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May 2009 - Posts

Microsoft Wins Best Place to Work in Europe 2 years in a row
Whilst Microsoft may not be perfect, clearly something is going right in Europe to win the coveted ‘ best place to work ’ for the second time. The company’s philosophy is that if employees are happy, then so will customers and business partners. Some Read More...
Posted: Friday, May 29, 2009 3:26 PM by tkimber | 1 Comments
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Britains Got Talent – Stavros Flatley better than Susan Boyle ?
This blog posting is a somewhat experimental way of checking if highly topical subjects increase traffic to your blog site and Twitter account. Admittedly, it’s got precious little to do with Office Live . Personally I’m a bit bored with the whole Susan Read More...
Posted: Wednesday, May 27, 2009 6:40 PM by tkimber | 1 Comments
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Office Live and Social Media
Here’s an email I sent internally today. Some fellow Twits thought I should blog and Tweet this, so here goes… “Now that OfficeLiveGuy has been established for a couple of months, I thought it might be a good time to provide a short update on progress. Read More...
Posted: Wednesday, May 27, 2009 6:25 PM by tkimber | 1 Comments
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Office Live meets Virgin Galactic
Last Friday, I had the privilege to listen to a presentation by Will Whitehorn, President of Virgin Galactic . I was particularly interested to hear how Virgin could be planning to develop a space travel business, whilst simultaneously building on it’s Read More...
Posted: Wednesday, May 27, 2009 11:18 AM by tkimber | 0 Comments
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Student interns help grow Office Live
I frequently speak to small business owners who feel overworked but can’t afford to hire additional full-time employees to share the burden. One option many have overlooked is the possibility of hiring a student intern. Internships or placements are a Read More...
Posted: Wednesday, May 27, 2009 9:44 AM by tkimber | 1 Comments
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Working from home: some thoughts you need to consider
So, did everybody work from home on 18 May? What? You didn’t know it was Work From Home Day? OK, a little secret – these things are usually a gimmick thought up by someone with a marketing budget for a home working widget, you know it and I know it. Father’s Read More...
Posted: Tuesday, May 26, 2009 8:55 AM by tkimber | 2 Comments
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Is Google falling behind Twitter ?
There’s been a lot of speculation about Google and Twitter recently – acquisition rumours, partnerships and so on. It does appear now that Google has recognised that Twitter is a serious player in Search, and even has some key advantages so far as real-time Read More...
Posted: Thursday, May 21, 2009 3:31 PM by tkimber | 1 Comments
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Responding to a crisis
By the time you read this let’s hope Swine Flu will be receding into memory – in news terms it’s certainly diminishing and hopefully in health terms it’ll be doing so as well. It serves as a reminder, though, that there will be times when people can’t Read More...
Posted: Wednesday, May 20, 2009 1:23 PM by tkimber | 1 Comments
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Privacy concerns about Google Street View ? Now they’re sending a trike up your garden path
Google’s Street View technology, whilst impressive at one level, also gives rise to privacy concerns wherever it goes. Indeed, Street View has been completely banned in Greece , with other countries watching developments. If you have concerns about the Read More...
Posted: Monday, May 18, 2009 5:27 PM by tkimber | 1 Comments
Store Microsoft Project files in your personal cloud
Project management is a rich and varied topic, but one issue that comes up time and time again is how to collaborate effectively with others working on a project team. Office Live WorkSpace provides everything you need to do this very easily and at zero Read More...
Posted: Monday, May 18, 2009 10:47 AM by tkimber | 1 Comments
What’s the connection between Swine Flu, MP’s expenses, Virtual Earth, Photosynth and Office Live ?
The Microsoft Virtual Earth platform is an integrated set of services that provides quality geospatial data, rich imagery, cutting-edge technology, and dependable performance that helps organisations visualise data and provide immersive end-user experiences. Read More...
Posted: Friday, May 15, 2009 11:08 AM by tkimber | 1 Comments
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Richard Branson’s PitchTV can help Office Live customers
Never one to miss a PR opportunity, Richard Branson has cleverly released a very timely opportunity for entrepreneurs and Small Businesses, including those using Office Live , to upload short video pitches about their businesses to this page on Virgin Read More...
Posted: Thursday, May 14, 2009 11:54 AM by tkimber | 1 Comments
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Security: is it a tech thing?
In case you didn’t know, we’re just through the annual agony that is the Infosec show. It’s great being a journalist; you fetch up at a trade show, they look pleased to see you then realise you’re writing about stuff rather than spending money and their Read More...
Posted: Monday, May 11, 2009 4:50 PM by tkimber | 1 Comments
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Belly Dancing Engineer – an Office Live success story
";" galleryimg="no"> Having started belly dancing ten years ago as a hobby, it has since become a passion for Claire Novis and she has eventually also turned it into a job. Claire now spends many evenings and weekends teaching classes, running workshops Read More...
Posted: Friday, May 08, 2009 4:28 PM by tkimber | 1 Comments
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The future of news
There’s been a lot of debate recently about the way in which news will be authored and delivered in future. Traditional newspapers are increasingly struggling to make ends meet as their readers go online for news and seem unwilling to pay for it there. Read More...
Posted: Friday, May 08, 2009 3:35 PM by tkimber | 1 Comments
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Multimap add-in for Outlook
If you’re looking for a quick, simple way to add maps to your meeting requests, email signature, contacts and more, then the new Multimap add-in for Outlook could be just what you’re looking for : Read more about the add-in here Of course, you may also Read More...
Posted: Wednesday, May 06, 2009 9:05 AM by tkimber | 1 Comments
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E-working and work/life balance
As I write we’ve just had yet another bank holiday in the UK (any American readers might note that’s what we call public holidays over here). There were two last month but sadly none for my birthday a couple of weeks back, which isn’t yet a matter for Read More...
Posted: Tuesday, May 05, 2009 9:45 AM by tkimber | 1 Comments
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Social media policies: why you need them
I’ve been doing a lot of work on social media lately – for example, writing a book on it (about which I wasn’t going to tell you, but you forced it out of me). That’s how I came to be doing a talk on it recently. Some of the usual questions turned up, Read More...
Posted: Friday, May 01, 2009 9:45 AM by tkimber | 1 Comments
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