September 2008 - Posts

IE8 Accelerators for MSDN and TechNet Social and Search
In the last of my series of cool new toys we're adding to extend the new MSDN , TechNet , and Expression social bookmarking sites, we've just posted a set of accelerators for IE8. Thanks to our own Tim Pearson and Husain Shambhoora for creating these! Read More...
Posted 29 September 08 09:50 by cslemp | 7 Comments   
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Shiny object #3: Live Writer Plug-in for MSDN and TechNet Social
Rahul Soni, a Microsoft field engineer in Bangalore, wrote a Live Writer plug in for including “Add to…” links to a number of social services like Digg, Delicious, Technorati, and Facebook. He’s now updated the plug in to work with Microsoft’s new social Read More...
Posted 23 September 08 01:51 by cslemp | 7 Comments   
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Shiny objects for MSDN and TechNet Social: #2 Custom feed queries
Continuing our series of cool new stuff you can do with our new social platform, Taylor Parsons has a post fully outlining all the conditions and parameters that you can use to slice and dice social platform queries. Here's some examples using Taylor's Read More...
Posted 19 September 08 01:55 by cslemp | 6 Comments   
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I'm a PC (Video)
Yeah, now THESE ads, I like. Not that I minded the Seinfeld ones--good attention-getters--but when they came out, I was hoping that we'd move to something like this quickly. Turns out, the powers that be are at least as smart as I am :) Phew. Windows Read More...
Posted 19 September 08 08:55 by cslemp | 0 Comments   
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Shiny objects for MSDN and TechNet Social: #1 FeedFlare
This is the start of a series of small posts on some goodies that are sprouting up to make interacting with our new Social apps easier. First up is some FeedFlare that Dan Rigsby created . FeedFlare, according to the FeedBurner site, is designed to "Give Read More...
Posted 17 September 08 02:27 by cslemp | 3 Comments   
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Launched: Social Bookmarking V1 on MSDN and TechNet (VIDEO)
We're pleased to announce the availability of our V1 release of MSDN Social , TechNet Social , and Expression Social . These new sites, which have been available in preview since May 2008, make it easy for Microsoft's enormous technical community to help Read More...
Posted 09 September 08 10:18 by cslemp | 12 Comments   
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TechEd Australia, Day 5: Chalk & Talk, Take 1
Spent the morning doing shameless self-promotion for my chalk & talk presentation in the MSDN lounge. We had a great turn out (lunch hour helps), but didn't have enough time for many questions. We'll run it again tomorrow for anyone that missed it, Read More...
Posted 03 September 08 11:13 by cslemp | 0 Comments   
TechEd Australia, Day 4: Let the conversations begin
I've got three bullets on the keynote: It all started with the "No Need to Shout" video about our work on MSDN & TechNet. Pretty psyched to see that still getting play and a few laughs. Then there were cool free-runners. Always amazing to Read More...
Posted 03 September 08 04:48 by cslemp | 0 Comments   
TechEd Australia, Day 3: Opening Day
I guess it's actually Day 1 for most attendees... the lucky ones that live in this beautiful place. I started the day at an AIMIA event about Social Media and its role in Marketing. Interesting panel discussion led by Aussie reps from MySpace, Bebo, and Read More...
Posted 02 September 08 02:30 by cslemp | 0 Comments   
TechEd Aus, Day 2: Blue Mountains
My one pre-meditated bit of sightseeing while here was to book this day trip to the Blue Mountains. I'm so glad I did. Some fantastic sights, and a very relaxing day overall. Ended the day meeting our Australian sub counterparts over a friendly dinner Read More...
Posted 01 September 08 06:48 by cslemp | 0 Comments   

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