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Microsoft in Style

Posted Monday, October 12, 2009 8:04 AM by stevecla01
I was flicking through the Sunday Times Style magazine yesterday – as one does to keep up with the fashionistas – and almost fell off my armchair and dropped my pipe when I saw Microsoft in the “going up” list at the front of the magazine. This is a sort Read More...
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LE BOOK to use Microsoft Tag

Posted Tuesday, September 22, 2009 12:41 AM by stevecla01
I’m delighted to see my friends at LE BOOK are using Microsoft Tag in their 2010 edition of the design bible.   Premiering with the 2010 edition of LE BOOK, contributors to our print edition will have the opportunity to place tags on their pages. Read More...
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Microsoft interactive installation

Posted Monday, September 21, 2009 11:21 PM by stevecla01
Damn…I was in Redmond last week and missed this interactive installation from MODE Studios even though I was in this building. I’m guessing it wasn’t on at the time as they’re no way I’d have missed this. Oh well, at least I got to see the huge underground Read More...
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ImageResizer now available for Windows 7

Posted Thursday, September 03, 2009 12:23 AM by stevecla01
One of my favourite Windows tools has just become available for Windows 7 – and in the nick of time as I’m spending some of my time off this week sorting our my digital photo collection. Originally a PowerToy for Windows XP you can now grab it for Windows Read More...
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How some popular websites looked back in the day

Posted Wednesday, September 02, 2009 10:41 PM by stevecla01
  It’s amazing what a decade or more of web design can do. The Telegraph shows us today h ow 20 popular websites looked when they launched . That’s Apple.com up above and here is  a screenshot I took of it just now Back when I used to write Read More...
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The lessons of Microsoft Bob

Posted Wednesday, August 19, 2009 9:52 PM by stevecla01
  Monica Harrington’s guest post on Techflash on The lessons of Bob is a great read. Bob has had it’s fair share of critics over the years and it’s now the butt of jokes from ourselves. For those who don’t know the history it’s on Wikipedia . What’s Read More...
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Kaka plays for Microsoft

Posted Wednesday, August 19, 2009 3:57 PM by stevecla01
A.C. Milan WINS more games with Microsoft I was trawling through a few videos today during a slow few hours in the office (ha ha) and came across this one – a video about AC Milan and the Milan Lab. I’m always on the lookout for good Microsoft stories Read More...
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The future is closer than you think

Posted Friday, August 14, 2009 11:33 AM by stevecla01
  The team at Thinking Digital has begun releasing videos of some of this years talks and whilst they’re all great, I’d encourage you to check out Johnny Chung Lee who talks about research into Interface Technology. If you’ve any interest in Project Read More...
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Microsoft NERD gets a logo

Posted Thursday, August 13, 2009 11:54 PM by stevecla01
    Nope, Microsoft NERD is not the latest version of Microsoft Bob …it the acronym for our New England Research & Development Center .   Xconomy mentioned their new logo recently in a post about how the office is something of a hub Read More...
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Nokia & Microsoft announce mobile alliance

Posted Wednesday, August 12, 2009 4:21 PM by stevecla01
I just tuned in to the Microsoft and Nokia joint conference call with Stephen Elop and Kai Öistämö. As expected , they announced an alliance between the two companies around Microsoft Office and related software with Nokia smartphones – coming to E series Read More...
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Video: Microsoft’s Visitors Centre

Posted Monday, August 03, 2009 9:54 PM by stevecla01
very nice video from Wallpaper showing our visitor centre in Seattle. Designed by SkB architects I’ve walked past a few times as I hurtled in to the company store at high speed. Must remember to stop and check it out next time. The architect in our house Read More...
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Microsoft and Yahoo: the deal is done

Posted Wednesday, July 29, 2009 1:02 PM by stevecla01
It’s been a while coming but the long discussed search agreement between Microsoft and Yahoo is here. Remarkably, there is already a dedicated website up for the announcement including a video with SteveB and Carol Bartz .   Full terms at http://www.choicevalueinnovation.com/thedeal/pressroom/Default.aspx Read More...
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Microsoft Wave launched

Posted Monday, July 27, 2009 10:51 PM by stevecla01
Microsoft Wave is a cool new site from our UK team that is something we’ve long been without – a cool site that isn’t trying to sell anything, simply showing the breadth of cool technology that Microsoft is involved in. It’s very much in the spirit of Read More...
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Behind the magic of Microsoft 2019 video

Posted Thursday, July 16, 2009 3:20 PM by stevecla01
Video: Productivity Future Vision Video Talk Track I imagine many of you have seen the Microsoft 2019 video that Stephen Elop showed a while back at the Wharton Conference. I’m using this video a fair bit recently as I seem to have been asked to give Read More...
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Microsoft back at the top of UK Superbrands

Posted Sunday, July 12, 2009 3:18 PM by stevecla01
I noticed the 2009/10 Superbrands results today. They’re as much a surprise to me as they probably are to you – but even more so that Google dropped to #3 with Rolex popping in to #2. Nothing against Rolex but as a luxury brand I’m surprised to see them Read More...
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