Loneliness of the long-distance linguist.

Hello (again) world! Also: The Hiring Chronicles.

Hello world! It's been a while, but I'm coming out of hibernation to mention a couple of things -- We've been working super hard on a bunch of new things and we're getting excited to show you some of what we've been doing at the PDC this October. Expect Read More...

Posted Thursday, August 21, 2008 7:39 PM by KieranS | 1 Comments

Shameless self-promotion.

And now, some shameless advertising! Our team is looking for a good tester to work on our next set of projects. We have some pretty cool stuff in the works for the next generation of globalization support in Windows and .NET, including more comprehensive Read More...

Posted Friday, October 12, 2007 1:47 PM by KieranS | 3 Comments

Good at process.

If you work for Microsoft or maybe in the software industry more generally and you hear someone described as being "good at process," you'll understand that what this really ends up meaning most of the time is more like "good at applying procedure," or Read More...

Posted Saturday, December 16, 2006 9:14 AM by KieranS | 1 Comments

My .002 cents.

What's a LOCALE_SDECIMAL among friends? In Verizon Doesn't Know Difference Between Dollars And Cents , one customer learns the hard way. If you haven't listened to this transcript yet, it's worth it. Read More...

Posted Sunday, December 10, 2006 11:52 AM by KieranS | 1 Comments

What's the emoticon for nerd?

I saw a really cool talk the other day by doctoral student Daniel Avrahami from CMU. Daniel is looking at correlations between properties of IM conversations (e.g. length of message, duration of conversation, time between messages sent, etc.) and the Read More...

Posted Wednesday, September 13, 2006 9:54 PM by KieranS | 3 Comments

Math + language = what?

I have been on vacation running this crazy relay race: http://www.hoodtocoast.com But now I am back, enhobbled and all, and it's time to reach into the mail bag to answer one of the most popular questions I've received from readers: What is the name "Loneliness Read More...

Posted Wednesday, August 30, 2006 11:29 PM by KieranS | 4 Comments

Information scavenger hunt: How do you find a needle in a haystack?

Shawn and I are working on an article for MSDN Magazine about how to design and take advantage of custom locales. We're trying to supplement the information already available in MSDN and on our blogs with some best practices that ought to help developers Read More...

Posted Sunday, August 20, 2006 9:12 PM by KieranS | 12 Comments

I'll take an Italian hoagie with the works.

On my way home from work I pass a restaurant that seems from several blocks away to have the following sign in the window: FREE DELI !! I see it and I get all excited. It's always a little disappointing upon closer inspection, which view reveals burnt-out Read More...

Posted Tuesday, August 15, 2006 10:44 PM by KieranS | 2 Comments