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MVPeeps: get your clown on
Hi, I think you MVPs are all in town this week? Come say hi if you’re near the Commons. I’m in...
Date: 02/16/2010
My laptop is in Spokane.
I left it under the seat in front of 17C, flying back from LA. When I got off the plane in Seattle...
Date: 02/11/2010
I’m an old hand at this.
I was recently informed that I’ve been at Microsoft for five years, all of a sudden. There is a bowl...
Date: 10/02/2009
Let’s get this guy off this rock!
I’m supposed to be in charge of our advertising. That’s a part of my job, now, at Windows Embedded....
Date: 09/17/2009
I don’t know what you’re talking about.
What? I’ve been at my desk all day.
Date: 09/17/2009
Lamp Attack
I’m sitting in a little cube in the Seattle office. Right behind me, there is a lot of open space,...
Date: 08/03/2009
You do not suffer alone
You know how you hate it when Microsoft renames products every 10 minutes and you have to try and...
Date: 06/26/2009
My office is a mess. To wit:
Updated at your request with photographic evidence. Three photos of piles of things: ...
Date: 06/17/2009
Snip to my lou, my darling
Is everyone else already in love with the Snipping Tool? I didn’t even know about it until my...
Date: 06/15/2009
Welcome to the thunderdome
I'm in LA for TechEd, now. I'm on my way over to the show in a few minutes. I think our booth, the...
Date: 05/12/2009
Registration open now...
...for bowling and what not in LA. Party info and registration URL in my earlier poast. <update...
Date: 05/04/2009
Roadkill mitigation system (or, Windows Embedded at the Imagine Cup)
Windows Embedded is a sponsor of the Imagine Cup, have you heard of it? If not, Ye Olde Cup is a big...
Date: 04/29/2009
Bring cheer bars for making sounds!
Mini-update of no value whatsoever: I did make it to both Zhu Hai, finally, and now Taipei (on time,...
Date: 04/29/2009
Ye Olde Smart Pill
I never told you who won the SPARK contest I was on about earlier. 'Twas Doug Conn, creator of the...
Date: 04/26/2009
Get on the Bus
I'm sure you've all seen this '3 butts, 1 seat' scenario to decide who gets to go on the Get on the...
Date: 04/09/2009
Mini-Poll: Hilarity v. Nausea
If you were to see a profile photo like this (in someone's TechEd Connect profile, for example) what...
Date: 04/08/2009
Eating Cup-o-Noodle in LA
I’ll be in Los Angeles, California for TechEd 2009, doing Embedded things instead of...
Date: 04/08/2009
Everybody makes mistakes
Yesterday, right before my mid-year performance review with my manager, I spilled hot coffee ON my...
Date: 02/26/2009
keep up, lady.
This morning I parked in the 117 garage and rode the elevator to the 3rd floor. Soon after, I made...
Date: 02/16/2009
Settled in to the Ivory Tower
And by ivory tower, I mean first-floor, putty-walled offices on 148th in Redmond, Washington. The...
Date: 02/11/2009
Stop Clicking Your Pen
I'm in a coffee shop trying to get some work done, and the woman next to me is clicking her pen...
Date: 02/10/2009
Windows Embedded is a part of Microsoft
I’d like to blog about my new gig, but I don’t really know very much. But maybe you know less than I...
Date: 02/06/2009
What makes you an MCP influencer?
I just got an e-mail from my friend Ian in Microsoft Learning; he wanted me to let you know that...
Date: 02/06/2009
Keep your grubby mitts off of my crates
Everyone is running around scrounging for packing crates because we have to be moved out of our...
Date: 02/05/2009
snowboots
I'm wearing old snow boots and wool socks in the office today, because it was supposed to snow all...
Date: 12/17/2008
I just made a friend.
Did I tell you I sometimes work from an office in Seattle? It's nice, I don't have to go to Redmond...
Date: 12/02/2008
From the Window, to the Wall
Remember back in the day when I moved to a window office? I was flying high in 18 back then, staring...
Date: 11/24/2008
Big day
Big day for team U.S.A. today. And maybe for team World Financial Markets. I'm jiggling my foot...
Date: 11/04/2008
Well, this is awkward.
I'd like to tell you a few things that I think are fun things to know about Microsoft, but I'm not...
Date: 10/07/2008
Mass rad deal: Desktop Optimization exam 70-656
Miklos* just sent this to me and I wanted to pass it on for any of you considering taking the...
Date: 09/11/2008
Visual Studio 2008 Exam Availability Smackdown!
Something I learned at TechEd is that if you call anything a “smackdown” it seems cool,...
Date: 09/09/2008
Tino Donderwinkel, will you marry me?
I got an e-mail a while ago, a question about a braindump site, that has me doodling hearts and...
Date: 09/09/2008
Am I the last person to see this
The shoe circus with Bill Gates? https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=ImyK29QLs_A. And, am I the only...
Date: 09/05/2008
It....is....ALIVE!
Yeah, OK, so Trika told you about this already, but I thought I'd come back here personally to let...
Date: 09/05/2008