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More on Windows Live Writer

Although Graham is not impressed, there is one thing I really like about Live Writer that for the moment will keep me using it and that is it’s management of posts.  I really like the idea of having my posts automatically saved for me –  in a subfolder under my...

Windows Live Writer

This is my first second test post with Windows Live Writer, it did not started off well, first I got an “Internal Server Error” returned from blogharbor, which Live Writer said needed to be corrected, on the second attempt it worked but I was told that a style sheet could...

Meditation has changed my life

I have been meditating twice a day now for just over 3 years and it now plays a major part in my life, initialy I started to meditate just to help me manage the constant pain I am in, but as the years went by I realised that it has...

Newsgator and the future of Microsoft

A few weeks ago I had a planning session with Microsoft where we discussed requirements for the version of windows to follow Vista.  During that meeting I used newsgator as an example of my ideal service, it embodies in principle – and increasingly in execution – all that I see...

IBM’s neat trick with Hannover

Although I have not yet had chance to try IBM’s workplace client and have only seen marketing material around Hannover,  IBM seem to be about to pull off a neat trick – building a modern flexible platform and still delivering compatibility with existing Notes applications.  This is something that Microsoft...

I need to loose some weight!

When I was 18 I weighed about 10 Stone and had a 28 inch waist, over the years the weight crept up to 12 Stone.  3 years ago I lost about a stone in hospital and took the opportunity to get down to 10 Stone 7 but I have recently crept up...

On holiday this week

I am on holiday this week and all 4 kids are doing activities (film and video, drama and sports club) so Debbie and I are able to spend from about 10:00 – 16:00 on our own just relaxing in and around our home town – St Anne’s on Sea.  At...

iMate SP5

For the last few weeks I have been testing an iMate SP5,  I had high hopes for it thinking it would be a great complement for my TC1100 Tablet.  My main requirements (with scores) were as follows: small enough to take anywhere ***** worked great as a phone ***** seamlessly receive...

People collaborate not technology

All too often when we talk about collaboration as IT folk we start by discussing all of the great new technologies that are available, or at least that’s what I did a decade ago.  Now I tend to focus on the people so it was very refreshing to read a...

The importance of the seam in seamless

I have often used the word seamless to describe some of the refinements that I have been seeking in the end user experience,  although recently I have tended to substitute seamless for integrated without really knowing why.  Well today I read a post by Dean Bubley titled Redefining semalessness in...