Windows Live, a good thing.

I have found myself using more of Windows Live services lately. Obviously, I’ve always had a Hotmail mail account, but now I’m also using Writer, Calendar & SkyDrive on a weekly basis.

Writer is my blogging tool and has been for over a year now. I can’t imagine my blogging experience without it. Calendar is something I’ve jumped into as well, and have become quite comfortable using it. Setting up my weekly schedule ahead of time for personal stuff, just as we would use MS Outlook at work. Next on my list is SkyDrive, 25GB of web space available for free. I foresee myself storing audio/video media files, for easy access and use. However, I wont be using it for documents. I actually use Office Live for my documents now, Office Live has a SharePoint feel to it and I’ve got my Office 2007 integrated to it.

Live Services has certainly made things much easier for me, what can I say? Windows Live…definitely a good thing!

Business Intelligence and SharePoint

Good news for all SharePoint-ers out there. Microsoft has made PerformancePoint 2007 a part of SharePoint (Enterprise CAL only and available to customers who are on SharePoint SA).

There are heaps of blogs posts our there celebrating the announcement. This is exciting news indeed, looks like PerformancePoint may just come with the next version of SharePoint in the form of a service (Eg: Form Services & Excel Services). I most certainly can’t wait, and I guess it’s time to start reading some BI blogs as well

More Info: PerformancePoint and SharePoint.

Twitter: Over Capacity, a good sign

Well, I got this last night (GMT +8.00) clearly stating that "Twitter is over capacity".  I only follow a small group of people (44 at time of writing) and all SharePoint relevant/connected. The first thought that came to me when I saw this was "Wow! more goodies".

I look at Twitter as a centralised resource centre, with information, updates, stories, posts, articles, white papers all being tweeted with links. So, for those out there who are still doubtful about jumping onboard, please do so now, and you wont regret it.

I’M A PC

Yes, I’m a proud participant of this campaign. Microsoft’s new generation of products advertised by the people, that means us.

Go on, and be a part of it, you know you want to

I’M A PC, Life Without Walls.

Still very unhappy with their initial attempt though. The one with the has been comedian in it. What a waste of money and time that was, and idiotic. Anyway, trust Microsoft to turn things round for the better.