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Here’s a little known shortcut that regular users of Outlook will love, especially those who often switch between a large desktop and a tiny laptop monitor. Do you ever find that there’s just not enough space on the screen for all those different sections in Outlook? You know the ones: the navigation pane, the message…

This week is officially ‘Get Safe Online Week’ here in the UK which got me thinking about my own approach to online safety. Like most people, I’m not as disciplined as I should be with updating my passwords and using a different password at each site. I’ve also unwittingly disclosed personal information like my date…

The shiny new ‘unified installer’ for Windows Live has been released today. You can get it from www.windowslive.co.uk. While you’re there, if you fancy a shorter, neater, altogether more snappy Windows Live account address you’ll be pleased to know that free registrations of [name]@live.co.uk and [name]@live.com are now available. If you’re fast you might just…

"Can I Change Your Mind" is a delightful little book by Lindsay Camp about the craft and art of persuasive writing. I recommend it to anyone looking to improve their writing style or simply wishing to revel in some entertaining and highly persuasive writing. One of the anecdotes that brought everything into perspective for me…

Anyone who’s read my blog for any length of time (1) has my sympathy and (2) will know that I’m a fan of tasks in Outlook. I’ve written extensively on the subject. Here’s a selection of my favourites.   Always avoid folders starting with ‘T’ My blogcasts on Soapbox Creating task from emails Task formatting…

I tend to read my RSS (Really Simple Syndication) feeds in Outlook 2007. For some reason I never got the hang of reading them in a web browser, even though this functionality has been included for some time in Internet Explorer 7. But one thing that bugs me is that subscribing to more than a handful…

UsefulTechnology returns to the office today after a much needed break by the seaside. And what should land first on my desk but the bizarre news that more Britons would be upset if they lost their mobile phone than if they lost a pet. Sky News reports that two-thirds of Brits would be upset if they lost…

It’s not new, it’s not even very clever, but it is mighty useful. Blogging from a mobile phone to a Windows Live Spaces page is as simple as logging on to http://mobile.live.com. Try it.

Today we announced a handy new service: Windows Live SkyDrive. Check it out for yourself here.   In short, Windows Live SkyDrive gives everyone with a Windows Live ID 500MB of free webspace for storing and sharing files. You can decide how you wish to use the 500MB and who else should be able to access…

  And so to the annual Superbrands Event last night. Once again the format changed: this time a drinks reception followed by a couple of marketing speakers then entertainment from Neil Mullarkey’s barking mad business guru creation, L Vaughan Spencer. Then more drinks and some chap singing like Frank Sinatra, and making a pretty good fist…