August 2005 - Posts

Another MSDN blogger talking search
29 August 05 04:13 PM

Andy Pennell has a pretty thoughtful posting on his blog about some of the problems with relevance and the hard truth about Google. I have had some offline discussion with Andy about what we are doing to improve search, but I still encouraged him to post Read More...

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Women Less likely to get viruses
26 August 05 10:21 AM

Interesting read at InfoWorld TechWatch : "Two studies released this morning by London-based StreamShield Networks, a provider of security products, indicate that the public is largely ignorant of online threats. The second study demonstrates that women Read More...

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Filtered Search and Community searches
25 August 05 10:57 PM

So this week we worked on the plans to support the move from the standard MSCOM search interface to the more advanced filtered search that is currently at http://lab.msdn.microsoft.com/searchbeta . We are making some improvements along the way that should Read More...

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Back and in the Hot Seat
21 August 05 05:48 PM

So we got back from Virginia on Sunday night. What a long flight! We were supposed to have an hour flight from Norfolk to Atlanta, unfortunately due to a storm we are redirected Augusta. We sat for 3 hours on the tarmac, without additional beverages and Read More...

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OOF but here in Spirit
08 August 05 07:38 PM

So looking forward to the next several releases that are planned for search, but this week I am out. I am going to Virginia Beach for my sisters wedding. I don't want to offend anybody from Virginia but there is no place I would like to be less. I am Read More...

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“I’m not comfortable unless I’m uncomfortable.” —Jay Chiat
03 August 05 10:41 AM

Welcome to my new blog! This is my first Microsoft Blog and I am very excited to be writing it. I believe very strongly in the transparency and community that blogs can create. So you can probably tell by the title of my Blog that I am the new MSDN Search Read More...

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