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Friday, May 26, 2006 11:33 AM

Feedback and Microsoft

I have an interesting job. I write software that helps Microsoft manage feedback and connect with customers in a meaningful way. That may sound like marketing-speak, but it's true. I've found that in my time here, I've learned a huge amount about how
Posted by Cyclometh | 2 Comments
Thursday, May 25, 2006 10:37 AM

Connect V2 Coming Soon

Just a quick note to let you folks know that Microsoft Connect version 2.0 is slated for deployment on the night of June 2, 2006 (Friday night). This is barring any nasty issues coming up in testing, of course, but right now we're looking good. At about
Posted by Cyclometh | 3 Comments
Wednesday, May 24, 2006 2:26 PM

Connect Load Part II

Yesterday, May 23, was the largest single day in Connect history so far in terms of both page hits and data served. There was a minor problem in the morning with product keys, but the team quickly identified that and the site performed largely without
Posted by Cyclometh | 2 Comments
Tuesday, May 23, 2006 3:53 PM

Connect load

This has been a pretty good day for Connect- I'll have some more specific information sometime this afternoon (edit- looks like I won't have any more specific info until tomorrow morning, sorry about that), but right now we're looking at some of the highest
Posted by Cyclometh | 0 Comments
Tuesday, May 23, 2006 3:04 PM

Connect Team Profiles- Corey Snow

Over the course of the next few days I'm going to try and post profiles of the Connect team members. These are the folks that are actually working on the Connect site and I think it's nice to get a little connection between the tools you're using and
Posted by Cyclometh | 2 Comments
Thursday, May 18, 2006 3:20 PM

Forums vs Newsgroups

We're looking at different ways to enable communication between users of the Connect site, who are mostly beta testers of Microsoft products at this point, but we expect that will change and grow to include many other types of users. Right now, most general
Posted by Cyclometh | 47 Comments
Tuesday, May 16, 2006 2:58 PM

Connect and RSS Update

RSS support has been one of the most requested features for Connect, and we've been working out different approaches to providing RSS feeds from Connect for various items like Feedback, content, comments and so on. There's a few challenges; RSS has no
Posted by Cyclometh | 1 Comments
Friday, May 12, 2006 11:27 AM

Connect 2.0 Sneak Peek!

Firstly, let me say that I've been lax at keeping my blog up to date. I love being able to do this, and one of the things I'm grateful for in my position at Microsoft is the opportunity to connect directly with customers like this. I've been very, very
Posted by Cyclometh | 7 Comments
 
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