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Michael Sampson

Daily Report, May 22

Team Collaboration Intergen ActionThis … Intergen (New Zealand), a Microsoft partner, is putting the final touches on ActionThis, a system for team, task and project management. Page 8 in Intergen’s SMARTS Issue 13 newsletter has more (PDF, 466 KB), including “What we need is a new technology that […]

Leaving New York, May 19

My visit to New York is over, and I’m on bus 320 from Secaucus heading for the Port Authority in New York for the last time this month. I have so enjoyed being here, and although it has been physically gruelling it has been tremendously intellectually rewarding. I […]

Daily Report, May 17

Team Collaboration Hart Howerton Goes Newforma … Hart Howerton implemented the Newforma Project Center for firm-wide project management and collaboration, rather than Microsoft SharePoint. “After evaluation of multiple solutions, including development initiatives based on Microsoft SharePoint, Hart Howerton selected Newforma based on the degree to which the solution […]

New York, NY

To describe NY as different to what I experience most days would be the understatement of my life. My normal reality is wide open green spaces, very little noise (a few sheep baa’ing perhaps), and the seeing of 5 cars on the days I don’t go out for […]

Apple Cube on 5th Avenue, May 15

After finishing the first day with my New York client, I walked down to the New York Apple Store on 5th Avenue and 58th Street. What a non-conformist piece of architecture in the heart of NY! And what a beauty! Here’s my observations of being in there: It […]

Daily Report, May 16

Team Collaboration ThoughtSlinger Beta … ThoughtSlinger released Thoughtslinger, a collaborative text editor for Windows. It supports multiple people authoring and editing a document simultaneously, change tracking, revision acceptance/rejection by the document owner, and support for limiting editing access to certain parts of the document. Available immediately.ThoughtSlinger Kerio MailServer […]

Daily Report, May 14

Team Collaboration SQL Server 2008 “Katmai” … Microsoft outlined plans for the 2008 release of SQL Server, with a policy-based framework for managing database operations–rather than scripts–the biggest change. Other changes include support for geographical content, support for storing documents and images, and deeper integration with Microsoft Office […]

A Neat Afternoon in California, May 13

Wow, did I have a treat this afternoon or what!!! After getting off my delayed flight and clearing US border control and customs, I was met by none other than Jason Womack, executive coach, presenter extraordinare, and triathlete. We visited over a snack and I had a much […]