Michaeljon Miller
New day, new role, old team
This past Monday I (re)joined a team that I was involved with for many years. I have accepted a role...
Date: 12/08/2011
Whither Hohm?
Date: 07/05/2011
What I’ve been up to
By the way, in case anyone is still listening, the reason I went dark was twofold: first, summer...
Date: 01/10/2011
Lack of sleep is rewarding, somewhat
The Microsoft Hohm team cranked through the night(s) for the last month. What they did came out this...
Date: 05/26/2010
My Hohm Score is 95
Today the Microsoft Hohm team is launching a significant update that changes how consumers...
Date: 05/26/2010
Microsoft and Ford team up to help electric vehicle owners recharge more effectively
This is likely to get lost in all the news, but in case you haven’t heard yet, Microsoft Hohm and...
Date: 03/31/2010
When “SDK” is a bad term
The Microsoft Hohm team has announced two sets of protocol documentation. The first has been in use...
Date: 03/24/2010
Providing energy information in all zip codes
Early this morning the Hohm team launched a release we called the Holiday Express. This release took...
Date: 02/23/2010
Holiday Lights Low Concern For Northwest Power Producers
This morning, KPLU aired a piece on the power consumption of holiday lights. The BPA says that...
Date: 12/14/2009
World Standards Day
Yesterday was World Standards Day. Mark Ryland, one of the guys I work with on a regular basis,...
Date: 10/15/2009
Microsoft Smart Energy Reference Architecture
This crossed my desk today. These guys busted their butts to get this done and out. Congrats to the...
Date: 10/15/2009
Seattle City Light is connected to Hohm
I completely forgot to tell anyone. Seattle City Light has passed all of their Hohm integration...
Date: 10/07/2009
Sitting in deployment – Microsoft Hohm goes live
Other than a few minor DNS hiccups, Microsoft Hohm went live this morning. The team’s been sitting...
Date: 07/06/2009
Announcing Microsoft Hohm
So, I haven’t been blogging much over the last year or so. But, there’s a reason. I couldn’t really...
Date: 06/24/2009
Why are thermostats like a VCR?
Actually, I don’t have an answer. For some reason thermostats still seem to follow a 1980s user...
Date: 12/26/2008
It’s getting warmer in Bellevue?
I’ve been paying attention to two different things about my house for the last year or so (while...
Date: 11/20/2008
I've decided that I finally really give up on stored procedures
As much as I want to play the game and use stored procedures for data access logic, time and time...
Date: 06/29/2008
Too funny
Yeah, yeah, I've been really quiet for a really long time. I know. I'm sorry. But, I've been busy...
Date: 05/29/2008
GP's been drinking the Kool-aid again
I really respect GP's opinions on a lot of SaaS-related issues, but this one might be pushing my...
Date: 02/08/2008
Not surprising, but I have nothing to say
It's not going to come as a surprise to anyone who used to read my blog and has noticed that it's...
Date: 01/04/2008
SaaS: Collaboration
Yesterday I set the stage for the 5Cs of Saas: collaboration, community, connectedness,...
Date: 09/20/2007
What does SaaS mean (to me)
I've been thinking about this software-as-a-service thing for many, many years now (prior to joining...
Date: 09/19/2007
What is an application platform?
I'm working on a short paper / presentation that describes my position on what an application...
Date: 06/27/2007
My WPC schedule
Wow, the calendar system on the WPC site isn't quite what I had expected. So, I'm going to keep my...
Date: 06/27/2007
WPC here I come
I've finally registered for this year's WPC and I'm extending an invitation to MBS customers and...
Date: 06/13/2007
Oh yeah, and the core of LOB applications is financials
So it took me seven years to come to this realization. Financials is a hard requirement for just...
Date: 03/27/2007
Why MS-CRM isn't a CRM product
For the longest time I've held the belief that the underlying infrastructure behind MS-CRM was there...
Date: 03/27/2007
What do I mean by hostable LOB application?
At the risk of upsetting a few people, I'm going to take a shot at defining what I think a hostable...
Date: 11/16/2006
Poking my head out of the sand
Wow, it's been a long time. I kept trying to come back and write something, but between working on...
Date: 11/16/2006
Multiple forms per "entity"?
Why not? I was just thinking about yesterday's post and had one of those disturbing thoughts that I...
Date: 06/14/2006
Dealing with many 1:M CRM relationships
I while back I mentioned in the CRM newsgroups that it was possible to create multiple relationships...
Date: 06/13/2006
What does SaaS mean to MBS?
Let's forget for a moment the weird ad-based revenue models that don't make sense for a software...
Date: 06/12/2006
There is a light at the end of the tunnel
Today, after 8 quarters (2¾ years if you're counting), I went to school and did something "fun": I...
Date: 06/06/2006
Any uptake on the RSS connector for CRM?
Is anyone actively using the RSS connector CRM? If so, how are you using it and did you customize it...
Date: 05/19/2006
Web services and objects revisited
Jim Whitescarver replied to a very old post I made while ranting about distributed software, SOA,...
Date: 05/19/2006
Easing the release tax burden
I've started thinking again about how to release software quickly. This isn't anything new to me,...
Date: 05/10/2006
Looking for input on security course design
As part of my masters degree capstone project I'm putting together outlines of all the courses that...
Date: 05/04/2006
New CRM blog and blogger
Note: free exposure to CRM team members' blogs. Charles Elliot, a good friend and recently a...
Date: 05/01/2006
Sneaking past the corporate firewall - projecting business data
What would happen if a business, or even an individual application user, could project business data...
Date: 04/21/2006
What's my new world made up of?
The MS-CRM world is made up of nearly one hundred entities. The original, v1 database design had one...
Date: 04/11/2006