I’m not going to lie, I’m a little intimidated by the massive expanse of white space on the screen right now. I’ve totally fallen out of the habit of writing completely so I’m trying to get back on the metaphorical horse right now.
Just to catch everyone up with what’s been going on, we’ve just completed the Windows 7 rollout at work which I have been ridiculously busy working on. Some interesting stuff has fallen from the tree when it was shaken however so I’ll be getting some more scripting based posts up here in the very near future to show you some examples of what I mean.
I’ve finally started reading up in preparation for the MCITP Windows 7 exam so that should be an interesting experience too. I last sat a Prometric exam in 2005, I wonder if they’ve changed much?!? 😀
There’s also a planned trip up to Scotland on the cards quite soon so I’ll dust off the old camera and see what I can snap for you.
Other plans are afoot but I don’t want to give the whole game a away now do I?
Hello again! I thought as a follow up to the post showing Steve Ballmer’s keynote at CES that I’d throw on the link to the Consumer Technology Preview version of Windows 8.
I’ve been playing with this for a few days now and I can safely say that although I’m pretty comfortable using it, it’s nearing the edge of my comfort zone! Things are not where I left them in Windows 7! 🙂
Anyhow, if you’d like to look at the Metro interface and get an idea of what’s coming; take a look here and download the preview. I’d advise you use a test PC, not the one you use every day. That could be bad…
I’m often accused of being a Microsoft fan boy and to a large extent, that’s true. I’ve worked with Windows and Office in the work arena for a very long time and am familiar with the products and most (not all) of what they’re capable of. With the exception of IE, Sharepoint and OneNote, I quite like the products Microsoft produce as they make sense and allow people to just crack on with what they need to do in a logical sense.
With Windows 7, I honestly think Microsoft answered their critics in the open source world at least by releasing an OS which can compete. Now all they have to do is give it away free like Linux and we’ll have the best OS ever!
Anyhow, I digress. If you haven’t already gone and dug this up, please see the video below. Its Steve Ballmer’s keynote at the Consumer Electronics Show in January this year where he shows us little guys what Microsoft are planning to do in the 12-18 months or so. I particularly like the fact that he doesn’t brush the acquisition of Skype under that carpet, it does however remain to be seen what they do with the brand going forward.
I’m secretly hoping that they’ll announce a tie in with Polycom or Cisco/Tandberg to turn the Xbox (or PC) with Kinect into a domestic video conferencing solution families can use to stay in touch, with Skype as the backbone and gestures to control calls. Yeah, I’m dreaming but I’m hoping I’m right. What a great opportunity they have.
Enjoy the talk, its a bit obviously set up at times but the information is there and being demonstrated in an accessible way. The Metro interface is coming, we better get ready for it! 🙂
March 7th, 2012 in
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