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Thursday, May 31, 2007 6:18 PM

Call anytime... seriously.

Often times I get asked what it is that I do as an evangelist. Today, at Google Developer Day , I got asked an even more interesting question : "what can you do for me as a Microsoft evangelist?" The answer is, a lot of things. And it depends. Recently,
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Thursday, May 31, 2007 9:52 AM

Bill Gates and Steve Jobs. On stage. Together

Mr. Jobs tried to downplay the sarcasm behind the ads [ link ], saying, “ The art of those commercials is not to be mean, but for the guys to like each other. ” Mr. Gates seemed unconvinced as the audience broke out in laughter. Mr. Jobs added, “ The
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Monday, May 28, 2007 2:39 PM

BarCamp Sac-town on 6/2

It looks like there's a BarCamp scheduled to be in Sac on 6/2 (link to BarCamp Sacramento ). Anyone going? " ai " Technorati tags: barcamp , barcamp sacramento
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Monday, May 28, 2007 2:30 PM

meebo plugin for facebook - someone's reading my mind

This is so eerie - just yesterday I was telling a friend about how Meebo was missing from F8 . Funny enough, today, I read about a Meebo Plugin for Facebook (via Mashable ). Man my facebook profile is cluttered. So here are the applications I've added
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Sunday, May 27, 2007 3:01 PM

i will follow you into the dark

Now playing in my head : " i will follow you into the dark ", by " death cab for cutie " " ai " Technorati tags: i will follow you into the dark , death cab for cutie
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Friday, May 25, 2007 3:00 PM

(my) if Ted had hair...

This is what's been keeping me laughing all day. " ai "
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Friday, May 25, 2007 12:38 AM

facebook platform : the "WebOS" is here

Alright, so here's the skinny : What is F8? F8 was the name of the event. Duh. What did Facebook announce today? Facebook launched the Facebook Platform. What does that mean? Ok, remember when the first PC was launched? What did we do? As developers,
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Thursday, May 24, 2007 3:13 PM

Live from F8 - Facebook Platform Launch

"Today, together, we're going to start a movement.", Mark Zuckerberg , CEO, Facebook . He's 23. Yuck. Wow. I'm intrigued. I feel like I'm in a cult. More to come from F8 later (because I really don't know what f8 is about). And we haven't gotten to what
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Tuesday, May 22, 2007 4:05 PM

want a spock invite? here's what you do...

In spite of what Arrington thinks should happen , I love the valley the way it is. I mean, where else could you be walking back to work from your allergist to see Jaideep Singh from Spock just kinda walking along with a colleague in the FiDi . I've tried
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Monday, May 21, 2007 10:10 AM

my highlight @ TieCon 2007 : Elementeo

As someone who speaks publicly for a living, it irks me a little bit when professional "speakers" don't speak well. In public. I must say that while I'm terribly impressed by the lineup of speakers at TieCon, not one of those speakers have impressed me
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Saturday, May 19, 2007 8:46 AM

in NorCal, we pay $5 a gallon for gas

Just a couple of years back, I'd blogged about how I paid $50 for a full tank . I try not to drive as much anymore, because, you know, stuff happens . But whoa, a NorCal town just reported $5/gallon for gas . Shoot. Yeah, I'm definitely going on a Ramen
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Friday, May 18, 2007 10:37 AM

Live from TieCon

I'm here at TieCon listening to O'Reilly on a panel with Ashwin Navin from BitTorrent , Jaideep Singh from Spock , and Alex Welch from PhotoBucket . And yes, I'm a TieCon virgin (this is my first TieCon (surprisingly that's the first question I get asked
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Friday, May 18, 2007 9:29 AM

Launching Popfly (teh artist formerly known as Springfield)

Words can't describe how excited I'm about the launch of Popfly . Are you one of those people who wants to create a mashup but doesn't know what a mashup really is? Do you kind of silently nod along when people talk about web services or JSON or how to
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Thursday, May 17, 2007 11:33 PM

how much would you pay...

How much would you pay for a parking ticket? $20? $50? $60? How about $300? That's right - I just paid $340 for 2 parking tickets. Well, on the bright side, at least they eliminated the "convenience" fees. Because you know, it's really convenient to pay
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Wednesday, May 16, 2007 12:19 PM

the new zune commercial

The new Zune commercial is soooooooo much better than the previous ones . The soundtrack playing in the background is a remix of MIMS ', " This Is Why I'm Hot ". Nice! :) Someone in Zune marketing is doing their job right. One of the Zune commercials
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Tuesday, May 15, 2007 12:17 PM

spool.fm - an imeem competitor?

I've gotten completely addicted to imeem . Its like, teh awesomes. So spool.fm has come along , looking an awful lot like imeem. I really don't know how they're trying to be different, feature-wise. But oh well, choice for consumers is a good thing, right?
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Monday, May 14, 2007 1:34 PM

Want to test your Silverlight/XAML skillz real quick?

Superstar MVP , Peter Kellner , has put together XamlWebPad . There's also SilverlightPad . " ai " Technorati tags: mvp , peter kellner , xamlwebpad , xaml web pad , xaml , silverlight , silverlightpad , silverlight pad
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Monday, May 14, 2007 9:27 AM

MakerFaire next weekend?

Planning on going to MakerFaire next weekend (5/19 and 5/20)? You * have * to stop by the Microsoft booth if you are. <strong><italics><underline><font color="red" size="64">Trust me</blah>. " ai " Technorati tags: maker
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Monday, May 14, 2007 8:22 AM

Facebook Marketplace now live

Facebook Marketplace has gone live. Facebook is bringing Craigslist like features to its socialites. Is it just me or does this still look very Web 1.0-ish to you? Facebook could've done so much more, maybe categorize its listings a little better? Maybe
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Sunday, May 13, 2007 10:29 PM

what made the eclipse popular...

was this tune... " Breathe " by " Télépopmusik " " ai " Technorati tags: breathe , télépopmusik , mitsubishi eclipse
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Sunday, May 13, 2007 1:07 PM

i just don't think...

now playing in my head : " I Just Don't Think I'll Ever Get Over You ", Colin Hay , Garden State Soundtrack " ai " Technorati tags: colin hay , garden state , i just don't think i'll ever get over you
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Thursday, May 10, 2007 10:38 PM

mix 07 day 3 - it's a wrap

I suppose I'm not done with my MIX '07 reports yet. Day 3 was interesting... Reverse chronologically : I was waiting outside the Venetian to catch a cab to LAS when I saw 54375 people waiting in line to catch a cab to LAS. Needless to say, after a big
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Wednesday, May 09, 2007 4:30 PM

MIX 07 sound &amp;quot;bytes&amp;quot;

I got the chance to interview a few people at MIX 07. Check it : Jeff Atwood and Anand Iyer on MIX, Silverlight, Blogging and Trends Anand Iyer catches up with Jeff Atwood of CodingHorror fame to talk about their experiences of MIX 07, Silverlight, Jeff’s
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Tuesday, May 08, 2007 12:37 AM

"mishale"

Now playing in my head : Mishale, by Andru Donalds And you thought I was cooking this up. Hmph. Teh ai knows his music. " ai " Technorati tags: mishale , andru donalds
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Monday, May 07, 2007 2:41 PM

More StartupCamp and an annoying executive

So here I was, standing outside the Metropolitan room, taking a break from StartupCamp (which is so awesomely awesome), lunching, when David Berlind from ZDNet pulls up right in front of me with his cameraman, and starts interviewing, Rich Green , exec
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Monday, May 07, 2007 9:54 AM

Live from StartupCamp

Jonathan Schwartz just did his keynote at StartupCamp . Although I've been following his blog for a while, this is the first time I've heard him speak. What's annoying how he's trying to tease people with this whole Project Indiana thing. After his keynote
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Thursday, May 03, 2007 10:18 PM

na na na na, hey hey hey, goodbye...

Goodbye, Mavs . Welcome, Warriors . We Believe. Warriors (42-20 reg) 4 - Mavs (67-16 reg) 1 . now playing in my head : "na na hey hey kiss him good bye", "Steam" "ai" Technorati tags: golden state warriors , dallas mavericks , steam
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Wednesday, May 02, 2007 3:41 PM

mix07 - the panels

I attended two panels over the last couple of days. Open Source, the Web, Interoperability and Microsoft : The folks on the panel included Rob Conery , Miguel de Icaza , Andi Gutmans , Sam Ramji , and Mike Schroepfer . This was an exciting session. It
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Wednesday, May 02, 2007 9:01 AM

mix07 day 2

First off, I must give kudos to the folks maintaining http://visitmix.com . They've been keeping that site as up-to-date as humanly possible. I'd be walking out of sessions and would check the site to see video interviews with the presenters posted. So
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Tuesday, May 01, 2007 9:31 AM

mix 07 day 1

So day 1 of MIX 07 is behind us. I'd speculated yesterday that MIX will have been the most impactful conference I will have attended during my time here at Microsoft. We made quite a few announcements yesterday, and Silverlight clearly stole the day.
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