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• On Writing. And formats for storing writing. Via sockpuppets

  I mentioned the post that I lost last night and that it referred to Clive James, a writer whose words I can hear as I read them. I can't think of many others like that: I hear Bill Bryson's words in the on-the-brink-of-mania tones with which Kerry Shale... Posted Aug 08 2007, 02:11 PM by TechNet Blogs Filed under: Office, General musings

• Presentation skills

  I'm back from in Athens, we had a 2 day evangelism summit (a synod ??) followed by after 3 days of Longhorn training, and those of us who will be out talking about Windows Server "Longhorn" got to spend time with a top presentation skills coach who works... Posted Apr 21 2007, 07:38 AM by TechNet Blogs Filed under: Office, Events, Microsoft, General musings, powerpoint, Death by Powerpoint

• Another lesson in FUD, from a past master.

  A little culture to lead into the weekend. A quote from Voltaire no less. I have never made but one prayer to God, a very short one: "O Lord make my enemies ridiculous." And God granted it. Someone sent me a link to story " Rivals Attack Vista As Illegal... Posted Jan 26 2007, 01:48 PM by TechNet Blogs Filed under: Vista, Office, Windows Vista, Microsoft, General musings, ECMA, Linux / Open Source, FUD, European Commission, IBM, OOXML, ODF