Source: The JobSyntax Blog : Microsoft and cool: so close yet so far :) Anyway, I love the end of the article, in which Fred reveals that a Microsoft employee inadvertently emailed him PR's file on him, Wired, and Microsoft's talking points surrounding...

Of course the following story would be comical if I could say that nothing like this ever happens here. Source: AOL: Powerpoint paralysis - Valleywag ...Straightforward enough. Splice in the different databases, slap a name on the product, pray. Not for...

Something I'd love to see Microsoft do more of is small, simple, solutions to annoying problems that would delight customers. Here is a perfect example. Google Gode Prettifier A simple Javascript and CSS file, the Google Code Prettifier makes syntax highlighting...

I'm often asked how products teams can best participate in their online communities. It would be simple to say "go talk to customers" and be done with it, but you can have a more targeted approach than that. They key to successful support communities...

There is truth in every recomendation from the following post. Source: Creating Passionate Users: User Community and ROI In Building a User Community Part 1 we talked about the importance of not only a strict "There Are No Dumb Questions" policy, but...

The interesting thing is that the same forum could be hosted in different widgets on different sites if I read the post correctly. Freewebs continues to add to their widget catalog with their new forums widget. This customizable plug-in is available for...

I think the clip says it all, but incase it doesn't... NEW YORK (Reuters) - Media conglomerate Viacom Inc. said on Tuesday that it was suing Google Inc. and its Internet video-sharing site YouTube for more than $1 billion over unauthorized use of its...

Or Wikipedia :-) The comments on all the linked entries are just comical all around.

I work on the Developer Division Customer connection team. I have no MVPs. There’s a bit of irony to that. This means that it is very hard for me to schedule ANY official time with MVPs at our annual MVP summit. What I can do is steal your unofficial...

Recently a blog post was made by a Microsoft employee who was excited about the new team he was joining. His post hinted at the new product by mentioning the potential competitors. Probably something that sholdn't have been done, but I don't really feel...

Source: Sara Ford's WebLog : Influencing the Microsoft culture one open source presentation at a time The thing I love most about my job is being creative in how I’m trying to get an idea or message across, especially when it comes down to challenging...

So you started your application and now realize you've hardcoded strings and you need to start offering localized version. There are two freely available tools you can use to help with this transition. Step One: Remove hardcoded strings and put them in...

Last night I sat down on my home PC and typed [windows-key] w-o-r [enter]. Nothing happened. This machine hadn't been updated to Vista and I hadn't realized that the way I launch applications has changed. It's a small thing, but I think the new start...

Blogs.msdn.com just doesn't seem like the place to post about cooking, the Red Sox, my kidmanals, and all the other non-Microsoft related banter that crosses my mind. So Gretchen and I started www.ledgards.com . The site probably has a different audience...

Read and display the comment count so I can see how many people have an opinion about the post.

I think next-gen guidance is about bringing together a lot of key concepts: context-precision (using context to organize information) personalization (create your own views, tailor it for your needs, ... etc.) community type ratings (expose the thinking...

Went to check out the Google Reader. Loved the introduction and personal tour by the engineer on the front page. Someone drank the "Scoble-Aid".

I'm not sure that the humor found here would translate well . Nevermind, I'd love to see what would happen to this on the translation wiki. I've been a bad blog reader of late. I actually found this because before I started a presentation yesterday someone...

A competitor starts copying our stuff . I saw it with Netscape before they lost market share and also saw it with AIM. The next step is when competitors in the web space start adding or releasing stuff that just makes people say "why?". It would also...

I wonder what E-bay does to try and stop phishers from leaching off of their membership. Seems like a problem they would want to solve. Gretchen and I recently used Ebay to sell some stuff and incurred the seller fees. Maybe we were ignorant. I just assumed...