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Posted Tuesday, January 31, 2006 11:22 AM by jledgard
Check out the new page links at the bottom of the http://blogs.msdn.com site! If you are like me and only scanned this main page due to the sheer post volume then you'll love this since you'll be able to go back and look past the top 25 if you are interested Read More...
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Blog Pimping Tips

Posted Monday, January 30, 2006 9:38 AM by jledgard
Last week a gave Robert Burk some tips on making his blog look different/better than the default styles we get to play with on our hosted Community Server. This was more like my general guide for "teaching others how to fish" rather than specfics that Read More...
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Joe and his 5 Tips for 6 Months at Microsoft

Posted Saturday, January 28, 2006 5:21 PM by jledgard
A couple of months ago I noticed that Joe had a blog on MSN spaces . Well, now he also has a more work related home on MSDN . His first post goes into the what he's learned after 6 months here after joining from college. Talk More; Email Less - This is Read More...
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MSBee CTP 1 Survey Results

Posted Thursday, January 26, 2006 9:58 AM by jledgard
Monday I collected the current survey results from the people that have been using the MSBee CTP . I wanted to share what we heard with all of you. We received a total of 21 responses for 75 survey requests that were sent out. It feels like we mostly Read More...
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The Naked Party... Pictures Abound

Posted Wednesday, January 25, 2006 9:00 AM by jledgard
A-list bloggers are fast. On Saturday I attended Robert Scoble's "Naked Conversations" book launch party . I knew it would be a great crowd and it was. I also got my own copy of the book with author signatures. But the impressive part was that by Sunday Read More...
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Posted to PMJobs about Open Positions on my Team

Posted Tuesday, January 24, 2006 12:45 PM by jledgard
Having two PMs on a team that should be four or five means I spend a good chunk of my time recruiting. I'll make a couple of posts about how I'm going about this. Today I posted to our internal "PMJobs" alias. Its an interesting internal recruiting culture Read More...
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Just when you thought it was safe to walk into a co-workers office

Posted Tuesday, January 24, 2006 9:12 AM by jledgard
You find them watching this slightly disturbing official Korean VSTS flash cartoon/song . I'm probably the last person to see this thing because everyone I told seems to know about it. I'm not sure whether to laugh or cry, but I do know that I'm going Read More...
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Did you even know MVPs could write KB articles?

Posted Friday, January 20, 2006 4:42 PM by jledgard
Here is a not so great example of a "community solution process" that currently seems broken. ... From now on, I am not going to add new articles to the MSDN Knowledge Base (Community Solutions). Instead, the articles will added to my own web site ( www.mztools.com Read More...
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Xbox 360 Gamercard Integration is Cool

Posted Tuesday, January 17, 2006 9:07 AM by jledgard
Sure, I'm biased, but Microsoft did a LOT of things right with the 360. It was super easy to post my gamercard on the side of the blog. Here's how to set your up today . I'm amazed with the richness and integration of data they managed to squeeze into Read More...
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My New Role as Lead PM on Developer Solutions

Posted Monday, January 16, 2006 9:10 AM by jledgard
I'm overdue for a blog post that explains my new job. I'm still a "community stick weilders" in the Developer Division, but my role has been expanded to include both Self Sustaining Communities (think MSDN Forums ) AND Developer Solutions (think Developer Read More...
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IOD: Use for Rollable display in Check Cards

Posted Sunday, January 15, 2006 3:03 PM by jledgard
At CES Philips showed another non-production demo of Rollable display technology. Sure, I'm excited that our devices will keep getting thinner, but I'm more excited about other potential uses. What about putting a 2"x2" rollable display into the front Read More...
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Put your old Xbox to good use as a Media Center Extender

Posted Saturday, January 14, 2006 2:55 PM by jledgard
I was one of the lucky ones who received their Xbox 360 on day 1. Right away I knew that I wasn’t going to be doing much looking back short of running Halo 2 through backward compatibility mode. I sold all but five of my original Xbox games, but kept Read More...
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What's that blue post?

Posted Tuesday, January 10, 2006 11:33 AM by jledgard
I have RSSBandit set to flag any posts that mention my blog in blue. Today there was a blue flag from Joystiq . I didn't realize they read my blog. Good thing I put up my gamertag the other day... although my gamerscore is sort of embarrassing. If you Read More...
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The importance of setting good examples

Posted Monday, January 09, 2006 11:16 AM by jledgard
http://teamsystemrocks.com/blogs/mickey_gousset/archive/2006/01/06/590.aspx Given that, I shot an email off to Soma expressing my appreciation, but I didn't necessarily expect to hear back right way, if at all. And now comes the part where I say Microsoft Read More...
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