GUEST POST: Louise Baker is a freelance blogger who usually writes about online degrees for Zen College Life. Her most recent article ranked the best online schools. If you’re headed off to your first semester of university, you’re probably worried about all of the new experiences. Living away from home for the first time, compounded on top of all your new classes, can be quite daunting.... 

As the release date for Windows Phone 7 (WP7) approaches so does Microsoft’s eagerness to gain support from the programming community to provide applications for their device. We all know from the past that Microsoft has been very keen for finding student programming talent. From the launch of XNA to the recent Design Expo 2010. If you are a student then there are many benefits for building apps... 

The British have an obsession which casts a shadow over most other nations in the world. This obsession strikes roughly twice a year. On these days most of the nation stops… a pause in the wind of time, caused usually by worry. On these same mornings newspaper Journalists spend their time phoning up their agreed contacts to see “how they are doing”. The cynical part of you may suspect they hope... 

If I had to pick out one aspect of working in London which causes shivers to roll down my spine then it would be commuting. What is even worse is when in casual conversation about work somebody replies, ‘Ah, so you are a commuter now’. Commuting is tedious and this response implies a monotonous way of life. Each morning I arrive at the train station at exactly the same time, to catch the same scheduled... 

Greetings visitor! Yes, this is still ‘Musings of a PR Student’ despite the change in décor. Let me explain what has happened over the last 72 hours… A double-edged sword has struck upon my head. Partly due to my prolific attempt to fill up my (now previous) hosted hard drive. Partly the fault of you, as visitors, stepping upon the entrance of my internet space – this website has required... 

I spend so much time dwelling within my own mind that I can’t help but see irrelevance when others attempt to analyse my personality. Indeed, I find it much easier to see my weaknesses than my strengths and thus find tackling weaknesses a drive to carry on. It isn’t egotistical to talk about one’s self; occasionally it shows a lack of intelligence (the lack of being able to digress in other areas)... 

For any students reading this blog who are into their social media platforms you will soon discover that many companies have blogging, tweeting or ‘digg-it’-esque guidelines. As the world’s largest software company, Microsoft is not exempt from such guidelines. When you sign that dotted line on the contract you are not only promised work for that period, maybe a salary but also personal discretion... 

I must provide you all my deepest apologies. A temporary spell of disillusionment has earned me the title as traitor to mikewhite.co.uk and promiscuous lover of Tumblr. Blogging will once again be coming from this website though. Let me also take the time to welcome people visiting my website from the University of Gloucestershire’s Placement website. I have already briefly blogged about the subject...