Betsy Aoki's WebLog
Community Program Manager
Infographic of Microsoft Technologies
Loved this - found on Steve Clayton's Blog. Microsoft Technologies - An infographic by the team from...
Author: Betsy Date: 01/07/2013
Update on the treadmill desk: first day back after long absence
Hmm, well. I can say the Treadmill desk prompted me to lose 5 lbs in about as many weeks. That's the...
Author: Betsy Date: 04/09/2012
Blast from the past - the computers of 1985
A recent trip to visit my parents unearthed gems of a forgotten era. (Yes, I realize bowties are...
Author: Betsy Date: 03/26/2012
10 Observations of an Engineer on a PR team
I started writing these at the beginning of 2012, adding to them bit by bit as I looked back and...
Author: Betsy Date: 03/18/2012
Why hackathons are not nonsense - or how a short term art salon/NaNoWriMo is pragmatically useful
View from coffee line, rockstar TEDActive barista making my drink 2011 . You learn a lot by watching...
Author: Betsy Date: 02/26/2012
Blog infidelity - sign of the times
I've spent a year being massively unfaithful to this blog. :( Last year (and to be fair the year...
Author: Betsy Date: 12/18/2011
BlogHer| bet - why Bing reaches out to startups, and why a conference like this is fun in general
Last Friday I had the privilege of both speaking and mentoring at the inaugural BlogHer | bet...
Author: Betsy Date: 03/28/2011
In the summer that struggles to arrive, I struggle to blog
A lot of people I ran into this past 12 months talked about it - the great blogging struggle. Some...
Author: Betsy Date: 07/20/2010
Notes from my PRMKTNG Camp group on social media and storytelling
I was privileged enough to act as one of the "camp counselors" yesterday at the PR+MKTG Camp hosted...
Author: Betsy Date: 03/04/2010
Going to TEDActive
TEDActive is not actually the first conference of my year - CES was, and while I tweeted a lot about...
Author: Betsy Date: 02/07/2010
Bing at Blogher 2009 (aka #blogher09): Part One
I'm writing this in the Chicago airport in the familiar happy post-conference exhaustion. Unlike my...
Author: Betsy Date: 07/26/2009
bing.com and a decent shot of courage
I haven't written much lately because I've pulled some weird stunts, like stay awake 26 hours and...
Author: Betsy Date: 06/04/2009
Community tip of the day: Give the props to people who have helped you
Recently, in the process of promoting Will Code for Green, our killer Live Search API contest that...
Author: Betsy Date: 05/12/2009
Tips on personal brand as it pertains to painting your shoes
I was going to write a long post about personal brand, and how I don’t really believe in it as a...
Author: Betsy Date: 05/10/2009
Heading to Texas and South by Southwest, but leaving the black Stetson behind
Last time I was in Texas, I bought a cowboy hat outside of San Antonio. It was a real Stetson, would...
Author: Betsy Date: 03/08/2009
Community Tip of the Day: The Atreides Bought Loyalty with Loyalty
Warning: this is one of those Betsy posts where I combine a lot of disparate points. :) One of my...
Author: Betsy Date: 01/09/2009
Washington State Dept of Transportation on Twitter - nice job!
By now you've seen the photo of the overhanging buses, heard the mockery of Fargo, for the Redmond...
Author: Betsy Date: 12/24/2008
Community Tip of the Day: Write from your best place (or sing, or dance)
Where do you begin when you show people who you are? In a previous post I mentioned briefly how...
Author: Betsy Date: 11/21/2008
Community Tip of the Day: Everything in Moderation
Let's face it; everyone in America loves, but not in moderation. Fame? More of that. Money? Second...
Author: Betsy Date: 11/21/2008
Creators.xna.com - open for your XNA games!
Launch day! Everyone here in cubeland is drinking coffee, a bit foggy, and eating the breakfast sent...
Author: Betsy Date: 10/30/2008
XNA Community Games on Major Nelson!
Kathleen Sanders has that video poise I wish I had through my Channel 9/10 appearances and she does...
Author: Betsy Date: 10/18/2008
Heads down, community word up
My headspace is with the rest of the XNA community games team, rather heads-down at the moment with...
Author: Betsy Date: 10/16/2008
XNA Game Studio 3.0 beta is now available for download!
The framework and tools team has been hauling A over the last few months to get this to you and they...
Author: Betsy Date: 09/17/2008
Gnomedex 2008
After a sequence of extremely fortunate events, I will be able to attend Gnomedex this year for the...
Author: Betsy Date: 08/21/2008