So I’m reading /. and I ran into the following article: http://slashdot.org/article.pl?sid=04/03/17/1942232&mode=nested&tid=126&tid=128&tid=172&tid=185&tid=190&tid=201 In the article is a link to someone known as the...

How good is this headline!!! Microsoft cuddles up to ISVs Microsoft Australia this week unveiled two new programs designed to help ISVs make money from software they had developed on the software giant’s platforms and hone their business skills...

Consistency in an API allows users to make use of what they have learned about how one part of the API works when they start working with another, similar part of the API. One way to measure and describe how consistent your API is, is as follows : ...

So next week is the Game Developers Conference which is always an exciting time around here. The 'main' conference runs next week from Wednesday through Friday, although there are tutorials and sessions on Monday and Tuesday as well, just no show floor...

I hope to provide some information on great resources for technical marketers. In my role as Senior Talent Scout (kind of a talent finding cyber-sleuth), I come across lots of interesting people and sites in my research. One such site is the Software...

Arrived in Hannover today to do 7 days (in a row) of talking & demoing at the hands-on machines in the developer (MSDN) section of the Microsoft area. Come and see me! More later ...

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Hey G – aren’t I the one with the guitar? :) Someone recently asked a great question about our recruiting process. But before we even get started on that topic, I thought I would take you back – way back – to the beginning...

Most people know about the delay signing feature of the CLR. (For those who don't check out MSDN's Delay Signing an Assembly for more details). Basically, delay signing allows a developer to add the public key token to an assembly, without having access...

Lead Program Manager on Virtual PC for Mac, Omar Shahine details how innovation occurs within Microsoft's Macintosh group: Contrary to what people may think, we don’t share features with any other teams. We aren’t obligated to implement...

I just ran across this interesting solicitation : a San Francisco high school competing in a robotic basketball competition , who did so unexpectedly well that they are going to Nationals! Unfortunately, they apparently didn’t budget for winning...

Quite valuable. From the site : N/Direct is a site for developers seeking information or answers about interoperability between .NET managed code and native unmanaged code.