March 2005 - Posts

A whole new world. . .
While I've been to the Redmond campus of Microsoft, where I now work full-time, 5 times already this year, it's not the same as actually working here. I'm finding that I have to make an effort to get outside the building and get some fresh air every day. Read More...
Posted 31 March 05 02:32 by Michael Lehman | 1 Comments   
Sleep is overrated...
...or so I once wrote in a song (MP3: Deadline ). I think I must have been younger then ;) and now that I listen to the current version of the song I think I changed the line to "Sleep for me's no option..." which certainly is not true! Songwriters rewrite Read More...
Posted 30 March 05 07:01 by Michael Lehman | 2 Comments   
Palo Alto to Redmond by Car - Day 3 and beyond. . . The Finish Line
UPDATE: Photos are now online. So... I MADE IT!!! I arrived in the Seattle area early afternoon on Sunday and then moved in to my corporate housing yesterday afternoon. More pictures on my Flickr site shortly. Today I start my new position and had my Read More...
Posted 29 March 05 11:12 by Michael Lehman | 0 Comments   
Palo Alto to Redmond by Car - Day 2
UPDATE: Photos now online So today's journey was longer and less pleasant than yesterday's but still completely successful. I left Eureka around 7:30 AM and arrive in Tillamook, Oregon around 4:00PM. The first half of the day was beautiful. More pictures Read More...
Posted 26 March 05 07:36 by Michael Lehman | 5 Comments   
Palo Alto to Redmond by Car - Day 1
Made it from Palo Alto to Eurkea in 7 hours! First batch of photos now up at http://www.flickr.com/photos/softwarelandguy Was so excited I woke up at 3am, tried to go back sleep and gave up and got up at 4... finally left Palo Alto at 5:30 AM and arrived Read More...
Posted 25 March 05 07:32 by Michael Lehman | 0 Comments   
Rollin, rollin, rollin, keep them people rollin....
As anyone who's read this blog in the past 2 weeks knows... I'm moving! I'm finally packed and ready to roll. I'm driving from Mountain View to Seattle starting tomorrow morning at 6am and am planning on taking 3 days to make the ~900 mile trip. Just Read More...
Posted 24 March 05 03:23 by Michael Lehman | 0 Comments   
Moving is never simple...
I'm in that zone of moving where I can't believe I have sooooo much stuff! The good news is that I'm finally in the mood to trash all the stuff I shouldn't have been keeping. The bad news is even after I do that I have too much stuff! So how do I make Read More...
Posted 22 March 05 10:17 by Michael Lehman | 2 Comments   
iPAQ 6315 - R.I.P. (T-Mobile pulls PDA from shelves)
<PERSONAL_RANT!!!> The news today ( from Engadget ) is that T-Mobile has pulled the HP iPAQ 6315 (PDA/Phone) from the shelves. I was an early adopter of this device starting about 6 months ago. I, after a while of searching, experimenting and tweaking, Read More...
Posted 19 March 05 01:10 by Michael Lehman | 6 Comments   
Steve Cook Interview: Inside Software Factories
Steve Cook , one of the co-authors of the Software Factories book that got me so inspired last year , has just done an in-depth interview entitled " Inside Software Factories " over at DNJ Online. It's quite good and contains tons of clearly explained Read More...
Posted 16 March 05 05:02 by Michael Lehman | 2 Comments   
Virtual PC 2004 continues to rock my world...
Just a quick note to developers who have not yet discovered Virtual PC 2004... do it now! I continue to be amazed by this product and how it has transformed my daily work experience. I'm able to have multiple Whidbey builds, multiple operating systems Read More...
Posted 16 March 05 05:57 by Michael Lehman | 5 Comments   
RSS Feed for MSDN blog posts about PDC
Jeremy Mazner has just posted the link to the RSS feeds for MSDN blog posts about the upcoming Professional Developers Conference 2005 which will be held in Los Angeles this coming September 13-16. In my new role, I will be involved in community events Read More...
Posted 15 March 05 01:58 by Michael Lehman | 0 Comments   
Interviewing at Microsoft
Now, with a title like that you'd think that I'm about to give out the "secret" of passing Microsoft interviews.... well, I am but it's not what you might expect. ( This is my personal opinion and experience and, of course, your mileage may vary.) I've Read More...
Posted 15 March 05 06:44 by Michael Lehman | 0 Comments   
Litebulb: Regular Blog Posting...Takes Great, Less Filling!
It just hit me: Regular posting has a value in addition to the production of the longer "thought" pieces. I was looking at my 200+ RSS feeds that only a couple of them, in my case Scoble and Dave Winer , have a place in my Favorite Folders (I use Newgator Read More...
Posted 14 March 05 02:17 by Michael Lehman | 1 Comments   
Packing my office...brings clarity
In preparation for my move to Redmond , which is currently scheduled for two weeks from Tuesday, I've spent most of this weekend in my "office" (aka spare bedroom), trying to decide which things need to be transported by "me" v.s. those things which will Read More...
Posted 13 March 05 07:02 by Michael Lehman | 5 Comments   
Ch-ch-ch-ch-Changes...time to rearrange...my life!
Ok, this is SoftwareLand launch control...the code has been loaded and has passed all required security checks...3..2..1..Ship!!!! ...that's how my very first podcast ( www.softwareland.org ) started back on October 1, 2004. Little did I know then that Read More...
Posted 10 March 05 08:26 by Michael Lehman | 4 Comments   
Domain Specific Language Tools Update
Gareth Jones notes the release of an update to our DSL tools . Small changes but a big help! This new release contains validation logic for the XML files that must be edited by hand to create a working designer. This was a big pain point in the previous Read More...
Posted 10 March 05 05:20 by Michael Lehman | 0 Comments   

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