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"My life belongs to the whole community and as long as I live it is my privilege to do for it whatever I can." - George Bernard Shaw
Yet another blog post about Facebook
Has any company garnered as much attention in such a short-term as Facebook? Yeah, you can suggest...
Date: 07/20/2007
The Customer Isn't Always Right
The business mantra for years has always been "The Customer Is Always Right". I recall reading...
Date: 07/12/2007
Rumsfeld's Dilemma and the Community Cure
When I talk about the value of community for developers, I've been known to quote what I've come to...
Date: 04/23/2007
Microsoft Community Applications and Services: The Next Wave
We hear a lot of feedback about how the forums and blogs should work. And I mean A LOT. Whether it's...
Date: 04/18/2007
The Death of the Smart Client is Greatly Exaggerated
I was watching a great presentation recently from a Berkeley professor who came to speak to a bunch...
Date: 03/30/2007
Thank You Teamprise!
While CodePlex has had a pretty good run, we've gotten some flack for having only offering Team...
Date: 03/21/2007
An Ode To GotDotNet
About two years ago, I stepped into this role with a primary responsibility being to help get...
Date: 02/21/2007
Oh Boise! My Second Code Camp
Last weekend, four developers from my team and I headed over to Boise, Idaho for my second code...
Date: 02/13/2007
Microsoft: Open 24 Hours
I've always joked to my wife that if I wasn't married, I'd probably get a cot and sleep at Microsoft...
Date: 01/11/2007
Tag, You're It!
Bob Rebholz, our resident Group Product Manager and all-around sharp guy, just got back from the Web...
Date: 11/10/2006
'What The Heck Is He Doing Here?'
For the last few weeks, I've been spending one day a week sitting in the shared workspace that...
Date: 10/24/2006
Gravediggers
I was taking a look at the latest news around CodePlex recently and I started noticing a fascinating...
Date: 10/10/2006
My name is Sandy and I am a Wikipediaholic
When I was much younger, I used to pepper my dad with constant questions about how things worked or...
Date: 08/23/2006
Hey Zealousy - Reprise
As I was going through my Inbox, I spotted a comment to my blog that seems especially connected to...
Date: 07/31/2006
Hey Zealousy
(title is a reference to an old Gin Blossoms song--if you remember it, that makes you old) A couple...
Date: 07/28/2006
CodePlex: The XBox for Community Developers
I once blogged about "Glory and Danger" and the idea of taking on GotDotNet. One of the things I...
Date: 06/30/2006
Scoble is out of here, but Microsoft bloggers are here to stay
A lot of people are making a pretty big deal about Robert Scoble’s departure. Not just bloggers, but...
Date: 06/14/2006
What has Jim Newkirk been up to?
I remember reading someone posting a comment to a blog saying that Microsoft hired people like Jim...
Date: 05/16/2006
Now I have a Microsoft Cube to go along with my Apple Cube
I just saw this post from Korby Parnell about getting the famous Microsoft "Patent Cube". As Korby...
Date: 04/27/2006
Talkin' Baseball
So Forums wouldn't be Forums without three really passionate guys: Justin Grant, Josh Ledgard, and...
Date: 04/27/2006
Forums, Community Code, and The "Tyranny of Or"
I really love our Forums. Any community is subject to Metcalfe’s Law where the power of the network...
Date: 04/17/2006
Communities and the stickiness of Q&A vs. T&O
So Josh Ledgard and I have been having a discussion around what makes a sticky community experience....
Date: 03/31/2006
Indentured Servitude at Microsoft?
Does anyone notice how people love to predict the demise of Microsoft? It’s a series of Chicken...
Date: 03/24/2006
Ode To An Irish Samurai
Taking over GDN was a decision I made about a year ago in a NYC hotel room on a Smartphone just...
Date: 03/08/2006
OpenOffice ads and suggestions for future Sun ads
I’m sitting on the bus right now and I see a bunch of ads for OpenOffice,org. I suppose putting ads...
Date: 02/24/2006
Brokecode Mountain: My Days on the "Frontline"
I spent the last week down in Las Colinas, Texas working with their PSS engineers on ASP.NET cases....
Date: 02/14/2006
Sharing Our Progress
As my role has expanded with the Microsoft.com team to cover different community properties, it has...
Date: 02/07/2006
Not Invented Here? So What?
During my paternity leave, I found myself with a lot of time by myself. Don't get me wrong--I spent...
Date: 01/16/2006
Back To The World of Microsoft.com Communities
Wow. It has been a long time since my last post. I've never gone an entire month without blogging...
Date: 01/10/2006
Ward Moves On
During my time at Microsoft, I have had the chance to meet some really amazing people. This was...
Date: 10/19/2005
Projects Coming Back
Having spent the better part of the last 7-8 months working with a dedicated team to revive...
Date: 10/08/2005