I already new that Office SharePoint 2007 was going to support mobile browser access, but this article by Martin Kearn provides a good description and some images that show you what to expect (functional but ugly) Anyway the post has an extra treat, it introduced me to the fact that you...
Some of my friends have implemented Wikis in the enterprise with great success, but right now they are not blogging about it so I need to fall back on this excellent advice provided by Rod Boothby on innovation Creators which is a truly excellent web site on enterprise applications of...
I couldn’t resist entering this contest on Lifehacker! Snap a few pics of your favorite workspace – home office, desk, studio – and send ‘em in to us. Over the next week or so we’ll feature our favorites. Readers will vote on the ultimate coolest workspace – and the winner gets...
Readers of my blog know only too well that I love screen real-estate having 3 19” screens and I certainly would never go back, what amazes me is the fact that the productivity benefits are truly amazing and yet are largely un-tapped by most businesses. According to Microsoft Research you...
As I often say I am really focussed on delivering a great end user experience to my customers, Omar describes some of the challenges to achieving this (his context is Microsoft vs iPod): You do not own the end to end experience (you make the software but not the hardware in the...
Marc describes some of the uncomfortable realities on his great blog this week: You can rail all you want about standards and how Microsoft’s current Office document is open and how, evil empire that they are, they’ll find a way to poison the well with their new XML-based formats. And...
I have often noticed that the most impressive people I work with are the ones who ask the best questions, Hal has some hints on how to do this on Reforming Project Management. His key insight is to use the following two questions, in addition to the traditional who, what,...
I am really big on “user experience” and this is a useful article on the subject, here is one of my favourite bits: one core principle stands out large from all of these various experiences. The inversion of control, from the organisation to the individual, is going to become increasingly...
I have just read this article that describes the way that Bill Gates works, it’s very similar to my normal work style, I bet I spent a lot less on my office though! I have added my comments to the article in blue: On my desk I have three screens,...
The idea seems to be to use a single client to manage all of a teams interactions around a specific activity. It seems like a great idea in principle, although I have a few concerns about how it will work in practice: I am worried that the process of publishing...