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Python philosophy holds that "readability counts" and so after giving up the world of C++, templates, and STL one finds a calm bliss in the "obviousness" of most python code. C# made big strides in readability and the IDE-supported intellisense and refactoring...

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Screenshot below should make it clear that it's possible to add an embedded IronPython commandline into Visio 2007. The script in the window is here: c = Isotope.Color.RGBColor( 1, 0.7, 0.3 ) print c.ToSystemDrawingColor() shape = visio...

A needed to generate a series of consistent gradients in Visio this week for some diagrams. It's tedious to do this manually so I automated the task with IronPython 1.1. Running this command line: Produces launches Visio to 2007 produce this...

In which I show how to abuse features to great effect. So that you don't lose interest on the way, here is the payoff: And I have attached the slide deck: msdn-saveenr-powerpoint-hotness-part-4-2007-07-01.pptx How to do this Among the Shape Effects, you...

I found an interesting YouTube video of someone creating messenger-style people icons Final image from the video are shown below. Keep in mind these icons are created in a vector-based application. The video: http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=je1H-57AaVg...

If you've installed the Forefront Client Security you'll notice this green icon with the checkmark in the notification area.   And a similar icon in the Start Menu   WHO DESIGNED IT? Sometimes in the middle of shipping a product one must make...

Today I applied PowerPoint to a slide we often use to illustrate how Forefront Client Security works at a very high level. The first slide is the simple version we use internally with modifications for color and style. The next uses the 3-D Rotation and...

This afternoon a colleague needed help with a org chart and I thought it would be a good opportunity to continue exploiting PowerPoint features. The file is attached here: msdn-saveenr-powerpoint-hotness-part-2-2007-06-20.pptx

At Microsoft there are three kinds of powerpoint slide decks one typically finds: technical note style - black & white, lots of data, tables, tiny text, usually printed and reviewed as a technical note. It is not projected during the meeting. Any...

As I go through my team's presentations I take available opportunities to replace bitmaps in those slides with the native graphics features in powerpoint . And then I found this slide: At first I doubted that I could replace the bitmap with native powerpoint...

Continuing from yesterdays's post about the FCS Reports , this evening I offer the management console:

As we built Forefront Client Security I would perodically take screenshots of the reports so that one day we could trace back how they evolved. As a glimpse into the inner process of product engineering I offer the following poster:

A peek into the inner life of releasing a product ... There comes that time in a project as a Program Manager when one is staring at a large number of bugs in the bug database. (I use "bug" here very generically to describe any issue being tracked...

Inspired by my exploration with POV-Ray, below is an example of Google SketchUp used to render Forefront Client Security report data as a cube.

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In my quest to have a mind-expanding experience this year, I'm learning functional programming. I've started with F# because of its great interop with existing .NET code. I just began my learning this weekend and thought I'd post a *simple*, but real...

This week we released FCS and this morning I wanted to celebrate it on an internal website by creating a graphic for the website using Microsoft Expression Design which was also just released this week. I've attached the original .design file . As an...

I remember the meeting in which we kicked-off the Forefront Client Security project in May 2005. Our goal was straightforward: "Deliver a deployable & manageable Anti-Malware solution for business customers; adding value through compelling reports...

I'm making my sample Visio Ribbon available today. The source is attached . Some notes: This was a throw-away prototype. (in other words, it isn't very clean or well-designed) The code is not commented, not extensively tested. Not all features...

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A great of advice I received from an excellent former manager who was preparing for a very serious, senior-level executive review: 1 - know what you mean with every word you use Basic stuff. This will help anyone communicate better. 2 - know...

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