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So why: 'Wet String and Sellotape'...?

Posted Thursday, August 07, 2008 10:12 AM by Mike P
  So it's probably worth a post to enlighten a few of you on the new title I have decided upon for this blog. There have been a few people who have impacted me whilst I have been working in the IT Industry and I love hearing new phrases that different Read More...
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Moving on...

Posted Monday, August 04, 2008 10:53 AM by Mike P
For a number of years now I have had the huge opportunity of working with a very talented bunch of folks in Microsoft UK and the UK technology market. Whether it was in my early days in Microsoft UK in the Enterprise customer space or later on in the Read More...
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Inbound to Houston...check out digital WPC from your sofa

Posted Thursday, July 03, 2008 1:08 PM by Mike P
I am lucky enough to be heading over to Houston along with around 500 partners from the UK and a host of Microsoft folks to learn what we have in store for partners next year. I always get a huge buzz from these types of events and feel energised as a Read More...
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Offtopic - love cars?

Posted Thursday, May 01, 2008 6:11 PM by Mike P
  Love cars? Check out this blog: http://jalopnik.com/ Just fab! Read More...
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SharePoint Seattle Conference - UK Party Information Here!

Posted Thursday, February 21, 2008 12:41 PM by Mike P
Roll up Roll Up all UK attendees of the Seattle SharePoint conference - we have confirmed the venue and timing for the UK soiree - an evening of sophisticated discussion, sporting activity and of course fine food and refreshment! Date: Monday 3rd March Read More...
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New Microsoft Action Pack - details here!

Posted Wednesday, February 20, 2008 11:44 AM by Mike P
24,000 of our 34,000 Registered Partners currently subscribe to Action Pack, our quarterly toolkits of software and sales and marketing materials. These are created to help our partners stay competitive, meet their sales goals and grow their business. Read More...
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Opportunity Of a Lifetime - Play at Wembley...?

Posted Wednesday, February 13, 2008 12:55 PM by Mike P
Quick post - do you fancy a dream come true by playing on the hallowed turf at Wembley? We had a channel team last year and raised over £59,000 for the Wooden Spoon Charity. Fancy taking part then....send a mail to Donna Chubb @ i-dchubb@microsoft.com Read More...
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The Future of Web Search

Posted Tuesday, October 23, 2007 10:16 AM by Mike P
A very simple post here, amazing work from the Microsoft Live Labs team - simple and really cool graphics using Silverlight. I love the following: The Halo skin (okay so I am a sucker!) The graphics around the different types of content search The accuracy Read More...
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Solid work ethics and the big picture - don't confuse the two...

Posted Tuesday, June 19, 2007 11:48 AM by Mike P
Hmmm ever felt that someone is putting their heart and soul into something but don't quite see the big picture? Made me smile, thanks to Jon at TBS for sending through! Read More...
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My favourite books...

Posted Monday, June 18, 2007 12:49 PM by Mike P
Thought I would share my favourite books with you all: Social Intelligence - Daniel Goleman How to Win Friends and Influence People - Dale Carnegie Fish! - Stephen C. Lundin The Art of War - Sun Tzu Good to Great - Jim Collins All well worth a read and Read More...
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Top Stuff I have seen recently..

Posted Monday, June 18, 2007 11:16 AM by Mike P
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! Read More...
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Things that make me smile...World Communications Awards...:-)

Posted Monday, June 04, 2007 7:16 PM by Mike P
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! Read More...
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Simple blogging - great tool to use...Live Writer beta 2 goes public!

Posted Thursday, May 31, 2007 8:31 AM by Mike P
So having written this blog for a few months you try out all types of blogging tools to help make writing posts easier. So far I have used all the following: Blog r'Mail Community Server directly Live Writer all betas The one I keep coming back to is Read More...
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Microsoft Surface: Coolest piece of Microsoft Technology for a decade?

Posted Wednesday, May 30, 2007 4:36 PM by Mike P
Click on the picture above and enjoy....least said the better....seriously cool technology with amazing potential....think I need a new dining able... :) Read More...
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Overtime for mobile mail users?

Posted Monday, May 28, 2007 3:58 PM by Mike P
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, Read More...
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