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My friend Adam Cogan , has always given great advice on software. I swear by his rule on delaying send on all outlook messages. That has saved me many times. Then there is his tool you can download that reminds you to add the attachment when you send
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We have some great jobs open in my new division. A couple of them are focused on community and have similarities to my position. Other positions are technical jobs. Take a look at Kavita Kamani's blog. http://blogs.msdn.com/kavitak/archive/2007/07/13/come-join-the-connected-framework-team.aspx
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Save the date for MIX08! If you missed MIX this year or you went and want to go again, mark your calendar now. MIX, will be returning to the Venetian Hotel in Las Vegas on March 5-7, 2008. MIX08 will be another excellent opportunity to engage with your
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Just how big is Microsoft these days? Well last I heard we have ~75K employees, not counting vendors and temporary staff. We are building and buying everything we can in the Redmond area. We've had to valet park in a number of buildings for ages. Now
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It's been 2 weeks since I started my new job , countless hours of meetings, 1 TechEd and dozens of conversations. I think I'm getting the hang of my new role - at least the way it looks to me. But what really matters is how it "looks" to you, IT Pros
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Yes it is another launch year at Microsoft ... the year ahead that is. We measure years by fiscal year - July 1 - June 30. I am driving a Community sub-track at our annual sales and marketing meeting to be held this summer. My sub-track is in the DPE
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That's what Scripps Research does. Microsoft is proud to be a continuing part of the process in helping Scripps do that research faster and better. As you will remember, Microsoft sponsored work on an application to hasten the cure of cancer by allowing
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I have been posting videos on MSN Soapbox when I reference them in my blog. Soapbox has been in beta for as long as I've been blogging, and now they are no longer accepting new beta users. This makes it very hard for me to support Soapbox. The average
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Spring is sometimes a time for reorganization at Microsoft. We take the late winter and spring months to thoroughly review our businesses. With those reviews can come changes in the organization structure, management, priorities, etc. I see this time
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I started my blog with Developer videos I shot in Vegas last year. I have a series left that was previously shown only internally. I've decided to release them externally. Thanks Jay Roxe , Thom Robbins and Brian Goldfarb . So introducing a few of our
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Microsoft employees are prolific bloggers. Could we all possibly have something of value to say? Microsoft watcher, Todd Bishop of the Seattle Post Intelligencer has put together a Microsoft blog roll. Unfortunately not many Microsoft executives are blogging
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Get started right now giving to charity by going here. http://im.live.com/Messenger/IM/Home/ or read on for more. Microsoft customers have given us feedback that they feel it is important we give in the communities in which we do business. Microsoft already
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Amy and I have been at the Community 2.0 Conference this week. This is the first conference of its kind focusing on how to reach the "community" around your company, products, etc. I learned Microsoft is very much ahead of the game when it comes to process,
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Awhile back I talked about Intentional Programming . This stirred a lively conversation inside Microsoft within the Microsoft Tools team. A word from always helpful and insightful Dan Fernandez , Visual Studio Express Lead Program Manager. Here’s a quick
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OK now that I have your attention, we are still looking for developers to help us build a cancer research application. We will wrap up the application process this week, so if you have any interest, let us know now.
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