It's been a funny old couple of weeks.  As the month end approaches its time to update the blog but I'm really not sure what to write about this time.  It's not like I haven't been busy!

I've been fortunate enough to have some time to do a little more detailed evaluation of Microsoft's SharePoint recently and I've been pleasantly surprised how much it's come on since the last version I looked at in detail. I don't get the time to do any 'proper' programming these days but I like to keep my hand in with various technologies just so I understand what developers are saying to me in progress meetings.

Here at Continuity we have always had a bit of a thing about remaining impartial.  This has led to us turning down some lucrative 'deals' to recommend suppliers products and is a key reason that we haven't travelled the road to Microsoft partnership.

The issue arises again when looking at smartphone platforms.

For those of you who remember the days of video recorders: that was a prime example of the best technology losing out.  The ultimate victor in that platform war was of course VHS, yet many, better qualified than I, would argue that it was far from the best technical solution.

Back in April I removed a dilapidated shed from my back garden and decided to replace it with two smaller bike stores.  Two suitable bike stores were purchased but six months  later one of them remains in pieces and I am continuing a battle with B&Q to obtain the missing fittings kit for one of them.  This isn't a moan about quality of the product or price - with sheds I find you get what you pay for - but I have been stunned that in these days of technology B&Q's customer service doesn't seem to have anything more advanced than a scrap of paper and a pen on which to note my various enquiries.

There is clearly a fuss about Google Wave.  People appear desperate for an invite to the 100,000 user trial as they assume it will be the next big thing.  For me it's a nice idea that will unfortunately not surmount my greatest issue for on-line collaboration - the corporate security policy.

I spend a lot of time on the train.  Not as much as some but more than I care for.  Anyway, when all the email is processed and I feel I can work no more I have been known to catch up on a little TV courtesy of the BBC's iPlayer.  As long as I've remembered to download something of interest in the last 7 days I can pass the time with a little light comedy or something more educational.  Or at least I could until the BBC felt the need to improve things and therefore upgraded the iPlayer Desktop.

If you're familiar with the criticism of some 'Z list' celebrities that they would turn up at the opening of a paper bag then you may think it applicable to my business networking strategy of old.  If there was a networking event going on then I'd be there, even if there was no free lunch.

As the Continuity marketing machine gathers pace I've now added an auto tweeting feature to the site ...

It's a shame there are so many good salesman out there or should that be it's a shame there are so many naive customers for them to feed on!

After the disaster of an OS that was Vista it was with some scepticism that I started the install of Windows 7 onto my faithful netbook.