M3 Sweatt's blog

Thoughts on time, technology, products and services at Microsoft

Knowledge Base Nugget: Contacting Support by Phone

Here's a nugget from the Microsoft Support Site... How and when to contact Microsoft Customer...

Author: M3 Sweatt Date: 11/09/2005

More Xbox 360s for the holidays = more satisfied customers

... like me, for instance, as I have an Xbox 360 on order. News: Microsoft Expects High Xbox 360...

Author: M3 Sweatt Date: 11/08/2005

Rainy day fun: home audio zones with Windows Media

I posted an entry on My MSN Spaces blog posted a quick thread in response to a request for advice on...

Author: M3 Sweatt Date: 11/05/2005

It's Alive: Windows Live and Office Live

If only this had hit yesterday (Halloween) then you could have made some great classic film noir...

Author: M3 Sweatt Date: 11/01/2005

New Anti-Scam Consumer Site Launches

Courtesy of MSNBC, the FBI, the U.S. Postal Inspection Service, and several private firms have...

Author: M3 Sweatt Date: 11/01/2005

Quotes, Rings and Culture: On Being Unreasonable

I was asked by someone who reads my internal blog to post my note on an article I read just after it...

Author: M3 Sweatt Date: 10/31/2005

Start.Com is elegant and nimble

From Scoble’s Blog… Is Jason Fried's brother and sister working at Microsoft? (Hadi Partovi, what...

Author: M3 Sweatt Date: 10/26/2005

Dogfood and the Crabby Office Lady

Over the last year I've met with people all across the product groups looking at the Microsoft...

Author: M3 Sweatt Date: 10/21/2005

Windows Media Connect 2.0: stronger, better, faster...

I noticed that Sean Alexander said that Windows Media Connect 2.0 has been released - very nice for...

Author: M3 Sweatt Date: 10/20/2005

Phishing: don't get caught by screen scrapers

Last week in an EWeek article on phishing, it was noted that screen scraping attacks are becoming...

Author: M3 Sweatt Date: 10/17/2005

Clipster now live on Channel 9

I spoke with Jeff Sandquist (https://www.jeffsandquist.com/) last week on Channel 9 and some of the...

Author: M3 Sweatt Date: 10/14/2005

About me...

I'm M3 Sweatt, at Microsoft since 2001, lured to the shiny object that was previously known as the...

Author: M3 Sweatt Date: 10/08/2005

Waveland Express departing...

Although I use this space as a look at customer and partner satisfaction, a quick "good luck" to...

Author: M3 Sweatt Date: 10/08/2005

Sinofsky's TechTalk, and How Agile is MS?

If you haven't found it yet, you should click over to Steven Sinofsky's Techtalk - he's a senior...

Author: M3 Sweatt Date: 10/06/2005

LiveMeeting: for when you're not quite there

Today my youngest son stayed home from school with the same thing his father has... coming off a...

Author: M3 Sweatt Date: 10/04/2005

Suggest a topic for a future blog post....

As I have seen done on other blogs, I would also like to get your ideas for future blog posts via...

Author: M3 Sweatt Date: 10/01/2005

Tschuess, John Canning from Media Center

A quick note on my friend John Canning (Media Center Evangelist extraordinaire), who left Redmond...

Author: M3 Sweatt Date: 09/30/2005

When it comes to Xbox 360, I'm a customer

I've seen a couple entries which are noting Xbox 360 bundles are available for pre-order. In my...

Author: M3 Sweatt Date: 09/30/2005

The SDL Process: it's a good thing

I received a link (thanks, Jonathan) to this post titled "Subvert from Within: a user-focused...

Author: M3 Sweatt Date: 09/27/2005

News: Microsoft, Intel Back HD-DVD Format

As originally approved last year (Feb 2004) when the DVD Forum endorsed it, tonite Bloomberg carries...

Author: M3 Sweatt Date: 09/26/2005

Microsoft & Palm: Windows Mobile 5.0 to come on the Treo 700

Here's today's news of the Microsoft/Palm collaboration on the Treo 700 with Windows Mobile 5.0, as...

Author: M3 Sweatt Date: 09/26/2005

Auxiliary Display: more than just demo fodder

Whenever the Auxiliary Display on an Asus laptop makes an entrance, there's a buzz. I especially...

Author: M3 Sweatt Date: 09/24/2005

It was colder than...

Today in the Seattle Times' Here & Now Traffic Watch: Several thousand people are expected at...

Author: M3 Sweatt Date: 09/23/2005

Windows OneCare (Status: Beta)

Enterprise Windows IT has a brief story this week on Windows OneCare which is in beta. Says E-W-IT:...

Author: M3 Sweatt Date: 09/23/2005

"Grumble grumble." Customers talk back to Comms Companies...

The Washngton Post today has an interesting online transcript of a discussion between consumers and...

Author: M3 Sweatt Date: 09/21/2005

Of interest & Links: Preparing for a disaster

OK, this has nothing to do with customer and partner sat, but for those who didn't see this Sunday's...

Author: M3 Sweatt Date: 09/19/2005

Disclaimer - RMF

All rights reserved, all my opinions and provided "AS IS" with no warranties or rights. Be nice to...

Author: M3 Sweatt Date: 09/17/2005

The math behind monkeys and blogging

Although I blog internally at Microsoft and kept up a family web site with regular updates going...

Author: M3 Sweatt Date: 09/17/2005

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