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Windows Live Writer – a killer app
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Friday, May 16, 2008 11:45 AM
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digg_url = 'http://blogs.msdn.com/stevecla01/archive/2008/05/16/windows-live-writer-a-killer-app.aspx'; Apart from Live Mesh, Windows Live Writer is my favourite Microsoft product in the last 5 years. It’s stunningly good at what it does with some
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Wine is a social lubricant
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Wednesday, May 07, 2008 10:07 AM
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digg_url = 'http://blogs.msdn.com/stevecla01/archive/2008/05/07/wine-is-a-social-lubricant.aspx'; My buddy Jason Korman says “wine is a social lubricant” in this excerpt from Groundswell by Charlene Li and Josh Bernoff . Click play above to hear and see
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May I have your vote?
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Tuesday, May 06, 2008 9:17 PM
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digg_url = 'http://blogs.msdn.com/stevecla01/archive/2008/05/06/may-i-have-your-vote.aspx'; Nominate me in Company Blog (please) Computer Weekly actually has me listed in their Programming and development but I think my blog fits better under their
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Microsoft 2.0 book
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Friday, May 02, 2008 6:47 AM
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digg_url = 'http://blogs.msdn.com/stevecla01/archive/2008/05/02/microsoft-2-0-book.aspx'; I’m looking forward to Mary Jo Foley’s forthcoming book, Microsoft 2.0 I enjoy reading her blog and she follows Microsoft like a hawk so helps me keep up with the
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How To Think Like...
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Wednesday, April 30, 2008 6:48 AM
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digg_url = 'http://blogs.msdn.com/stevecla01/archive/2008/04/30/how-to-think-like.aspx'; Several years ago I attended some course delivered by Nicholas Bate of Strategic Edge. If I’m brutally honest Nick and I didn’t hit it off during the first course.
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Live Mesh - An Overview
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Tuesday, April 29, 2008 11:47 AM
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digg_url = 'http://blogs.msdn.com/stevecla01/archive/2008/04/29/live-mesh-an-overview.aspx'; I shared one of my 3 invites for Live Mesh with a UK blogger, John Davies – not least as he’s from my home town but also as I know he’d dig in to it and write
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ComputerWeekly.com IT Blog Awards 08
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Friday, April 25, 2008 2:48 PM
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digg_url = 'http://blogs.msdn.com/stevecla01/archive/2008/04/25/computerweekly-com-it-blog-awards-08.aspx'; Well I was quite surprised to find a few incoming links to my blog today from ComputerWeekly.com . It turns out my name has been mentioned as a
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Do you have a portfolio career?
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Wednesday, April 09, 2008 12:11 AM
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My friend Katie Ledger has been doing a lot of work regarding portfolio careers recently and it’s getting pretty interesting. To begin with, lets clear up what a portfolio career is A portfolio career is about doing two, three or more different
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The moving pains
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Thursday, March 27, 2008 6:41 PM
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I’m moving house and Dilbert does a good job of explaining my anxieties. No broadband or satellite TV for a week. Gaaaaaaaaah…. The local coffee shops with wifi will be seeing a lot of me for a while and my blog may slow down a little.
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How to get 600+ positive comments on your blog
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Monday, March 10, 2008 2:36 AM
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Simple. Listen to your customers and then deliver what they want. Hat's off the the IE8 team and their post on Microsoft's Interoperability Principles and IE8 . Read more from Scoble on why MIX08 last week was a very good week for Microsoft on the web
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Kawasaki and the MacBook Air
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Sunday, March 09, 2008 12:29 PM
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Hot on the heels of Guy's terrific interview with Steve Ballmer last week, we find a great example of the beauty of the MacBook Air on his blog. In the comments he talks about not having an external drive connected - c'mon Guy, you told Steve you didn't
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The world's 50 most powerful blogs. What no Scoble?
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Sunday, March 09, 2008 12:00 PM
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That's what the UK's The Observer gives us today and I flicked through quickly, wondering where Scoble would appear. , <shock> he didn't even make the list</shock>. My pal Hugh did though, in at number 31. What's funny though
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A Day Of Free Stuff
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Tuesday, February 26, 2008 3:07 AM
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Hot on the heels of Chris Anderson's Free! Why $0.00 Is the Future of Business post at Wired comes TrendWatching's latest report " Free Love ". FREE LOVE: the ongoing rise of free, valuable stuff that's available to consumers online and offline.
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Friday, February 22, 2008 10:32 AM
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LOL :) Hat tip to Philoking.com
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A shameless request of my blog readers. Pls share me
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Sunday, February 10, 2008 8:20 AM
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I had the pleasure of attending the Microsoft Scotland Burns Supper last Thursday. Another magnificent evening of food, drink, good humour and great speakers. None more so than Len Murray who gave the 300 or so audience a true education on Robert
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