Blog of the Chief Nerd

Oh dear, I’ve let this slip a bit haven’t I?  Well with 2007 fully installed we wait to see what the new year will bring.

We have lots of Microsoft new releases this year.

Vista - Microsoft’s new version of the Windows Operating System launches 30th January!

Office 2007 - Also launching 30th January!

Exchange 2007 - Launches 1st February.

It remains to be seen how much work this will all create, I’ve been running the beta candidates of all these and they certainly look promising.  We shall see.

I see here that my ex-employer Norwich Union are dumping yet more staff.

I can’t say I’m suprised, I could see this coming in March when I took voluntary redundancy.

Difficult to see it as any more than a cynical cost cutting exercise, and it’s not as if they’re losing money!

I recently ordered online a £400 piece of computer equipment. Having checked my online credit card statement I confirmed that the payment had been made 10 days ago.

Having only had the original order confirmation, I contacted the supplier to see where my order was. To their credit they responded quickly, but with a rather curt message saying that they had already sent me an email to say that they were waiting for more stock to come in from Canada and it would be another week.

I checked my emails, I even checked the junk email folder…… nothing, so I don’t know who they emailed, but it wasn’t me!

Anyway, my point is, if someone orders goods from you, and you can’t supply immediately, wouldn’t it be good practice to wait until you can fulfil the order before charging the customer’s credit card? Perhaps as a new businessman I need to look to getting rid of my morals!

It’s reportedly going to be the hottest day of the year today.

Thanks to my new-found self-employed status, I’m sat here in a t-shirt, shorts and sandals. I think I’m going to enjoy working for myself……….if only I could find some customers!