Achievements this week included: - getting my head around the MS IT version of the Windows 8 Consumer Preview - continuing to get people to buy into the developer journey concept - making a couple of connections to get more ideas on Green Field IT concept - great conversation with Matt @ Berg London - … Continue reading Weeknote 90: getting to grips with a new OS
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Achievements this week included: - getting up and running on the Windows 8 Consumer Preview (you can too at http://preview.windows.com/ - that's my corporate citizen duty done for the week!) - many discussions about the ways in which we resource activities in the next few months - catch ups with a few former colleagues - … Continue reading Weeknote 89: a week of releases
I'm off on a short break tomorrow, so a day early here are achievements this week: - some good progress on writing about consumer development approaches to business systems development - completion of the team's mid year performance review meetings - a great management team offsite, including conversations with Matt from http://www.bergcloud.com/ - good progress … Continue reading Weeknote 88: a “technical” Friday
Achievements this week included: - finding a new slant for my IT/Consumerisation/Apps work - talking to more people about journeys for developers (and how we can improve what we are doing as a result) - some great conversations with the team during mid-year review sessions - an interesting evening spend with some interims (many of … Continue reading Weeknote 87: positive reinforcement
Achievements this week included: - beginning the mid-financial-year team performance reviews - starting to talk people through some work about equipping devs to produce apps - planning work for the second half of the financial year - and juggling two children, one virus and two working parents (again). Sheesh. Next week: mostly: more performance reviews.
Achievements this week included: - surviving the mid-year performance calibration exercise without hitting anyone or bursting into tears. But it was close on both fronts. - review of a technical audience segmentation project that's producing some interesting findings - continuing to refine out the ITDF presentation - a great catch up with @euan over coffee (reviewing … Continue reading Weeknote 85: which is exactly how many pennies I spend on breakfast most days…
Achievements this week included: - Mid-year review meetings process completed - further thinking about the ITDF presentation in May - a bit of blogging for Computerworld UK - and surviving a week with the boys with Mummy in the USA with work (well, I say "a week"; actually, 5 days and with grandparents called in … Continue reading Weeknote 84: home alone
Achievements this week included: - coming to the end of the Mid-Year review cycle - good conversations about startups... - ... and how others might act a little more like startups - a fun afternoon spent with Microsoft Student Partners talking about Storytelling - and a week without any emergency trips with young 'uns to … Continue reading Weeknote 83: thinking about H2
Achievements this week included: - second week of full-time-working parenting involving but two trips to the GP and one to Kingston Hospital - mid-year review planning reaches fever pitch - preparation for a talk on Storytelling to some Microsoft students this weekend Next week: some rethinking of priorities for the next six months in light … Continue reading Weeknote 82: to A&E and beyond!
Achievements this week included: - surviving the first week of being a two-working parent family (and the nursery run that therefore entails) - beginning to talk with others about types of apps model - starting to plan for life AM (After Mark) - and generally getting back into the swing of work again Next week: mid … Continue reading Weeknote 81: to start the year
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