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Today is my last day at Microsoft

Posted Monday, June 25, 2007 1:54 PM by jledgard
And this is likely to be the last post I make to this blog. By the time you read this I will have likely handed in my card key and celebrated with the great people I’ve worked with over the last 7 years. One of the key values that Microsoft instills in Read More...
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Align Right

Posted Tuesday, June 12, 2007 5:11 PM by jledgard
For anyone that's just learning basic HTML. I suggest this tutorial... http://icanhascheezburger.com/2007/06/12/lolcat-alignright Read More...
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Random Tips on Interviewing for Microsoft

Posted Tuesday, June 12, 2007 4:28 PM by jledgard
A co-worker recently asked me to share some tips on interviewing people at Microsoft. I wrote a few up and figured I'd share them here as well. I love interviewing people and I get a lot of my style and tips from Gretchen since she’s done more interviews Read More...
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OCU2007 Notes: Establishing Culture and Guidelines in Community

Posted Wednesday, June 06, 2007 11:13 PM by jledgard
There was a lot of good discussion in this one, but I tried taking notes on my windows mobile phone. I'd say it was an experiment to see what would happen if I had "twittered" a session or if I just wanted to make sure I thought about the notes I took... Read More...
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OCU Notes: Increasing User Particpation in Online Communities

Posted Wednesday, June 06, 2007 12:26 PM by jledgard
Incentives Influencer relationships such as the MVP program Connect them to your product teams so they get insider information Software coupons and give-aways. New reward every year. Need rigorous process to qualify the MVPs Visual, Branded, recognition Read More...
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Ads in Online Communities Session at OCU 2007

Posted Wednesday, June 06, 2007 10:39 AM by jledgard
Question : Should there be ads in the community? Some people don't care, some people are really opinionated. The consensus was that "if they are done right". Question : What are the different methods of putting ads on new Community Sites Babycenter.com Read More...
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Hello from the Online Community Unconference

Posted Wednesday, June 06, 2007 9:15 AM by jledgard
I'm at the computer history museum in the valley attending the Online Community Unconference . I'll try and blog notes as a take them, but the pace looks to be fast and I'm not sure I'll be able to capture much in a consumable form for anyone other than Read More...
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