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June 2003 - Posts

"Comical Ali" Captured?

Posted Wednesday, June 25, 2003 3:13 AM by danielfe
[Note: Any political commentary, pro or con, has been removed] The Mirror is reporting that " Comical Ali " has been captured .  He's become quite the internet icon, on par with AllYourBase , Mahir , and even the HampterDance . The Iraqi Read More...
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Ed Kaim's Engaged

Posted Monday, June 23, 2003 5:40 PM by danielfe
Our very own Ed Kaim  got engaged Friday in a rather unique way, it's a cute story and, in reading it, I noticed that Ed really captured the stress and preparation that goes into an  EricR review .  Congrats to Ed and Lan!!  Read More...
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Googlism

Posted Monday, June 23, 2003 5:31 PM by danielfe
While in a co-worker's office discussing the merits (or lack therof) of the word "blog", Googlism came up in conversation. Googlism searches Google and based on the results, creates a meta-description for who you are, when something took place, or what Read More...
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PSA - EricGu's blog is up

Posted Friday, June 20, 2003 6:37 PM by danielfe
Eric Gunnerson , Program Manager for C#, has jumped into the blogosphere. Welcome Eric!  I'm adding his RSS feed as I write this :) Read More...
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Code Samples on GotDotNet

Posted Friday, June 20, 2003 1:19 AM by danielfe
The code samples I demoed during my TechEd Middle-Tier apps with C# session have finally been uploaded onto GotDotNet.  Each sample has a readme.txt file which should give you more information for how to setup and run the samples.  Demo #1 - Read More...
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Cut the BS with Bullfighter

Posted Wednesday, June 18, 2003 2:34 PM by danielfe
My favorite new piece of software is Bullfighter from Deloite Touche Consulting . It's a Microsoft Word add-in (2000 or XP) which searches your documents for terms like "synergy", "value proposition", and "paradigm" that managers and consultants use to Read More...
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C# SDR

Posted Wednesday, June 18, 2003 12:56 PM by danielfe
We are holding our C# SDR meetings this week in Redmond with some of our best customers who come from a wide variety of backgrounds. The discussion is great and the feedback we're getting will help us build better products that help solve real-world customer Read More...
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Webby Awards announced

Posted Monday, June 16, 2003 5:12 PM by danielfe
The 2003 Webby Awards were announced recently.  Let's recap my picks for Reader's Choice: Technical Achievement - I said Google, Winner: Google Services - NetFlix , Winner eBay Film - Metacritic , Winner: RottenTomatoes Net Art - Puppet Tool , Winner: Read More...
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Meeting with EricR

Posted Friday, June 13, 2003 2:56 AM by danielfe
After two months on the job, today I had my first meeting with our Senior Vice President (and blogger ) Eric Rudder [Note: Chris Sells also blogged about his first Eric Rudder meeting] . We reviewed what the developer experience will be with the next Read More...
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Halo, H4x0rs, and the life of a Blogosphere story

Posted Wednesday, June 11, 2003 3:22 AM by danielfe
Semi-random stream of consciousness... Halo EricGu turned me onto Red vs. Blue while we were at the speaker lounge at TechEd and I started having uncontrollable fits of laughter in what was a quiet room.  They're making 22 episodes, so make Read More...
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PSA - VS.NET 2003 Posters are available for download

Posted Tuesday, June 10, 2003 3:15 PM by danielfe
The Visual Studio.NET 2003 posters that ship with the packaged product are now available for download as PDF documents.  Now all you need is a color plotter :) Read More...
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TechEd Monday - Thursday

Posted Tuesday, June 10, 2003 3:45 AM by danielfe
Confessional: Please forgive me, it's been about a week since my last blog, but I haven't had any free time. Dallas was exhausting, but all the locals were great and really made the trip worth it. I met so many great people in such a short amount of time! Read More...
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TechEd Recap - Sunday

Posted Monday, June 02, 2003 6:31 PM by danielfe
After 3 hours of sleep (re - broken demos) I woke up to hit the Convention Center in Dallas.  I finally met Juval in person while checking in at registration, and I think there are about 5 cardboard cutouts of Juval around all of TechEd.  More Read More...
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