Nota Bene: The OneNote Blog : Software Development

How OneNote 2007 helps ‘Halo’ game developer Bungie

Michael C. Oldenburg — Mon, 28 Sep 2009 15:00:00 GMT

Video game developer Bungie, the creative force behind the highly successful trilogy of 'Halo' video games, wanted to find a better way to organize production materials and facilitate collaboration among its staff during the game development process. Read my full blog post to learn how Bungie programmers and artists alike have adopted OneNote 2007 as their centralized information repository....(read more)

A first look at OneNote 2010

Michael C. Oldenburg — Mon, 20 Jul 2009 21:30:00 GMT

Did you miss the big Microsoft Office 2010 Technical Preview announcement last week? Read this blog post for a sneak peek at what’s planned in OneNote 2010 — including a new video overview and a detailed list of new and improved features. And don’t worry — while new and shiny things always get a lot of attention, we have no intention of ending our support for OneNote 2007, the version you’re using right now. See what’s planned on the content side and submit your own questions and suggestions for future feature walkthroughs!...(read more)

Besides Visual Studio, what’s a software engineer’s best friend?

Michael C. Oldenburg — Thu, 22 May 2008 03:00:00 GMT

On his blog titled “Progressive Development,” Microsoft software engineer James Waletzky chronicles the adventures of Motley and Maven, two fictional software developers who engage in an ongoing, entertaining dialogue about the best and worst practices of their profession.

This week, Motley and Maven discuss developer productivity tools. While one is skeptical, the other points out how OneNote 2007 can be a developer’s best friend:

Motley: “OneNote is just like Microsoft Word. It’s not a place where a developer should be spending time!”

Maven: “OneNote is perfectly suited to feature teams and developers! It provides a simple, organized, efficient, and easy-to-manage method of organizing ideas and general content. It is a developer’s best friend!”

You know, I think Maven is on to something! He goes on to say that he thinks OneNote 2007 is “the greatest application that Microsoft has ever shipped.” I may be a little biased, but I couldn’t agree more. ;-)

Check out the entire post here — it’s worth reading and sharing with your colleagues. Nicely done, James!

To learn more about James’ blog, check out the About page on his site.