Tag Archives: Microsoft

27dinner Jozi “Guitar Hero World Tour Edition” Report Back

Posted 28 January 2009 | By Mike | Categories: Entrepreneurship, South Africa, Web 2.0 and Social Media | 9 Comments

I knew last night’s 27dinner in Jozi could only have had one of two outcomes. Being the first dinner to enjoy full brand sponsorship (more on that later) there was a risk of it being too commercial and boring, even prescriptive. I knew I didn’t want that. On the other hand, it [...]

Guitar Hero 3 For Mobile

Posted 12 August 2008 | By Mike | Categories: Life, etc., Random Thoughts | 2 Comments

I’m a bit of a Guitar Hero nut. I even have mates over at my house on occasion for Guitar Hero parties (the height of geekiness – yes) and I’ve converted many a previously cool individual to an Xbox-buying-Gibson-wielding nerd. And I’m proud of that fact
Today I got a mail [...]

Philip Copeman’s “Bill Gates – My Part In His Downfall”

Posted 09 July 2008 | By Mike | Categories: Random Thoughts | 2 Comments

On the back of the official announcement of Bill Gates’ last day as a full time Microsoft employee, this thought-provoking article by Philip Copeman, who is the Project Leader of TurboCASH Accounting – “the worlds leading Open Source Accounting package.”
Regardless of which side of the open source / proprietary software fence you sit, it’s worth [...]