Office is on the ropes, there’s no doubt in my mind that Office 2007 is a great product, I use it every day and I would probably go so far as to say that it’s a joy to use. That said I know it’s showing its age, it’s just too...
A long time ago now I read the Mythical Man Month, and I remember two things from it: On a large activity conceptual integrity is really difficult to achieve and maintain In the sixties IBM seemed to do a better job at managing large development programmes than we do now...
We all attended the fireworks at Blackpool last night, launched from North pier they were the best we have ever seen. We walked in from Star Gate along the promenade and it was a great night out for all. We decided to watch from the beach which added to the...
After two weeks of only scanning and saving RSS posts, I have a whole load of browser tabs open and ready to read, so on my first day back at work it was down to the beach to do some serious catch up. My favourite cafe is closed for staff...
I have had an excellent Minolta Dimage Z1 camera for a couple of years, but the 10X zoom makes it really heavy and awkward to carry so I tend not to take it with me. In particular there’s no way to carry it in the gadget pocket of my everyday...
I am back at work today after a break of a couple of weeks and for the first time this year a holiday has coincided with remission so I have actually managed to get out and enjoy myself and work on the backlog of work around the house, briefly: Hiked...
Jing is a great example of collaboration done right, quick and easy to use, with just a couple of clicks I am able to create a screencast and share it on my blog via screencast.com. Here’s a sample screen cast I created with Jing. Definately worth checking out the demo,...
Just when I thought it would be impossible for me to write any more on the benefits of multiple monitors along came another twist – the debate between one big one and several small ones! Lets be clear for the type of work I do more is better, here’s why:...
LinkedIn reached a tipping point for me this weekend, I got fed up of just accepting invites and decided to see if I could use it to deliver some real advantage. This meant I had to get serious about using it: Creating a proper profile with a comprehensive career history,...
Over recent weeks I’ve been asking myself why we “hide” so much behind the firewall. In my company for example we have recently setup or planned wiki’s, blogs, expert location systems, social tagging etc – all private. The immediate reaction is that this is a good idea, this is confidential information, but...