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Music and Technology
I've noticed something interesting since I've been working at Microsoft, specifically at the SQL Server organization. All of the folks here are incredibly smart - you'd probably expect that - but they have two other traits that I've found. Many of them Read More...
The Bellevue Arts Festival and Software Development
This past Saturday my family and I went to the Bellevue Arts Festival near our home here in Washington. I'm constantly amazed by the "artist's eye" - someone gifted with being able to see what they want to draw, or paint, or make art out of any material. Read More...
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Do we use the same tools and processes at Microsoft that you do?
I’ve spoken quite a bit about some of the processes and constraints we have in developing software here at Microsoft. I haven’t explained the actual tools or specific paradigms we follow. When some people come to work here, they are often surprised to Read More...
Engineering or Manufacturing
From the metrics on this blog, I see that many of you are either software developers or are database administrators involved with developing software solutions, either for your own company or for sale. I have often seen the process of creating applications Read More...
The Very Big and the very small
We’ve been seeing a renewed interest in two different areas in databases – embedded databases and large-scale enterprise systems. Sure, the core database audience remains in the department-level and higher sized machines, but as developers are working Read More...
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