Main Entry: 1 pur·pose Pronunciation: 'p&r-p&s Function: noun Etymology: Middle English purpos, from Old French, from purposer to purpose, from Latin proponere (perfect indicative proposui ) to propose 1 a : something set up as an object...

I have a headless WS03 server @ home hosting my personal web, blog, digital media etc. The original idea was just to keep my hands dirty, a forcing function to write more code. Outlook Express Program Management has been brutal on the time I have available...

I learned something today that doubtless, a ton of PMs before me have learned: Motivating a developer is infinitely crucial if you want to get creative work done. A developer will balk like a stubborn mule if they’re not motivated correctly to design...

Finally!! After slaving for more than a month and a half, I finally released MS04-018 for Outlook Express as a critical security release available from Windows update, OEM CDs and as a download on Microsoft.com. All the information you need to know can...

It’s a been a rough couple of weeks – I’ve been shepherding a moderate severity security release to ship within the Windows organization [its not the Internet Explorer security issue so lay off] and I’ve had occasional moments...

I use Newsgator, make of it what you will. So I start this post about meeting Scoble [he doesn’t mind being addressed in first person as Scoble, I need to ask him if it’s something to do with branding] and because my life can get hectic in...

I’m the developer evangelist for my team, so I have to make sure that there is a clear 20,000 foot explanation of what we are developing and slowly lead people into the guts of ‘what method do I call’. This blog thing is part of it

The eternal darkness of the stressed mind: Ok this is my first blog post, but don’t expect me to be nice……No sirreeee! I should have done this eons ago! Ages! And I still have to get all the other non-blog voices on my team to get...