Philip Richardson

If you subscribe to my blog because of ‘CRM reasons’ then you should check out my boss’s new blog. It’s probably worth subscribing to since he is more important than me.

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I’ve been playing around with Groove 12 over the last few days. Our SharePoint ran out of disk space and Microsoft’s IT department has decided that we aren’t allowed any more (we only have 7 freaking gig)! It’s sad when a digital camera become a more attractive storage option that the official corporate repository. Needing somewhere to save stuff while our fearless release manager battles the IT trolls I turned to Groove 12.

Having not used previous versions of Groove I have no idea what is new. I found the interface easy to use and had no trouble figuring out it’s features in <15 minutes. For some reason it needs it’s own password and wouldn’t let me save it (I think this option was denied by group policy). My main ‘concern’ with Groove is psychological. It’s not clear to me where my files actually are. Is there a server? Is it on my laptop or my desktop? What happens if I loose both computers simultaneously? My mind began to race with all kinds of ridiculous data loss scenarios. Quickly I realised I was a victim of ‘business change superstition’ and an
‘overactive analytical imagination’.

Groove will take some getting used to. But it looks like it will be worth the time investment. I’ll send an update in a couple of weeks.

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A great deal of partners (OK … maybe a dozen) have emailed me asking if I am going to WWPC. I won’t actually be attending (it’s my wife’s birthday that week and to tell the truth I wasn’t invited to WWPC). It will be a fun conference with lots of cool CRM stuff on show. If you do have a question or feedback which you would have sent my way you can always track down my boss who will be there (play nice now people).

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Adam has a great post about his recent PT Cruiser experience. I was about to roast him for bailing on gaming this week until I read this.

Ellie and I headed up to Vancouver on the weekend with some friends from Sydney who were passing through. We walked around town (Robson Street, Stanely Park, Gastown etc) and checked out a couple of bars/restaurants.

For dinner we headed to the Granville Room. The service was prompt and friendly and portion sizes were sensible (ie. small). Mixology is where they really let me down. My martini had so many ice flakes in it that it resembled a frozen lake. Their ‘specialty’ cocktails were OK but everything else was substandard.

After dinner we went in search of better cocktails. Down the street we found the Sip Restro Lounge which was nestled between a 25c peep show place and a store which primarily sold phone calling cards. Don’t let the neighbours fool you: this place was chic, clean and comfortable. The cocktails were much better here (although they could do with a larger bar as many common spirits/liquours were missing). Worth going for a drink but I’m not sure that I would eat there.