March 2006 - Posts

• Office Developer Conference 2006- Summary

  Last week was exhausting but a heckuva a lot of fun. We had a Software Design Review (SDR) with well-known VSTO devotees. An SDR is essentially a chance for the product team to acquire really early reactions to proto-thinking about our product development. Read More... Posted Monday, March 27, 2006 2:55 PM by johnrdurant | 1 Comments Filed under: Microsoft Office System, VSTO

• OpenXMLDeveloper.org and Bill Gates Keynote

  I just left the Office Developer Conference 2006 keynote where Chairman and Chief Software Architect, Bill Gates spoke about Office 2007. As I watched him, I realized how he is aging. He seemed so timeless to me for a long time. Now, I see greater wisdom Read More... Posted Tuesday, March 21, 2006 10:51 AM by johnrdurant | 3 Comments Filed under: Microsoft Office System, VSTO

• Want to be my co-worker?

  Yeah, you could have an office just a couple of doors down from me, and that could be a good thing. Depends on whether you want to help realize the vision of Office as a development platform and want your work integrated into every one of the hundreds Read More... Posted Thursday, March 09, 2006 3:11 PM by johnrdurant | 1 Comments Filed under: Microsoft Office System, VSTO