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Wow!
I just sat in on a presentation about the launch plans for Windows Vista. All I can say is "Wow!" You should definitely plan to pick up your personal copy of Vista (I recommend Home Premium for most...
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Not work related, but still cool...
I am in training to run a marathon. I will (hopefully) be running the Spirit of St. Louis Marathon on April 15th of this year. I'm 9 weeks into my training program, and am blogging my program at...
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Patent Cubes
One of the cool things about working at Microsoft (a lot of my posts begin this way, don't they?) is that they encourage you to file patents on cool ideas that you've had. I've had lots of (I think)...
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Have you heard about CodePlex?
If you are familiar with SourceForge, you might want to check out CodePlex. According to their website, CodePlex (www.codeplex.com) is "Microsoft's open source project hosting web site." It has a lot...
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Do you IM? Make it count more!
If you IM, you can make it count more by using Windows Live Messenger. Basically, Microsoft will share a portion of the advertising revenue with one of several major charities. Participating is a...
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Tech Ed Bound!
I will be going to Tech Ed again this year. I'll be working at our "Security & Compliance" booth, and presenting a chalk talk on the first day of the show. I'm also conducting a side meeting to...
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The Joy of Hand Off
There's nothing like handing off to the Release Manager and being "done" with your project. After many months and lots of twists and turns, I've handed the final pieces of the Data Encryption Toolkit...
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Wow! Microsoft Surface looks pretty cool!
There's been a lot of buzz around Microsoft regarding the Microsoft Surface announcement today. I had seen this a while back at TechFest, the internal event put on by Microsoft Research every year....
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What's a PM do to unwind?
I consider myself a pretty typical PM, and like most PMs at Microsoft, I like to unwind by playing bass drum in a bagpipe band. You can see me doing just that with my band, the Keith Highlanders Pipe...
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Coolest device of the show (so far?)
On the way to lunch today, I was approached by someone with a small black device just a bit too large to fit in your shirt pocket. It turns out that it is an OQO, a device she billed as "the smallest...
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"National Treasure" and Bowling
I saw "National Treasure" with one of my kids this weekend. I love movies that have conspiracies, secret societies, etc. such as this. If the conspiracies involve the Knights Templar or the...
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Back from vacation
Well, I'm back from a nice trip to visit family in beatiful Scottsdale, Arizona. I lived in Scottsdale for about 5 years prior to moving to the Seattle area. The Valley of the Sun is about the nicest...
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My first Microsoft CXO Sighting
Today I was at the Pro Club in Bellevue, a gym to which almost everyone at Microsoft belongs. I arrived at around 7:15am and as I walked into the locker room I saw Steve Ballmer (or someone that looks...
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Comcast DVR box gets MS Logo
I just noticed today that on my Comcast DVR box, when you go to the My DVR menu, there is a little Microsoft TV logo up in the right top corner of the screen. I think this is new, because I had heard...
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Another Microsoft blogging milestone
Well, that's two milestones out of the way: I've already been linked to by Robert Scoble (http://scoble.weblogs.com), and now I've gotten linked to by the Moon Gals, Gretchen and...
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Blogging your job search
When I first decided I wanted to land a job at Microsoft, I decided that I would blog my job search. I knew that I was interested in knowing a) how to get a job at Microsoft, and 2) what the interview...
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Last post of the year
This is my last post this year, and as such it is a good time to reflect on the last roughly two months at Microsoft. Here's what I've learned so far:Relationships are extremely important, and you...
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Cross-Group Collaboration Training Tomorrow
With everyone back from vacation, my project has kicked into high gear. I've not been as good as I should be on posting, but things are a little crazy.I will fill you in on a training session that I...
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The D-ILA has landed!
This weekend I picked up a new 52" JVC D-ILA television. It is an 3-chip LCoS microdevice reverse projection tabletop television, similar to the DLP TVs that have taken the market by storm. The...
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In New York City
After not travelling once in 1.5 years at my previous job, I am on the road at customer meetings for two days in New York. I like being in New York, but I don't like travelling there because of the 3...
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