Shorts: the Zune as a cautionary tale for Microsoft interoperability

The Microsoft Zune. Nice hardware. well thought through. Works with Xbox. However. Requires own sync software. Doesn’t work with Windows Media Player. Can’t interact with Windows Mobile. Two indexing mechanisms, on top of Windows indexing. Online social tools still vapourware. No integration with Mesh. And, for the record, no non-Windows client. Ouch.

Crossing the Agile Development experts

Youch! Just before Christmas I posted an article on Agile Development on CIO Online. There’s nothing like constructive feedback, they say, and this was indeed nothing like constructive feedback… so anyway. I collated a set of responses and found I had written too much for the CIO Online comments field, so I have posted my [...]

A bit of a re-org

I’ve reorganised my blogs, and this will be the last post you see on this blog.  For day-job analysis I shall be posting on Freeform Comment. Meanwhile, you will find background reference to all things tech and the skinny on things analytic at IT Industry Outsider – I’ve migrated all posts and comments from here [...]

Totally non work related – running for charity

For anyone who might be interested (and for those who aren’t ) I’m running a half marathon on October 12th. Its not my first – I did that a couple of months ago, baulking at the idea of sponsorship in case I didn’t finish. Which I did. So, this one is the Royal Parks Run [...]

RSA Panel session confirmed

Just got an email through from those nice folks at RSA Conference Europe. Here’s the skinny: Session Track: Business of Security Session ID: BUS-207 Scheduled Date: Tuesday 28th October Scheduled Time: 16:05 – 17:05 hrs Session Title: Software and Security as a Service: the risks and the rewards Session Classification: Strategic Session Abstract: There is [...]

Three’s a crowd, so what’s four?

This must be desktop operating system geek heaven – but even as I say that I realise ‘m missing out on a whole bunch of ‘em. To the point, I have recently come into the possession of a MacBook Pro, which is running OSX 10.4. With that, I’ve got XP running in a (donated, thanks) [...]

Presentations and events update

I was recently asked for some examples of events I have spoken at, so for the record this is what I’ve participated in so for this year: Taking back control of IT, Webinar, 28 February 2008 (video stream – registration required) Improving business productivity through effective content management, Webinar, 4 March 2008 (video stream – [...]

"That’s not a product, that’s a business strategy"

I can’t remember who said that to me a couple of weeks ago, but its one of my favourite phrases at the moment – it applies so well to so many things we’re dealing with right now: SOA, Identity Management, Information Management, BPM. Give it a go, and se where it sticks.

Presenting on Governance in Virtual Worlds

For anyone who’s interested in either topic, I’m going to be presenting on the role and impact of business governance in relation to virtual worlds, in a few weeks at the ISGIG conference in Pisa. What an irresistible topic – here’s my outline so far: There is (currently anecdotal) evidence that immersive environments such as [...]

10 things I like about the OQO Ultra Mobile PC (and a few I don’t)

I’ve been road testing my new acquisition – the OQO Model 01+ UMPC running Windows Tablet. I’ve been hankering after one of these for a while, but it is only recently that price has dropped to a justifiable level (340 quid + VAT from Expansys). So, what’s so good about it? It really is a [...]