My name is Jim Causey. I've been working in technology for nearly fifteen years; I've done everything from tech support (both front line and third-tier) through systems administration to writing software in C, C++, Pascal, Java, and C#, in both private industry and academia. I've also written books on topics ranging from networking to Windows systems administration, and served as a technical editor, for SAMS and Microsoft Press. Finally, I've also spent some time reviewing music and high-end audio equipment.
Most recently, I've combined two loves (software development and writing) as an author of developer-focused content at Microsoft, at the main campus in Redmond. I started out working on the Identity and Access Control team, working on docs for technologies like UDDI, ADFS, ILM 2007, and Windows CardSpace. In early 2008, I moved over to the Mobile and Embedded Products Group; I'm now responsible for the docs for the kernel, file systems and storage, power management, and device bring-up for Windows Mobile, as well as sharing some of the responsibility for the Windows Embedded CE product.
Operating system internals have always been a passion of mine, and being able to work with the brilliant folks who put together CE and WM is an amazing privilege. I've also had an intimate relationship with MSDN over my years as a dev customer of Microsoft, and having leverage to improve the experience of developers all over the world, dealing with some of the frustrations that I had to fight in delivering software to my customers, makes me happy to get out of bed every day and come into the office.
In this blog, I'll be discussing what it's like to work on developer documentation here at Microsoft, as well as other topics I'm interested in. I'll also continue blogging on related team sites, including the CE Base Blog and the Windows Mobile Developer Documentation blog.
If you have any questions or feedback about Microsoft developer documentation, whether on MSDN or through other channels, let me know how I can help!