Browse by Tags
All Tags »
MikeCal (RSS)
Sorry, but there are no more tags available to filter with.
It’s been a while since I did a blog posting. The day job’s got to come first, and I’ve been extremely busy. But as the weeks have turned into months, and as blog comments have started to say things like “What happened to MikeCal?” it’s clear that I need
Read More...
An old blog entry continues to get requests for us to allow users to move their scroll bars to the left side of the screen. I’ve forwarded the suggestions on to the appropriate people, but, since I’m not on that team, I don’t actually know what will happen
Read More...
A while back someone asked which phones the Windows Mobile team uses. While I will end up answering that question, in typical form, I’m going to be really verbose about it. In Windows Mobile, we’re very strong proponents of what we call, “Eating our own
Read More...
My manager asked me to write something to convince other Microsoft employees to come work in our division. Originally this was going to be posted internally somewhere and linked from our job descriptions. But I realized that some of this might be interesting
Read More...
Marketers and developers. Are we really even the same species? The degree to which I don’t understand my coworkers over in marketing can be aptly summed up in 4 words: “Windows Mobile 6 Professional.” The product’s great, but the name? I would probably
Read More...
A little over a year ago, I wrote a blog entry that explained why we chose to support 240x240 screens on PocketPC instead of 320x320 ones. The result was a lively discussion on the subject. In one of the comments I said, “If we add 320x320 support in
Read More...
Say you’re a business that sells flowers over the phone. And say that, while picking a phone number for your business, you’ve got the choice between 1-800-356-9377 and 1-800-444-4444. Which do you pick? You’d pick the first one, because, while 7 seemingly
Read More...
... and weren't afraid to ask. There have been a number of questions about SD memory cards. This is a big topic, so I'll cover what I can and then see what questions come back. I'll either answer those questions in the comments or I'll do a second entry.
Read More...
I’m back after taking the month of December off. It’s always hard to come back. I love my job. I’ve been doing it for 13 years and plan to keep doing it for a long time to come. But working just isn’t the same as snowboarding with my son six times in
Read More...
In 2005, one of my idols in the blogging community, Robert Scoble, cofounded a Microsoft site called Channel 9. These people wander around Microsoft with video cameras, interview various people, and post the videos on their site. The interviews can range
Read More...
Having survived explaining why the X button doesn’t close apps, I’ve been emboldened to take on the completely radioactive subject of why WiFi ActiveSync was removed from ActiveSync 4. I’m sure that I won’t come out of this one unscathed. The people affected
Read More...
I’ve done blog entries on compaction threads, memory consumption, difficulties in doing upgrades, voice command not working over bluetooth, and 240x240 screens. Now I’m going to do one on why the little “X” button on PocketPCs doesn’t close apps. Am I
Read More...
I grew up with “Schoolhouse Rock,” a series of short educational cartoons that played between the normal Saturday morning ones. They were cute, set to catchy music, and taught us things like grammar and history, etc. One of my favorites, “I’m Just A Bill,”
Read More...
I’ve really enjoyed all the insightful responses to Scott’s “what features would you spend your $100 on?” entry. Thank you for your passion around our product. One feature request that kept coming up was “better one hand navigation.” I’d like to have
Read More...
In my recent “ Power to the Smartphone ” entry, I talked about the biggest drains on Smartphone batteries. In this one, we’ll talk about how this differs in PocketPCs. Almost everything I said about Smartphones in the previous entry is also true on PocketPCs,
Read More...