From the monthly archives:

November 2009

The Problem with Internet Explorer

November 26, 2009Microsoft

After watching the second keynote from PDC last week, I’m now puzzled by Microsoft. In the first keynote, they seemed to get everything right. Embrace open source. Embrace cloud. Embrace what their customers want and need. Embrace strategic change.
In the second keynote they seemed to do the opposite. Steven Sinofsky, in a somewhat self-congratulatory [...]

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Why Microsoft needs to ‘own’ WordPress

November 19, 2009Azure

WordPress running on Windows Azure.
You can see it announced, discussed and showcased from the 23:56 minute mark in Ray Ozzie’s opening keynote at Microsoft PDC this week:

The reason this is so significant is because it represents an important strategic shift in the ‘yes we do support open source’ talk that Microsoft has been [...]

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Shower Thinking

November 9, 2009Personal

UPDATE: I’ve been using the AquaNotes Aqua Notepad for the last few weeks, and highly recommend it!
I think best when I’m standing. And particularly well when I’m having a shower. In fact – but don’t picture this – some of my best ideas have been captured only as a result of me rushing out of [...]

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How to explain SEO to cynical developers

November 6, 2009Search

Have you ever been involved in the hiring process for your company or team?
If you have, then perhaps you’ve been astounded at how terrible the CVs of many highly intelligent candidates you interviewed were. Senior developers who excelled at their craft, were recognised as brilliant by their peers, and yet, couldn’t seem to put [...]

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SBTUG: Social Networking and Chocolate

November 5, 2009Community

If you’re like me, then you probably cringe when you see people referring to themselves as a ‘social media strategist’.
And if they point to Gary Vaynerchuk as their main example of why you too should embrace social media then I really despair. Too often it seems, we’re told of the wonderful success stories, with [...]

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Nice knowing you Partner

November 2, 2009Microsoft

One of the core building blocks of Microsoft’s success over the past decades has been its close relationship with partners. The Microsoft Partner Network (previously Partner Program) has helped Microsoft reach (via their partners) every conceivable sector of the myriad markets they service. And in return, Microsoft was known to be very loyal, supportive [...]

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