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Vista Gadgets - Not Just For Consumers

After talking with Christoph Schittko , he pointed out that I should tell this story. As you have probably heard, Windows Vista has this cool feature called Gadgets, which are hosted in the Vista Sidebar . Nothing new in that communication. However, most Read More...
Posted Tuesday, April 01, 2008 11:44 AM by jonbox | 1 Comments
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Thought Leadership: Steelcase, Live Labs, Photosynth, Seadragon, and John Mullinax

This title is an interesting combination of entities. Let me explain how I came to this conclusion. In the context of something that I preach to my sons and groups that I speak to, let me say that "learning should never end, or you'll be unemployed Read More...
Posted Friday, February 22, 2008 8:06 AM by jonbox | 1 Comments
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Videos: Life At Microsoft, and Hanselman's Home Office

Here's a video (4.5 min's) about some misperceptions about our world inside of Microsoft, thanks to Channel 10 . Sorta funny. I also found another interesting video, Show Us Your Home: Scott Hanselman Edition (20 min's). Well worth the watch as Scott Read More...
Posted Friday, February 15, 2008 9:25 AM by jonbox | 2 Comments

Product RTM vs. Product Launch

After posting about the Launch Gadget, I got an email from someone confused over rumors of the RTM date as opposed to the launch date. The launch date is when we celebrate a new product. It is not necessarily when we release the product. In the case of Read More...
Posted Monday, November 05, 2007 11:33 PM by jonbox | 1 Comments
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Announcement: Popfly Explorer for Visual Studio

The Popfly team continues the momentum at TechEd EMEA. Announcing Popfly Explorer beta, the VS add-in that brings Popfly into the IDE. Can't wait to see what John Mullinax does next. Read More...
Posted Monday, November 05, 2007 11:17 PM by jonbox | 0 Comments
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Our 2008 Launch Gadget

At this point of the year, me and my Microsoft friends (in DPE) are focused on the launch .  So, I just added the Launch Gadget to my Vista machine so I can think about it everyday. Nice looking gadget! Beth Humphreys , our Infrastructure Architect Read More...
Posted Monday, November 05, 2007 3:23 PM by jonbox | 4 Comments
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Trying out liFe on Vista 64

Our team just got to do a hardware refresh. My other Microsoft friends are jealous because DPE gets an annual refresh. Yes, sorry about that (with sarcasm).  So, several of us got the new Lenovo T61P. So, got mine this past week, and it's sitting Read More...
Posted Saturday, October 06, 2007 10:04 AM by jonbox | 2 Comments
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