Joining Salesforce
Apr 11, 2020
After 19 years at Microsoft, I’m super-excited(tm) to announce I’m joining Salesforce as the Vice President of Product for Developer Services! I’m incredibly grateful for the opportunities I’ve had at Microsoft and for the help, guidance, patience (for me), and friendships I’ve made over the years. As this is a big change for me personally and professionally, here are a few key things I personally considered with this job change:…more
Download Visual Studio Express Editions
Oct 21, 2009
Updated 3/31/2015 While this post was originally written in 2009, it still gets a ton of hits! Today, we have lots of new offerings for developers looking for free tools including Visual Studio Community Edition and updated Visual Studio Express Editions. I’ve updated the page with relevant links below Visual Studio 2013 Community Edition Snip from the FAQ on that page: _Q: Who can use Visual Studio Community?…more
Visual Studio 2010 Beta 1 Cheat Sheet
May 20, 2009
Hey folks, Visual Studio 2010 Beta 1 is now available for the world to download and here’s your cheat sheet of links you’ll want to know about **Download: **Visual Studio Team System Beta 1, Web installer, VSTS Beta 1 ISO, .NET Framework 4.0 Beta 1 Readme: VSTS Readme **Installation Tips & Tricks: **Be sure to watch Brian Keller’s 10-4 episode on how to download & install VSTS Beta 1 ** **…more
Coding4Fun Book: The people and the projects
Dec 10, 2008
Available now on Amazon.com for $26 (34% off!) Our Coding4Fun book, _Coding4Fun 10 .NET Programming Projects for Wiimote, World of Warcraft, YouTube, and More _officially released to the world last week. Unlike your typical .NET development book, Coding4Fun is about learning how to use your developer skills to do fun, cool projects (see below for the full list). All of the .NET projects are in VB and C#, with the exception of the XNA chapter as XNA only supports C# at this time.…more
CodePlex Community Meetup at PDC
Oct 20, 2008
As Sara mentioned in the CodePlex blog, we’re having a CodePlex meetup at PDC on Wednesday from 1:30 - 2:30pm where volunteers will be able to show off their Codeplex projects and you’ll be able to check out demos of new CodePlex features and give the CodePlex team feedback on what they’re delivering. Full details on the CodePlex blog: Want to showcase your CodePlex project or your favorite CodePlex project at PDC?…more
Opening the kimono on Windows 7
Sep 24, 2008
Today we officially announced that PDC is the first time Microsoft will be discussing Windows 7 in-depth. The big announcements are that: Steve Sinofsky will keynote on Tuesday at PDC * There are 21 sessions on Windows 7 at PDC on everything from kernel, audio, graphics, networking, and more. * All PDC attendees get a pre-beta build of Windows 7 on a custom 160GB external USB drive Nice!
Popfly Game Creator Goes Beta
Sep 02, 2008
Congrats to the Popfly team for moving Popfly Game Creator from alpha to Beta and adding a bunch of handy features. For the full rundown, check out the Popfly Team Blog. Here’s a few of **my **favorite features Inserting images into a game * Alpha (before): You had to manually build XAML and manually upload images for an actor and make sure the URL is * Beta (after): Native support for adding images to an actor…more
We want to hear your stories
Jul 25, 2008
Hey folks, if you’ve built some cool project, the Non-Pro team wants to hear from you! Send them an email!
Goodbye to Bill Gates Links
Jun 28, 2008
Yes, it’s Bill’s last day, here’s a collection of videos for your viewing pleasure: Channel 9: Bill Gates: Transitioning into the Future * Channel 9: This Week on Channel 9 with Jeff Sandquist and Bill Gates stories * Channel 9: ‘Softies share their Bill Gates stories * MS PressPass: Bill Gates Looking Backing, Moving Ahead * CNN: Bill Gates Slideshow narrated by Bill Gates * MSNBC: Tom Brokaw interview with Bill Gates You should also check out the Bill Gates Retirement Party on Gizmodo and Bill Gates Day on Engadget…more
Bill Gates Transition Interview on Channel 9
Jun 23, 2008
In case you haven’t heard, this week is BillG’s last week as a full-time Microsoft employee as he transitions to working full-time at his foundation. Sure, he’ll still be the Chairman of the board and there are some projects that he will work with directly, but it is still a bit weird to think about Microsoft without Bill Gates. In this 30 minute Channel 9 interview with Charles Torre, you’ll hear Bill talk about his transition, Ray Ozzie, competing against Google, improving Microsoft’s agility, what’s going to be important for our platform in the next decade and of course Bill’s role at the Bill and Melinda Gates Foundation.…more