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Got Rain, want Sun?

Here’s 3:45 hours of uninterrupted sunshine in Redmond, WA. Camera view out of my office window on One Microsoft Way. Time lapsed to 8 minutes. Enjoy the sun. Video: Seattle Sun Read More...
Posted Tuesday, April 07, 2009 6:58 PM by Volker Will | 1 Comments
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Got Rain?

Here’s 2 hours of uninterrupted rain shower in Redmond, WA. Camera view out of my office window on One Microsoft Way. Time lapsed to 8 minutes. Enjoy the rain. Video: Seattle Rain Read More...
Posted Friday, April 03, 2009 2:22 PM by Volker Will | 0 Comments
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Blue Planet Run

  Thanks Robert . In a post about journalism Robert Scoble points to a book " Blue Planet Run ". In Robert's words: "It’s a stunning book. Shocking." The Rick Smolan book is available for free on Amazon . Spend time assimilating Read More...
Posted Wednesday, August 20, 2008 9:18 AM by Volker Will | 2 Comments
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WWW 2008

Not what you think. WWW stands for World Water Week . This week is World Water Week. At least for me it almost went completely unrecognized. Thankfully it did not. Almost every night I watch the German news magazine Tagesschau . Old habits. They did a Read More...
Posted Monday, August 18, 2008 1:32 PM by Volker Will | 0 Comments
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New Microsoft Product leaked on TechNet Edge

The guys at Edge really have chutzpa. Don't know if they still have a job though. They have leaked a secret new product. If you go now, it might still be on the homepage: edge.technet.com . Read More...
Posted Tuesday, April 01, 2008 8:00 AM by Volker Will | 0 Comments
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Sucker

Depending on who you are, the work sucker has a different meaning. Today I have seen a SuperSucker: Read More...
Posted Friday, March 28, 2008 4:19 PM by Volker Will | 0 Comments
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Web10

Did you get the Web 2.0 thing? If you just said yes, you might be wrong. There are too many definitions out there about what Web 2.0 is. In fact, so many definitions from so many different "authorities" that is has become way too confusing. Read More...
Posted Tuesday, March 18, 2008 11:33 AM by Volker Will | 1 Comments
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I suck at Photoshop

That's a fact. And I gave up on it some time ago and am still stuck with Microsoft Digital Image 2006. It easy to use and does some of the stuff I want to do ... and ... you can't buy it anymore. Microsoft wants us to use the Expression tools . Great Read More...
Posted Sunday, March 02, 2008 8:43 PM by Volker Will | 2 Comments
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If the answer is 42, what was the matching question?

The Register posts about the fact that "IBM explores 67.1m-core computer for running entire internet." " The Register has unearthed a research paper that shows IBM working on a computing system capable "of hosting the entire internet Read More...
Posted Thursday, February 07, 2008 2:03 PM by Volker Will | 0 Comments
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Garmin Nuvifone

That's one of the reasons why I am convinced the industry needs companies like Apple. Why else would someone like Garmin come up with a cool device like this, competing directly with the iPhone. I remember buying my first GPS receiver from Garmin about Read More...
Posted Thursday, January 31, 2008 7:02 PM by Volker Will | 2 Comments
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Looking for a new home

I do, but certainly let this (great) opportunity pass: http://www.johnlscott.com/propertydetail.aspx?GroupID=53123523&ListingID=30992518 Virtually Yours Read More...
Posted Thursday, October 18, 2007 11:42 AM by Volker Will | 1 Comments
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Jeff's back

He has returned to Microsoft from sabbatical ... finding his office occupied by Channel 9 personnel. See for yourself: Virtually Yours Read More...
Posted Tuesday, September 04, 2007 9:28 AM by Volker Will | 1 Comments
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AMD developer portal

Just tried to log on to the AMD developer portal. Maybe they should move their stuff to IIS and the Fx instead. And thanks for the user friendly error message. Virtually Yours Read More...
Posted Saturday, August 18, 2007 1:17 PM by Volker Will | 2 Comments
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Sly Dog

It makes me angry - mainly about me and not having done enough - when I read stuff like comment 2 to this post. Technical evangelism is about talking to your audience and make them understand the benefits and the impact a feature, technology or solution Read More...
Posted Friday, August 10, 2007 10:22 AM by Volker Will | 1 Comments
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Stunningly aluminum

I agree with Jason , absolutely stunning . If Microsoft does Office for Mac, why doesn't Apple make keyboards for Windows ( I mean, with all the keys I would need...)? I'd buy 2. Virtually Yours Read More...
Posted Tuesday, August 07, 2007 4:56 PM by Volker Will | 4 Comments
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