1999 was some year. It was the year…. I returned to Australia after a 2 year stint working in the UK. I met my now Irish wife, Margaret. Big Brother UK was launched. (Okay, less auspicious that one) I joined ninemsn , a Microsoft Australia and PBL joint venture - and so embarked on my Microsoft career...

Stephen Fry , the UK comic genius, actor, writer, come Twitter extraordinaire was recently interviewed on The Jonathan Ross Show , a UK chat show, talking about his exploits on Twitter. Jonathan (or Wossy as he is known) described Twitter as a message board.  Stephen more articulately called it...