Via the VSData team blog I found this great community win . Craig explains how surprised he was that people at Microsoft were actively searching for feedback to respond to. “Kevin doesn't subscribe to my blog. He found it while doing a search...

Next Tuesday I'm “brownbag” (Presentation) with Brad Abrams for teams in the Developer Division about engaging the community. A lot of it is about passing on best practice advice. Sure, I have my own content, but I figured I'd ask you guys...

Overall I know it’s a great thing and there are some issues that need to be improved over time for it to be truly successful. I may be a little close to the project since my co-workers are responsible for the Feedback Center , but I think I’m...

YAG, from the VSData team forwarded me this great post from Victor that highlights how our feedback system should work. Here are some good snippets: I highly encourage anyone playing with the Whidbey bits to take some time, register in the MSDN...

Eric is looking for feedback on what Microsoft blogs have meant to customers . Like Eric, I've previously tried searching for this type of feedback about MS community engagement, but haven't just simply asked. Kudos to Eric for asking. Lots of great feedback...

I attended the Editor team chat this morning and had a lot of fun. @ 1pm (pacific) I'll be at the MSBuild chat. Members of the MSBuild team will be there as well so come join us on the link below. Visual Studio 2005: MSBuild Thanks, josh

If Peter had started this petition three years ago (for something else of course) I wonder if anyone at Microsoft would have listened. If they did I'm not sure what the response might have been. I'm pretty sure that the responses wouldn't have been as...

Releasing the VB Power Pack source to developers seems to have been a good move. Robert highlights everything that has been accomplished so far. It's only been a month! [Via Robert Green ] It’s been a little over a month since we shipped the...

Keeping a Narrow Focus Fast Company has a great article about how Starbucks plans to extend its brand into other businesses. I like how they stress that although they are branching beyond what has been their core business that they want to maintain a...

No really, Frans wants a multi-line search in VS. I think his indictments are a little harsh, but statements like this worry me and prove that we still have a long way to go towards improving customer perceptions: “A year ago I joined the...

Download the source code without being a workspace member here : http://www.gotdotnet.com/Workspaces/releases/viewuploads.aspx?id=3751cc72-1345-4872-96a1-99c9d64e7c2d If you would like to contribute to the source you should sign up to be a member of...

So far I have a bunch of downloads and some feedback for the 0.8 release . I've also been asked what my plans moving forward are. I'm not a fan of dates. The unpredictability of writing software is bad enough without having to account for when I have...

My app building yielded the v0.8 version of the VSCmdShell Window add-in. If you haven't been reading my blog your wondering what the hell this thing is so... The VSCmdShell Window is a tool window for Visual Studio that creates an instance of the cmd...

Incentives : Curt Schilling could make around $150k if he starts the All-Star game and $2 million if the Red Sox win the world Series. It's probably a little late to ask for my contract to be restructured so I get a huge cash bonus if the Powertoys blog...

Olivier, from the MSCommunity Blog, forwarded me this comment from Scobles blog . One of the most important things I have seen over the last 1+ years is an increase in the "personal" relationships with microsoft employees. Whether this has been...

This is a great post by Ken that highlights all of the cool knowledge sharing going on @ weblogs.asp.net. http://weblogs.asp.net/kencox/archive/2004/07/03/172514.aspx Some Highlights: “For those who think the move by Microsoft to be...

I won't accept any more paypal donations towards the MSBaseball Charities for Gmail accounts per the new google policy . Thanks to everyone that has contributed so far. I'll have to think of some other plans to raise the remaining $60 I need to read my...

I was never prompted or felt compelled to write up my thoughts on Joel's article until tonight when a co-worker sent it my way and it landed in my inbox... again. Here was my response. I saw it in RSSBandit since I'm subscribed. :-) It's interesting...