Jul 21, 2006 | blog
Ugh, its been a tough couple of weeks and getting around to blogging is actually a task right now. With the amount of work to do at my day job, its been too taxing to find something worth talking about.
That and I’ve allowed myself to get too wrapped up in CSI on Spike after work. Great show, but I haven’t taken the time to sit down and pound on the keyboard.
♫ I come from a land down-under… ♫
Yeah, I’ve got Men At Work playing again – helps me think (weird I know). Now where are those Dire Straits CDs…
The hardest part of the last few weeks is the lack of concentration when I fire up the old blog, I’m just not able to focus. Hmm, I do need to write a bit on bluetooth headsets – I’ve yet to get started on my quest yet. Guess I’ve found something to start on for now.
Jun 30, 2006 | blog
This week was the week from hell. It just seemed like everyone was overworked, overtired, overstressed, and trying not to let it get to them too much. Maybe its the run-up to one of the biggest holiday weekends of the year, but work just seemed not to let up all week.
Ugh, glad to be out of the office and away from everyone for awhile – I think everyone needs it.
Jun 26, 2006 | blog
Now, I’ve subscribed to Scoble’s blog for almost 2 years or so and I really enjoy his writing style and much of what he has to say. Though in the past few days he’s written a few posts I need to comment on.
Maybe it’s because I took the weekend off to spend with the family and reading about three days posts just gets me more motivated to address some things. Keep in mind, I’m not upset with Robert, and I’m certainly not about to stop reading his blog! So I’ll start with the newest and work my way back – it won’t take long, it’s only a few posts:
- Inside new Sharepoint’s RSS, blogs, and wikis – Thanks for the information! I’ve been following the SharePoint product for the past 2-3 years and am very excited for new details on what’s going on. My hope is to have SharePoint brought inside my employer in the next year or so – its just too powerful a platform not to implement. The nice part is that many business and IT leaders are starting to find the usefulness of the product. The only reason it didn’t make it in the door in 2004 was because of restore options for the database – just not flexible enough. One simple question, and when Microsoft and their partners said “well, not in this version” and couldn’t put a timeline on the request – talks dissolved on the project. We’ll see where they’re at now.
- Has Microsoft changed? WinFS post getting questioned internally – Hmmm, I’ve had similar thoughts and wonder a number of things. Is WinFS as the “Windows Future Storage” really gone? Does it matter? As our Web 2.0-centric world spins faster and faster – with better broadband and wireless connections, does it matter for a local relational file system? If all our data is stored online, and most of our apps are web-based, what is the usefulness of a WinFS type subsystem – heck what’s the use of a fat client? Did Bill Gates just let all his pet projects whither as he left for “summer vacation” as Robert puts it? Does Bill care? Was WinFS a pet project? Humph!
- Dear Al Gore: here’s some inconvenient truths – Now I have to admit up front that I am not fond of the former V.P. and that I have not read his book or watched his movie. It’s my opinion that his current media attention is simply targeted at his 2008 run for President – ’nuff said on that. What I will say on this one is that I agree with Robert that our society has several self-induced issues facing it in the next many years, the environment is hardly one of them. Yes, we all could work better at conserving energy in the instances that Robert mentions – and more. The real challenges that we face are the re-writing of history to meet currently desired interpretations, lack of integrity & objectivity in the drive-by media, rejection of traditional cultural norms, and unwillingness to find the middle ground in the political arena.
One thing I’ve noticed about Robert’s blog in recent months is that he really has taken it back as a personal blog instead of the Microsoft PR outlet that it had a tendency to sound like. Now I know I’m on the opposite political fence from Robert, but I do appreciate his open discussion.
On a side note Robert, I do hope the move goes well, with as little issue as possible!
Jun 21, 2006 | blog
This post is for my friend Jerry Loss who is a U.S. Marine in the reserves and just got activated to go to Iraq for a second tour.
Jerry will be posting occasionally on his blog about his experiences and to keep in contact with friends and such. He’s a great example of the calibur of people in our armed forces; smart, honest, determined, a quick wit, and loyal. My best wishes travel with him, and we all are looking forward to seeing him back home in about a year.
To Jerry and everyone else serving for our country & our freedoms I simply want to say:
Thank you
Jun 11, 2006 | blog
So I’m really sad to see Robert leave Microsoft. He has done more for the company than any other person except Gates himself.
The blogosphere has been talking about this all weekend, but I only ran across it on Sunday evening. Reading all the posts about the news, there seems to be a growing consensus that Microsoft is the “loser” in this deal – and to be sure, there currently is no one at Microsoft that can replace what Robert delivered in his position.
The Interesting part is that you could see this decision coming. I mean, this isn’t quite the surprise it seems to be made out to be. If you look back over the last three months or so on his blog, you can quite clearly see that something has been niggling at Robert. You could almost see that he sensed a life change was approaching, and with the passing of his mother last month, it shifted into high gear.
I’m glad for Robert’s move to a new position in a new company, that is focused on a new medium. There are a lot of “news” in there, but I expect that this is what Robert was looking for. So good luck to Robert Scoble on his next adventure!
Robert posts on it here, here, and here.
UPDATE: Microsoft Monitor posts about Microsoft Blogs today as well, and gives some great recommendations on other important Microsoft bloggers.
