More than just Technology

What's a helamonster? Sand, steam, water powered pcs, and how to motivate the damn things. Is that a reinstall or just a reboot? And Brian is in marketing ... http://soapbox.msn.com/video.aspx?vid=7fe1d278-9301-42ca-8791-af6e0140bf27 Who was Maria...

I started my blog with Developer videos I shot in Vegas last year. I have a series left that was previously shown only internally. I've decided to release them externally. Thanks Jay Roxe , Thom Robbins and Brian Goldfarb . So introducing a few of our...

Are you an NPR fan? Better yet, are you a die hard listener of This American Life with Ira Glass ? Well I am and if you aren't, it's ok. You have a new and much easier opportunity to recognize his brilliance. You can now watch the radio show on TV! You...

Microsoft employees are prolific bloggers. Could we all possibly have something of value to say? Microsoft watcher, Todd Bishop of the Seattle Post Intelligencer has put together a Microsoft blog roll. Unfortunately not many Microsoft executives are...

An old friend of mine died Saturday morning. Patty was someone I met on my second job. I was 18 when I met her at Infotron Systems in Cherry Hill, NJ where we both worked. I was the receptionist and she was the telephone operator. At the time I had a...

Get started right now giving to charity by going here. http://im.live.com/Messenger/IM/Home/ or read on for more. Microsoft customers have given us feedback that they feel it is important we give in the communities in which we do business. Microsoft...

Steve Lohr of the NY Times reports today on a new study that says money spent on computing technology delivers gains in worker productivity that are 3-5 times those of other business investments. This 69 page report could help you in your marketing efforts...

Amy and I have been at the Community 2.0 Conference this week. This is the first conference of its kind focusing on how to reach the "community" around your company, products, etc. I learned Microsoft is very much ahead of the game when it comes to process...

If you were not one of the lucky people who attended Microsoft TechFest yesterday, all is not lost! You can find much of what we shared here . Microsoft Research opened the doors and invited in developers, it pros and other folks who generally wouldn...

Sometimes I have to admit I find all the technical terms confusing. Glad to know others ... even technical folks ... have the same problems . I usually have to search online to figure out some of them ... Is there a definitive source for technical jargon...

Some of Microsoft's customers and partners tell us Windows Vista and other products are overpriced. We don't hear that complaint as loudly or often from developers. One even told us "you can't overprice something that everyone needs". I like that. ...