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Office Live can help when working from home
As someone who does work from home sometimes - admittedly mostly during evenings and weekends :-), it’s always interested to read about how Microsoft technologies can help. I came across these two articles which provide some useful pointers : Make a good Read More...
Posted: Tuesday, December 15, 2009 1:24 PM by tkimber | 0 Comments
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Use Publisher to build an Office Live website
At last week’s Business Startup Show , several visitors asked if they could use various website editing tools with Office Live. The answer is a resounding ‘Yes’. The beauty of Office Live is that you start with the basic templates, which are very easy Read More...
Posted: Wednesday, December 02, 2009 12:04 PM by tkimber | 0 Comments
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How to get Office Web Apps on Windows Live
Now that the Beta of Office 2010 is publicly available, anyone can try the Office Web Apps on Windows Live as follows : 1) Download the Office 2010 beta , installing it onto your PC 2) Save a document to SkyDrive from Office 2010 : Open or create a document Read More...
Posted: Wednesday, November 25, 2009 10:21 AM by tkimber | 0 Comments
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Using third party html editing tools with your Office Live website
I often come across people who would like to use an html editor, rather than the templates provided, to build their website on Office Live. You can use any html editing tool with Office Live but have to go through a couple of simple steps first : Within Read More...
Posted: Friday, October 23, 2009 5:15 PM by tkimber | 0 Comments
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Colour tips when building an Office Live website
I regularly read the Office Live Small Business blog , as it often contains some useful tips that I wouldn’t have necessarily have thought of. An article posted this week delves into the importance of colour choice for your website, highlighting this Read More...
Posted: Friday, October 16, 2009 10:13 AM by tkimber | 0 Comments
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Office Live Small Business downtime planned to complete a server upgrade
Downtime is a rarity with Office Live, but an announcement has just gone out that on Saturday September 12th 2009 and Saturday September 19th 2009, there will be some periods of planned outage. All customers will be sent an email to this effect later Read More...
Posted: Wednesday, September 02, 2009 1:43 PM by tkimber | 0 Comments
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Surfboard success story on Office Live
Paipoglide is a great little company, based in Cornwall, building custom surfboards by hand from a variety of wood materials. The result is a board which not only functions superbly on the waves, but is also a sculptural piece in its own right honed using Read More...
Posted: Thursday, August 13, 2009 9:29 AM by tkimber | 2 Comments
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Microsoft seeks a name for its new Office Web Apps suite
According to this blog entry by respected writer Mary-Jo Foley, there’s a survey doing the rounds soliciting feedback on some proposed names for the new Office Web Applications – that’s Word, Excel, PowerPoint and OneNote delivered in the browser. I can’t Read More...
Posted: Wednesday, July 01, 2009 2:22 PM by tkimber | 0 Comments
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Which social media are you ?
I’ve recently finished a book on social media (available for pre-order from Amazon , thanks for asking) and one of the things I’ve come across quite a bit is that people think they ought to ‘do’ social media without thinking about which media is right Read More...
Posted: Monday, June 22, 2009 4:41 PM by tkimber | 1 Comments
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Domain name reshuffle
OK, it's like this. The Internet is about to have its most substantial overhaul ever - in 2010, if current plans come to fruition, domain name registration is going to change. ICANN, the authority that polices domain names, is about to make substantial Read More...
Posted: Monday, June 15, 2009 9:20 AM by tkimber | 0 Comments
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Blog Standard – How to do it
I’ve been writing a book on social networking lately – out in October, thanks for asking, called This Is Social Media, and inevitably one of the things under discussion is blogging. There’s a debate about the best way to blog; you can host it yourself Read More...
Posted: Friday, June 12, 2009 5:02 PM by tkimber | 2 Comments
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Mind your underpinnings
It’s only a week since my last entry on this blog where I stressed the benefits of home working. Now it’s becoming apparent that for this sort of networked technology to truly fly the infrastructure that underpins it is going to need some sort of overhaul Read More...
Posted: Tuesday, June 02, 2009 1:37 PM by tkimber | 1 Comments
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Office Live helps successful Trout Fishery
As one of the best known fisheries in the South West of England, Manningford Trout Fishery is already enjoyed by a wide range of fishermen. Following extensive de-silting of the lakes in 2007, Manningford is now keen to accelerate the growth rate of its Read More...
Posted: Monday, June 01, 2009 11:17 AM by tkimber | 1 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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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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