Originally, I was going to post about my visit last week to the Microsoft campus in Redmond on a training course. The technical workshop was excellent: there were some great presentations and interesting speakers; we covered a lot of material in 3 days; there was a refreshing lack of marketing fluff; there was a lot of hand-ons practical exercises; I learned a lot; I met some interesting people and our hosts at Microsoft were very friendly and hospitable....
The BBC reports that 1 in 8 people have been ‘harassed by email’. But what is amusing about this story is the screenshot that shows an Inbox displaying emails originating from ‘support@microsoft.com’. Careful. Microsoft is a large, powerful American company. I wouldn’t be surprised if their lawyers are not initiating legal action as we speak. The story itself reminds me about of the old joke about sexual harassment in the workplace where the employee goes to complain to Human Resources about not getting any....