Archive for November, 2007

Meet Kai - Customer 2.0

November 27, 2007

http://blogs.msdn.com/gabriel_morgan/archive/2007/11/18/customer-2-0-is-here-and-she-has-a-major-impact-on-business-models-and-system-architecture.aspx
http://blogs.msdn.com/nickmalik/archive/2007/11/23/focusing-on-customer-2-0.aspx

Ultimate Gaming Setup

November 19, 2007

I take it back dear, I don’t just want a Suunto heart rate monitor watch and the GPS receiver TomTom Navigator 6 for my SmartPhone.  I would like one of these; please: pretty please.

Taken in the Munich office this morning. Note: Snow on ground!

London Security Supper Club - “Mobile Security Presentation Tour” - 20th December

November 16, 2007

It was suggested we have the next session just before Christmas on the 20th December. Mark your work Diaries with “Mobile Security Presentation Tour” ! The event will start somewhere in the City (most likely Gresham Street) at lunchtime and through a series of as yet undecided locations will work its way towards the West [...]

Metrics that Matter

November 9, 2007

Ask a wine maker if climate change is real. This year there will be no organic wine from Burgundy. All wine makers have had to spray to prevent mildew attacking vines. Australia will have one of the worst crops in decades and as a result prices of Australian wines will rise next year. Italy [...]

UK Iris Scanning versus US Fingerprinting

November 9, 2007

I must confess I have never understood (cared for) the privacy arguments around national identity. This may be explained by the fact I grew up in the most watched country on earth. Just today for instance I got busted by a camera after I found the “S” for sport switch on my temporary car (Mercedes [...]

Count What Counts

November 9, 2007

Working at Microsoft can be hard. You have to force yourself to not get distracted by all the smart things that smart people are doing and saying. Last week I was sent a summary of an internal blog post by BillG talking about the business in general, ROI and metrics. As usual the summary was [...]

You Can’t Spell Compliance without Liance

November 9, 2007

Yesterday morning I was in chilly Chicago. On the train into downtown I asked the guy sitting next to me if the next stop was mine (showing him the address on my phone). He kindly spent 5+ mins guiding me off the train and through the maze onto Madison St. and to my meeting location. [...]

Money for Men Sheds

November 9, 2007

One of my best friends in Australian . I have never met an Aussie I didn’t like. When I am watching rugby I support two teams, England and anyone who is playing Australia but that’s another story!
In Australia you can now get a government grant to get a man shed under the guise [...]

Dear Santa

November 6, 2007

I have been a good boy all year and would like for xmas;
A GPS / Watch / heart rate monitor combo that doesn’t look like a brick or particularly “geeky”
A way to get the GPS data out (easily (XML)) so I can use it to map fitness progress but also to plot positions on a [...]

A Triathlon - What Have I Done?

November 5, 2007

When I left these shores in 2000 I was fit and healthy. Through a combination of work and lifestyle I find myself approaching 40 having packed on 35 lb’s (2 stones in old money) and hardly healthy.
I now have no excuses. Its really easy to eat healthily in the UK; just go to M&S for [...]