3 February 2007

Wellington Sevens tournament kicks off

Filed under: General — Tags: — Stuart Maxwell @ 10:35 am

I went to the Wellington Sevens tournament last night and it was great fun. We spent the first half of the night in the Delloitte Lounge and then headed intot the crowd for some mayhem. I snapped a whole bunch of pics which are now up on Flickr. Here’s some of the best.

(if you’re [...]

26 January 2007

Height of laziness

Filed under: General — Tags: , — Stuart Maxwell @ 10:44 am

Is this the height of laziness? If you can’t be bothered taking your dog for a walk, you can get them their own treadmill!

[Via: Gizmodo]

7 January 2007

Back to work

Filed under: Personal — Tags: , , — Stuart Maxwell @ 9:56 am

Well the holidays are coming to a close so we’re preparing to head back to work tomorrow. The weather in Wellington has been a real disappointment with the coldest December on record (it’s supposed to be summer!) and so far January hasn’t been that much better.
The year ahead will bring some big changes to our [...]

19 December 2006

When to start

Filed under: General — Tags: — Stuart Maxwell @ 9:46 am

Read this blog post from Seth Godin a while back but I was thinking about it yesterday so had to look it up again: When to start
Too often we find too many reasons not to do something, rather than just getting stuck in.

18 December 2006

Projects gone bad

Filed under: General — Tags: — Stuart Maxwell @ 4:27 pm

Found this interesting article on the Computerworld site this morning about projects going bad:
The people aspect of project failure
And another interesting article here: Market for IT contractors still expanding

14 December 2006

Google toolbar for Firefox integrates Docs with desktop

Filed under: General — Tags: — Stuart Maxwell @ 12:15 am

A new beta version of Google
’s toolbar for the Firefox browser has brought integration of Google’s Docs & Spreadsheets service to your desktop. What this means is that you can double-click on an Excel or Word document and have it open directly in your Google Docs site.read more | digg story

12 December 2006

links for 2006-12-12

Filed under: General — Tags: — Stuart Maxwell @ 1:28 pm

Microsoft Exchange Server 2007 – Learning Portal
Microsoft Exchange Server 2007 can give your organization the messaging protection that you need, the anywhere access to e-mail you want, and the enterprise reliability that you deserve. Let Microsoft Learning help you develop your expertise in this advan
(tags: microsoft free exchange tutorial)

27 November 2006

Be careful of pago

Filed under: General, Internet — Tags: , — Stuart Maxwell @ 11:23 pm

ASB have released a new service in NZ called pago (lower case intended) which allows you to make payments for goods using your sms with your mobile phone or by email. The site is clearly targeting a younger audience, even encouraging you to use your TradeMe or MySpace username as your pago login name. There’s [...]

12 November 2006

Movember

Filed under: General — Tags: — Stuart Maxwell @ 6:11 pm

I was a little late to the party but my Movember effort is now in full swing. I have a week’s worth of stubble to carve into something embarrassing! Thanks to my sponsors (Damian, Lisa, Ness, Sheri) who haves donated so far – I’ve raised $25 $55 $60 for prostate cancer research. I’ll be posting the [...]

14 October 2006

Updated Windows Live Mail Desktop Beta review

Filed under: General — Tags: — Stuart Maxwell @ 11:06 am

Updated review on the Windows Live Mail Desktop Beta email/feeds/news/contacts/calendar client with new screenshots. This is an overhaul of the antiquated Outlook Express client and is targeted towards MSN/Live/Spaces users mainly.read more | digg story

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