*Note: This is a guest article by Paul Kotylo for the Spotlight on MACH series. The writing is entirely his own. No edits, other than formatting, have been made. Before I begin: The past year and a half of my life have been extraordinary.  I’ve met...

Download WebMatrix if you haven’t already. Download the Video Lab and Lap Around IE9/HTML5 Lab . Check out IIS preview offers if you don’t already have web hosting. This is a video preview of my demo at HTML5 WebCamps:

*Note: This is a guest article by Ke Chen for the Spotlight on MACH series. The writing is entirely her own. No edits, other than formatting, have been made. Ever since I can remember, people have asked me what I wanted to be when I so-called “grew up...

Have you tried out the WordPress.com app for Windows 8 ?  In the first version, you can like a post, follow a blog, or share a post on your own WordPress blog.  The experience is pretty seamless and really showcases the Metro design concepts...

      Are you interested in experiencing the next great app platform opportunity, Windows 8 ? Do you want to learn how to get started building apps for this new platform? We are inviting the Silicon Valley startup community to a full-day...

*Note: This is a guest article by Rick Seeger for the Spotlight on MACH series.  The writing is entirely his own.  No edits, other than formatting, have been made. The one time he opted to travel by turtle instead of plane; this didn’t sit well...

CS194: Senior Project was one of my favorite classes at Stanford, because it was an opportunity to build a project based on societal needs using the coolest technology out there.  My team designed and implemented a project leveraging the Nintendo...

Want to learn more about WordPress and WebMatrix, or WordPress performance?  Come out to the next SoCal WordPress meetup hosted by Microsoft! From http://www.meetup.com/The-Southern-California-WordPress-Meetup-Group/events/52952262/ : C'mon out and...

*Note: This post was also featured on the Women in Tech Blog . Christmas 2010 present from a friend. What does it say about me when I quickly noticed that her monitor says “Barbie” in binary-Ascii? When I was in middle school, I remember being told by...

*Note: This is a guest article by Tim Bennett for the Spotlight on MACH series. The writing is entirely his own. No edits, other than formatting, have been made. Love technology, but don’t want to be pigeonholed into a specific technology or sit behind...

Last week I graduated from the Microsoft Academy of College Hires (MACH).  Prior to joining Microsoft, I didn’t realize there were so many roles at Microsoft apart from developers on a product team, even though I’d interned at Microsoft and other...