Bit-cycling
“The greatest challenge to any thinker is stating the problem in a way that will allow a solution.” —Bertrand Russell
It’s always the little things – ISO burning
I love the fact that Win7 has ISO burning built-in. I’m running a pre-release build of Win7, and...
Date: 07/24/2009
O. M. G. - “Get Ready for PowerPoint”
I’m not entirely sure what these folks are thinking, but I’m getting a little worried about our...
Date: 07/09/2009
Ah, Irony
The guy who writes the minimsft blog has a nicely honed sense of irony. And you know, speaking of...
Date: 04/23/2009
Castle and HomeGroup: A study in the evolution of user needs
Several years ago, at the beginning of the “Longhorn” project (which eventually became Windows...
Date: 01/16/2009
Impressive effects in PowerPoint
Not too long ago, I joined the PowerPoint team. Thought I spend most of my time working on a related...
Date: 12/12/2008
Weather alert
Something’s going on the interwebs. I think it might be hell freezing over. That’s really cool! I...
Date: 10/28/2008
The job of program management
In a detailed post over on E7 about the Win7 design process comes this: With regard to where ideas...
Date: 10/23/2008
Little things you may not have noticed in IE8: Part 7 – Stop and Refresh buttons
Move stop-and-refresh back to where they were in IE6 This was going to be my first post in this...
Date: 09/11/2008
Little things you may not have noticed in IE8: Part 6 – Authenticated RSS
Authenticated RSS Feeds When we first released the Windows RSS platform a number of people...
Date: 09/10/2008
Little things you may not have noticed in IE8: Part 5 – Tab duplication
Clone your current place One of the nice things about the “New Window” (Ctrl-N) feature dating back...
Date: 09/09/2008
Little things you may not have noticed in IE8: Part 4 – OmniBox™
Use your address bar for searching A little-known fact is that IE has always had a combination...
Date: 09/08/2008
Little things you may not have noticed in IE8: Part 3 – Feed Search
Searching the future This morning I wanted to find out where I read about that “Skymarket”...
Date: 09/05/2008
Little things you may not have noticed in IE8: Part 2 – Formatted View Source
Formatted View Source You don’t have to be a pro developer to love this one. Since the very...
Date: 09/04/2008
Little things you may not have noticed in IE8: Part I – Search Quick Pick
IE8 has a lot of big new features (see the IE blog for more of that), but what I like about it is...
Date: 09/03/2008
I guess they don’t like us anymore
I don’t think Yahoo likes us anymore. IE8 Beta 2 ships, and they start pushing Firefox on their home...
Date: 08/28/2008
Steven Sinofsky brings his writing talents to the masses
I had to chuckle this afternoon when Steven Sinofsky exploded upon the Internet with one of his...
Date: 08/19/2008
Stupid Outlook Tricks: The back button
A long time ago, someone decided that Outlook should be able to browse web pages inside its frame*....
Date: 08/09/2008
Keyboards can be fun, too
Those who know me know that I have something of a keyboard/mouse fascination. I’ve gotten almost...
Date: 08/08/2008
A lesson in branding: PC laptop manufacturers
When you look at this picture, you are overwhelmed by Apple logos. There are other laptops there,...
Date: 08/07/2008
Surfing through my phone – Windows Vista and Windows Mobile
A long time ago when I worked on Windows XP, I worked on a project to add Bluetooth PAN support to...
Date: 08/06/2008
A laptop that makes me grin – Lenovo Thinkpad X300
About a month ago (shortly after joining a new team), I upgraded laptops at work. For the first time...
Date: 08/06/2008
Cake Delivery Services R us
Yesterday morning I got a call from my old buddies on the IE team asking me to help out with a cake...
Date: 06/18/2008
Big Screen Headlines updates
I’ve been using Media Center for about 3 years as my primary TV viewing solution. One of...
Date: 04/03/2008
WebSlice Viewer Gadget (Alpha)
Update (3/13/2009): This sidebar gadget no longer works against IE8 (Release Candidate or higher)....
Date: 03/19/2008
IE to remove "Click to Activate"
Great news from the IE Blog: Back in April 2006, we made a change to how Internet Explorer handled...
Date: 11/09/2007
Exchange 2000 Launch Video
Many years ago, I worked on the Exchange team. We used to have these conferences called,...
Date: 10/24/2007
"No meaningful competition"
In this article about Bill Gates' transition, we find this gem: For much of Microsoft's existence,...
Date: 08/28/2007
Razzle-Dazzle
Now, I've been reading Jonathan Schwartz's blog for a while now (he's CEO of Sun Microsystems), and...
Date: 08/23/2007
Exchange team defines a Program Manager
Regular readers* of this blog will know that I have a thing for definitions of program management...
Date: 08/17/2007
The more things change, the more things stay the same
Some years ago Chris Pratley, an Office GPM, wrote an interesting article that talks about some of...
Date: 08/16/2007
"We've got a million ideas... if not two million."
Now this is how powerful software gets made.
Date: 08/14/2007
Sean's Maxim of the Day
Sometimes the grass is greener on the other side -- because it's well-fertilized with bullsh*t. or,...
Date: 07/09/2007
Welcome to the Jungle
Monday: Safari for Windows (beta) announced . Tuesday: Six vulnerabilities found. Thursday: Safari...
Date: 06/25/2007
Taskbar Shuffle
I install and uninstall dozens of pieces of software weekly. I also (perhaps as a result of the...
Date: 06/19/2007
Reminiscing: Native HTTP in SQL Server 2005
A long time ago (c. 2001), I had a stint on the SQL Server team (it lasted about 9 months). One of...
Date: 06/14/2007
Former Intern makes Good
The tall white dude in the middle of this picture is none other than Chrix Finne of IE RSS team...
Date: 06/07/2007
Windows Vista Aero in slow motion
One of the newer things in Windows Vista is the Aero interface, which includes, along with the new...
Date: 06/01/2007
Chess in Silverlight 2
The Silverlight folks have created a chess-playing demo in Silverlight 2. The game is here:...
Date: 06/01/2007
Mark Russinovich vs Microsoft Marketing
"This slide...this being a keynote, the marketing people had to make a pass through the deck. And...
Date: 05/30/2007
New Look
Those of you who read this blog in an RSS reader may not have noticed, but this blog underwent some...
Date: 05/14/2007
Messages from an RSS blog reader
I love the internet. A series of interesting comments were posted to the RSS Team blog. I am the...
Date: 04/27/2007
Apple Security Mega-Patch
I'm going to deviate off my usual path to do a little nyah-nyah at a competitor. Seems that Apple...
Date: 03/15/2007
Vista DST coolness
Blah, blah, blah, Daylight Saving Time is changing... Yawn. This, however, is very cool mini-feature...
Date: 03/06/2007
Web 2.0
Just watch it. (via John Battelle's Searchblog via Techmeme.)
Date: 02/19/2007
Windows and Office Launch Video
I like this one, too.
Date: 02/16/2007
On names and codenames...
The naming of products at Microsoft is something that never ceases to fascinate the world. The...
Date: 02/09/2007