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I have sinned...

No, not like that.  :-)  I just meant that I've been remiss about blogging.  So, now I'm back.  There's lots going on; here are a few quick highlights:

  • We're working on launching a new search engine.  No, it's not Goggle.  But, it is one that we're pretty excited about because it significantly improve relevancy, and it gives a foundation to build on moving forward.  Our previous engine was really moldy, and didn't really enable some of the things that we'd like to do moving forward.   So, go check it out, and of course, tell me what you think.
  • This week is Microsoft's big internal field annual training and meeting.  I'm heading out today to go talk to folks who run the international MSDN sites, and who help sell MSDN subscriptions to our corporate customers.
  • I had dinner with Tim Ewald last night.  Tim works on MSDN, largely as our chief pot-stirrer (I mean that in the best way), and has the guiding vision around MSDN's new infrastructure (which I'll talk lots more about when we get closer to shipping!).  Tim spent a bunch of time w/ Alan Cooper after the XML Dev Con - it was great to see him so fired up about software development, and about how well the event went. 

And to end w/ a happy ending.  After a great day of sailing on Saturday, my lovely sunglasses fell into the water.  Fortunately, we were at the dock, and the water's murky, but only about 10 feet deep.  On Sunday morning, my friend Melina braved the chilly water, dove in, and retrieved them.  Yeah!  Thanks Melina!

 

 

 

 

Published Monday, July 14, 2003 12:04 PM by SaraWilliams

Comments

 

Stephane Rodriguez said:

You seem to use cookies, just like in the support KB. I couldn't get into the search result page, and got stuck with the advanced search options. Why do you need cookies ? If the search is relevant, I don't need to get back to it, so you don't need to save the keywords. If the search is irrelevant, I google, which is what I have been doing for months. I am sorry but, not for me. Good bye!
July 14, 2003 3:37 PM
 

Stephane Rodriguez said:

You seem to use cookies, just like in the support KB. I couldn't get into the search result page, and got stuck with the advanced search options. Why do you need cookies ? If the search is relevant, I don't need to get back to it, so you don't need to save the keywords. If the search is irrelevant, I google, which is what I have been doing for months. I am sorry but, not for me. Good bye!
July 14, 2003 3:37 PM
 

Matt Smith said:

The new search engine is definitely an improvement. For a long time now I have avoided using the search on the msdn site because it never seemed to bring back any results I would expect. I especially like the way the results are categorised, rather than all mixed in together. You never knew where the old links were going to take you!
July 14, 2003 9:30 PM
 

Srdjan said:

You didn't update search engine, do you?

I just tried to search for CoCreateInstance and entry describing function is listed as 6th (http://msdn.microsoft.com/library/en-us/com/htm/cmf_a2c_1nad.asp).

At same time typing CoCreateInstance in Google search box returns same link as first result -- much more useful.
January 11, 2004 10:10 AM
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