Hi, I think you MVPs are all in town this week? Come say hi if you’re near the Commons. I’m in Studio E, formerly known as 119, on the first floor in 1274. You can’t miss me. This is the second time I’ve left the house pre-dawn in red shoes and pink tights...

I left it under the seat in front of 17C, flying back from LA. When I got off the plane in Seattle tonight, it stayed and flew to Spokane, in eastern Washington. Turns out the laptop will spend the night there, and fly home tomorrow via Fedex. It should...

I was recently informed that I’ve been at Microsoft for five years, all of a sudden. There is a bowl of Tootsie Pops outside my door, five pounds of them. Stop by if you are in Redmond, and pick up a celebratory TP. Your friend, Trika

I’m supposed to be in charge of our advertising. That’s a part of my job, now, at Windows Embedded. Sidebar: Windows Embedded makes Windows for specialized devices. When I started this job, most of the advertising planning was done, so alls I had to do...

What? I’ve been at my desk all day.

I’m sitting in a little cube in the Seattle office. Right behind me, there is a lot of open space, and for some reason there is this lamp that hangs down too low, right in the middle of the open space. I just stood up to get a Diet Coke and hit my head...

Maybe you've heard that there's a Commons as part of our new Studios West campus--home of Studio E!!!!--with shops and restaurants and whatnot, including a little bike shop? I've already used said shop to buy a helmet when I forgot mine, and some reflective...

You know how you hate it when Microsoft renames products every 10 minutes and you have to try and keep up with what you’re supposed to call things? Please know that you do not suffer alone. Our part of campus has just been rebranded to match the new,...

Remember how I used to do Live Meetings all the time? It was very fun. As part of one of the campaigns I work on these days, we’re hosting a Live Meeting about embedded systems in manufacturing operations . If you’re interested in what’s new in manufacturing...

Updated at your request with photographic evidence. Three photos of piles of things:     And one photo of a half-dead plant: I think we’re moving offices again and maybe getting an office mate, so I’ll need to get this tidied up asap. Unrelated...

Is everyone else already in love with the Snipping Tool? I didn’t even know about it until my co-worker Cees passed me the ST pipe, now I can’t get enough. I bet you already know about it. But if you don’t, this just in: This Snipping Tool Will Change...

I'm in LA for TechEd, now. I'm on my way over to the show in a few minutes. I think our booth, the Windows Embedded one, is in the orange section of the Technical Learning Center. I'll be around this afternoon, then all day Wednesday and Thursday. I hope...

Sometimes, peeps are working on systems or projects that are embedded, but they don't know it. Embedded devices or systems, in short, are devices or systems that pretty much just do one thing. Other tips that you might be making an embedded solution would...

...for bowling and what not in LA. Party info and registration URL in my earlier poast . <update May 6> If you tried to register and it didn't work a bit ago, try again. It said registration had closed... but I think the site was just getting...

Windows Embedded is a sponsor of the Imagine Cup, have you heard of it? If not, Ye Olde Cup is a big MIcrosoft competition for students to build great stuff using Microsoft technologies. It's been around for seven years, there are sick prizes involved...

Mini-update of no value whatsoever: I did make it to both Zhu Hai, finally, and now Taipei (on time, for once) for the summits. Which is nice. Things are wrapping up tomorrow and I've got an evening to do something fun before I get back on my...

In other news, we're having a party at TechEd, maybe you'd like to come? Windows Embedded is hosting a party to get the embedded and application developer communities mingling... Invitees are embedded developers, our partners, and staff... plus another...

You might recall that I've been excited to attend our partner summit in Zhu Hai, China, to hang out with my team and our partners. I got back online in Hong Kong yesterday after my mini-break to learn that my manager missed her China flights, so I...

I never told you who won the SPARK contest I was on about earlier. 'Twas Doug Conn, creator of the ' Smart Pill' medication dispenser , who took home the honors and the $15,000 grand prize. I think that's great. Here's a story about the announcement and...

I have a new favorite device! It is the Sapporo dispenser at the Northwest Airlines lounge in Tokyo Narita. You press a button and things start tilting and pouring and the next thing is you’re sipping from an icy glass, eating edamame and lounging in...

I'm sure you've all seen this '3 butts, 1 seat' scenario to decide who gets to go on the Get on the Bus Microsoft Learning trip to TechEd? I think it's very cute. And J's is my favorite. That guy.

If you were to see a profile photo like this (in someone's TechEd Connect profile, for example) what would you think is happening? Would you think they were:   A. Covering their mouth in a fit of hilarity   B. Being suffocated from behind by...

I’ll be in Los Angeles, California for TechEd 2009 , doing Embedded things instead of certification things this year. I'm glad it worked out that I still get to go. I know travel budget is a killer for most people this year, but I hope to see you...

A lot of Windows Embedded people will be at Embedded Systems Conference (ESC) next week, in San Jose, California. Have you heard of this ESC? It is one of the main conferences for people what work on embedded things. I’m not going, because I’ll...

Yesterday, right before my mid-year performance review with my manager, I spilled hot coffee ON my manager. <Update, March 27> Manager unharmed/I still have a job. Appreciate your concern!