The Generations Network runs one of the most popular genealogy websites in the world – ancestry.com .  One of the things they wanted to provide their users was a simplified way to browse and edit their family tree.  Even smaller trees can become...

One of the customers that I have worked with for quite some time is Archstone .  They are a top notch organization that have done a lot of interesting things with technology do set themselves apart in the apartment management space.  Recently...

Two Seattle startups, Cootendy's WareDinner and Overcast Media, have adopted Silverlight. Read more on Sam Chenaur's blog at http://blog.samchenaur.com/2009/06/19/startups-cootendy-and-overcast-media-adopt-silverlight.aspx

Two very interesting startups in the Seattle area have adopted Silverlight, Cootendy’s WaresDinner site for foodies and Overcast Media’s new overcast player. WaresDinner offers exotic dinner party experience kits containing fair trade wares. They...

One of the brand new features in the new release of Windows Live is the ability to aggregate data from other non-Microsoft websites into your “What’s New” feed – this feature is called “web activities”.  If you want people in your Windows Live network...

I have blogged a bit about Internet Explorer 8 (previous posts are here ) and some of the really cool features that it comes, making your web discovery and usability experience really great.  Specifically, accelerators and web slices bring a whole...

After I finished off my TechEd Interview with Scott Hanselman in May, I had to take him over for an interview for the MSDN Summer Bytes series. This series is a fun an fairly humorous look at what technologies are getting people excited this summer...

A few members of my team just completed a series of online webcasts this week which went very well. The topics were on Patterns for Moving to the Cloud, Patterns for Silverlight and WPF with Prism, and Patterns for Parallel Computing. The slides and...

We have just completed this webcast series of Architect Council events. Thanks to everyone who attended for taking the time and providing your valuable feedback (the winners of our giveaways will be notified by email). As usual, if you have any specific...

A “First Look” at BizTalk Server 2009! – June 23, 2009 Enterprises across the world need to build applications that span their network and bring together services, systems, and people. The new BizTalk Server 2009 enables this connectivity while eliminating...

Almost everyone in the golf world is familiar with Karsten Solheim, the founder of PING Golf.  Karsten and PING pioneered many of the innovations in club fitting and has long been the key player in the market for custom clubs.  Recently, PING...

Microsoft and the Country Music Association are partnering on bridging the cultural divide between the country music world and the world of technology, this week at the 2009 Country Music Association (CMA) Music Festival. Microsoft will be showcasing...