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Strange thinking about Microsoft Office
Office goes Live 15th Nov
We often talk about the 2007 Microsoft Office system as being the combination of servers, services...
Author: dstrange Date: 11/01/2006
When shall we three meet again?
Back from holiday (gratuitous picture right), rested and recharged (allbeit with an airplane cold)....
Author: dstrange Date: 11/01/2006
recharge my own batteries
I'm off on holiday for 2 weeks so blog silence will ensue for that time. What should you read into...
Author: dstrange Date: 10/13/2006
Open XML reaches final draft
To quote Brian Jones: As I already mentioned, in the last face to face meeting in Trondheim, Norway...
Author: dstrange Date: 10/11/2006
Microsoft Works joins the fight
The Microsoft Works suite, if you are not familiar with it, is a productivity suite aimed at the low...
Author: dstrange Date: 10/11/2006
Perpetual motion machine from HP
the rest of our free kit arrived from HP this week including the extended battery. It's a wedge...
Author: dstrange Date: 10/10/2006
What is the Business Data Catalogue?
Martin Kearn who is one of the guru Microsoft Consulting Services in the UK team has written a...
Author: dstrange Date: 10/06/2006
My deskphone is stupid
Actually my deskphone is probably very clever and I, like most people, just can't be bothered to...
Author: dstrange Date: 10/05/2006
Live writer upgrade and cool flickr add ins
In case you missed it, there is a new build of live writer. The update has some new stuff: Tagging...
Author: dstrange Date: 10/04/2006
the launch is not cancelled
My days now seem to consist of queues of wild people, frothing at the mouth running at me like some...
Author: dstrange Date: 10/04/2006
The best marketing freebie ever
I never fail to be amazed at how motivating new kit is to a techie. I'm also slightly pleased to...
Author: dstrange Date: 10/03/2006
Make your data work harder
Going through stuff I've missed over the last month, I came across this article in computer weekly...
Author: dstrange Date: 09/30/2006
Lost in translation
Chris Capossela (head of the Information Worker business group) was over in the UK today and I got...
Author: dstrange Date: 09/25/2006
Strange Weeks
It's my pleasure to introduce my friend David Weeks, my counterpart in the Windows Vista team. We...
Author: dstrange Date: 09/22/2006
How the war was won: intro
You might think it a bit cocky to start writing my memoirs of launch before the event but with my...
Author: dstrange Date: 08/31/2006
How the "ribbon is dead" myth was born and died
Jensen finally puts this one to rest as he confirmed to me last week. It is interesting how these...
Author: dstrange Date: 08/28/2006
Don't cross the streams? No do!
Maybe you have to be of a certain age to catch that ghost busters reference so ask someone older if...
Author: dstrange Date: 08/28/2006
Blogcast: Tagging in the 2007 Office authoring experience
Renewing my commitment to recording the demos that I find myself doing frequently, I've recorded...
Author: dstrange Date: 08/26/2006
Ribbon myths and rumours dispelled
There has been a little flurry of rumours on the blogsphere including the ever excitable slashdot...
Author: dstrange Date: 08/26/2006
2007 release on the Nov price list, release dates confirmed
An internal email from Chris Capposela (head of IW) to field sales confirms that 2007 will get added...
Author: dstrange Date: 08/23/2006
First Look: 2007 Microsoft Office system
I've decided to create a new book review category and tell you what I think of the new books. As I'm...
Author: dstrange Date: 08/18/2006
Excel 2007 multi-threaded calculation boosts performance
Some mention of this was made on the Excel blog about the performance improvements that can be...
Author: dstrange Date: 08/17/2006
Blogging with Live Writer versus OneNote 2007
Ok so I've had a chance to use the live writer tool now on several blogs. I have used it here on...
Author: dstrange Date: 08/16/2006
Blogging tools OneNote and SharePoint Server 2007
Blogging tools are all over the news today with the release of the new Microsoft blogging tool,...
Author: dstrange Date: 08/14/2006
Design an Office 2007 app for your charity and we make it a reality
I just came across this competition which is reminiscent of the DesignIT initative we ran in the UK....
Author: dstrange Date: 08/12/2006
Original xbox console launches in Seattle
oh..kay.. get this for over competitiveness.. A disagreement over a Microsoft Xbox game console...
Author: dstrange Date: 08/12/2006
Why charge for beta 2?
Great post by James O'Neil on this subject which I also commented on earlier.
Author: dstrange Date: 08/11/2006
Records management - barcoding documents as policy
in 2007 we are adding records management to SharePoint. I came across this great post on barcoding...
Author: dstrange Date: 08/10/2006
Why computers are like dogs
(Our dog, Sprocket) This happens most days. Somebody will have some sort of issue with their...
Author: dstrange Date: 08/10/2006
Technology catch 22's
09 August 2006 11:49 Continuing my period of angst with technology, and inspired somewhat by Charles...
Author: dstrange Date: 08/09/2006
bad technology hair day
Today's presentation (number 89) to the assembled PR agencies of Microsoft nearly didn't happen....
Author: dstrange Date: 08/08/2006
Analyst support for 2007 release in Computer weekly
Good article in computer weekly on 2007. Some interesting analyst quotes in there such as: Clive...
Author: dstrange Date: 08/07/2006
Paying for beta 2
Today the free download period for beta 2 came to an end. From now on you will have to pay $1.50...
Author: dstrange Date: 08/03/2006
Power Pointer
Following on from my recent Death by PowerPoint post which was all about making presentations better...
Author: dstrange Date: 08/03/2006
Go SharePoint and good things happen
Yesterday's presentations were to two groups of sales managers from Computacenter to whom I...
Author: dstrange Date: 07/25/2006
Thoughts on the beta life of Vista and 2007 release
Perhaps a bit of a random post today but I am thick into the beta lifestyle now. I'm currently...
Author: dstrange Date: 07/18/2006
Office opens up to ODF
Big news today was that we've decided to fund an open source project to build translation tools...
Author: dstrange Date: 07/06/2006
Beta 2 - so what have we learnt?
It's been just over 5 weeks since the beta 2 went public and I thought you might be interested in...
Author: dstrange Date: 06/29/2006
Test Drive the 2007 release
We’ve announced today the availability of the online test drive for the 2007 Microsoft Office...
Author: dstrange Date: 06/27/2006
Never forget your roots
I had the privilege of presenting to some sixth formers at Eton college today about a career in IT....
Author: dstrange Date: 06/27/2006
UK Office Developer Conference 2006 - it's more than you think..
Weds and Thurs this week we held the second ever UK Office Developer Conference following on from...
Author: dstrange Date: 06/22/2006
Calling all Office Pioneers
I want to introduce another UK Office blog from our team produced by Gill and Charlene. The...
Author: dstrange Date: 06/21/2006
New copyright licensing tool for Office
Today we are announcing the availability of an Office add-on tool which helps businesses and...
Author: dstrange Date: 06/21/2006
Send a smile or a frown
Also, to follow on from my last post about feedback, there’s also a tool available for anyone called...
Author: dstrange Date: 06/20/2006
Living the beta life - joy and pain
This week we began our internal readiness work at Microsoft to educate internal employees about the...
Author: dstrange Date: 06/20/2006