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Community Tip of the Day: Commanding Presence
Explore 3 approaches to online presence - One Face, Wheel of Fate, and Social Olympic Athlete and tips for doing each. Read More...
Community Tip of the Day: Little Emails Move Big Mountains
A few weeks ago I was in Las Vegas (Vegas BABY!) speaking at a CEA Industry Forum panel on Web 2.0 and social media. My comrades were leading lights, and I was honored to be there (they kept mistaking me for the VP of Comcast, which was flattering to Read More...
Welcome to the XNA Community Games beta!
So, it all begins here. Writing a game that someday thousands of people will play on their Xboxes. Or, if you are more an armchair dev, helping other people fulfill their dreams by reviewing their game. Http://creators.xna.com now has what you need to Read More...
XNA MVPs Rock! and Red Hair
I had one afternoon and one evening this week with our beloved XNA MVPs and it really was a treat. Game developer MVPs are a different breed - they tell more bizarre stories on less beers. Ask George Clingerman about the mustache he doesn't have. ....I Read More...
Thanksgiving & some Technical Thoughts of Gratitude
Let's all give it up for the Internet. While some things on it have scarred me for life, never has the human race been able to collaborate so profoundly with such speed. Let's also give it up for the cell phone. When disaster calls, you can be sure that Read More...
Microsoft Women's Conference 2007
Yesterday was the first day of the conference, and before I descend into "I'm about to speak on a panel" neurosis I thought I'd mention a few of the insights I picked up at the sessions yesterday. (My panel today is on Web 2.0 with some powerhouse women Read More...
Autumn's here and so is the Women's Conference
Yes it's been a month since I last blogged, thereby ruining my blogging new year's resolution. Some of that is Bioshock and Halo3-related, what can you do ? :) On the bummer-to-say-goodbye-but-wish-them-well side: Bubba Murarka who I got to work with Read More...
Community work: the time of your life
I'm staying up late to write a shoutout to Sandy Khaund, who is moving on to a new gig He'll be doing the startup thing in San Francisco and bringing the same energy, management skills, and no doubt baseball bat to his new team. I take great pride in Read More...
Speaking at Blogher in Chicago this July
Yay! I am going to be with a panel with other cool bloggers speaking about building online communities. (You can see the common thread to my speaking gigs. :) They do a very interactive panel, so it's not so much powerpoint decks and harrumphing but back Read More...
The difference one letter makes... Betsy goes from QnA to XNA...
I'm back from Merrie Olde England where I got a chance to hang out with a true Blog Queen - Eileen Brown, in the UK IT evangelism team . Last time I hung out with her in England, we were on our way to TechEd Amsterdam, and readying a blogging presentation Read More...
Soggy at South by Southwest: Closing post
So there's been some flash pounding showers here that put Seattle to shame. But I figured I'd wrap up my South by Southwest on the scene coverage with these tidbits (there are some longer food for thoughts posts I need to do once I get back). These tidbist Read More...
Monday afternoon update from South by Southwest
Well, so I did see Robert Scoble at the podtech Vloggies booth; that was fun. He has so many folks wanting to talk to him, and he's representing his startup, so I hate to take too much of his time at these things. I did manage to congrat on the fact he Read More...
Gotdotnet & the 7 year switch - to CodePlex!
I had a chance to chat with Sandy Khaund today (I know, people at Microsoft actually TALKING to each other! without the aid of computers! how NUTS is that!!??!!) about Gotdotnet closing its doors in July 2007.We reminisced about the good, bad, and the Read More...
Betsy Does Austin: South by Southwest Interactive and 20 x 2
I'm honored to be among the speakers at South by Southwest Interactive this year. Our panel is called World Domination via Collaboration (yes, I realized the irony of a member of the "borg" talking about world domination) and I think it's going to rawk! Read More...
The Funny QnA Valentine
Krista Wall led the way to send the Live QnA-ers a Valentine ...and they loved it. (Those little hearts take you to actual QnA questions; Krista spent a ton of time prepping this.) Online community work is always so full of these ups and downs. There Read More...
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