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Community-based music producing

Posted Monday, January 21, 2008 9:47 AM by YAG
Many years ago I saw Jill Sobule do a show - and I enjoyed her sense of humor and stage presence. Bought a few of her CDs to check them out. Anyway, was looking around today and found this site . It's called Jill's Next Record! and asks the community Read More...
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Devteach in Vancouver and Party with Palermo

Posted Friday, October 12, 2007 3:41 PM by YAG
I'll be speaking on Silverlight at Devteach in Vancouver the week of November 26th. Devteach is an awesome conference - and this year has a full track on XNA - which should be interesting. And improving on things this year, Jeff Palermo is throwing one Read More...
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German VFP, SQL Server and .NET conference in October

Posted Saturday, September 08, 2007 10:51 AM by YAG
I'll be speaking at a conference in Frankfurt, Germany on November 8-10. I'll be keynoting the VFP conference and doing a session on VB.NET (including things like LINQ, Silverlight and future releases). This is one of my all time favorite conferences Read More...
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Did Blogs save Microsoft?

Posted Friday, August 10, 2007 5:02 PM by YAG
Here's a great post about blogging and its usefulness in corporations. The quote I wanted to point out: What did Microsoft do? I don't know if they had it before, but it takes certain organizational cultural values. It's not about process, or rules. In Read More...
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Off to Prague!

Posted Wednesday, June 13, 2007 3:31 PM by YAG
I'll be leaving this week for the annual VFP Devcon in Prague , Czech Republic. This is the largest VFP conference in the world and I had a great time there last year. Great speakers, great price. Read More...
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We have a beta up and available

Posted Tuesday, April 17, 2007 3:46 PM by YAG
I wrote a little while ago about what we were trying to accomplish with our efforts. Well, the initial beta is out. This will hopefully give you some insight into what we're working on, and a place for you to give us feedback. The overall information, Read More...
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Watch the videos directly...

Posted Wednesday, April 11, 2007 2:37 PM by YAG
Some folks contacted me and said that they'd prefer to watch the videos I mention below directly. Here they are: Bob's video: Video: It's All About Bringing People Together and my video: Video: The Architect's Perspective Read More...
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Some Microsoft.community videos up on Soapbox

Posted Monday, April 09, 2007 5:58 PM by YAG
Gotta run to a friend's for dinner, but wanted to point out a few videos up on Soapbox. One video is of Bob Rebholz - our Group Product Manager, and one is of me . Both videos talk about some of what we're working on. Read More...
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Showing what we got...

Posted Friday, March 30, 2007 10:04 AM by YAG
When I left the developer division a number of months ago, people were curious as to why. I explained that this new gig was one that kept me awake at night thinking of all the cool things we could be doing. I wrote a little about this when I first joined Read More...
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How I feel about making the VFP announcement

Posted Monday, March 19, 2007 2:53 PM by YAG
I said earlier that I wasn't really ready to talk about how I feel about the announcement. I did, however, post something on the Universal Thread last week in response to a question that a few folks have told me I should post here. Interestingly enough, Read More...
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Interviewed at MVP Summit

Posted Thursday, March 15, 2007 1:45 PM by YAG
Sandy, Doug and I were interviewed at the MVP Summit about some of the stuff we're doing around online community development. Check it out here. Read More...
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More thoughts and comments

Posted Wednesday, March 14, 2007 4:05 PM by YAG
Had a few more questions come up. I'm still at the MVP summit, but keeping up as much as I can. What about the MVPs? The MVP program is tied to the communities, not to the products…so to the extent there are active/vital communities, we would expect to Read More...
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Thoughts and comments

Posted Wednesday, March 14, 2007 11:50 AM by YAG
Since we made the announcement, I’ve been reading comments on this blog and others as well as various community sites like the Universal Thread . The comments have ranged from the good to the, er, not so good <g>, to the challenging. I’ve also personally Read More...
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Twenty years and counting...

Posted Tuesday, March 13, 2007 6:33 PM by YAG
I was talking to some of the MVPs today about the VFP announcement that we've made and we started talking about some of the things we've shared over the years. I've been involved with Fox since Foxbase days back in 1986 or so. Many of my best friends Read More...
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MVP Summit!

Posted Saturday, March 10, 2007 10:46 PM by YAG
Tomorrow afternoon, the fun begins. First, a BBQ at Rod Paddock's house, followed by the Palermo Party . Lots of folks from my team will be at the latter - should be great. Then, on to business, our Community team is throwing breakfasts on Monday and Read More...
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