So here I am. Finally on the world wide web.

This blog is going to be for software developers by a software developer (well... at least I used to be a software developer a few years ago).

Just like Freud (and every husband in the world including me) spent years trying to find an answer to the question "What Women Want", we at Microsoft have spent many person-years trying to understand what software developers want. We do a lot of surveys, focus groups, UX research, ethnographic research and broad market research to better understand developers' needs and requirements and the result of all of this is a wonderful set of tools, technologies and products like the .NET framework and the soon to be launched Visual Studio 2008. We also support software developers with world-class technical resources through the Microsoft Developer Network (MSDN).

Over the next few weeks, I will blog about the different resources available on MSDN that help developers be more productive... and that means more time with your girlfriends/boyfriends, wives/husbands or XBOXs :).  But that's assuming that you do want more time with your significant other (even if it is an XBOX). Or maybe not. Maybe you are the one of the passionate techies who like to build their own games. We've got it all.

So tell us what excites you. We would like to know you better. And that's why this blog. Through this blog, I will make an effort to speak to you, dear Indian developers. Feel free to comment to my posts and tell me what you think, what you need, what you would like Microsoft to do for you, (and stop doing!). Be assured, your voice is being heard.

-Siddharth