Have to love the technology used to level the runway in Antarctica for the first regular link down there from Oz.....cannot help thinking about the irony of landing a plane on the ice in order to study the environment....lol Good weekend all!

Here are some more stories all around the FAST announcement yesterday - you have to love the manner in which the story is reported differently in the different media - Hats off to the IHT for using a picture of Bill Gates with Slash from Guns 'n' Roses to add just a touch of exotica to the story! The...

Dear Friend & Business Partner, I would like to thank you for all your hard work and passion in 2007 – the SharePoint business has seen tremendous growth in the last year at Microsoft and this can be attributed to you our loyal partners. From knowing many of you personally and having worked with...

Made me smile: How to tell if your boss is nuts: saw this from the brilliant Execupundit blog: http://money.cnn.com/galleries/2007/bing/0706/quiz.crazybosses.fortune/index.html Think I might be lucky having read some of those weirdo options to tick!

So there I was working away and an e-mail from the World Communications Awards dropped into my inbox - so I had a quick look and the irony was amazing! Made me smile - happens to us all!

So as you will have seen last week and will see again tomorrow we have been out and about with the Partner TV video camera taking shots from the product teams when we manage to catch them! Here is a fascinating video clip of some early work we have planned - all around making Human 2.0: The example...

Was trawling around a few blogs and came across this interesting article on Over-Time Pay For Reading E-mail on Your Blackberry at Home now it does strike me as amusing for the following reasons: Surely if this is legal advice from am esteemed law professor, then I should be charged for each 6 minute...

So whilst we run the first user group for CCS at Microsoft, look what happens to the MSFT share price! Made me smile!

Huge huge thanks to my mate Matt for helping me make this blog look soooo much better! Really needed the 'pimp my blog' experience! If you fancy checking out Vista, Virtualisation and more then check out his blog Peering through Windows . Enjoy!

Nice refreshing video here showing you a relaxed Steve and his views on Google as well as his joining process into Microsoft: Ballmer: Google's growth strategy is 'insane' Kind of cool and candid - hope you all have a great weekend! Enjoy!

Made me smile, feels like this sometimes in business :-)

Simple choice it's either me or the presenter...decisions decisions... Now this really made me laugh out loud, Rowan from Fortify your Oasis has some absolutely superb points to describe those less skilled presenters: Ass Narcissism - "I’m just going to turn my back on you now and read all my slides...

I was just reading a new blog that I have recently subscribed to called Execupundit.com - it's truly a great place to read some pragmatic cool advice and the following really got me thinking: http://www.execupundit.com/2007/02/note-from-boss-to-employees-what-some.html Sure we are all guilty of sometimes...

One of my colleagues Nick over in Oz sent this post over to me which made me smile: http://blogs.msdn.com/nickmayhew/archive/2007/02/21/google-versus-live-search.aspx Nick fed us this vital bit of context as apparently the chap playing the tv presenter is actually the CEO of Channel 9, check it...

Made me smile: Google Blogs Alert for: IBM +HPC -postion -job Channel Builder - Want to partner with HPC SIs in the UK ... By Mike P Seric an IBM partner from Paisley in Scotland are looking for HPC ISVs to help broaden their route to market....screenshot below of how Microsoft can help you to broaden...

So just pulling out of Kings Cross and the usual hunt for tickets was underway, then for some reason it wasnt necessary - why I hear you ask: "Ah is that a Zune mate...I was looking at one of those....and is that Vista on that tablet...looks nice - can I have a play" "Sure take a seat...." Great to see...

Then just tell them it has been snowing - for some reason it only takes them 2 seconds to get out then :-) This was the gorgeous view we had this morning: Made me laugh all the way to the office!

One of my good friends Jon Poynton has highlighted not only this great website but his aptitude at using Digital Image Suite by taking a picture of Steve Clayton aka 'The Geek in Disguise' and delivering the following superb entertainment: http://www.elfyourself.com/?userid=ce8cfadac3268e564d18756G06122100...

These round ups always serve as a good reminder of the year that has been :) Security implications of confidential information Removal of Pluto from the planets Interests in Consumer gadgets and how excited people get about them :) http://news.com.com/1606-2_3-6144305.html?tag=ne.video.6134071 Enjoy...

Saw a friend using First Direct this morning and this is their Christmas message to their customers - nice :-) Seen any alternative banking humour?

Raised a smile :-)

Okay so there I was leaving work and check out what I saw....300 XBOX classics all sat lonely on a pallette. So I did a little research and found out that these were all from the testing division and used for testing games and console additions during and prior to launch of the original XBOX: The nice...

Leafing through my copy of the Sunday Times today this story made me smile about Nuns blogging: http://www.timesonline.co.uk/article/0,,2089-2471917.html The parallels to what the nuns are doing in giving us a review of their habits (sorry couldn’t resist that one) and the leaps Microsoft have...

So you all probably know that we dream up these videos showing development of software over the years and then what happens when Microsoft enters the market – this one is ever so slightly biased in our direction rather surprisingly J SC06 or Bust With SC06 just around the corner, it's...

Righty ho, so about a month ago a new product manager started in Microsoft UK called Dr. Michael Newberry – he’s a fantastic Australian and (being wary that there are more than a few Aussies reading this blog) I am looking forward hugely to the Ashes flying their way safely back with the winning English...