There are many many many Blyth fans . I'm going to go on record trying to explain why, from my perspective. Rory is an overachieving overachiever who just wants to overachieve on his job and is just an annoying bar-raiser. First, he wins the overachiever...

I've been quiet about the Bill Gates, and other key MS personalities leaving-the-company sooner-or-later saga . I've had plenty of time to think about it and let it sink in. I think it was at Cisco that I first heard about how important change is to...

Code Camp's coming to Portland , people. With the likes of Jason Mauer , Tim Heuer , Rory Blyth , Chris Sells and many many more competent techies presenting there, why wouldn't you attend? July 22 & 23rd. Register now ! "ai" tags: codecamp

I had to counter this picture , with this one . Besides, I was also a little hungry :| More barcamp 2006 SF pictures here . Enjoy! "ai" PS: Thank you, Mr. Beale . tags: barcamp , microsoft , laughingsquid

Some of you know how crazy I am about music. All kinds of music. Some time back , I started including a "whats currently playing in my head" with almost every blog post. I'm absolutely irate today that David Hyman 's MOG is going live soon. I'm only...

" Windows Live Local for Outlook enables you to add maps and directions to your Outlook meeting requests, calculate the travel distance between your start location and your appointment location, adjust your meeting departure time based on the estimated...

(personal, non-work related post) A break was overdue. I'd been dealing with a lot of different personal things in the last few years, and in typical fashion, I've been running. I just ran away, and delved knee-deep in to things that would keep me...

That's right - we're hosting BarCamp in SF, right here at the MS SF office . The thing runs from the evening of 6/23 till the afternoon of 6/25. If you want to join us, simply sign up at the wiki , and bring something black and something stolen with you...

I just downloaded the beta version of the new web 2.0 facilitating browser ' flock ', and so far, I'm impressed! Seems to be rather quick too. Read more about it here . Flock on over to download it. Currently playing in my head for reasons unknown...

Yes, yes, I've been gone for a while... You've missed me insanely, as I have you (except you, and you). I had a tremendous three week break which including making a trip to meet some friends in the UK and spending time with family in Bahrain. Several...