C# Tea Time

Company Meeting 2005

2005-09-25T02:55:00Z

WOW! So yesterday I attended my first company meeting ever and I have been excited about Microsoft ever since I joined the company 4 months ago, but after yesterday all I can say is WOW!

VS 2005 Customer Bug Bash

2005-09-13T19:55:00Z

With the latest drop of Visual Studio 2005 RC have you taken the time to download and install the product? If you haven’t, you really should!

While we are in the process of shutting down in order to meet our November date, we have not shut down yet and are still actively considering customer bugs. So get our there and bash our product letting us know of the critical bugs that you are finding, specifically the crashing and data loss issues.

If I find a bug how do I report it?

You can report bugs and suggestions through our MSDN Product Feedback Center.

Visual Studio 2005 RC Released!

2005-09-12T20:37:00Z

The title says it all! Visual Studio 2005 RC was dropped on MSDN today and will also be handed out to all of the PDC ’05 attendees!

Hope you enjoy it!

Where have you been?

2005-08-27T01:01:06Z

I have had a lot of comments lately about what happened to me and my blog, so I thought I would address those now.

Many people have speculated what may have happened, such as Microsoft sucking me in, my boss not wanting me to blog, etc… Though to be frankly honest I just haven’t made the time and I figured it is now time to start making time.

Microsoft Student Ambassadors Announced!

2005-06-09T01:19:00Z

The first round of 2005-2006 Microsoft Student Ambassadors were announced today. The announcement was scheduled to debut yesterday, but due to some of life's blessings it had to be delayed. This delay had a very anxious student at Grand Valley State University wondering what was up, so he called me. I disclosed the situation to him and to my surprise it turned in a blog post that Kevin read (PubSub maybe?) and responded promptly to. Kudos go out to the MSA team who jumped right on this even with their current situation.

Congrats to those of you that were awarded! This should be an exciting year.

Microsoft To Release Open Format for Office

2005-06-02T09:56:00Z

A video was just posted on Channel 9 talking about the next office format. While you will not get to see the next version of office you will hear all about the new format and how it will change the way we share and use information. Check it out here.

The ProClub Journey

2005-05-31T07:28:00Z

Today I had an appointment to tour the ProClub (one of the many facilities that Microsoft employees can elect to use as a part of their benefits package) and rather being the traditional American I decided that I would run from my apartment, in downtown Bellevue, to the club. The run is just under 5 miles so I figured I could run there then jog or walk back. The run to the club was great. It was primarily a steady incline most of the way with a few hills here and there. I managed to leave at just the right time and showed up precisely at the time I was supposed to.

The club is pretty amazing. The only thing I wish they had was an indoor track. It's not that I like to run on a track all the time, but it helps me gauge the pace I am running at and the distance I can cover. Other the then track this club has it all.

Once I completed my tour I had the option of walking/jogging back the way I came or taking another route home. I decided on the second option and thought that I would stop by a friends house to see if she was home. Unfortunately she wasn't and so I had to continue making my way home. All in all I cover approximately 12.6 miles and it was not flat ground as I am used to in Michigan. It was a great workout for the day. My legs are a little sore but they'll get over it and I'll be ready for some hockey tomorrow!

Class View Down Arrow Bug

2005-05-31T07:20:00Z

David Smith an intern at Microsoft, Microsoft Student Ambassador and a good friend found a nice bug when using the down arrow in the class view of Visual Studio 2005 Beta 2. This is deffinetly an interesting bug (especially since it's in a feature that I own) and something that I will have to investigate with a newer build when I am in the office tomorrow. I will note that this isn't something I have noticed in our builds, but it may be something with the layout of David's project that is causing this failure.

Thanks for pointing out the bug David and anyone else that might have feed back our product feel free to contact me. I was a former C# MVP, I love the community and I love talking to customers.

Settling In

2005-05-27T09:49:00Z

I am beginning to get settled on my team now. I have thoroughly enjoyed the past three weeks and my team has been very helpful in making me feel right at home. During the first week of work most of my time was spent trying to figure out what I was supposed to be doing and what exactly our team really does. Once I had that my belt the next was learning people’s names, where everyone’s office is, and how to really do my job.

Overall the initial Microsoft Experience has been great. I haven’t spent a moment looking back and I am already planning on getting involved in college recruiting, interviewing, and various other community projects.