By mattr on September 30, 2009
You’ve decided to be awesome, your toolset is in place, your workplace is ergonomic and your productivity is up, nothing can stop you now. Can it?
Losing data is the number one fear for most information workers as they come to rely on their PC’s and mobile devices for almost everything they do. I propose [...]
Posted in microsoft
By mattr on September 27, 2009
Another selection of music you really should be listening to now – don’t take my word for it, check out the links to listen to these essential tunes…
XX by The XX – Hotly tipped band, vaguely reminiscent of Interpol. Intense and epic sounding music from south-West London.
Trueloves Gutter by Richard Hawley – Memerising songs [...]
Posted in buildyourmusiccollection, music
By mattr on September 23, 2009
Getting Things Done has become an industry in its own right – as have the zillions of productivity blogs that have popped up to grab our interest. It is easy to become obsessed with getting productive, rather than actually doing the stuff in the first place.
However, it is actually quite simple – there is [...]
Posted in books, inspiration, random, reading
By mattr on September 23, 2009
So, like many others, you’ve started to use Bing as your search engine – maybe it’s the visual search, or the awesome maps and birds eye views.
However, it may be as simple as the beautiful pictures on the homepage – which change daily and provide great eye-candy as you make one of your many [...]
Posted in bing, microsoft
By mattr on September 22, 2009
A great chance to see Steve Ballmer in action as he answers your questions at ‘The New Efficiency’, a launch event for Windows 7, Exchange 2010 and Windows Server 2008 R2.
At The New Efficiency site you can submit your own questions, and watch the live webcast.
I like the fact that my company are engaging [...]
Posted in microsoft
By mattr on September 21, 2009
It is all very well being on the cutting edge, using your rapier like insight to the music industry to mine the zeitgeist and choose music based on what is truly hot, but if you have the best new MP3 player (or an alternative)– you will want to kit it out with the best [...]
Posted in buildyourmusiccollection, music
By mattr on September 20, 2009
Alongside the Sunday papers – and maybe some fresh coffee – how about adding some inspiration?
Eddie Izzard – 43 marathons in 51 days for Sport Relief. Amazing determination.
Leonard Cohen – still working hard at 75 to make up the money stolen by his former manager – get well soon (Bonus points – slip on [...]
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By mattr on September 17, 2009
The Purple Cow stands out, because it is remarkable. In a field of black and white cows, the purple cow is the one that you would remember – turning to your travel companion and saying, “did you see…?”
That’s the premise of Seth Godin’s book from 2002, a highly enjoyable spin through the act of [...]
Posted in books, business, customer service, expandyourmind
By mattr on September 16, 2009
Bing continues to see a number of enhancements – and seems to be garnering attention and gaining small amounts of market share. Bing is becoming the Purple Cow, remarkable in its features.
Today, the Bing team rolled out visual search, which allows searchers to find product information from a scrollable interface (does require SilverLight), then using [...]
Posted in internet, microsoft
By mattr on September 13, 2009
Here are 7 albums you really should be listening to now – don’t take my word for it, check out the links to listen to these essential tunes…
Speech Therapy by Speech Debelle – winner of the 2009 Mercury music prize, socially aware and funny London hip-hop tunes.
The Resistance by Muse – absurdly pompous [...]
Posted in buildyourmusiccollection, music
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