some user benefits but most importantly wrong footed competitors who had previously concentrated on cloning (which is a lot...
Restarting my desktop PC, after 24 days uptime its suffering a bit of a slowdown. Then off out with the Twins # Watching the Blackpool cheering competition, Stephies team ‘Red Shoes’ competes at 16:00!! # Loading up my Blackberry with Music and Podcasts # My radio packed in today and...
Relaxing at Boaters Landing. Very stormy and high tide, but the views still great and its warm and cosy here. Jen is coming soon after music # Spent whole afternoon catching up with housework. 4 kids makes for lots of washing and untidy bedrooms! # Watching My Son Jack on...
Clearing the nights email. I’m not well ( a feet, knees, ankles and elbows day) so it’s time for a long walk – it helps that its sunny # Called back to Lincoln to talk with consultants # Ferrybridge services, trying to relax for a while and have some breakfast....
Trouble sleeping, so trying to get email blogging to work with WordPress, without much luck # Just clearing my emails before driving to Lincoln # Talking to Mark Luter about which windows mobile devices to buy # Listening to IT conversations podcasts while driving to Lincoln # At the hospital...
Talking to Doug when I should be asleep # Finished Emails, now going for a walk and then later to Chorley for the day # Reading my feeds from last night in the Cafe Nero in Lytham # Just got a report from my Brother that my Dads doing a...