scooblog by josh ledgard

Previously on scooblog…. I asked why somone should work on the Developer Solutions team (we’re hiring for dev and pm). Mickey from www.teamsystemrocks.com provided a great answer… Now remember, this is all from my perspective, but for me, I would...

Joe Morel's Blog : Forums Reputation Phase 3 – Profiles . I used to think that rich profiles were dumb—that they were really only something that were only used by teenagers hell-bent on getting the latest and greatest AIM virus. Then I...

Why would you choose to work for the Developer Solutions? See, we're currently hiring Devs, a Dev lead, and PMs and I'm sometimes put into situations where I have to sell our team to great canidates over other positions. Here's a video that gives you...

About once/day for the last week I've received mail asking about Gretchen. See, her alias no longer resolves in the address book and people are starting to have their e-mail to her bounce. Some people know she left, but don't know where she's gone to...

I have no real reason to link to this other than I enjoy that goo$le is starting to get some of that M$ treatment from the community. I just love the icon they used and thought it must have come from the google finance site (that is really cool). Although...

People have asked me to post the picture, so here it is... To the winner of the Fantasy baseball league I've started will go this mint condition creepy Eric Rudder bobble head. :-) There are still a few more slots open. Send mail to jledgard@microsoft...

The following midless linkage is painful for Red Sox fans. And, had I not witnessed them complete one of the best comebacks of all-time in 2004 against the yankees, I don’t think i could even link to this. But it’s all in the past now so…...

Today was Gretchen’s last day of work at Microsoft and therefore the last time we’ll really be driving to work together. <sniffle> It’s been a lot of fun. Five and half years ago we went to NEO (New Employee Orientation) together and got to see...

In a previous post I talked about handing over ownership to community members in your community. Bob had some great questions that I thought I'd pull out into a new post. His comment is in bold italics . Sounds very reasonable to me Josh. Let me bait...

2. Put the customer in control. The best kind of customer service happens when management enables employees to put the customer in control. This require two leaps of faith: first , that management trusts customers not take advantage of the situation;...

If you'd like to play some fantasy baseball against softies and folks on my baseball team let me know. Send mail to jledgard@microsoft.com or leave a reply here and I'll send you the invite. First come first serve. We have to complete the draft by...

So my tip to PMs out there is to think carefully about what question you want to know the answer to and blog it! Brad Abrams : PM Tip #72 Instant feedback... . My concern about this tip is that it works great if people read your blog. I, however...

Josh and Gretchen , aka Blogging Power Couple Number 2 , here. Between this week’s busy schedule of celebrating real-life Suggestion Kitty’s 6th birthday and gearing up for Opening Day , we were honored to scour the recruiting blogosphere...

Flickr: on10 . These are the entries to win a custom PC case from www.on10.net . I’m a little scared.

http://www.recruiting.com/recruiting/2006/03/ledgard_gretch_.html#more ...here's a sitcom for you: Southern belle marries taciturn Yankee geek. She likes people, he likes things. She likes cuddly dogs. He has an autistic commitment to baseball...