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• Worrying too much…

  I’ve been worrying about all of the stuff I need to do before I fly off to Sydney tonight for TechEd Australia .  There’s my 2 session decks to finalise, the first draft of my Women in Games conference keynote to polish off, there’s my Australian... Posted Aug 29 2008, 04:13 AM by TechNet Blogs Filed under: General musings, How to Articles, TechEd Australia, personal development, worrying

• Tips on being efficient

  I was nagging the team today to try and get them to complete their commitments the other day and they were querying one of the metrics I wanted them to achieve.  They thought that I’d pulled the number out of the air.  When I commented... Posted Aug 07 2008, 03:58 PM by TechNet Blogs Filed under: General musings, Desktop Productivity Applications, How to Articles, Productivity, Life tips, working from home, Being efficient

• Why does Vista take so long to start up?

  ..is a question I get from users who have installed loads of extra stuff on to their PC’s and I get so irate that they’re annoyed about Often, when people add 3rd party applications, the developers decide that these applications are so vital, that they... Posted Jul 25 2008, 01:19 PM by TechNet Blogs Filed under: Vista, news, General musings, Desktop Productivity Applications, How to Articles, MSconfig

• Put your monitor to sleep

  - and turn out the lights when you leave are just 2 of the 10 ways to try to curb global warming and improve your carbon footprint. I found these tips on Microsoft’s Environment site (which links to the MSN green site too).  It’s good that we’re... Posted Jun 26 2008, 08:50 AM by TechNet Blogs Filed under: General musings, Information, How to Articles, Environment, Green IT

• Presentation style coaching: The feelgood factor

  I got a great email from Kris the other day. I've been coaching others around the business who want advice on their presentation styles and helping them create a better experience for their customers. Often its not what you say during a presentation,... Posted Oct 29 2007, 07:41 AM by TechNet Blogs Filed under: Events, General musings, Training, How to Articles

• Read Hotmail from Outlook

  I know I mentioned the Outlook connector the other month and I finally got round to installing it onto my mate Hil's machine. Wow. total simplicity. On starting Outlook, the wizard politely told her that it had found her Hotmail account and did she want... Posted Sep 11 2007, 12:52 PM by TechNet Blogs Filed under: Messaging & Collaboration, Exchange, General musings, Information, Messaging & Collaboration, Collaboration, Instant Messaging, Desktop Productivity Applications, How to Articles