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Crashed Conference Room (ɯooɹ)

So we have these fancy touch screen displays on the outside of our conference rooms which will tell us when the room is booked (and by whom). They are definitely handy as they help resolve the inevitable conflict when multiple groups arrive at the same Read More...
Posted Thursday, May 21, 2009 7:27 AM by joshpoley | 0 Comments
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Off to StarWest

I'm off at StarWest , so the blog will be a bit quieter this week. If you happen to be in Anaheim, look for the pale bald guy. Read More...
Posted Monday, September 29, 2008 8:13 AM by joshpoley | 1 Comments
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Digital LEGOs

So I recently ran across the LEGO Digital Designer , which is a free download enabling you to build your models all within the comfort of your own computer. I just need to figure out their file format so I can start building tests that way, otherwise Read More...
Posted Tuesday, July 15, 2008 12:35 PM by joshpoley | 0 Comments
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Compile First, then Check-In

We've had a recent rash of build breaks, so the team has been getting hardcore about requiring a co-worker review all check-ins and do a "buddy build" to ensure that everything is cool before the code gets inserted into the source control system. Well, Read More...
Posted Wednesday, July 02, 2008 7:12 AM by joshpoley | 0 Comments
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New Old Group

Just a quick note to let you all know that I moved back over to the Xbox platform team today (the operating system and such). I will be fulfilling a different role, but it will be interesting to see how much of my old responsibilities cascade down to Read More...
Posted Monday, May 19, 2008 8:25 AM by joshpoley | 0 Comments
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The Ninjas Emerge

If a fellow employee looks me up in the address book , they will be informed that my title is "EMULATION NINJA". Regardless to say, this continues to evoke the common "what's with your title?” questions, especially since the original lore around this Read More...
Posted Tuesday, March 11, 2008 8:18 AM by joshpoley | 1 Comments
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Social Experiment

So I ran across Michael's post about being " Don't Known " on LinkedIn, which prompted me to try an experiment: I went and invited Michael into my network just to see if he would accept or not based on the extremely minor interaction we had: he referenced Read More...
Posted Saturday, January 05, 2008 8:31 PM by joshpoley | 1 Comments
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