Hero #22–Teamwork

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Regardless of whether I believe or not, whether I am a Christian or not, I would play my part in the collective building of the cathedral. Ingmar Bergman

Sometimes, if you are part of a team, you need to forget about yourself and work for the team – it won’t always be that way, and if you act correctly, the next time you can be the one that helps set the direction.

Until then, we need to do our best for the team.

Who is your hero today?

How Outlook 2010 can make you awesome…

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A picture paints a thousand words – and adding one to an email can really help get your point across, making your communication clearer.

Now you can add a screenshot to your mail directly from within Outlook – by using the Insert, Screenshot dialog on the ribbon..

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Clicking this allows you to select the open window you want to copy, and then crop the image down to fit your needs.

Now there is no excuse for clipping a small part of a webpage to show someone via email. Easy to use and no fuss.

Quality Tweets

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This weeks top music tweets:

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Massive Spotify Update

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My favourite music streaming site has had a major upgrade today – version 0.43 of the client software adds a number of cool features, amongst them:

  • Connect to Facebook – lots of sites adding this at the moment.
  • Social Network inside Spotify – so you can connect to people who are using the service (I’m MattR by the way)
  • Local Files can be added! So the 30gig of music on my work laptop doesn’t need to be played through a seperate player

The full list of features is here.

The update starts rolling out to clients today – looking forward to checking this out.

Truth #9

PrintGive this some thought the next time you choose the safe option…go out on a limb, you might be pleasantly surprised by the view.

What is your truth today?

Reasons #11

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Monday rolls round – and another week stretches out before us, ready for us to make our mark. Amazing how a little sunshine here in Berkshire can brighten the mood, here are my reasons to be cheerful this week.

  • First BBQ of the year yesterday with lovely family and friends, steaks, salads and a couple of cold beers rounded the weekend off just nicely.
  • Sharon Jones and the Dap-Kings release their new album today – I Learned the Hard Way, very excited to hear this, sounds reminiscent of the sould and funk sounds of the late 60’s and 70’s – James Brown, Ike and Tina Turner. Great stuff for spring sunshine.
  • 50% exactly at clay shooting yesterday in Wokingham – I’m slowly getting better and learning my way into handling a shotgun.
  • Aliens almost certainly exist – says Steven Hawking, but apparently we should stay well clear!
  • It is international #boobquake day, to test if cleavage can cause earthquakes (seriously he really said it)… I am generally in favour of this.
  • My new shed got delivered this morning! An Englishmans shed is his castle apparently, so I’m finally building my castle.

What are your reasons to be cheerful today?

Sunday Inspiration #23

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Intermittent sunshine, after a week of bright blue skies – still, that’s good enough for me to have the first BBQ of the year… steaks are ready, some drinks chilling in the fridge, salad to be prepared, but not before some Sunday inspiration.

Musical choice this weekend is Dreadlock Holiday by 10cc, taken from TOTP sometime in the eighties, a fantastic song for summer days.

What is your inspiration this week?

Muse #9

DebbieHarryDeborah Ann Harry, b 1945

A Hero Speaks #21–Optimism

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A pessimist sees the difficulty in every opportunity; an optimist sees the opportunity in every difficulty. Winston Churchill

On this special day – our hero is one of the greatest Britons– a man whose indomitable spirit carried us through some dark times.  However, the simple strategy above is a strong one, look for the glimmer in every situation and seize on that, approach every situation looking for success – and more often than not – you’ll come out triumphant.

Who is your hero?

Quality Tweets #2

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Musical Tweet roundup from this week:

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