It is all public now.... Read all about it, from two papers in Sri Lanka: The Daily Mirror (28 Jan 2005): Microsoft partners Govt. for technology support for tsunami recovery effort (pay site) The Daily News (29 Jan 2005): Microsoft Develops...

I took advantage of the nice April weather that we're having in Seattle to go on a lunchtime ride. There's a traditional Wednesday ride at Microsoft that the faster riders go on, where "faster riders" == "riders who also race", which means they're anywhere...

I've seen this asked about recently on the NetCF ( microsoft.public.dotnet.framework.compactframework ) newsgroup, and it fits nicely with yesterday's display related p/invoke, too... :) You may have noticed that, in version 1 of the .NET Compact Framework...

The CorasWorksWorkplace Suite – Winter 2005 includes 21 off-the-shelf business solutionsthat can be used to create a variety of integrated workplaces, point solutions, andenterprise applications. All of these solutions are ready to use out of the box...

I've been having problems with my earbuds coming out when I'm working out, so I'd like to switch to some more conventional headphones, and I'm looking for some suggestions.

Wow. What a way to start blogging. I have not even had the chance to introduce myself and I have already been slashdotted. As a geek, it is a great feeling when something you write gets on the frontpage at slashdot. I now have a gif to prove that. :)...

After my Tuesday event I got into a stimulating conversation with a Developer Best Practices Manager from a Major Bank and it got me sort of jazzed thinking about Software Engineering Excelence (I spend most of my time with Developer DigitalBlackbelt...

Sure, Windows Media Center is cool. Portable Media Center is pretty cool and X-box 2 is sure to be a hit. But what about the often unsung heroes of Microsoft? Supported by great marketing and better product the Server divisions have being getting more...

A few days ago I posted an email which I received from a customer . This post generated LOTS of feedback. It was quite surprising. My intention was to have this discussion in public and show how we try and deal with complaints. So, here is part two of...

The Microsoft Patterns & Practices group has just launched PatternShare.org . A site that collects various sets of patterns that have been developed over the years: The Patterns and Practices group at Microsoft has just published a new wiki for sharing...

Well, looks like I did need to edit the Australian .net developer blogger opml after all. The list now grows to 70. Let me welcome Rory Primrose to the list, who " currently work as a .Net Developer for a telecommunications company ". Rory is a bit a...

Hi! For those that don't know me, which is probably most of you, I am an Office developer working on programmability features. I've worked on the primary interop assemblies, VBA, and some of the object model. Previously, I worked on globalization in Office...