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Mickey Gousset on why you should join the Developer Solutions team

Posted Wednesday, April 26, 2006 3:36 PM by jledgard
Previously on scooblog…. I asked why somone should work on the Developer Solutions team (we’re hiring for dev and pm). Mickey from www.teamsystemrocks.com provided a great answer… Now remember, this is all from my perspective, but for me, I would push Read More...
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More on rich online developer profiles from joe

Posted Wednesday, April 26, 2006 11:23 AM by jledgard
Joe Morel's Blog : Forums Reputation Phase 3 – Profiles . I used to think that rich profiles were dumb—that they were really only something that were only used by teenagers hell-bent on getting the latest and greatest AIM virus. Then I saw Read More...
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Why would you choose the Developer Solutions team?

Posted Tuesday, April 25, 2006 11:27 AM by jledgard
Why would you choose to work for the Developer Solutions? See, we're currently hiring Devs, a Dev lead, and PMs and I'm sometimes put into situations where I have to sell our team to great canidates over other positions. Here's a video that gives you Read More...
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Where's Gretchen... and what about the suggestion kitty?

Posted Monday, April 24, 2006 10:51 PM by jledgard
About once/day for the last week I've received mail asking about Gretchen. See, her alias no longer resolves in the address book and people are starting to have their e-mail to her bounce. Some people know she left, but don't know where she's gone to. Read More...
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Putting the $ in the goo$le

Posted Friday, April 21, 2006 6:30 PM by jledgard
I have no real reason to link to this other than I enjoy that goo$le is starting to get some of that M$ treatment from the community. I just love the icon they used and thought it must have come from the google finance site (that is really cool). Although Read More...
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For the winner of the Fantasy Baseball League...

Posted Friday, April 21, 2006 9:08 AM by jledgard
People have asked me to post the picture, so here it is... To the winner of the Fantasy baseball league I've started will go this mint condition creepy Eric Rudder bobble head. :-) There are still a few more slots open. Send mail to jledgard@microsoft.com Read More...
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Yes, this was painful

Posted Wednesday, April 19, 2006 11:25 PM by jledgard
The following midless linkage is painful for Red Sox fans. And, had I not witnessed them complete one of the best comebacks of all-time in 2004 against the yankees, I don’t think i could even link to this. But it’s all in the past now so… Read More...
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Gretchen’s Last Day at Microsoft

Posted Friday, April 14, 2006 3:52 PM by jledgard
Today was Gretchen’s last day of work at Microsoft and therefore the last time we’ll really be driving to work together. <sniffle> It’s been a lot of fun. Five and half years ago we went to NEO (New Employee Orientation) together and got to see Read More...
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Good questions about enabling community moderation

Posted Wednesday, April 12, 2006 1:22 PM by jledgard
In a previous post I talked about handing over ownership to community members in your community. Bob had some great questions that I thought I'd pull out into a new post. His comment is in bold italics . Sounds very reasonable to me Josh. Let me bait Read More...
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Recommended Reading for Managers at Microsoft

Posted Monday, April 10, 2006 2:14 PM by jledgard
2. Put the customer in control. The best kind of customer service happens when management enables employees to put the customer in control. This require two leaps of faith: first , that management trusts customers not take advantage of the situation; Read More...
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Up for some Fantasy Baseball?

Posted Sunday, April 09, 2006 8:05 AM by jledgard
If you'd like to play some fantasy baseball against softies and folks on my baseball team let me know. Send mail to jledgard@microsoft.com or leave a reply here and I'll send you the invite. First come first serve. We have to complete the draft by the Read More...
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Re: Instant feedback...

Posted Wednesday, April 05, 2006 8:00 AM by jledgard
So my tip to PMs out there is to think carefully about what question you want to know the answer to and blog it! Brad Abrams : PM Tip #72 Instant feedback... . My concern about this tip is that it works great if people read your blog. I, however, see Read More...
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Gretchen and I Judge others and pick best recruiting blog posts of the week

Posted Tuesday, April 04, 2006 1:56 PM by jledgard
Josh and Gretchen , aka Blogging Power Couple Number 2 , here. Between this week’s busy schedule of celebrating real-life Suggestion Kitty’s 6th birthday and gearing up for Opening Day , we were honored to scour the recruiting blogosphere Read More...
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Some Disturbing Entries to Win a Fancy-Pants Case Mod

Posted Sunday, April 02, 2006 9:32 AM by jledgard
Flickr: on10 . These are the entries to win a custom PC case from www.on10.net . I’m a little scared. Read More...
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Post #500!!! And all I have to show is a link to my life story???

Posted Saturday, April 01, 2006 1:01 PM by jledgard
http://www.recruiting.com/recruiting/2006/03/ledgard_gretch_.html#more ...here's a sitcom for you: Southern belle marries taciturn Yankee geek. She likes people, he likes things. She likes cuddly dogs. He has an autistic commitment to baseball. Especially, Read More...
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