An Early GEEC Dinner

Even since conversing with Chris Brogan for a podcast regarding a previous employer, given how much we had in common (Batman Begins = Great, running / push-ups, similar ages of children, and more), I’ve been hoping to meet the man himself in person. Chris lives here in Boston, […]

A Sunday Morning in Boston

Back in 1992, NCR in New Zealand ran a nationwide essay contest for undergraduate students at any University or polytechnic (technical institute). I entered and won. Anyhoo, the CEO of NCR at that time was Jim Butts, and we’ve kept in touch over the years. He and Peg, […]

I went to Disneyland!!!

In an act of tremendous kindness, the Macless one and his family took me to Disneyland in the few hours we had after I arrived in California and before our 10.25pm flight to Boston. We had a fun-packed and quick-paced 3 hours at Disneyland, and managed to squeeze […]

Daily Report for June 16, 2007

Team Collaboration Open-Xchange Server 5 Update … Open-Xchange announced 50 new/updated features for Version 5 of its Linux-oriented Open-Xchange Server for messaging and collaboration, delivered in Service Pack 3. Upgrades include better mobile device synchronization, enhanced usability for Microsoft Outlook, and extended search capabilities, among others. Available immediately. […]

Daily Report for June 15, 2007

Team Collaboration Networker 4.0 … Presence Networks released Version 4.0 of Networker, a secure transport managed gateway for real-time instant messaging. “Networker now enables the secure communications with public IM solutions such as MSN, ICQ and Yahoo. With other Corporate IM solutions, the method of communicating between public […]

They Say Men Don't Listen …

From our local newspaper today … Mark, a loving husband, was in trouble. He forgot his wedding anniversary and his wife was really ticked off with him. She told him, “tomorrow morning I expect to find a gift in the driveway that goes from 0 to 200 in […]

Daily Report for June 13, 2007

Team Collaboration Exchange 2007 Migration Concerns … Osterman Research surveyed a number of organizations on their needs from email and messaging, for PostPath, which offers a product to compete with Microsoft Exchange. Key findings: 70% of enterprises are concerned / extremely concerned about the complexity of the Exchange […]