You might think it a bit cocky to start writing my memoirs of launch before the event but with my memory, I'll probably struggle to remember my name in 6 months (and so will everyone else) so I thought it best to make a start now and claim my 15 minutes...

Jensen finally puts this one to rest as he confirmed to me last week. It is interesting how these things happen. Thankfully because blogging is a conversation we can sort this out.

Maybe you have to be of a certain age to catch that ghost busters reference so ask someone older if it passes you by. I had one of those moments the other day where I realised I had so internalised something that I had stopped talking about it to people...

Renewing my commitment to recording the demos that I find myself doing frequently, I've recorded this one about tagging. We used to talk about metadata as the term for this - that is data about data - but I've noticed that people now refer to it as tagging...

There has been a little flurry of rumours on the blogsphere including the ever excitable slashdot that we have radically changed the ribbon, making it much smaller. Some are saying that we are even backing away from the ribbon or that we received "complaints...

An internal email from Chris Capposela (head of IW) to field sales confirms that 2007 will get added to the price list in November. This is excellent news and a strong indicator of our confidence. That said, usual caveats apply about how product performance...

I've decided to create a new book review category and tell you what I think of the new books. As I'm given books to review by publishers, I'll write a review. Title: First Look at 2007 Microsoft Office system. Author: Katherine Murray Publisher...

Some mention of this was made on the Excel blog about the performance improvements that can be derived from Excel 2007 due to the new multi-threading capability but I don't think people are aware of what a huge difference this can make. A quick overview...

Ok so I've had a chance to use the live writer tool now on several blogs. I have used it here on OfficeRocker which is hosted on community server and on fullyvetted.com which is a WordPress blog. So how does it compare with using OneNote 2007 as your...

Blogging tools are all over the news today with the release of the new Microsoft blogging tool, Microsoft Windows Live Writer which is now in beta. The tool is really great. I am really impressed by it. You just put in the URL to your blog and does...

I just came across this competition which is reminiscent of the DesignIT initative we ran in the UK. You design an Office application on 2007 to meet the needs of a charity and if you win Microsoft and HP give you the kit and build it with you. Sounds...

oh..kay.. get this for over competitiveness.. A disagreement over a Microsoft Xbox game console exploded into a fight, taunts and eventually a fire that ravaged a Central District house, the Seattle police said Friday morning.None of the four occupants...

Great post by James O'Neil on this subject which I also commented on earlier .

(Our dog, Sprocket) This happens most days. Somebody will have some sort of issue with their computer and will come bleating to me that it doesn't work. I've learnt now that the first step is adopt an attitude of healthy scepticism and to require...

in 2007 we are adding records management to SharePoint. I came across this great post on barcoding documents on the recman blog which would be a good one for all those records management fans.

09 August 2006 11:49 Continuing my period of angst with technology, and inspired somewhat by Charles Arthur's chocolate teapots ..can you relate to any of these classic tech gotchas? Some, thankfully, hark back to a bygone age of computing and...

Today's presentation (number 89) to the assembled PR agencies of Microsoft nearly didn't happen. I've already presented to this group before, several months ago, and had done the standard user interface pitch and possibly even the outlook one as well...

Good article in computer weekly on 2007. Some interesting analyst quotes in there such as: Clive Longbottom , service director at analyst firm Quocirca, said many organisations would find it worthwhile to upgrade their Micro­soft software across...

Today the free download period for beta 2 came to an end. From now on you will have to pay $1.50 (about £1) per download if you want to from our site . To refute a few myths about this, we are doing this because we already have over 3 million completed...

Following on from my recent Death by PowerPoint post which was all about making presentations better for the audience - here's one for the nerdy presenter. I'm loving my new toy, the Microsoft Presenter 3000 device. I can't find it anywhere online...