• Exchange mailbox quotas and a 'paradox of thrift'

    The study of economics throws up some fantastic names for concepts or economic models, some of which have become part of the standard lexicon, such as the Law of Diminishing Returns , or the concept of opportunity cost , which I've written about before...
  • BBC iPlayer kicks up a stink

    It's been interesting reading various news articles about the fact that the soon-to-be-released BBC iPlayer application will initially be available only to Internet Explorer and Windows XP users. The Register reports that a group called the Open Source...
  • Lelouch's "C'etait un Rendezvous" gets mashed

    Someone has taken the petrol-heads' classic film, a 9-minute dash through early morning Paris known simply as " Rendezvous ", and built a mash-up between Google Video and Google Maps, to show the route he was taking. Who needs another excuse to watch...
  • The business case for Exchange 2007 - part II

    (This is a follow on to the previous post on measuring business impact , and the first post on the business case for Exchange 2007 , and are my own thoughts on the case for moving to Exchange 2007). It's part of a series of posts which I'm trying to keep...
  • Living the dream with Office Communicator 2007

    I've been a long-time fan of instant messaging and pervasive "presence", especially the cultural changes it allows organisations to make in order to communicate and collaborate better. As a result, I've been really interested to see what's been happening...