July 2006 - Posts

• Microsoft Picnic '06

  Every year, Microsoft schedules a weekend or the company picnic. I've never remembered to go before this year, so it was my first time there. Several dozen busses showed up at the campus, and ferried everyone to a huge field an hour away. They handed Read More... Posted Thursday, July 27, 2006 2:14 PM by Tom Mathews | 4 Comments

• Developing a game for the Motorola Q

  Just before I went on vacation, I picked up the Motorola Q , which runs Windows Mobile 5 Smartphone. Microsoft is working with Verizon Mobile to offer a pretty hefty employee discount, both on the hardware as well as the service plans. I downloaded the Read More... Posted Monday, July 24, 2006 4:19 PM by Tom Mathews | 0 Comments

• Vacation

  Wow, it's been a month. Sorry for not posting recently, I was on vacation in Oregon for part of the time. There's a lot I want to blog about. So I'll be taking some time out today to compose several posts and schedule them to go out. Work/Life balance Read More... Posted Friday, July 21, 2006 2:12 PM by Tom Mathews | 1 Comments