Yet another perk to working at Microsoft. :) I can't go into details, but I can say that I was "invited to a Beta of an upcoming System Update, the same one disclosed in Gamerscoreblog.com and other sites. The beta is not open to more participants...

Last week I attended a two-day course on performance engineering. It was really high-level, and covered a lot of common-sense items, but it was still rather interesting. It looks like the "free ride" of processor speed improvements is coming to an end...

I forgot to mention it last month, but the group I'm in now has a blog: the Microsoft Windows SDK Team Blog . It's giving the PMs the opportunity to chat with you guys, as well as point out efforts such as the Vista Developer Story , which details the...

The website that I coded has been holding up well; I'm still waiting for people to review the latest changes before I can roll them out. In the interim I've added a few feature requests, and spent most of my time studying. It's very nice to have the time...