Correcting Grammar for Microsoft Products and Technology
Apr 27, 2010
I see book authors, editors, bloggers, press, team members, and occasionally even a VP misspell our products, technologies, and features that I thought I would build and maintain a list of the correct capitalization and spelling of the most commonly misspelled Microsoft products and technologies. Sources: Internal site (brandtools) and the Microsoft Trademarks Web site. Last updated: April 27, 2010 Incorrect **Correct ** .net or .Net .NET .…more
My Picks for PDC 2009
Oct 13, 2009
With a little over a month to go before Microsoft’s biggest and best developer event, I wanted to pick out which PDC sessions look super interesting (to me) this year: Dan’s picks Windows 7 Developer Boot Camp (Mark Russinovich, Arun Kishan)– I’ll be setting up some projects during this time, but it would be great to go to this workshop. Note that this is FREE and you don’t have to be registered for PDC to go to it.…more
The Unofficial Microsoft Overworked Advisory System
Aug 08, 2008
Scott Hanselman recently blogged about “Ninjas on fire” as a way to describe being overwhelmed at work, here’s a snippet from his post on the origin: [_Jesse_](http://silverlight.net/blogs/jesseliberty/)_ asked me how I was doing yesterday and I replied "Ninjas on fire, man." Four years ago when Halo 2 was coming out it was described like this._ “Halo 2 is alot like Halo 1, except it’s Halo 1 on fire going 120 miles per hour through a hospital zone chased by helicopters and ninjas.…more
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