Enough is enough.  Outlook 2007 on my Notebook is just way too slow and bloated.  In fact it's also causing me greif on my work desktop.  I'm sure it's hardware and/or OS related (Vista on the Notebook and 2003 at work) but I just cant be bothered any more. 

So, I've migrated my domain email to Google Apps so I can dump Outlook.  Time will tell if this was a good move or not - I'm not a fan of using Web apps for mail and desktop type work but there doesn't seem to be any other choice.

The only problem I have now is hooking up dasBlog to Google Mail.  I sometimes use email to post blog posts but I generally use Windows Live Writer.  I can't get this working with dasBlog 1.8 at present - the SMTP notifications also fail.  If anyone out there knows the settings to get this working,I'd love to know!

We are still hiring like crazy - or at least we would be if there were enough suitably skilled developers around.  It makes it really hard to hire with so many great employers - now is a fantastic time to be looking for a development job!

If you are interested in working for Intergen then please don't be afraid to give me a call or email and I'll tell you what a fantastic company Intergen is.

Unless it was an April Fools email, I was re-awarded MVP status over the weekend.  Once again, I am very grateful for the recognition for doing things I just enjoy doing.

However, this is likely to be my last award as I'm pulling back on my user group and community involvment this year.  Life is too complicated and I dont have the time and energy to do a good enough job.  My wife also tells me I need to get a new hobby so I'm thinking about building something...  not sure what yet, but I have a few ideas.