Jason Sacks's Windows SDK blog
News and notes about the Windows SDK
Closing in on Beta 2
The Windows SDK team is closing in on Beta 2. We have about two weeks left in our dev cycle, after...
Author: MSDN Archive Date: 10/28/2005
The Joy of Integration
The big work task for my team this week has been integrating the WinFX SDK content into the Windows...
Author: MSDN Archive Date: 10/14/2005
"Make It Easier"
Last week the Microsoft MVP summit occurred on our campus, and I had the pleasure of sitting in on...
Author: MSDN Archive Date: 10/04/2005
Nektar's List of Problems with the SDKs
Last Tuesday I received a very interesting response to a post I made. A user calling himself...
Author: MSDN Archive Date: 09/26/2005
What We Learned From You at the PDC
Thanks to everyone who stopped off to talk to us at our booth at the PDC. My team is in the process...
Author: MSDN Archive Date: 09/20/2005
PDC: Days Three and Four
Thursday September 17, 2005 The session on creating graphics using WPF/Avalon was terrific. The...
Author: MSDN Archive Date: 09/19/2005
PDC: Day Three Notes 3:30 pm
More booth time today. Slower traffic, but the booths are definitely a fun place to work. The mix of...
Author: MSDN Archive Date: 09/15/2005
PDC: Day Two Notes
Started the morning at the Pavilion and continued the fun I had last night. Got another question...
Author: MSDN Archive Date: 09/15/2005
Windows Vista SDK Forum is live
Our Windows Vista Software Development Kit Forum is now live. Our team is monitoring the forum, so...
Author: MSDN Archive Date: 09/13/2005
WinFX September CTP Docs are Live
The WinFX September CTP browsable docs are posted live. Check them out at their usual location,...
Author: MSDN Archive Date: 09/13/2005
meet the SDK team
Many of us from the Windows SDK team will be at PDC next week, and we're excited to meet you. Our...
Author: MSDN Archive Date: 09/09/2005
Songs for the South
My friend Sean Gephardt, a talented musician, just sent me this mail for a very worthy cause... Hey...
Author: MSDN Archive Date: 09/05/2005
hurricane katrina
I just want to add my voice to those offering heartfealt sorrow for everyone who was victimized by...
Author: MSDN Archive Date: 09/02/2005
What do you want us to know about you?
One of the reasons I'm looking forward to PDC is that I'll be able to meet lots of people who use...
Author: MSDN Archive Date: 08/12/2005
Coming soon: Windows SDK
We're just finishing signoff today on the Windows SDK. You may have seen this product referred to as...
Author: MSDN Archive Date: 08/08/2005
Creating SDKs: Posting online
If you're not aware yet, the WinFX SDK is now available as a download in either an exe form or ISO...
Author: MSDN Archive Date: 08/02/2005
Creating SDKs: Getting them out the door
If you ask anyone who does release management for software, the final phase of a release always is...
Author: MSDN Archive Date: 07/27/2005
moving along towards shipping
Just a quick post... we're meeting all our dates on our schedule, hooray. And we're on target for...
Author: MSDN Archive Date: 07/21/2005
creating SDKs: endgame
I'm gong to skip ahead a bit on the SDK process and talk a bit about the endgame process. I'll go...
Author: MSDN Archive Date: 07/19/2005
Apologia
My apologies for the slightly messed up posting on Friday. I was having trouble with creating links,...
Author: MSDN Archive Date: 07/17/2005
Creating SDKs: Creating HxS s
On Friday I talked a bit about how teams work together to create SDK collections. Today I'm going to...
Author: MSDN Archive Date: 07/11/2005
Creating SDKs: Collaborations
Keep in mind that a lot of what I say below applies to the MSDN Library and may apply much less to...
Author: MSDN Archive Date: 07/08/2005
Most valuable
I hope everyone in the US and Canada enjoyed their respective national holidays. We had a wonderful...
Author: MSDN Archive Date: 07/05/2005
Setting up the blog...
Hello there. My name is Jason and I'm the new Setup PM on the Longhorn SDK team. Our team...
Author: MSDN Archive Date: 06/28/2005