I am proud to announce the public release of CodeGallery , the newest member of the gotdotnet family. Gotdotnet.com is the community website where professional Windows and .NET developers from around the world can contribute and consume code samples,...

In Governance, Scaling and Anonymity in Wikipedia , Ross Mayfield roughs out some t transfixing notes from a recent conversation he had with Jimmy Wales , Stuart Brand, and Mitch Kapor on the topic of Wiki governance. Jimmy says, " Most social software...

If your weblog runs on Community Server, check this out: .NET Monster just announced the release of several new, free Community Server blog css skins on gotdotnet User Samples . Available skins include: Black Sun Foggy Valley (ode to Joel ?)...

Here's a little internal Microsoft dirt: I'm the person behind the scenes who reviews and approves or rejects all gotdotnet User Samples submissions. For the record, this will not always be my job (things change) but for now, I actually look forward to...

I rarely get this kind of email request to post something on my weblog, which is somewhat surprising. Honestly, I haven't even installed WinFX but I have seen it running. I have no association with the WinFX team other than I work at the company that...

Customer-collaborative development needs a catchy name. Ideas? My proposal: Open Choice Software ...

It's not on my blogroll but I'm addicted to the MSN Search blog. As one of my readers put it awhile back regarding my posts on VSS, 'I feel like Indiana Jones reading this blog.' That feeling of discovery is the key to a great blog. And whereas I eschew...

Robert Scoble , who I once described as Microsoft's Blogger Laureate*, has finally earned my full, unmitigated respect and admiration. I've always liked Robert immensely but I have been reserved in my opinion of his blog, which I classify as a "human...

For the last couple of years, I have been evangelizing the potential use of WikiWiki as a documentation delivery and collaborative content development platform for Microsoft product documentation. To date, there are no official DocWikis for Microsoft...