Now that Frank is no longer my direct manager, I can only pick his brain over lunch hours. I asked him about his lessons learnt on being an award winning people manager one lunch time this week. His response was: "invest in the people, make sure they...

I've been very priveleged to have a number of great mentors in my life. One of them is Len Bass . We caught up over lunch today, and we were talking about 'building a career'. As usual, Len had some great wisdom to share with me. He said: "You basically...

Frances Allen is such an inspiration!

This long awaited meeting request arrived my inbox just now... When: Thursday, 1 March 2007 6:00 PM-8:00 PM (GMT+10:00) Canberra, Melbourne, Sydney. Where: Microsoft, 1 Epping Road, North Ryde *~*~*~*~*~*~*~*~*~* Successfully delivering and utilizing...

traffic was so bad across the Sydney Harbour Bridge this morning - I think everyone was slowing down to get a glimpse of the Queen Mary II ! Patrick got up early with Kai to drive out to the Sydney Harbour to see QM2 arriving this morning at 6:30am, and...

with the buzz of Web 2.0, and the ever increasing volume of user requests online, building highly scalable web infrastructure and software architecture is of paramount importance. The challenge of building scalable software is nothing new, and in fact...

Finally, I can find out in an instant where to get good Italian food near my husband's office.

Bernard is running a cool show - I'm definitely going to this, and see if Kevin has the latest updates on Jim Gray . Microsoft Research: Driving Innovation for 15 Years In 1991, Bill Gates decided to make a bold investment for the long-term future of...

I've had a couple of weeks leave, staying home looking after the kids, doing home improvement, cooking, cleaning, shopping, things like that. Patrick is very glad that I'm back to work. He is not only glad that I'm back to earning my own income, but doubly...