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One of the responsibilities that my new team has is to extend the reach of information about the Microsoft developer tools and platforms through their blogging and other web activities. We've blogs sitting on the long-standing MSDN and TechNet services, and a site of our own at http://www.ubelly.com/. Conversations last week turned to the challenges … Continue reading Calculating readership

Project achievements this week included: - meeting with most of my team... - ...and scheduling time with the rest - discovering the location of the toilets, cafes, restaurants and carparks - managing a reasonable route to work - getting PC, phone and (Windows 7) Mobile set up And also: - well, it's mostly been a … Continue reading Weeknote 45 – Greetings

Yesterday on Twitter I witnessed the term "hybrid cloud" for the first time. My somewhat cynical response was that a hybrid cloud probably has batteries and the ability to sneak up on you in silence.  I've become increasingly frustrated with the ongoing public/private/hybrid debate about what Cloud is, as it seems that both client and … Continue reading Nomenclature obsessions

Starting a new job and joining a new organisation at the same time is a double whammy of disorientation. Not only are you faced with not really knowing quite what it is that you should be doing yet, but also you have a sudden realization of quite how many people and things you knew in … Continue reading Day 2 as new boy

Project achievements this week included: - concluded handovers - briefed head hunters on my replacement And also: - survived the leaving drinks - said goodbyes - took a couple of days off Next week: Thames Valley Park and a new chapter

When, six or so years ago, I was trying to work out what I wanted to achieve next in my career. At the time I drew a picture, which consisted of a team of twelve or so people, sitting together in an office in the centre of town, happily working together with majestic views over … Continue reading Things I am going to miss: the team

Cold sales calls are, it seems, an occupational hazard of being the Head of IT in a mid-sized organisation. I've continued to take them because, just occasionally, serendipity dictates that the right supplier will happen to call on the right day. The hit rate is very low, though. Most of the people doing the calling … Continue reading Things I'm glad to see the back of: crap sales people

I was in conversation with Douglas, Imagination's European MD at lunchtime yesterday about life. These sort of conversations happen when you've announced you are leaving a company. One of the things that we talked about was the way in which the automotive industry has become obsessed with carbon output as a metric to describe the … Continue reading Tyrannical numbers

Project achievements this week included: - selecting a company to find my replacement - handing over relationships at Tru, Hitachi Consulting and Apple - debrief on file sharing services in the cloud - handover of the yellow card project - my last reference call for Google And also... - good catch ups with @andrewdotcom, @kelfish, … Continue reading Weeknote 43 – my last full week at Imagination

I am very proud of a wealth of things that we have achieved at Imagination since I joined in 2008. Not least is the strong set of supplier relationships that I have been able to build up. There are key "manufacturing" level providers like Adobe, Google, Microsoft and even (this will come as a shock) … Continue reading Things I am going to miss: building relationships with suppliers