As noted in my posts Surviving TechReady 11 in Seattle and from MGX Atlanta 2010…
‘Nuff said:
Credit goes to hongkiat for the blue bird image.
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As noted in my posts Surviving TechReady 11 in Seattle and from MGX Atlanta 2010…
‘Nuff said:
Credit goes to hongkiat for the blue bird image.
Tags: Microsoft, Atlanta, MGX, travel tips.
Also available at http://bit.ly/a3oVXH
Here are a few of my recent favourite tweets from others on Twitter.
A quick post between discussions: a few of my recent favourites tweets on Twitter (you can find more and assorted links on my twitter feed):
screwdriver 1 in every 66 computers browsing web running Windows 7 and it hasn’t even released yet!! – http://bit.ly/HrK7B
Microsoft_Xbox Protect yourself and your XBL account. Here are tips for Account Security on Xbox Live: http://bit.ly/14lAEv
nickmackechnie shares this re-Tweet (aka RT) from RT @EverythingMS: "Microsoft Partners earn $8.70 for every $1.00 Microsoft earns – IDC study released — http://bit.ly/7tneq"
arstechnica Google tells employee: you can no longer be a Microsoft MVP – http://arst.ch/8j0
chrispirillo Microsoft warns about advance fee fraud and lottery scams. http://bit.ly/EL17Z [Common sense to fight common scams.]
LanceUlanoff How Microsoft Will Lift Us Out Of the IT-Spending Dumps http://bit.ly/3vcjv Me: @johnbiggs may b right. Get ready 4 an IT upgrade explosion
LanceUlanoff RT @mike_elgan: Here’s a nice vision of multi-touch on Windows 7. http://bit.ly/k8Xwt Me: And people wonder what they’ll do with multi-touch
windowsblog Free Windows 7 Seminar with Mark Russinovich (and Friends): Have you ever wondered how Windows 7 resumes from s.. http://bit.ly/YpyZ8
AmandaSena Interesting chart-shows more women use social media than men http://bit.ly/fHIAV
MSSpringboard Use Windows 7 to Manage Windows Server 2008 R2 Servers http://bit.ly/p9igp
MSSpringboard Good read about User Account Control Data Redirection: http://bit.ly/TuKtM
MSSpringboard Learn how to get the most out of your Windows Home Server’s capabilities: http://bit.ly/KAxsn
engadget HP Mini 311 reviewed with earnest, ION-enhanced affection http://bit.ly/3jCVb9
inafried Macs and PCs found shacking up. NPD finds more households have Macs, but lots of those homes also have a Windows PC. http://bit.ly/17MPAv
nytimes AT&T Reverses Policy on iPhone Internet Calls http://bit.ly/QVwTc
wmexperts A chat with Microsoft about Windows Mobile 6.5 http://bit.ly/7IjRd
maryjofoley Why MS claims it isn’t discouraged even though it has 246 apps in its Mobile store (vs. 85K for Apple): http://bit.ly/1cFmZA
mitchellashley Today’s blog post: Going Mobile – The Dawn of the "micro app" http://bit.ly/Rlr1N
Also from mitchell: RT@HuntHenning: Microsoft considering making Zune services available to Apple users http://bit.ly/39DpxZ
shanselman blogged: How to Collaborate with Remote Employees with Office Communicator 2007 R2: Our business admini.. http://bit.ly/b92SQ
slashdot Fans Come Together To Complete Star Wars Uncut http://bit.ly/We1iQ
SteveCase Why Consumers Like New Products With a Familiar Ring http://bit.ly/3WFupo
SteveCase The Power of Time Off – a TED talk video: http://bit.ly/3fQ9qI via @brainpicker
mayhemstudios RT @cloud79: NPD: Mac owners are bigger gadget nerds than PC owners http://bit.ly/nJ0aI
scottlum New Blog Post: The Local Economic Benefits of the Global Software Business – Microsoft VP Pamela Passman http://bit.ly/IfP6B
parislemon Google: A Web Browser Is Not A Computer, Not A Search Engine, And Not A Ham Sandwich http://ff.im/-9kKYQ
ForbesTech Must-Have Skills For IT Leaders [Article by Arun Manansingh] http://cptlst.com/qnh9
Carnage4Life How secretive is Apple? See http://j.mp/33fu7Y and http://bit.ly/jdnqH (read part about Purple 2)
mrelph RT @k_sasha: Nice. Canada listed fourth for quality of life by most recent UN study. I feel better already 🙂 http://bit.ly/UDYDM
mrelph New blog post: http://tinyurl.com/ya2r4nd – The Canadian Crew Shows Off Cool Windows 7 Hardware…
mrelph New blog post: http://tinyurl.com/ybyo9ld – Compatibility & Ecosystem Momentum For Windows 7
nytimesbits The I Can Has Cheezburger empire–that’s the word the blog post uses, empire–has a new name to reflect its lolcat http://bit.ly/16KKW4
nytimesbits Spending on Online Advertising Continues to Fall http://bit.ly/kssw2
jesseluna RT @simonmainwaring: WIRED: Clive Thompson on How the Real-Time Web Is Leaving Google Behind. Interesting. http://bit.ly/oYZcn
JohnAByrne BW’s Rob Hof’s latest blog post: "Google’s Scott Huffman: Many More Search Features Coming" http://bit.ly/3yhkx4
TimDraper Recommended Reading: The Way of the VC: Having Top Venture Capitalists on Your Board: http://tinyurl.com/wayoft.. http://bit.ly/1PysAA
CNETNews Is cloud computing the Hotel California of tech? http://bit.ly/11fkZN
CNETNews Why CIOs are saying no to Macs http://bit.ly/4FXHfT
GuyKawasaki 12 things I don’t see at most conferences http://om.ly/JPsO
Microsoft Corp travel $ cut? LifeCams+Office Comms Server 2007 R2=F2F solution; enterprise multipack now avail http://bit.ly/3MnG8o ^SL
MicrosoftStore Microsoft Store Italy (http://bit.ly/qSbt0) and Australia (http://bit.ly/XE2gr) have opened!
tysoncrosbie Asperger syndrome in the office: How I deal with sensory integration dysfunction http://bit.ly/PPzqt #reader
And I’ll leave today with these:
apelad Forward thinking always comes back to haunt me.
Carnage4Life loves when people who seem incapable of doing their jobs want to do mine as well. Twice the fail at half the price
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As I mentioned earlier about my listing on Facebook, the good folks there have fixed the “invalid characters” in my name. My thanks to Clive at Facebook for his help.
Contrary to popular belief, “3” is not an invalid character, ‘though I’ve had my share of issues with it. 😉
OK, I’m now on Facebook (following my long-standing stint on LinkedIn…) given the ad partnership we have with this partner (and providing tools such as the Facebook Dev Toolkit).
Not all rosy…
Microsoft
You have no friends at Microsoft.
There are 17,509 people in the Microsoft network.
Ouch. 😉
More amusing thing is that my name is invalid… or at least contains an “invalid character.” So I’m on as “Mthree” for now until my friends at Facebook fix my name…
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A person I work with but have never met sent me an email the other day asking me to elaborate on my concept of buidling a personal cabinet. I recalled that last year I discussed different ways to get good feedback, from within your own company (your internal customers) and also from real customers and partners.
In addtition to the customer survey sources (like our semi-annual customer & partner satisfaction surveys), trip reports, direct relationships and avenues for listening to customers and partners (like our internal Frontline program), I suggested that they do something I’ve recommended in the past: build a cabinet. No, I don’t mean a cabinet in the sense of where I keep my sox, but a cabinet of trusted advisors from across the company (internal), and another consisting of key customers and partners (external).
The initial idea of building an internal, personal cabinet was brought up when I was in Windows Client and introduced to Brian Valentine’s cabinet alias on email: this is a list of people within the company interested in areas important to his group. If Brian sets up a broad cabinet of individuals, people who are copied on interesting information and mails, and are solicited for input and feedback, perhaps other employees at Microsoft should establish a personal cabinet.
Internally, you may have a need for a set of advisors, especially as we are so focused on what we do day to day: it’s often beneficial to get additional perspectives outside your core work group… perhaps even some outside your comfort zone. A good cabinet of 8-10 people can ask questions, listen and provide feedback on what’s most important. They can help you, encourage you and be a valuable asset, whether you’re deciding on a course of action in your group or planning your career. In a good scenario, a cabinet also communicates and works together as a virtual team to help you see things in a different light and you get to the answers you need.
Externally, developing a list of people with particular insight and experiences can work the same way; you may approach the set up differently, working individually with the list of people on your personal cabinet, unless you’re able to bring a non-competitive group together. This group may be made up of customer and partners you meet on the job, ISV Buddies, customer Frontline participants… people outside the company with whom you can knock ideas around and get feedback in a timely way. It’s not a focus group, but a quick-hit check when you need feedback – and a group that you may ping a couple of times a year. And let them know that you value their feedback, candor and trust when you contact them.
In my cabinet, I talk to many of these people once or twice a quarter on average, and some maybe only once or twice a year at an industry event or trade show. For me, I look at people who are…
As an FYI, I found that Cisco devoted a couple of stories in their quarterly ezine on how customers and partners should consider issues to consider when looking for their own trusted technical advisors. Some of the same principles can be applied here.