Groove is not the only company rebranding, the Tenix bolt-on to Outlook is rebranding as iCollaborate.

posted by Andy Swarbrick/PopG at 1:47

Being based in Oxford high-tech sector we are blessed with some great support organisations. One of which is the Oxford trust. Here's a posting done on our behalf around Strong Angel.
http://www.oxtrust.org.uk/pooled/articles/BF_NEWSART/view.asp?Q=BF_NEWSART_107174

posted by Andy Swarbrick/PopG at 12:50

Why should PopG support Strong Angel 2? One reason is a deep seated (that is with our posteriors firmly entrenched in deepest Oxford :-) ) belief in PopG that we can do something positive that absolutely no-one else can. I'm not saying that because we think we are unique in some way, I am not a rocket scientist for instance, but simply this is important to us - and we have something to add.

Nick Daisley who many of you will know for his dedication to solving calls regarding Macintosh and Unix issues, has previously spent many years working in non-profit sectors. This included, involvement in (I think) the 6th ever UK non-profit site back in 1994, for Opportunity Trust! And even though he spends a lot of time with PopG he still maintains those old NP links.

As this weeks events roll by, let us hope that our pride does not befall us.

Our Strong Angel Groove 3 service is now fully upgraded to Virtual Office build 2148. When you logon if you are an existing used you will see a notification of your personal upgrade taking place: that should be finished in a minute or so... (As a user you need to do nothing...)

posted by Andy Swarbrick/PopG at 1:41

http://groove.net/PressRelease.cfm?pagename=press_July12_2004a claims that "My documents" has now become "Our documents". Hold on to that thought. The culture of "mine" is being overturned by the culture of "ours".

posted by Andy Swarbrick/PopG at 23:37

Our Groove Virtual Office ex-beta 3.0 service running from www.iprev.com is being dedicated to the Strong Angel project.

posted by Andy Swarbrick/PopG at 23:29

Rebrand time...

Defining what Groove is has always been a challenge. Is it a platform, OS, application.... Well now it is a virtual office. Check out www.groove.net for a whole new way of life.

posted by Andy Swarbrick/PopG at 23:01

Looking forward, possibly the biggest non-technical challenge for PopG is supporting Strong Angel with a 11 hour time difference. I think that midnight oil is just not "in it". We are not a mega huge company with loads of people working round the clock. However amongst our number we do boast a high-proportion of insomniacs...

Sleep well...

posted by Andy Swarbrick/PopG at 22:48

Strong Angel. PopG is supporting the Strong Angel II exercise in Hawaii this week. As the week goes by we will post informtion about how our participation in the event progresses and any other interesting titbits. Right now on our main website we have established a page http://www.popg.net/strongangel.html page as a gateway for participants using PopG's on-line Groove service.

posted by Andy Swarbrick/PopG at 22:45

This weekend I have been doing another leg (litterally) of The Ridgeway "Britain's Oldest Road. The leg was split either side of the River Thames, crossing at Goring & Streatley. This is an amazing piece of history - most roadways of any value in Britain have been main into proper roads. The Ridgeway on the other hand has been a road for over 5,000 years - and has been in contunuous use sine Stone Age man. This weekend we covered 20 miles of first class scenery. Simply stunning.

Part of the journey included 3.5 miles of Grim's Ditch heading wesstward towards the River Thames. Grim's Ditch refers to a range of earthworks across Britain that are around 2000 years old.

I would like to show off photos but my digital camera is at the mending shop, so we are using our APS camera.

posted by Andy Swarbrick/PopG at 14:40