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Presenting Comics

Posted Monday, January 19, 2009 10:54 PM by stevecla01
I’m not entirely sure why I was drawn to this recent TED presentation by Scott McCloud but it was worth 17 minutes of my time to see a great, passionate presenter at work. I liked the way he talked about pattern matching (heard that somewhere before) Read More...
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15 Tips for Writing Effective Email

Posted Wednesday, December 10, 2008 9:08 AM by stevecla01
A great post from ThinkSimpleNow.com that I want to send to everyone I get email from…if only it weren’t so long :) One thing I have experienced this year in my new job is brevity is a beautiful thing. If you ever see an email from a Microsoft exec that Read More...
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Mountains of data

Posted Wednesday, August 06, 2008 3:26 PM by stevecla01
There is a great article in last this months Wired that discussed the hyper growth of data and here Neatorama have visualized what 12 terabytes-worth of information looks like. Handy for presentations etc. Bonus Link I was boring my friend Terry with Read More...
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Whuffie?

Posted Monday, June 16, 2008 6:18 PM by stevecla01
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Most Contagious 2007 - Halo cover

Posted Friday, December 21, 2007 8:47 AM by stevecla01
Loving the cover of the Contagious 2007 report which they have issued in lieu of a traditional Christmas card - they're big fans of branded utility – the art of providing a service, rather than a marketing message. Most Contagious 2007 is   Read More...
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What Good Listeners Do

Posted Thursday, November 01, 2007 8:51 PM by stevecla01
I found this list in an email a friend sent me last year. Made me think...and then decide to share. Much I can personally learn from his but several people I know who need this too :) Good listeners: Probe for clarification Listen for unvoiced emotions Read More...
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Tagspace beta from Microsoft

Posted Monday, July 30, 2007 7:35 PM by stevecla01
Thanks to Scott for the heads up on this new beta from Microsoft focused on social tagging. In a nutshell, it lets me take my favourites around the web with me. Off to test it out a little more... Note: all tags saved to TagSpace are public. This will Read More...
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Blowing Off An Event..

Posted Thursday, April 12, 2007 4:19 PM by stevecla01
Without Looking Like A Complete Loser - some useful and thoughtful advice from Brian Tannebaum. Read More...
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Shift Happens

Posted Tuesday, April 10, 2007 1:33 PM by stevecla01
Thanks to Charlotte for reminding me about this inspiring short video from Karl Fisch who also has a great PowerPoint File to support this video. This is one of those moments that makes me think how small my blog is. This is real change the world stuff. Read More...
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Rethinking Corporate Responsibility

Posted Friday, March 02, 2007 11:54 PM by stevecla01
ChangeThis.com is one of my favourite sites though I forget to go there now and then. I popped over recently and found this manifesto on Corporate and Social Responsibility which I thought was worth sharing. It's a pretty hardcore view of CSR that doesn't Read More...
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Download pre-configured VHD's for Windows, Exchange, ISA and SQL

Posted Monday, November 06, 2006 11:43 PM by stevecla01
Nice find by the guys from TechLog - four honking big VHD images of just out of the oven Windows Server 2003 R2 VHD Exchange 2007 VHD ISA Server 2006 VHD SQL Server 2005 VHD Whilst I know Demo Showcase is the killer demo kit, these images are very handy Read More...
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Windows Live Messenger 8.1 Beta

Posted Saturday, November 04, 2006 9:38 AM by stevecla01
Now available for download with 2 free VOIP calls included. Some good UI touches too like recently used emoticons - though I don't like the featured emoticons above it as they're a bit "in your face commercial". other cool stuff your display name and 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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