Via David Brain - this is an amazing statistic and just goes to show how quickly YouTube has actually grown in the UK. Technorati Tags: YouTube , BBC

Check out my new business cards. OK - so there not official MS issue but they certainly kick off a conversation. Our vision for creating ubiquitous business intelligence and our vision for PerformancePoint is captured really neatly below. You can order these from StreetCards . Technorati Tags: Microsoft...

I read this great post via Seth Godin's blog yesterday... If I think about some of the work Steve Clayton and Hugh MacLeod have done around creating a buzz for the Blue Monster the concept of creating positive and sincere enthusiasm is pretty much front and centre to their strategy and the blogoshpere...

Kind of old news now but The Times have published the 50 best business blogs . They cover technology, media & marketing, and other industry sectors. So there's some obvious ones in there but a couple that I didn't know about. One in particular was the Freakonomics blog which is written primarily...

Last night I was kindly invited by Hugh MacLeod to attend a preview screening of David Mackenzie's new film Hallam Foe . This is a pretty dark film but really fascinating and tell's the story of a young guys struggle to come to terms with the death of his mother. At times it treads a really fine line...

I've just started to play around with it this evening. Not sure I really understand it's value yet. Is anyone else out there using Twitter? I'd be keen to understand what you think. My Twitter profile: http://twitter.com/btamblyn Technorati Tags: Twitter , Blogging

Anyone - who's a regular reader of this blog (I think there's about 3 other than my immediate family) will know that I have a real fascination of the role web 2.0 will have in transforming the business intelligence landscape. Over the past couple of weeks there's been some really interesting announcements...

This should resonate pretty well with anyone who's worked in IT longer than about 5 minutes. Oh and it perhaps goes without saying that I'd rather be using SoapBox to publish this video but it doesn't appear to be up there. Enjoy. Technorati Tags: Microsoft , Fun , Blogging

This video is absolutely brilliant and is now doing the rounds on the blogosphere. Now I don't want to suggest that using Google could cost you a fortune BUT... Video: Who Wants to be a Millionaire Just so some of the context is not lost here. Millionaire host Eddie McGuire is also the boss of channel...

Ben Tamblyn I was at the Microsoft Business Intelligence Partner Day on Wednesday and met some great partners who are beginning to look seriously at the Microsoft performance management platform as a viable and cost effective alternative for their customers. There was some amazing feedback on the solution...

This is actually just a bit of fun. Microsoft Office meets the Cosmo quiz. The Office Personality Test won't tell you your dating identity or break-up style but instead which Office application is best suited to your personality. As per my previous post - it will come as a great surprise to...

Jensen Harris has put him out of his misery. Check it out . Amen. Technorati tags: Clippy , Office 2007 , Jensen Harris , Fun , Blogging

OK - this is news to me - but I read it on TechCrunch so it must be true. Perhaps the geek in disguise can confirm/deny. Check it out Technorati tags: Zune , Blogging , Steve Clayton , TechCrunch

God I hope not - TV can't taste that bad - although I do like the idea of mixing two of the world's greatest inventions TV and beer. I think this will happen more and more: the Internet now competes head-on with TV as a platform for delivering rich media content. Maybe Bud is not so bad after all Bud...

Barely a day goes by where someone is not asking me about what Microsoft is doing in preparation for Web 2.0. Here's a link to a great introductory whitepaper at ChangeThis . Troy Angrignon's introduction to the principles and concepts of Web 2.0 Web 2.0 will significantly shape the Business Intelligence...

Over the past couple of months it seems that people are getting themselves into hot water by posting controversial blogs. I read with interest an article @ The Times (Online) today about Steve Beall a manager at Thorntons , who had been sent from Newcastle upon Tyne to manage a newly opened café and...