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My adventures embracing open source on CodePlex and at Microsoft
Did you know... How to enable Word Wrap? - #014
Go to Tools - Options Dialog, and under Text Editor – All Languages – General, check the Word Wrap...
Author: saraford Date: 08/14/2007
Did you know... How to customize the Ctrl+D Window search? - #013
In the previous tip, I introduced the Ctrl+D Window and how it does a Quick Find in the current...
Author: saraford Date: 08/13/2007
Did you know... The Ctrl+D Window does a Quick Find in the current document? - #012
The Ctrl+D Window is another way of doing a Quick Find with the scope limited to the current...
Author: saraford Date: 08/10/2007
Did you know... Visual Studio has a full screen mode? - #011
Visual Studio has four window layouts: Design view – what you see when you launch Visual Studio Full...
Author: saraford Date: 08/09/2007
Did you know... How to use Tabbed Document to maximize a tool window within Visual Studio? - #009
And yet another one of those, wow, i didn’t know you could do that, until someone shows you, is you...
Author: saraford Date: 08/07/2007
Did you know... Double-clicking the tool window titlebar re-docks the tool window - #008
After you drag a tool window to an undocked position, you can quickly redock the tool window to the...
Author: saraford Date: 08/06/2007
Did you know... How to access a toolbar within a tool window? - #007
You may have noticed that within tool windows like Solution Explorer, you cannot reach the toolbar...
Author: saraford Date: 08/03/2007
Did you know... How to resize a tool window from the keyboard? - #006
When a tool window is not docked… Press the Alt key once Press the Spacebar key once. You will...
Author: saraford Date: 08/02/2007
My adventures riding a scooter at OSCON
Since almost everyone has asked me to share this story on my blog… On Friday, after the conference...
Author: saraford Date: 08/01/2007
Did you know... How to drag a tool window around using the keyboard? - #005
With the desired tool window selected, press Alt+Minus to bring up the tool window menu. Press...
Author: saraford Date: 08/01/2007
Did you know... How to split windows and Create new windows? - #004
There are two ways to split the current window: From the Menu Bar, go to Window – Split. Using the...
Author: saraford Date: 07/31/2007
Did you know... How to view Visible White Space - #003
A simple, but very powerful, little feature, especially when you deal with white space as much as I...
Author: saraford Date: 07/30/2007
Did you know... How to do Box / Column Selection in the editor? - #002
Did you know that Visual Studio offers two different selection models Stream and Box? Stream...
Author: saraford Date: 07/27/2007
Did you know... Behold the power of incremental search - #001
I didn’t know about incremental search until someone showed me. Now I can’t live without...
Author: saraford Date: 07/23/2007
Introducing Visual Studio 2008 Tip of the Day
It’s that time again… but notice this time it is “tip of the day.” That’s right. For...
Author: saraford Date: 07/21/2007
Lessons Learned Going Open Source with the Power Toys - A Power Toy Story
On our one-year anniversary of our power toys release, I gave a Microsoft Engineering Excellence...
Author: saraford Date: 07/21/2007
Going to OSCON, even if I'm in a wheelchair
This would be a good time to recap how i am 3 for 3 getting injured whenever I leave Redmond to do...
Author: saraford Date: 07/17/2007
Attending TechEd 2007
Just a quick FYI that I will be attending TechEd in Orlando next week. I love meeting blog...
Author: saraford Date: 06/01/2007
Not broken after all
I'm so glad I went to a specialist. The bone scan didn't show a break, and i was amazed in how just...
Author: saraford Date: 05/24/2007
Bay-Waveland Bridge Opens!!!
Yesterday, the Bay-Waveland Bridge opened, reuniting the Mississippi Gulf Coast. I can’t even...
Author: saraford Date: 05/18/2007
The Braidy Tester interviews me about software testing on Dr. Dobb's blog
Michael Hunter, our very own Braidy Tester, interviews me about software testing. Yep, it has...
Author: saraford Date: 05/18/2007
Should I create a single Power Toys for Visual Studio CodePlex project?
As I prep for my EE talk, I find myself wondering what I would have done differently a year...
Author: saraford Date: 05/11/2007
EE Talk May 15: Lessons Learned Going Open Source with the Power Toys
Just wanted to share with you some of the internal-facing work I’ve been doing as of late. ...
Author: saraford Date: 05/11/2007
Welcome SourceForge Visitors!!
First of all, congrats to the Port 25 team for the Microsoft site on SourceForge. The same...
Author: saraford Date: 05/02/2007
Online Community Business Forum - May 3 - 4 in Sonoma, CA
I’m attending the Online Community Business Forum this Thursday and Friday in Sonoma. Contact...
Author: saraford Date: 04/30/2007
I'll drink to that
Last month during the MVP Summit, I was able to meet Todd Ogasawara during the Open Source Software...
Author: saraford Date: 04/03/2007
What team does Sara work on?
Given my work in the past year, I’ve found it humorous which teams Microsoft people think I work on....
Author: saraford Date: 03/22/2007
MVP Summit Stories from 2007
And now my manager will answer all of your open source questions, since I gotta run… Last week was...
Author: saraford Date: 03/21/2007
Influencing the Microsoft culture one open source presentation at a time
The thing I love most about my job is being creative in how I’m trying to get an idea or message...
Author: saraford Date: 03/09/2007
I don't see the resemblance to Amy Poehler
Maybe if i were to dye my hair blonde, i would see the resemblance to Amy Poehler. But actually, i...
Author: saraford Date: 03/05/2007
"Why didn't they teach me this in schools?" Society of Women Engineers presentation
Back in January, I visited my college Mississippi State to do a long-awaited visiting speaker trip....
Author: saraford Date: 03/04/2007
OSCON 07 Here I come... I hope!
This is the story how I might have the opportunity to speak at OSCON 07… If you’re familiar...
Author: saraford Date: 02/28/2007
What we've learned about testing open source projects
John, our only SDET (tester) on the team, has written a couple of blog entries on what we’ve learned...
Author: saraford Date: 02/13/2007
Best Visual Studio 2005 ad ever!
I have never been so proud. =) https://www.scifi.com/battlestar/ (as of posting this at 5pm PST on 31...
Author: saraford Date: 01/31/2007
Seattle Seahawks's lost yesterday may have saved the city of New Orleans
Could you imagine if the Saints had played Chicago for a chance at the superbowl in the...
Author: saraford Date: 01/15/2007
Reintroducing MsaaVerify as an open source project on CodePlex
Prior to my retirement from accessibility (i’m still retired, btw), i wrote a testing tool for...
Author: saraford Date: 01/10/2007
Team Kata Karate Tournament Video
well, at least i got it posted to youtube in the same year as the tournament. This is the event that...
Author: saraford Date: 01/03/2007
Does source code have feelings?
I was having lunch the other day with a longtime member of the open source community, when i happen...
Author: saraford Date: 12/21/2006
Turkey Day Katrina Style
Yeah, way behind on blogging…. Not much to report in terms of progress in Waveland’s recovery since...
Author: saraford Date: 12/20/2006
Thinkweek paper submitted!
Despite the snow storms and the recent power outages, both Josh and I were able to get our thinkweek...
Author: saraford Date: 12/20/2006
My Karate Kata Video finally Posted
Here's the link to my individual kata video. Note that this isn't the event we had been training the...
Author: saraford Date: 12/13/2006
Guess who's back, back again - but with a scrolling LED belt bucklet this time!
Hey party people, Yeah, it’s been a while. I’m surprised no one has caught on that whenever...
Author: saraford Date: 12/13/2006
Karate Tournament Results
View Photos – I hope to have the video of our team kata and my individual kata posted this weekend....
Author: saraford Date: 10/23/2006
FSKA VIII World Karate Tournament this weekend!
I’m competing in the FSKA World Karate Tournament in Las Vegas this weekend in Individual Kata and...
Author: saraford Date: 10/20/2006