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Choosing The Right Tools For The Job

It should be a sensible decision, choosing the right tool for the job. But sometimes choosing that right tool is something that breaks an unwritten rule or a promise a person has made to themselves or a company has in their corporate handbook.

So let’s look first of all at the big corporate snafu over the last few days. Microsoft releasing a public beta of Windows 7. That’s actually a good thing, but how they did it was a mistake. A big massive file, that everyone wanted? It’s a perfect use case of BitTorrent.

Except, for reasons to be discussed, the Seattle based company didn’t use the mechanism. Didn’t stop the rest of the internet routing round the problem and seeding it themselves. Be nice if they learned from past mistakes.

Many people have a natural aversion to Windows, for whatever reason, but I want to flag up one bit of software that, no matter your feelings, you should have a look at…. their blog editing tool Windows Live Writer. I’ve been using it now since the start of the year, and it’s a revelation in terms of ease of use, switching between blogs, and more importantly reduces the barriers between “thoughts in head” to “posted on a blog.”

So what if it’s Microsoft, it’s the best tool for the job. If only Microsoft had that attitude as well.

January 11, 2009; Blogs and Blogging, Web 2.0 (Observations);

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