January 2006 - Posts
To say that we are PowerPoint Monkeys (PPM) here at Microsoft Worldwide Enterprise Services & Support would be an understatement. To one of my pleas to the recruiting committee on news and articles they want to share with the rest of the world - This
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This video has been circulating the Distribution lists and emails for a while and it is absolutely hilarious. Set to the music of Gwen Stefani's Hollaback Girl it has been "indianized" with the context of an Indian arranged marriage and for "the want
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With the Terrible Towel adorning my office walls at Microsoft not to mention the mini-Steelers helmet on my shelf at work - its no secret where my NFL fan-loyalty lies - but seriously its interesting to note that the last 3 cities I have lived in have
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You might think this is a joke - its not! A Team member on my group - Matthew Lehman discovered this epoch tool called BullFighter and forwarded it to our team minutes ago with the disclaimer " For people like me that can’t seem to form a sentence without
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No seriously that is the option. Or maybe Brad Pitt too. BBC News had a survey among 11,000 adolescents recently about science and scientists and came up with the response that over 70% of them said scientists are not seen as "normal and young attractive
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Remember my old story of how I started my Microsoft career with the whole networking session in Feb 2005??? Well that event is BACK! Microsoft's Server Marketing BMO Group is having their Silicon Valley Networking Event at our MountainView, CA office.
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Sassan Saedi our debonair team-man on the Recruiting Committee on the Microsoft Worldwide Enterprise & Support Services spoke to me about his stint so far at Microsoft and the recruiting committee. Here are some excerpts from that interview. So give
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Prologue: In a few wks I am on point to launch the Security SKUs from the Enterprise Services - so I have been dreaming about assessment frameworks, customer paintpoints, value propositions etc for waay too long these days. Maybe a function of these hallucinations
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Lisa Franklin is one of the few direct-MBA hires (Howard University) at WWESS and on the recuiting committee here. I asked her the following questions: What is your experience like? Was the ramp-up steep or not? Why pick to join Microsoft compared to
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Have you ever had a situation when you read too much into something, made some assumptions and consequently the wrong decisions? Well we all have! Here is my recent story on this. The Bi-Weekly Mortgage Payment companies Background: If you had a mortgage
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The last time I looked at anything Hello Kitty it was in 1996-97 at the McDonald's-Hello Kitty Joint promotion where Hello Kitty eclipsed the brand partner, with thousands of people buying burgers and then throwing them away but keeping the Hello Kitty
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I get a few resumes and comments on joining the team through by blog every week - and the recruiting committee is super-passionate about continuing this pilot of blogging for this reason. One of the feedback was to profile more of our own recruiting committee
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Among other things - In my brief stay in the US I have noticed that coming out of winter is always filled with 4 things - Superbowl, manageable heating bills, stricter work deadlines and a plethora of outdoor activities. Add another one to that list -
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A couple of days ago - SunTimes ran this article that cellphone records are now for sale to anybody for a price. Potential scenarios for shortlisting customer segments and therefore positioning strategies were also stated: Criminals: To expose a government
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That was the title as submitted by skyshark88 at Digg and a catchy one you must admit. The background article is here . A quick read lets you know that the act made by man in qn was highly resembling one of destroying evidence - hence the verdict by the
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Well if you dont know what this equation means - then shame on you! But if you do and you are reading this post as a result - then, now is a chance to get a tshirt sayin the same. There was a previous tshirt that was sold with the same caption on it released
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How cool is this design? It is Prashant Chandra's `sChOOL Pak' PC that won the Microsoft Chairman's Award worth $50K announced at the Consumer Electronics Show in Las Vegas on Thursday. This is an uber cool Back-Pack PC aimed at school children. Ofcourse
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When I saw this marketing campaign (right)- I must admit I had mixed reactions. First up, the image of the Prius conjures up all the Shuttle services that run from building to building here on redmond campus. And I still remember my lil cousin look at
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Beta invites are far and few and Frank La Vigne our .Net Developer has some available here....
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'Tis the season to open up Beta-Invites I guess But the New Office 12 invites are available here . ofcourse you register now and get invites later on.. Word from the friends I know at Office who have been dog-fooding Office12 have raved abt the functionality
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Sure everyone has heard of the Intel Logo change by now. Ofcourse Computer Associates also did the same late last yr moving to CA instead. But this story that I read in BoingBoing was quite funny. The story goes that a Blogger wrote to Intel: Subject:
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Microsoft working on Managed Services SKUs is no secret at all. Information Week did have an article on this quoting Kevin Johnson waay back in Fall last yr about this. But yes I Am on the "SKU Team" building the Security SKUs towards this initiative.
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Happy New Year to all readers... To all of you who thought I spent the holidays partying - well it was spent in bed in foursomes with Mssrs. Tylenol, Benadryl and Robatussin. And no having sinuses during holidays suck! What's worse? Is getting close to
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