I love when Mark posts, he really knows how to delve deep into windows internals and explain in relativity simply language what is going on and why.

The support tools he has developed are essential to anyone working in Windows technical support.

In his recent post he diagnoses a defective 3rd party Windows Vista Sidebar Gadget. It’s like watching a master at work.

Link:http://blogs.technet.com/markrussinovich/archive/2007/10/15/2178879.aspx

I mean a company with so many rules, regulations, forms, committees, sub committees etc You know what I mean bureaucracy.

If you have to fill out a form to take a day off, you work for Dino Corp.

Well I just stumbled upon a job offering page from Automattic the people behind Wordpress and I ended up on their amazing how we work page.

Link: http://automattic.com/about/how-we-work/

All I can say is WOW. All you need to know about how teams are organised, connected and motivated. Clearly it works, small business take note.

You can read their current job offerings here: http://automattic.com/jobs/

I am so impressed with their flat management structure, congratulations Automattic.

Robert Scoble (if Robert’s life becomes a TV move Phillip Seymour Hoffman is a shoe in)

Robert is in the news at the moment as he has just announced he is leaving Microsoft to join a new start up.
You can find out about him here. http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Robert_Scoble

My Clients who Blog, do so because I have shown them the benefits. Some did it even under duress until they saw the positive effect of inbound targeted visitors to their websites.

However before I take all the credit I have to admit……..

It took Robert Scoble to show me. That was some 385 Blog Posts ago.

I wanted to use Blogging to share information and news that interested me and the types of clients I deal with.

A practical example I use is I have 13 videos about technology on this site that have been downloaded in their hundreds, so I am reaching a new audience, a global audience.

I have never met Robert but he has had a profound affect on how I perceive communication (in this century).

As Robert moves on to a new and exciting future I just want to say thanks.

Link: http://scobleizer.wordpress.com/

Bill Hill is one amazingly impressive individual. This guy is a walking, talking living encyclopedia.

He is head of the Typography department at Microsoft.

Bill is responsible to some of the fonts that have ship in Windows. So his work has reached millions and millions of you.
Here is Bill Hill Pictured with Bill Gates (1998)

Other technologies Bill is involved in are Truetype and Cleartype, again widespread technologies.

I have gathered a couple of short video clips of interviews with Bill.

The famous Homo Sapien 1.o Interview.
bill_hill_2004_what_is_the_most_important_os.wmv
Early Influences
bill_hill_2004_what_were_the_influences_in_your_life.wmv

Bill’s Bio Link

Congratulations Bill Hill your a Tech Hero.