Category: Stuff

In an effort to get my blogging back on track, and show some activity on my website, this is a quick post to wish everyone a prosperous 2009 !! I have a number of posts planned, including more details on the Outlook to Windows Mobile Gateway SMSing project, more details…

I’ve had two problems recently and I was looking to buy (hopefully) one piece of software to solve them both… Problem 1 : The mp4 files output by my Sanyo HD camcorder have the video and audio out of sync with one another when I play them in WMP (which…

Last week I attended the ‘Business of Software 2008’ conference in Boston, MA. I cannot rave enough about this conference – the quality of the speakers, the content, the organization – everything, was fantastic.It was organized by Neil Davidson (CEO and Founder of Red-Gate Software) and Joel Spolsky (FogCreek and…

There was a restaurant that I frequented with the family on a weekend for lunch. It is well established, having been in business, successfully for many years. We had always been fans of the place but had noticed recently that business seemed to be declining. This struck me as strange,…

This is something that is close to my heart.. Not setting correct expectations – I believe this is the downfall of many organizations and individuals. If you set an expectation and do not deliver then you have failed, simple as that. Doing it regularly it gets you a bad name,…

Ok, so maybe this is a rant, and maybe it is due to the fact I forgot my annual Pay As You Earn (PAYE) employers return and was fined £400… But seriously… This is the government!This is the part of the government that calculates how much our taxes are!!This is…

A bit of a detour from technical content, but I think this affects many technical people. This weekend I was reading some of Steve Pavlina’s ‘Personal Development for Smart People’ blog (not that I am a smart person ;-)). Of particular note was his ‘How to become an early riser’…

At the 2006 Microsoft Partner Program Awards, C2C (my employer) won the Customer Experience Award for outstanding customer service. Read all about it here.