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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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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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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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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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Rumourmill...Microsoft to buy Yahoo?

Posted Friday, May 04, 2007 5:47 PM by Mike P
Seen some press reports about Microsoft potentially buying Yahoo.. BBC Yahoo shares up on Microsoft talk Associated Press: http://news.moneycentral.msn.com/ticker/article.aspx?Feed=AP&Date=20070504&ID=6846679&Symbol=YHOO Reuters article: http://news.moneycentral.msn.com/ticker/article.aspx?Feed=OBR&Date=20070504&ID=6846019&Symbol=YHOO Read More...
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CCS and MSFT Share price...!

Posted Friday, April 27, 2007 3:51 PM by Mike P
So whilst we run the first user group for CCS at Microsoft, look what happens to the MSFT share price! Made me smile! Read More...
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So what is the Live Maps response...

Posted Wednesday, April 11, 2007 6:59 PM by Mike P
So I guess I thought I would check what Live Maps did and happily here's the result: http://maps.live.com/?q=london%20to%20san%20francisco&mkt=en-GB&FORM=BDRE Phew! Read More...
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London to San Fran with Google maps...

Posted Wednesday, April 11, 2007 6:54 PM by Mike P
This made me smile, doubtless there are similar 2.0 errors in Live Maps: http://tinyurl.com/2yqwz5 Step 37 is a cracker: Lol :-) Read More...
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Business Schools and NoBs...

Posted Monday, April 09, 2007 6:47 PM by Mike P
Controversial and hilarious post entitled: 'NOBS, the end of the MBA' by Seth Godin - really amusing parody of what the old style of MBA is and doesn't do: NOBS, the end of the MBA I slightly disagree with him, not sure you can tar all MBA courses with Read More...
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Simple Courtesies..

Posted Thursday, April 05, 2007 11:09 PM by Mike P
One for the Easter weekend....sometimes life can pass you by and you have to look at what is truly important. The post below said a lot to me about how people change when they get something they didn't expect - have a read then mosy on further down this Read More...
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Make IT simpler - sign the Open XML petition today!

Posted Wednesday, April 04, 2007 8:56 AM by Mike P
I don't usually post this type of thing, but this is important for all customers and partner alike. Support the Open XML petition - many companies are trying to achieve greater interoperability between front end and back end offices - the Open XML standard Read More...
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