I know MSN Search team is playing catch up and has done an amazing job in the last 18 months. I attended one of their recent dev presentations and they were demonstrating how much better their "answer search" is compared to Google. Try searching for the...

Until yesterday, I hadn't heard of Charles Joseph Minard. I ran across his name and his famous graphic in an ad-mail offering a course about "Presenting Data and Information". The graphic really caught my attention and I googled his name (yes, I know...

Ok, I admit it. Spray-on-mud has nothing to do with MSDN or Microsoft or my group DDCPX. But I feel compelled to mention it before introducing myself. I am a big fan of CarTalk on NPR and during yesterday's show they mentioned Spray-on-mud as the next...