Welcome to MSDN Blogs Sign in | Join | Help

July 2005 - Posts

Two Ideas to Cut off Duplicate Questions in Online Forums

Posted Thursday, July 28, 2005 10:25 AM by jledgard
One good piece of feedback I've heard about on-line communities recently is that in today's world of easy on-line publishing. A world where everyone is now getting comfortable with on-line interaction is a world where the number of people who "shoot first" Read More...
16 Comments

MSDN Forums RSS Feeds and OPML File

Posted Thursday, July 28, 2005 7:29 AM by jledgard
When we first launched the MSDN Forums there were some people that didn't know we had RSS feeds for them. Every forum actually has an RSS feed that you can find in the lower right hand corners of the forum views. The VC# IDE forum , for example, has the Read More...
0 Comments
Filed under:

What are you... like 17?

Posted Wednesday, July 27, 2005 9:58 AM by jledgard
I completed another personal lap around the sun today by turning 27. Gretchen and I will be celebrating by picking up the free birthday steak and lobster dinner at DC's Grill in Sammamish ! Read More...
10 Comments
Filed under:

My Turn: Ten Insane Ideas for Microsoft

Posted Tuesday, July 26, 2005 11:45 PM by jledgard
It started with the thinkweek paper , then Dare and Adam dissected it, and Mini encouraged us all to post our own ideas for Microsoft. I like the theme so; here are my ten <insert adjective here> ideas in no particular order. As my disclaimer states: Read More...
12 Comments

How to Ask a Question Online

Posted Tuesday, July 26, 2005 9:00 AM by jledgard
This may seem trivial, but after reading the incoming questions on http://forums.microsoft.com/msdn I realize a good number of users could benifit from some help asking questions. Here is a support article written by Daniel Petri, an MVP who likely spends Read More...
6 Comments
Filed under: ,

Any Downside to VPC Based CTP Releases?

Posted Monday, July 25, 2005 4:15 PM by jledgard
There are several positive comments in response to the VPC release of VSTS . http://www.tlmii.net/cs/blogs/iis_musings/archive/2005/07/22/43.aspx “Now this has got to be one of the most brilliant beta testing concepts i've seen in a while.” http://samgentile.com/blog/archive/2005/07/22/31858.aspx Read More...
7 Comments
Filed under: ,

Didn't Even Know My Blog was For sale

Posted Monday, July 25, 2005 9:10 AM by jledgard
I didn't even know that my blog was on sale ... and you can buy shares of it. But, based on the share history, I'd be tempted to sell while the going is high. :-) Read More...
0 Comments

Feedback Request: Potential MSDN Forums RSS Improvements

Posted Friday, July 22, 2005 6:43 PM by jledgard
I've been working on a spec that defines potential improvements to the http://forums.microsoft.com/MSDN RSS experience. Here is a draft of that specification for feedback. I've also created a sample feed (static) based on the specification for you to Read More...
15 Comments
Filed under: ,

WOM Unit +=1: Great Podcast on Measuring Word of Mouth

Posted Friday, July 22, 2005 1:05 PM by jledgard
Here is a link to the Church of the Customer’s latest podcast on measuring influencers and the effectiveness of word of mouth advertising. Good stuff that’s worth listening to. http://customerevangelists.typepad.com/blog/2005/07/podcast_measuri.html Read More...
0 Comments
Filed under:

Feedback Center Request for Multi-Monitor VS Features

Posted Wednesday, July 20, 2005 10:22 PM by jledgard
Sara , from the VSCore team, is looking for people to report and vote on feature suggestions via the product feedback center that would improve Visual Studio for developers with multiple monitors. If Sara lists the suggestions people submit its a pretty Read More...
1 Comments

Podcast Podcast Podcast

Posted Tuesday, July 19, 2005 9:14 AM by jledgard
<Looks left> <Looks right> Wow, I'm still here and no one has taped my mouth shut. You just can't believe everything you read online I guess . In other news starting a "podcast" won't make me rich either . Oh well, guess I'll just stick to Read More...
1 Comments
Filed under:

Feedback Request: Default to AND or OR in Local Help Search

Posted Thursday, July 14, 2005 4:32 PM by jledgard
The VS Help team is looking for feedback wrt a last minute default setting. Anyway, here is the feedback request: We’re making some last-minute decisions about the behavior of the local search engine for Visual Studio’s local MSDN search engine. We’re Read More...
54 Comments
Filed under: ,

Simplify Man - Removing the Post Calandar Control

Posted Monday, July 11, 2005 4:54 PM by jledgard
Something Scott C. said in response to my request for feedback on my new blog look struck a cord. "On the columns, who ever said we needed to pack all this crap onto our blogs that require 3 columns?" So, in that spirit I've cut the post calendar from Read More...
11 Comments
Filed under:

Advice on Giving Technical Presentations for Presenters

Posted Monday, July 11, 2005 2:30 PM by jledgard
Just blogging this for my own archives to read again in the future. [Via Fabulous Adventures In Coding ] A few months ago an old friend had to give her first talk at a conference. Now, she used to do community theatre back when we were in school together, Read More...
0 Comments

When By Design is the Right Resolution for Bug

Posted Monday, July 11, 2005 11:07 AM by jledgard
When the "By Design" bug resolution makes the most sense. :-) [Via AllenD's WebLog ] Some VS 2005 customer love [:)]: ( Feedback Center Link ) Read More...
2 Comments
Filed under:

RE: Sammamish Blogger Meetup Anyone?

Posted Monday, July 11, 2005 9:41 AM by jledgard
[Via Jeff Sandquist - Microsoft Evangelist ] We've got the perfect place for a blogger meetup in Sammamish, The Pine Lake Ale House. It has great food, free wifi and of course beer. :-) The question is, do we have enough nearby bloggers for a suburban Read More...
1 Comments
Filed under:

Innovidiots - Good Rory Stuff

Posted Monday, July 11, 2005 9:31 AM by jledgard
Found Via Scoble . I don't care what you opinion is on the subject. I'd like us to lead with a few things now and again too, but this is one of those "it's funny because its true" comics . Read More...
0 Comments
Filed under:

Visual Studio CTP Owner Blogging - Hi Keen

Posted Saturday, July 09, 2005 9:23 PM by jledgard
Keen recently joined the customer connection team. One of his main responsibilities is defining the CTP process and end user experience. I hope he'll be posting his thoughts and ideas regarding CTPs on a regular basis. Check out his intro post and say Read More...
0 Comments

New Blog Look... Feedback?

Posted Saturday, July 09, 2005 2:10 PM by jledgard
I've been at it again... hacking my way through CSS and my blog styles. Here are my thoughts: I miss the 3 column look, but it had display issues when there were wide pictures in the posts and none of the styles I could choose allowed me to bury the "Archives" Read More...
11 Comments

Reader Community Question: OPML or Link List?

Posted Tuesday, July 05, 2005 12:19 PM by jledgard
So I'm still collecting the RSS feeds of Loyal Scooblog readers . I'm still enjoying the fresh content I'm being exposed to as a result of this. I've also been able to participate in discussions I would have never heard about before. I do have a question Read More...
8 Comments
Filed under:
 
Page view tracker