msnews1.jpgmsnews2.jpgEarly this am, a short story on my iCar (http://icar.crosscity.com/) project was published in the Microsoft internal newsletter - Micronews. Micronews is a worldwide MSFT newsletter that reaches every MSFT office, every MSFT employee and as their respective time permits, goes into the radars of top decision makers in MSFT (Directors, GMs all the way up to VPs, and yes, including BillG). It is kinda scary to put yourself out like that - if you goof up your stuff you see. There's a huge responsibility element that goes with this. Anyways, the article contains limited technical coverage due to space recommendations, etc. I will try to publish as much as I am able to publicly here whenever possible.
 
I have been working on my "iCar" project for the last few months in great detail  - mostly during weekend nights. It has been my goal to complete that POC project so I could demonstrate and present the potential of Microsoft in the Automotive Intelligence industry space. My goal is to put a PC in every car and make it affordable to an average consumer - technical or non-technical. It is a huge goal and vision. But, at Microsoft all things start with a dream and we cherish in making the impossible possible. A common phrase within MSFT goes that we grow and thrive in challenges that are thrown at us! If you come to think about it, it is really not that far away nor, that hard really.  But, there's so much to do to achieve that goal with so little time.
 
I would be lieing if I said that this was all just my effort. Many people at Microsoft have helped and motivated me in this project. I must first of all thank the MSFT-DPE division for exposing me to so many cool MSFT technologies (Yes, DPE is all about swimming in just about every/any MSFT technology there is). Eddie Amos, Nat Natarajan, Paddy Srinivasan, Greg Kirchoff, Jeff Leeds, Scott Guthrie, Chandu Thota, Stewart Tansley have all played a huge role in this project motivating me to think the impossible and outside-the-box. Also thanks to Brian Donohue and Aaron Halabe for recognizing the project and material, drilling me through the many questions and publishing this article.
 
I am humbled by this first step and by this bit of exposure my project is getting. There's so much work to do and so little time.
 
Disclaimer: This blog entry is NOT an MSFT sponsored or certified or attested or endorsed material or collateral. Now, that's off my chest!
 
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Nagi