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Running from Vista search

Posted Saturday, September 30, 2006 6:36 PM by stevecla01
Don't get me wrong, I LOVE Instant Search in Vista and I'm using it more and more to speed up my access to application, files and more. Once you get used to search - for documents in particular - you'll me amazed at how much crap you still store on your Read More...
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Vista nugget: customize network icons

Posted Saturday, September 30, 2006 5:37 PM by stevecla01
I was chatting with Long today and it reminded me of something I've been meaning to blog about for a while - some of the cool UI fit and finish that is coming through in Vista build. One I really like a lot is the ability to customize the icons for the Read More...
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On10 provides Zune downloads

Posted Saturday, September 30, 2006 2:38 PM by stevecla01
Hope you like my Zune bunting :) I just watched the video of the guys at on10 with a couple of pre-prod Zune devices showing the wireless sharing. Cool demo and then I noticed the small icon they've added beneath that blog posting - download of the content Read More...
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UK EVO tour: competing with 007

Posted Saturday, September 30, 2006 6:01 AM by stevecla01
We're going on the road and taking on the Casino Royale bandwagon! IDC predict partner services opportunity to be around €47billion euros on Vista alone and we're keen to get that message out to our UK Partners on their doorsteps. We've been working on Read More...
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Annemarie is back soon

Posted Saturday, September 30, 2006 2:35 AM by stevecla01
I spoke with AMD about her slow down on the blog front today. She's back from holiday and back blogging soon...looking forward to it after a great start. Maybe I should have just sent her the latest bLaugh cartoon Technorati tags: annemarieduffy , blog Read More...
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My Partner Conference slides

Posted Friday, September 29, 2006 10:54 PM by stevecla01
I presented at our UK Partner Conference this week and was due to talk about solution selling. I decided to change my pitch slightly to talk about how the group I work with can help partners make more profit and have less pain in doing so. I also changed Read More...
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The change list...and thongs

Posted Friday, September 29, 2006 10:35 PM by stevecla01
I don't think the thong is really me but I like Karen's change list. Some of it is obvious stuff but I've been thinking a lot more about giving presentations over the last few days and this list would be a good reference to use as part of a future presentation Read More...
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Hot laptops

Posted Friday, September 29, 2006 8:40 PM by stevecla01
Nope, not of the stolen kind but the fiery battery kind. Seems Toshiba has joined the battery recall frenzy which means I need to go check my stash of kit as I'm pretty Toshiba heavy and not sure I have fire insurance in Clayton Towers. Link to BBC NEWS Read More...
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Dealing with email overload: threaded views in Outlook

Posted Friday, September 29, 2006 2:10 PM by stevecla01
I read an email on James Senior's blog this week that made me think about how I deal with the volume of email I receive. Although I own the steve@microsoft.com email address I thankfully don't get the email from it directly hence don't have his external Read More...
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A new partner micro site is born!

Posted Thursday, September 28, 2006 5:20 PM by stevecla01
I know I blogged this earlier in the week but I couldn't resist doing so again just to highlight the great looking site - and it has content too :) The guys have tried to mimic the Vista Aero look and feel with Flash and have done a pretty good job I Read More...
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Windows Vista: Doing Deployment Right

Posted Wednesday, September 27, 2006 2:05 PM by stevecla01
At the UK Partner Conference yesterday, I was asked several times when is Vista readiness & training material going to become available? Well it's coming thick and fast and this is the latest offering we have for UK Partners: This one-day session Read More...
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NY Times reader: free download now available

Posted Wednesday, September 27, 2006 12:20 PM by stevecla01
James blogged about this last week and I downloaded and played with this cool new application this week. I only hope that The Times of London adopts this technology as it really does make reading a newspaper a very pleasant experience on Windows by using Read More...
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UK Silicon Cup: putting something back

Posted Wednesday, September 27, 2006 1:19 AM by stevecla01
[check out other photos on my Flickr photostream ] The annual gathering of the great and the good from the UK IT industry happened last week in Cowes, Isle of Wight. After a Thursday evening of merriment and a few small glasses of sweet sherry we set Read More...
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4 free VIP tickets to DigitalLife in NYC

Posted Wednesday, September 27, 2006 1:00 AM by stevecla01
I've noticed several postings about free tickets to DigitalLife in New York next month at the Javits Center but I have something a little juicier - 4 free VIP tickets . Ahhh, VIP...one of my favourite TLA's. What do these Willy Wonka style golden numbers Read More...
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Exchange, Vista, Office: UK microsite goes live

Posted Tuesday, September 26, 2006 9:05 PM by stevecla01
I've been waiting to talk about this site for a while and today it went live - great work from the guys and girls in the UK partner team that I work with. The site looks terrific I think using the Aero Glass look 'n feel from Vista and packed with lots Read More...
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RSS explained Oprah style

Posted Tuesday, September 26, 2006 9:05 PM by stevecla01
I've tried my best to explain RSS to lots of people recently with varying levels of success so this is a welcome guide in Winfrey style. I like the BBC guide too but this one is great and I love the graphics. If you don't know what RSS is or want a good Read More...
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Is my blog crap?

Posted Monday, September 25, 2006 10:50 AM by stevecla01
I don't think it's completely crap but Hugh's latest cartoon was nicely timed as a I spent last week removing some of the clutter from my blog such as the ZoomClouds image that showed what I am talking about most regularly in keyword/cloud format. All Read More...
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Jargon Watch: Gaffer Dazzler

Posted Sunday, September 24, 2006 9:55 PM by stevecla01
This is going to be my newest category on the blog - a blatant copy from Wired 's long running column and I'm likely to nick a few from there (being a scouser and all it seems fair). My first one though is largely unknown as far as I can tell from a deeply Read More...
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Vista 5728 released: get it quick!

Posted Saturday, September 23, 2006 8:50 PM by stevecla01
Weird...I heard this was coming and expected it to be on Connect but it's publicly available which is great news :) I hear from others that it's better than RC1 which really should be something. Off to download myself now whilst watching the Ryder Cup. Read More...
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Nokia teams up with Microsoft

Posted Saturday, September 23, 2006 8:20 PM by stevecla01
When I worked in the mobile group on Smartphone and Pocket PC, I used to get asked this question all the time by operators and press. Well, it's finally happened - but not a handset partnership. Nokia will use Live Search for N Series and S60 series phones. Read More...
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Write like Senna?

Posted Friday, September 22, 2006 6:40 AM by stevecla01
Weird things happen in the blogosphere. At the same time I was finishing up a post about our Virtual Partner Conference and trying to squeeze in a Senna link, I read Matthew's blog and he's referenced the great one. Spooky...this stuff happens way too Read More...
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The quiet Brit in Apple

Posted Thursday, September 21, 2006 7:18 PM by stevecla01
I have huge admiration for this man - not simply because he produces stunningly designed products like the iMac, Powebook and iPOD range but also because he's British. What this interview highlighted though is the humble manner in which he and his team Read More...
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Microsoft UK's Virtual Partner Conference

Posted Thursday, September 21, 2006 12:55 PM by stevecla01
Next week we're running a UK Partner Conference at the Williams F1 Centre in Wantage. Not only will around 400 partners get to drool over some expensive machinery but they will also get to hear from the great and the good of Microsoft UK (and me) about Read More...
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Record on your Media Centre from Instant Messenger (but not in the UK)

Posted Thursday, September 21, 2006 12:16 AM by stevecla01
Nice find by Sean Alexander that over on Casey's blog he's detailed how you can control your Media Centre remotely using a bot in Live Messenger - so with Messenger on my Windows Mobile Smartphone I can now control my media centre from anywhere. Nice...though Read More...
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Mr Xbox talks Xbox, wii, PS3 and more...in scouse!

Posted Wednesday, September 20, 2006 6:42 PM by stevecla01
Blatantly off topic for me (what's "on topic" for me you may ask), I love listening to Peter Moore not only as he talks about cool stuff on XBOX but he's a man from me (sic) hometown - Liverpool. I only learnt this from Wired this month when I read that Read More...
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The best Vista shortcut...ever

Posted Wednesday, September 20, 2006 10:07 AM by stevecla01
I LOVE this tip for Vista from Jon Hicks, author of the Official Vista Magazine (thanks to James for passing it on). I posted an blog entry a while back on shortcut keys in XP but this is just fantastic if you're a big user of the shortcut tray on the Read More...
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Download System Center Essentials

Posted Wednesday, September 20, 2006 1:04 AM by stevecla01
I just noticed this on Eileen's blog and if you're a medium sized business (aka 250-1000 employees) this is for you...or if you're a partner selling to these companies of course. What is it? "Essentials 2007 is a new management solution in the System Read More...
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Your competitors are running RC1

Posted Tuesday, September 19, 2006 10:29 PM by stevecla01
CRN cites a selection of Microsoft Partners across the globe who are running RC1 and enjoying the experience. If you don't have at least a selection of your staff (sales and technical) out there running Vista right now I think you're missing a trick. Read More...
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Microsoft to launch YouTube rival

Posted Tuesday, September 19, 2006 9:20 PM by stevecla01
Wow we finally came up with a pretty cool name for a product (oops, service) that looks like we'll stick with past beta. Soapbox is our foray in to the online video market and Rob Bennett (ex IE team) talked to the BBC about it. The site is open by invitation Read More...
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Cranial Scraps: I'd like to thank...Microsoft?

Posted Monday, September 18, 2006 10:30 AM by stevecla01
This is the kind of stuff that brightens up a tough day - when someone is expecting a crappy experience from Microsoft and gets the opposite....and then takes the time to talk about it. Most people I speak with have had bad support experiences from IT Read More...
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Research confirms I am a Geek In Disguise

Posted Monday, September 18, 2006 3:17 AM by stevecla01
IT people “twice as likely” to wear heavy metal t-shirt as other people Wow, I feel left out as I don't have a single heavy metal t-shirt. Lets see if I fit any of the other stereotypes in this industry critical research: Black jeans are 63% more popular Read More...
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A damp squib from Apple? Perhaps not but more Zune ideas

Posted Sunday, September 17, 2006 3:35 PM by stevecla01
Steve Jobs has taken some press heat now for the last 2 Apple announcement gigs though having watched his performance from last week I thought it was actually pretty good. The iTV device looked lot like Media Centre to me (and Scoble ) but overall I thought Read More...
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IE7: multiple home pages

Posted Sunday, September 17, 2006 3:08 PM by stevecla01
A colleague asked me last week how you can open multiple home pages when you start IE7 now that we've got tabbed browsing. It took me a little while to figure this when I first used IE7 but now I couldn't live without it as a useful start to the day. Read More...
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Vista: Boot Configuration Data Editor

Posted Sunday, September 17, 2006 2:40 PM by stevecla01
If you're doing much playing with Vista, this is a handy utility to be aware of and have in your back pocket. I'm having some issues upgrading my Sony Vaio PCG-K215Z at the moment which means I have a boot menu that defaults to Vista when I really want Read More...
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Microsoft meets Keira Knightley

Posted Sunday, September 17, 2006 9:44 AM by stevecla01
Nobody said anything about cameras when the PTS team went out for a few Christmas drinks last year - I just came across this photo on David Overton's blog . That's me far right with a pint of Guinness outside The Toucan in Soho (London) and about 30 seconds Read More...
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Downloader or ripper?

Posted Saturday, September 16, 2006 11:27 AM by stevecla01
I read during the Zune coverage this week that most people don't download music to portable media devices from online stores. I wasn't too sure on that given Apple has over 1b tunes downloaded from their store but it seems this has been substantiated Read More...
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Vista to generate $40.7 billion in European revenue

Posted Saturday, September 16, 2006 5:45 AM by stevecla01
With billion dollars of investment coming to market later this year in the shape of Vista, Office and Exchange we're set to see a massive opportunity for the IT channel. IDC has studied the potential impact and estimates that Vista alone will generate Read More...
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I got my Vista RC1 disc :)

Posted Friday, September 15, 2006 11:45 PM by stevecla01
Vista RC1 is now available for general download - yep, that's right, everyone can give it a go now! My advice - if you can, you should. Seriously, I don't know which oven this build came out of but it's light years ahead of beta 2 and I'm running it in Read More...
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bLaugh reminds me to get out more

Posted Friday, September 15, 2006 10:50 PM by stevecla01
Chris has added a couple of great cartoons to bLaugh this week. The first is a timely reminder that I should get out more this weekend and stop spamming my team with email. Chris's inbox is creaking under the load :) The second reminded me of a conversation Read More...
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Matt Assay on open source

Posted Friday, September 15, 2006 10:20 AM by stevecla01
I came across Matt's blog after looking for some Microsoft UK references on Technorati this evening and found it a very interesting read - not least that Nick McGrath went to a football game!! but more for the broad and objective coverage of the Open Read More...
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MicrosoftIO.com

Posted Thursday, September 14, 2006 9:50 PM by stevecla01
I blogged about this a while back but though it was worth revisiting as this another great (but extremely well hidden) toolkit for Microsoft Partners. It's focused around our Infrastructure Optimization Initiative which is designed to help customers realize Read More...
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Zune details announced

Posted Thursday, September 14, 2006 9:35 PM by stevecla01
Lots of Zune details came out today including plenty of images at the Virtual Press Room and quite a number of videos too. Anna's first reaction: "ooh it looks just like an iPod" and mine was "ohh, brown...the new black". The videos are the best part Read More...
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Get your own personal DJ

Posted Thursday, September 14, 2006 4:45 AM by stevecla01
Whilst everyone is flapping about the latest stuff from Steve , I got this cool service/application forwarded to me by Katie and like it a lot. You enter an artist or song that you like and they use that to build a track listing of other music you'll Read More...
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New business cards

Posted Thursday, September 14, 2006 4:29 AM by stevecla01
I finally took the plunge with some GapingVoid business cards to add to my WeeMee cards . Not that I don't like our corporate cards but whenever I give a partner or journalist both cards, they always hand me the corporate one back. Very good of them to Read More...
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Office 2007 for developers training

Posted Thursday, September 14, 2006 2:25 AM by stevecla01
We're really starting to ramp up the courses available to help partners get up to speed on Exchange, Vista and Office. You'll see a new innovation from us soon called Learning Paths that will make this courseware and other resources like our blogs even Read More...
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The Geek Gland Explained

Posted Wednesday, September 13, 2006 10:45 PM by stevecla01
Who else but Mr Akrigg to explain this highly technical concept and he also covers 'Social Engineering' as part of the software development process and 'Contextual Information Services....intrigued eh? I'm off to exercise my geek gland now :) Link to Read More...
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Josh Ledgard Pimped My Blob

Posted Wednesday, September 13, 2006 10:24 PM by stevecla01
A few people, including my fellow UK blogger Darren Strange , have asked me about the look 'n feel of my blog recently and I have to admit that I learnt all I know (and copied heavily) from Josh Ledgard following his excellent pimp your blog post a while Read More...
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Channel 9 and 10 team are hiring...

Posted Wednesday, September 13, 2006 9:13 PM by stevecla01
The guys have found a pretty unique way of posting the job - with a video interview with Jeff. Maybe I should have done that for the Exchange Tech Specialist position on my team :) So...who's applying?? I know a few people who'd be great but my guess Read More...
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unsanity: how do we get these guys building on Vista?

Posted Wednesday, September 13, 2006 7:09 PM by stevecla01
I found unsanity via a feedback post to my blog and it prompted me to have more of a look at their site. They build some very cool "haxies" and for Mac OS and OSX. iconfactory to do similar stuff and I and a few other folks in Microsoft UK have been looking Read More...
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shell: revealed

Posted Wednesday, September 13, 2006 12:20 AM by stevecla01
Looks like a great new blog from the Windows Client team and if they're going to share some insights on the Vista shell design they'll have me as a loyal reader. Thanks to MS Tech Today for finding this. As you would expect, the site looks cool - lets Read More...
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iTunes 7 vs. Windows Media Player 11 and iTV vs. MCE

Posted Tuesday, September 12, 2006 7:44 PM by stevecla01
Wow, that looks a lot like WMP11 to me and this next slide looks almost like one of our PowerPoint's and for once Apple hasn't come up with a cool name for their new device and iTV is a placeholder which I'm sure is going to help ITV get way more hits Read More...
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Vodafone/Palm announce Treo 750v

Posted Tuesday, September 12, 2006 5:49 PM by stevecla01
Funny how things change. When I started out in the mobile business at Microsoft, the Palm 5 was our nemesis and we even had those "Friend Don't Let Friend's Use Palm" stickers about the building. 5 years on and Palm just announced with Vodafone the Treo Read More...
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Live shots of the Black Diamond $300,000 smartphone

Posted Tuesday, September 12, 2006 5:00 PM by stevecla01
Why? Even I don't have one of these ;) Link to Live shots of the Black Diamond $300,000 smartphone - Engadget Read More...
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Geek Squad comes to Britain

Posted Tuesday, September 12, 2006 4:46 PM by stevecla01
This is happening far too often for my liking - I chat an idea through with some friends and even post about it on my blog and then the next Sunday it appears in The Sunday Times. I opened their gadget section this weekend and there was a piece about Read More...
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RIP MSN Search: Live.com and Search.live have their stabilizers taken off

Posted Tuesday, September 12, 2006 12:44 AM by stevecla01
I like Live.com and Live Search a lot - they have come a very long way since first jumping in to the playground and with subtle tweaks along the way search now has pride of place as my preferred search engine in IE7. My main gripe is it could still be Read More...
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I'll pay a premium for cool Vista hardware. Will you?

Posted Monday, September 11, 2006 11:20 PM by stevecla01
Over the last few weeks I have rambled on about potentially buying a Mac and before that how jealous I was of my brothers and Katie's Sony SZ laptops. Why? Because I like design. My flat is full of books on design and though I know nothing about design Read More...
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Microsoft Max: 5 minute overview screencast

Posted Monday, September 11, 2006 11:10 PM by stevecla01
If you want see see what a great looking application can look like using Windows Presentation Foundation, look no further than our own Max application. Last week it was updated with RSS feed reading capability that turns a blog in to a newspaper in front Read More...
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Windows Vista Edition only for Software Assurance customers

Posted Monday, September 11, 2006 10:45 PM by stevecla01
I thought this was a good post by Eric over on the SMB blog who is busy meeting with UKSMBgirl Susanne - he explains very simply the different versions of Vista that are applicable to the small business space and in particular what Windows Vista Enterprise Read More...
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9/11 RIP

Posted Monday, September 11, 2006 10:15 PM by stevecla01
I looked at this all day on Vista and decided to capture the moment. Hugh captured it too on GapingVoid. I can't believe it's 5 years on already. RIP Read More...
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Buzzword Bingo: Web 2.0 style

Posted Monday, September 11, 2006 8:15 PM by stevecla01
I've started reading Wired again as they seem to have broken out of their technolust for the bioscience industry and got back to more mainstream technology coverage with great articles like Can the PS3 Save Sony? In Issue 14.09 they have a great StartUp-O-Tron Read More...
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25 Ways to Distinguish Yourself

Posted Monday, September 11, 2006 12:00 PM by stevecla01
Another solid manifesto from changethis.com that I enjoyed. I can't say I agree with it all and had a second read of the "Walk Away From Free" point after a good chat with Mike Pegg and concurred with him that this one was a bit shaky. Plenty of other Read More...
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Large screens are the best computer upgrade

Posted Sunday, September 10, 2006 7:25 PM by stevecla01
I've been thinking about this for a while now and read it in two places today so decided it was time to post it before it became a Techmeme topper. Over at Satisfy Me , mthree posted on the Slate story that I'd also seen from Wired. Their take is that Read More...
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2007 Office addin: Save as PDF for XPS

Posted Sunday, September 10, 2006 3:20 PM by stevecla01
I thought this whole Save to PDF deal was off but what do I know? If you're running the 2007 Office System you can download an Add-In to allow you to do this. Tip of the Fez to Jeremy for the heads up on this one Download: 670k Read More...
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Why Vista will mean the end of the Microsoft monolith

Posted Sunday, September 10, 2006 3:12 PM by stevecla01
I approached this article in today's Observer with my usual cynicism around Vista articles these days - another simple Microsoft bashing exercise I thought. Surprisingly not as it gives a fairly honest, albeit short, view of why Vista is so late and what Read More...
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Banksy in Chiswick

Posted Sunday, September 10, 2006 2:27 PM by stevecla01
After spending the day yesterday lamenting the fact that Banksy does much of his work in Shoreditch and Farringdon hence I haven't seen it first hand I then bumped in to some in Chiswick today - almost literally. Right next to my favourite coffee shop Read More...
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Should I get a MacBook for Vista?

Posted Saturday, September 09, 2006 10:50 PM by stevecla01
Every now and then when I'm in London I drop in to the Apple Store on Regent Street and today I knew I was going in to have a look at a MacBook. I've mentioned before that I think Apple hardware is great but with bootcamp and Intel chips now allowing Read More...
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Using Flickr with your blog

Posted Saturday, September 09, 2006 10:46 PM by stevecla01
I finally got around to setting up my permanent Flickr home - you can now check out my slideshow which tracks my travels around this planet. I'm really quite hooked on Flickr for a number of reasons but mainly the simplicity of their service. I used my Read More...
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Zune strategy: underpromise and overdeliver

Posted Saturday, September 09, 2006 1:30 PM by stevecla01
I really enjoyed this interview with Bryan Lee (Corp VP in our entertainment division). We could definitely be accused of overpromising and underdelivering at times (Vista anyone?) but Bryan takes some tough question on the chin and resisted the temptation Read More...
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My latest HP ad

Posted Saturday, September 09, 2006 1:04 PM by stevecla01
Okay I admit it, I'm addicted to making adverts with this cool HP site . I found some additional features that let you personalize the ad even more so couldn't resist :) They still don't have my hairstyle on there so I had to go with a cowboy hat this Read More...
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Exchange and Vista training now live for UK Partners

Posted Friday, September 08, 2006 11:50 AM by stevecla01
With billions of dollars of R&D coming to market this year in the shape of Exchange, Vista and Office we have a major focus on helping our UK partners get ready for " EVO " wave. This is a big team effort from the UK partner team and you will see Read More...
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What happens when the VP of EMEA asks you "how is Vista" ?

Posted Friday, September 08, 2006 11:10 AM by stevecla01
I bumped in to Neil Holloway this week and he asked me what I love about Vista - both as a consumer and a business user. A simple question but one that got me thinking and wondering about the so-called "elevator pitch" on Vista which is explained well Read More...
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Gadget envy: HTC S620

Posted Thursday, September 07, 2006 11:27 PM by stevecla01
For a long while I always had the latest new mobile device having worked in that group for 4 years or so. I've seen Jason sporting the new HTC S620 for a while and like it a lot. The photo below doesn't really do it justice but I neeeeeeeeeeeed one....now!! Read More...
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Expression Web now in beta

Posted Thursday, September 07, 2006 11:16 PM by stevecla01
Following a CTP back in May, Expression Web went in to public beta yesterday and is our foray in to the land dominated by Adobe Dreamweaver and others and is part of the Expression family. If like me you're mourning the departure of FrontPage, this is Read More...
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James Akrigg is Out of Office

Posted Thursday, September 07, 2006 10:46 PM by stevecla01
Oh oh...he's changed the colour scheme of the page from last time I looked so the first post can't be far off now. Meantime, you can see that Mr Akrigg is something of a prolific speaker BSG Event Bytes Event Tectura newsletter Tikit event and his excellent Read More...
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Windows Vista RC1 now publicly available

Posted Thursday, September 07, 2006 10:30 PM by stevecla01
Need I say more? Go grab the ISO and burn away. You will like it...I hope :) Link to Windows Vista RC1 tags: RC1 public beta Read More...
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Photos from London Girl Geek Dinner 7

Posted Thursday, September 07, 2006 9:45 PM by stevecla01
Sarah just pointed me to some photos from the recent Girl Geek Dinner in London. Check 'em out for innovative use of a .NET t-shirt if nothing else. You can also check out a stream of Abigail's talk When's the next on Sarah?? tags: GirlGeek London Read More...
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Vista RC1 visual tour

Posted Thursday, September 07, 2006 9:45 PM by stevecla01
If you haven't seen RC1 yet, Computerworld has put together a pretty good visual tour . The fit and finish is really starting to show with thie 5600 build. I'm a bit of an icon geek so love the look of the new control panel though some Win 9x style icons Read More...
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Delivering an apology

Posted Thursday, September 07, 2006 5:17 PM by stevecla01
It's a powerful thing to have in your armory and nicely covered by Keith Ferrazzi who points to Mark Goulston. There are a tonne of other useful things on Mark's site and I've listed a few below but I like the apology one - and I'm about to go use it Read More...
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Vista pricing confirmed

Posted Thursday, September 07, 2006 1:14 PM by stevecla01
All in dollars but you can do the conversion to your currency of choice and get an idea I'm sure. Vista home basic is $199 or $99 on upgrade and $239 for home premium. Now you want to know what's the difference right? Check out http://blogs.msdn.com/stevecla01/archive/2006/08/0... Read More...
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"command prompt here" in vista

Posted Thursday, September 07, 2006 12:04 PM by stevecla01
Nice find my Tim - my old friend Open Command Prompt here - which used to be a PowerToy in Windows XP is available with a Shift & Right Click in Vista. Link to command prompt here in vista tags: Vista , RC1 Read More...
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Gone Fishing

Posted Tuesday, September 05, 2006 7:46 AM by stevecla01
Well, kayaking I think the be precise but I'm off to Ross on Wye for a couple of days and going there sans laptop (shocker!) so will not be posting here for a day or so - though I will send photos to my Flickr stream so feel free to check that out or Read More...
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FlowerChucker

Posted Monday, September 04, 2006 12:22 PM by stevecla01
flowerchucker Originally uploaded by stevecla . I went a bit Banksy mad this weekend and then started playing aroudn with Flickr. This is the result - a test post to my blog from Flickr. I'm going to follow up with a post later today I hope on what I've Read More...
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Steve Clayton stars in HP PC ad

Posted Monday, September 04, 2006 10:50 AM by stevecla01
Well what could I do...when HP asked me to star in their latest ad campaign for The PC Gets Personal Again I just couldn't resist. I even waived my usual fees given the new haircut they gave me in wardrobe. Oh and check out my Steve Jobs style turtleneck. Read More...
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It's a Super Lamb Banana

Posted Sunday, September 03, 2006 11:14 PM by stevecla01
Not something you see everyday and when I spotted the big yellow fella had moved last time I was home I decided to snap him. We don't have Banksy graffiti in Liverpool but we do have a large lambbanana thing. You can get your own from SuperLambBanana.co Read More...
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Vista speech recognition - it works!

Posted Sunday, September 03, 2006 4:15 PM by stevecla01
Check out this very cool screencam demo of Vista speech recognition . It didn't work at the Financial Analyst Meeting but thanks to Camtasia, Oscar has done a fantastic job of showing how to play Solitaire hands-free :) Link to Vista speech recognition Read More...
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Top 10 IT Interview Blunders

Posted Sunday, September 03, 2006 2:25 PM by stevecla01
More fun from the guys at eWeek. I have some interviewing coming up in a few weeks so sage advice for my candidates :) Inappropriate dress doesn't both me though. I do it all the time myself! Link to Top 10 IT Interview Blunders Read More...
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Do you sell? You NEED to read this

Posted Sunday, September 03, 2006 2:17 PM by stevecla01
Another great manifesto from ChangeThis.com Tom Peter's provides 111 Ridiculously Obvious Thoughts on Selling. You should read it. It takes 10 minutes. And it's free. It's 10 minutes worth taking. Trust me. Then send the link on or print it out and leave Read More...
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Should Hugh MacLeod do a Banksy?

Posted Sunday, September 03, 2006 1:52 PM by stevecla01
Off topic but hey it's Sunday. I just posted a reply to Hugh's GapingVoid site about the commercial potential of his cartoons/art/stuff. I know Hugh is happy with giving his stuff away but I think he could make a wee bit of cash here and not compromise Read More...
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Windows Vista RC1 Released

Posted Friday, September 01, 2006 9:49 PM by stevecla01
James pinged me about a few hours ago to check if we were supposed to tell the world and the answer is yes - RC1 is now available on Connect and will be made available more widely next week. Jim Allchin has released a statement about RC1's completion. Read More...
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Apple's PC ads? I prefer HP's sauce

Posted Friday, September 01, 2006 9:30 PM by stevecla01
I'm probably slow on the uptake here or maybe I just don't watch enough TV but I just caught the new HP ads on VH1 and instantly grabbed my PC in the hope they would be available online (and of course they are on HP's site and on YouTube). My favourite Read More...
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Media Player 11 - beta 2 out now

Posted Friday, September 01, 2006 7:36 PM by stevecla01
Includes a new media sharing feature (though I thought you could do this already) as my brother does to his Roku... Anyway, grab it here unless you're running Vista and waiting on RC1 :) Link to Microsoft releases latest version of WMP 11 | CNET News.com Read More...
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Windows Live Messenger 8.0.0812 - Released!

Posted Friday, September 01, 2006 11:27 AM by stevecla01
If you don't get the prompt within Live Messenger to update, just a brief note to let you know that a new version is available. Leah says "Think of this release just like that little dash of salt on your big delicious breakfast. Almost nothing has changed Read More...
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Look Mum, my blog got real life press coverage

Posted Friday, September 01, 2006 9:59 AM by stevecla01
I enjoyed seeing this article in the channel press mag, Microscope , this week. We're really trying to use technology like blogs and podcasts within my team (and now wider) to reach out to the 30k Microsoft UK partners and I wrote about this a while back Read More...
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