When you trim your Christmas tree

I don't believe that William Carey, Sonny Burke and Ed Powell were not laughing when they wrote this. In fact, I'm surprised that we can't hear them still. See and download the full gallery on posterous Posted via email from…

BendDesk vs LightSpace. 2 videos from tech research labs.

BendDesk. Surely the worst product name in history, second only to the name of the game shown in the video, Bend Invaders. Probably something lost in translation. BendDesk reminds me of the Nintendo Donkey Kong double screen gaming device, that was…

Cursor kite

As a geek and kite flyer: I love this Cursor Kite: The pointing possibilities are endless. Posted via email from Mr.Spooner’s Posterous

Evangelists @thebeebs and @Plankytronixx fighting Star Wars style

Put together on my Windows Phone 7 using the Light Saber Photo App: zune://navigate/?appID=b74689e5-2602-e011-9264-00237de2db9e See and download the full gallery on posterous Posted via email from Mr.Spooner’s Posterous

SEGFAULT, the analog balancing scooter

Here's what happens when you give geeks spare time. Why it was necessary to build this, I don't know, but I love that fact that someone decided they needed to do so. On a sadder note, I had no idea…

Looking out to sea

After a week away from home, I turned off my technology and went to Devon with the family where i took a picture. Posted via email from Mr.Spooner’s Posterous

Trains of the Gare du Nord

I'd eaten cheese and ham, drank some pomplemousse (great word, well done France) so killed some time snapping trains. Still trying to get used to the camera on my phone and how to get the best results from it. These…

Arrington vs Facebook? THAT interview from Le Web

I was in Paris for Le Web last week and one of my standout sessions was the uncomfortable interview between Michael Arrington (Techcrunch) and Ethan Beard (Facebook). I wasn’t sure if this was funny or embarrassing, watching it was a…

Nerds. If you could only hear the conversation.

This is part of what I love about being here at Microsoft. Nerds playing with toys. Which reminds me of a talk I saw from Merlin Mann at Flash on The Beach this year, where he said that the difference…

Where do you want to go from here?

Today I’m giving a presentation at the Microsoft Dynamics Convergence Europe conference. Here are links to some of the technology that I will be talking about. They’re all worth checking out, but my favourite two are: PIVOT – if you…