29 April 2008
Blogging On The Move
We try to dogfood here at Black Marble so I'm writing this on my HTC TYTN. How? With Richard's new app Read More...
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14 April 2008
Community Launch Events
A big thanks to everybody who came to the Server 2008 launch event last week. Andy and myself had a great time presenting to such an enthusiastic crowd. In the end we ran long because of the amount of dialogue around the new features of Server 2008 and I hope everyone went away having got something useful... Read More...
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18 March 2008
Hats off, lads
Just seen the sad news of the passing of Arthur C. Clarke. The world was better for his having been in it, and will not be the same without him. Read More...
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18 March 2008
Insightful
Joel Spolsky has a biting and articulate article on the IE8 standards debate. Read More...
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17 March 2008
A great article on handy SharePoint controls
I don't know about you, but I always mean to gather various bits of knowledge into one place, but just like tidying my filing at home, I never quite get around to it. Fortunately for me, Chris O'Brien is a bit more organised and in my ever expanding blogroll today I saw a great article about... Read More...
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17 March 2008
Taking time to enjoy the scenery
You know, the thing about RSS is that it's a bit like the advent of the motor car - you miss things. Just as driving around means you don't get to pass the time of day with folk, or discover that tiny little deli you'd never notice from the road, RSS dehumanises the web. For example, I subscribe... Read More...
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06 March 2008
Searching SharePoint through an IE8 Activity
IE8 Activities look cool. They're almost like favlets from where I stand, but they offer a very simple way for users to access online services and pass simple parameters. I decided I wanted to play, and we use SharePoint heavily here at Black Marble. The obvious thing to do was to create an activity... Read More...
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05 March 2008
IE8 Rapid Fire Site Test
I can't spend much longer playing with IE8 or my wife will skin me. However, from my cursory browsing experience I'm worried. Either the devs have a good deal of work to do or I'm going to be very busy with CSS rules for a while. Here's the University of Bradford site in IE8: And to try... Read More...
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05 March 2008
Internet Explorer 8...
Well, as expected, the public beta of IE8 appeared on the web pretty much straight after the Mix08 keynote mentioned it. I managed to grab it within mere moments and I now have it installed on my trusty laptop. As announced only a day or two ago, it defaults to the new rendering mode, with a big toolbar... Read More...
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11 February 2008
The XPERIA X1 - A Windows Mobile device that I could really get excited over
Before I joined Black Marble I had a succession of Sony Ericsson smartphones - the P800, P900 and finally a P910i. They were great - the size was good, the UI was good, the handwriting recognition was excellent (with a grafitti-style interface that meant I could really get a good turn of speed) and I... Read More...
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10 February 2008
Spring cleaning
You know, one of these days I'll find the time to properly redesign this blog. In the meantime, the excellent Kid Congo theme from the latest version of Community Server will suffice, albeit with the alteration of colours to match our corporate blue. Read More...
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10 February 2008
@media 2008
After sadly missing last year due to workload, I am excited to be able to attend @media 2008 in London along with Tom and Lauren from Black Marble. If you know me and you want to meet up please get in touch! Read More...
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10 February 2008
Balancing customer needs against forward motion: IE8
I've watched the debate with interest but not posted anything until now. The news of Internet Explorer 8 keeping it's new rendering engine to itself unless you tell it otherwise caused a strong outpouring of opinion around the web. I must admit, my initial reaction mirrored that of many others... Read More...
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04 December 2007
EMEA Project Conference: Keynote Thoughts
Well, the keynote just ended and I needed to check email so I thought I'd do a quick post. A good chunk of the keynote had already been covered by yesterday's partner-only sessions. However, Mike Angiulo publicly announced that the Office 2007 family Service Pack 1 will be available on December... Read More...
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03 December 2007
Project Partner Day
Well, it's the end of day zero, the partner-only day here at the Madrid Project Conference. It's been an interesting day. I'm not sure what I am allowed to say, but service pack 1 for Office 2007, which covers the desktop products, sharepoint, project server et al is very close to being available... Read More...
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