Just in case you missed it... Office announced at PDC that Office 14 will enable people to to create, edit, and collaborate on Excel, Word, PowerPoint, and OneNote documents in the browser. Here are some links with more information: Microsoft to Extend...

My 5-year-old daughter told my wife this morning that she wanted to bring pennies to school for children who don’t have a school. After cleaning out the coin jar, she asked to add her birthday money to the collection. This evening she talked more...

There is a good article in the New York Times about the new marketing campaign. Echoing the Campaign of a Rival, Microsoft Aims to Redefine ‘I’m a PC’ RELAX, computer users, after only two weeks Microsoft will stop teasing you as the company begins the...

I enjoyed reading this article . The recommendations rang true to me…

I just noticed this article. Pretty cool. http://biz.yahoo.com/bizj/071102/1545799.html?.v=1 I did stand in a cold outdoor line for 15 minutes to see Mr. Clinton but was told the room filled up. BTW - I hope the msn guys don't mind me pointing to...

Sorry--it has been a while since I have posted anything. Zac and team have been getting lots of great content posted on the Access team blog lately and I have been swamped with the next release work. Any ways, years ago I presented at the UK Access User...

I recently had the opportunity to serve as a juror for 3 weeks in the King County Courthouse. The defendant was a 25-year-old male charged with 13 counts of vehicle theft, possession of meth, bail jumping, trafficking of stolen property, shop lifting...

Interested in spending a week in Miami learning more about Access, SharePoint and the latest .NET advancements? The Advisor Summit on Microsoft Access at the Doral Resort & Spa is going to be a fun event. I have always enjoyed the great conferences...

Thanks for your continued patience. The runtime download is available again. Microsoft Office Access Runtime 2007 There is a known bug where reports don't work in ADPs. We are working on a QFE for the issue. I will let you know when more information...

A new query help topic just went live on Office Online: Make summary data easier to read by using a crosstab query

Our user assistance team is starting to put together some cool "how to" articles with web cast demos. You might find these useful and interesting: Adding (All) Options to Combo Boxes or List Boxes in Access 2007 Adding Tabs and Controls to the Office...

I thought this post was pretty funny. Some of you might not find it funny as it is a little to close to home :-). Excel as a database Enjoy!

There is more information coming shortly.Unfortunately, I'm on jury duty for the next three weeks and will not be able to provide updates. FWIW - I haven't worked on the runtime project, so my jury duty won't effect availability. The Access blog will...

Here are a bunch of great shared source extensions to SharePoint. http://blogs.msdn.com/sharepoint/archive/2007/06/18/community-kit-for-sharepoint-2-0-pre-release-announcement.aspx If you are doing SharePoint development--this is definitely worth...

I'm happy to announce the runtime is finally done and for the first time ever--available as a free download! Microsoft Office Access Developer Extensions 2007 Microsoft Office Access Runtime 2007 Once again, sorry for the delay and the problems...

I'm truly sorry that this is dragging on longer than I ever expected. Am I frustrated? Yes. Just before the runtime was to be released a critical bug in setup was found that caused setup to not install on random machines. Multiple attempts to fix the...

Recently a MCS consultant asked the following question on an internal Access Discussion alais: My customer is looking for either a document on 'general best practices when using Access 2003' and/or a document on 'best practices for coding in Access...

The team is considering some refinements to the navigation pane . What do you like about the changes? How would you like to see it improved? If we added an OM would you use it? Do you use the new tables and views mode? I have a feeling there will be...

The last couple days I have started driving differently after reading an article on msn about Get 50 mpg -- in your own car . The article provides advice for wring out the last little bit of distance from your tank of gas by following 10 tips from hypermilers...

One of my favorite design bloggers Cameron Moll just posted helpful links to resources for those of you tasked with changing the default SharePoint look and feel. If I was going to leave MS and start a company, I probably would start a SharePoint consulting...

There is a good article on A List Apart about how to generate interest and describe the business value for software. What I like most is the use of examples. A lot of web copy is written by copywriters who aren’t trained in writing for the web—and...

James Surowiecki has written a nice article Feature Presentation about why companies build complexity into their products and more importantly to you--why you buy into it. People want all the bells and whistles but overestimate their ability to use all...

Culture of Design In the last three years, I have seen Microsoft’s design culture shift to tackle hairy design challenges that are rooted in legacy tradition. Business Week recently acknowledged the positive changes at Microsoft in the article, The...

Scott Guthrie has a truly great post on Silverlight . You should be able to find anything you need to start ramping up--very cool, innovative technology! As a developer, it is definitely worth your time to get educated on the possiblities.

The folks at web design from scratch have recently posted a list of their 10 favorite web site designs . The sites make up good sources of inspiration. I particularly like the IconBuffet . For about $300 you can get a great set of icons that will make...