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Microsoft Popfly - Why I'm Excited

Posted Friday, May 25, 2007 7:48 PM by joemorel
Popfly has been out for about a week now, and I'm excited about it. Why? Is it because I've seen the site evolve internally over the past few months? Is it because it's the first "real" application I've seen that really shows off the power of Silverlight? Read More...
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Zune Software Shuffle - Not Random At All?

Posted Tuesday, March 13, 2007 12:51 AM by joemorel
I'm almost positive that I'm not crazy here...well, I think so at least. During the day here at work, I listen to music if I'm doing something on my computer by myself in my office, I'm usually listening to music. Since I got a Zune , I've been using Read More...
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Where Have I Been?!

Posted Tuesday, February 27, 2007 1:00 AM by joemorel
Wow. I looked at my blog today and realized that it had been nearly a month since the last time I put anything in my blog—and that post was written by a blog reader. If the key to a successful blog is regularity, my blog is currently the cyber-equivalent Read More...
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Moving iTunes Library to Windows Media Player – The Final Word

Posted Thursday, January 25, 2007 12:34 AM by joemorel
I've gotten lots and lots of questions about my previous couple of posts about how to move your music library from Apple's iTunes to Windows Media Player over the past couple of months. Jerry Leynes of Jacksonville, Florida has cleaned up and augmented Read More...
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5 Things You May Not Know About Me

Posted Tuesday, January 16, 2007 1:09 AM by joemorel
The trickle-down effect through MSDN bloggers has finally made its way to me, and I've been tagged by Josh Ledgard in the 5 things you may not know about me "thread". Here it goes: This one might be obvious, but I'm a complete gadget junkie. Even Microsofties Read More...
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Looking Back at 2006

Posted Wednesday, January 03, 2007 9:32 PM by joemorel
It's been nearly a year since I started this blog, and unfortunately as of late, I've been pretty bad at keeping it updated. I'll blame it on the craziness that was December 2006—between traveling for the holidays and Washington's recent string of weather-related Read More...
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Doom and the Magic of "Live"

Posted Saturday, October 07, 2006 10:08 PM by joemorel
If I was ambitious enough to create a "medium-to-very geeky" category, I'd make one, but I'm not. I just downloaded Doom on Xbox Live Arcade. It's great--it's the Doom you knew and loved ten years ago, in its big screen glory--I can actually sit on my Read More...
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This Time It's For Real--I'm Selling My iPod

Posted Saturday, August 26, 2006 2:02 AM by joemorel
For those of you who have been keeping up with the blog, I've been going through a migration from iTunes and the iPod to Windows Media Player and my Gigabeat S . I'm now happy to say that I'm ready to complete the switch--I'm officially selling my iPod--through Read More...
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One Year at Microsoft...Assimilation Complete?

Posted Wednesday, August 02, 2006 12:59 AM by joemorel
Six months ago, I started this blog with a post commemorating my first six months at Microsoft , along with a few things I had learned during my first six months at the company. Today is August 1st, and I just got an (automated) email from HR congratulating Read More...
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The Easy Solution to the "Brownie Calorie" Problem

Posted Wednesday, July 12, 2006 1:10 AM by joemorel
(Oops...corrected 7/12) Back at Christmastime, our team spent the better part of a lunch-hour debating whether brownies had more or less calories before or after they were baked ...is brownie batter better or worse for you? Well, today, with the help Read More...
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Using MusicBridge to Sync Windows Media Player with iTunes

Posted Tuesday, June 20, 2006 5:22 PM by joemorel
In my previous post about migrating from iTunes to Windows Media Player, I mentioned a small applet called MusicBridge to sync the metadata between the two program's libraries. I wasn't extremely clear on how to use the applet, and I've received a couple of mails and comments asking about exactly how to use MusicBridge... Read More...
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Moving from iTunes to Windows Media Player (and what’s up with album art?)

Posted Thursday, June 08, 2006 7:26 AM by joemorel
In preparation for my big media player move from my iPod Photo to a new Toshiba Gigabeat S Portable Media Center, it was time for me to say goodbye to iTunes and hello to Windows Media Player 11. Moving a music library between media players can be a painful process, so I thought I’d share how I was able to migrate my library, including my song ratings, to the new player using one awesome app: MusicBridge... Read More...
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Why My iPod Still Hasn't Been Sold...

Posted Tuesday, May 09, 2006 11:08 PM by joemorel
Well, time for a little bit of backtracking. :) A couple of months ago, I wrote a post about why I sold my iPod. The title of the post was a little bit preemptive...my iPod Photo was still sitting in a box that I hadn't unpacked yet since my move to Seattle. I hadn't used my iPod in over six months, and all I needed to do was put in on eBay and sell it... Read More...
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Coffee Culture (How Microsofties Know I'm Not From Seattle)

Posted Wednesday, May 03, 2006 1:00 AM by joemorel
When I first came out to the Redmond campus of Microsoft during my internship, I was really confused. As most people know, Microsoft gives the famous "free drinks" privilege--on every floor of pretty much every building, there are a couple beverage fridges Read More...
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Why Microsoft Employees Should Own a Mac

Posted Friday, April 07, 2006 6:42 PM by joemorel
Wow. Lots and lots of hits on my last post about Apple’s Boot Camp software that allows Windows XP to be installed on the new Intel Macs. I guess my comment implying that I had MacBook envy (I wish my computer was lighter and better looking!) really got Read More...
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