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Developers in New York City
Our final two focus groups were held last night in New York City on Park Ave South. We had the lowest turn out in NY, maybe because it was Martin Luther King day. The range of amounts we pay developers to come to the focus groups is interesting. In Silicon Read More...

Posted Wednesday, January 17, 2007 1:02 AM by eileenrum | 4 Comments

Silicon Valley Software Developers
I am in San Jose today at San Jose Focus doing focus groups with developers. I started out in Silicon Valley working with developers ... I even married one. (Those of you who know me, though, know I'm now married to a sales guy who works at Microsoft!) Read More...

Posted Friday, January 12, 2007 6:01 PM by eileenrum | 1 Comments

MSDN Evaluation Center
Last week when I was in Southern California , I talked to our evangelism team. They stressed the need for more learning material. Well that's not quite right ... they said there are lots of learning materials for devs but they are hard to find, difficult Read More...

Posted Monday, January 08, 2007 6:52 PM by eileenrum | 0 Comments

Taking Risks
Microsoft is a company that rewards risk taking. This week my team recognized me for taking a risk ... that risk was starting this blog! Given that I am not technical and blogging on MSDN is largely technically focused, I'm taking a chance with my blog. Read More...

Posted Tuesday, December 19, 2006 8:41 PM by eileenrum | 0 Comments

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Nuggets of Great Info
Apparently s/w developers, along with the rest of us, have little time to absorb so much information. We get feedback all the time from devs that there is an abundance of information available from Microsoft, especially with regard to new technology. Read More...

Posted Tuesday, December 12, 2006 4:47 PM by eileenrum | 0 Comments

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Adding your 2 cents
Soma just announced the Community Content feature for Visual Studio 2005 documentation & the .NET 3.0 Class Library on MSDN Online. The Community Content feature allows developers to extend the official online documentation by adding tips, notes, Read More...

Posted Friday, December 08, 2006 6:35 PM by eileenrum | 0 Comments

A little bit goes a long way
Part of my role at Microsoft is to touch developers that don't normally have direct contact with Microsoft. They don't necessarily (but might!) work for a Fortune 500 company or buy lots of s/w each year. In my experience these "unmanaged" devs as we Read More...

Posted Wednesday, November 29, 2006 10:17 PM by eileenrum | 0 Comments

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