A quick note on a quick my Tweet , as I've seen increased chatter over the last week on questions surrounding daylight saving time and time zone changes in Japan, South Korea and Russia. No matter how bad it appears it could always be worse. I mean, we...

The government of Brazil announced a change in the observance of daylight saving time in the country. According to the details in the Ministry's Decree number 6558 of September 8, 2008, DST there will start the third Sunday of October and then end generally...

On the Springboard Series Virtual Roundtable with Mark Russinovich, the panel discussed performance issues and common misconfigurations on Windows Vista.  Among others joining Mark were Gabe Aul of Microsoft and the incomparable Ed Bott , the scribe...

Some days, the comics are just so right on the money. ( http://tinyurl.com/3qsahl ) Tags: Humour , Dilbert , customers , customer feedback . http://tinyurl.com/3rcl82

As I Twittered (tweeted? I'll get this right), sometimes you forget to do something: pick up milk on the way home, feed the cat or empty the dishwasher.  On the whole, not so serious.  And with a digital vide recorder or a Media Center PC, you...

Thanks to Bethany for her question sent via email … "I just installed the Live Toolbar beta and now I can't find Form Fill.  Do you know where I can find it?" Well, short answer is you can't: the Form Fill and Windows Live Favorites add...

Before I head off with my youngest to his guitar lessons and the skatepark, a few words on one of my favourite topics at the office: Windows 7. Maybe I can get him an opening set gig. You may've heard the hoopla that we will provide Windows 7 pre-beta...

Just received this article on Steve Ballmer’s visit to Silicon Valley where he spoke at the Churchill Club , saying that global markets should help shield companies through the financial crisis… this from Joseph Tartakoff of the San Francisco Chronicle...

As noted on twitter , I’m glad to be home – what a long week this has been.  I’m off to get the kids to bed, and later this weekend, more on our upcoming daylight saving time updates and work on a post for our Daylight Saving Time Help and Support...

As I Twittered , I'm now heading home after a long day (no, really). After days like today, I recalled this posting on the subject: http://blogs.msdn.com/mthree/archive/2007/09/30/time-is-fleeting-093007.aspx ... There are two stories that I have followed...

Breaking for lunch, and so here's a quick post with a little badge for those interested, given the feedback to my post last week on being a PC among other things. ;) Have you recorded your own clip yet? As noted, I found that Steve Ballmer has. And few...

In the what’s also labeled with my name department, this morning brings this mail from my friend Claudia in Europe (thanks!) with details on a new gadget… “I saw this information on anew digitalcamera from Minox. It is very small and looks very cool and...

Yes, that’s right: our very own Steve Ballmer is on the Life without walls web site with his own video… Find any more memorable clips? Tags: Steve Ballmer , Windows Vista , Microsoft , video http://tinyurl.com/4osfqg

Brandon LeBlanc said on the The Windows Experience Blog that he's posting a few of the new "Life without Walls" images as desktops... In light of tonight's new ad "Life without Walls" seen in newspapers today along with the new "Real...

As noted on twitter , how frustrating and exciting a week can be, all at once. New marketing (and here ), rumours of "hitting M3" , more Microsoft updates to daylight saving time and time zones , and watching the water level drop , ending yesterday with...

Flash back to Compuserve email to 75435,446, circa 1984: "So, what kind of a name is 'M3'? Are you a PC?" No, I'd answer. Just a guy with an alphanumerical name. That was then. Fast forward to 2008. Now, I guess I am. Of interest...

Just returned from the Company Meeting at Safeco field (that was fun) and happy to have a hand in one moment, helping my friends in Live Search (they know who they are, and how raising a few hands helps the cause ;).  Nuff said. Unfortunately, I...

This Twitter thing is interesting.  Normally, I'm not a fan of the brief chat or the microblog, but I find it tremendously useful in getting a quick lay of the land in how people are thinking -- or tweeting, actually -- on a particular topic. You...

As noted in the Seattle PI, Microsoft holds annual employee meeting tomorrow... If you spot hundreds of buses headed to Safeco Field on Thursday morning, they'll be carrying some of the 23,000 Microsoft employees registered for the company's annual meeting...

First off, I want to welcome Lourdes to the DST blog over at http://blogs.technet.com/dst2007 .  She is coordinating the efforts on our daylight saving time and time zone updates and releases for current products across the various product groups...

A while ago, Beth (who I first worked with in the Exchange group on DST and now on customer satisfaction improvements) told me a story that she'd heard from her husband in the past. When people leave a large company, it’s like when you remove your hand...

Today was an absolutely lovely day in the Puget Sound area.  I uploaded a quick Photosynth panorama of Lake Washington as viewed from our local park (more on installing and using Photosynth available here ).  You can also see Mount Rainier in...

I wanted to share a very frustrating story with you that happened to me last weekend, one that I shared with Dell's customer advocate folks. You may've read my post on the poor customer experience at my neighbouhood Best Buy (the good, the bad... you...

A quick update: I tweeted on Twitter that we have updated the Microsoft daylight saving time and time zone help and support pages at http://support.microsoft.com/default.aspx/gp/cp_dst (also http://tinyurl.com/2wr7r9 ). Coming soon are updates to the...

Usually, when I receive news from Brazil on daylight saving time, it's a request for an urgent hotfix or a response for a concerned customers.  I Twittered that I was happy to get word today from our team in Brazil on major changes in the country...