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Initially I was planning to blog every day or so about my experiences within Microsoft, but alas, this has been the first free moment I've had so far after my last post.  The reason?  Well, as I mentioned in a previous post, the first three weeks of my new career are spent at something called "MSSU" (Microsoft Services ...

Well, I have officially been in the Seattle area for about 24 hours.  My flight in was fine and yes, the weather was cold and rainy.  I'm very happy that I picked up a raincoat before I left.  After arriving and checking into my long term housing, I took a walk around the area and ended up at a nice little bar and grille ...

I was just about to head to sleep when I read this great post by Scott Guthrie.  Apparently, Microsoft will be releasing the source code for the BCL (Base Class Libraries), ASP.NET, WinForms, etc. when .NET 3.5 and VS2008 (aka Orcas) is released later this year.  I have to admit that I was looking forward to reading some of that code ...

I am far from a hardcore gamer.  I don't log on and play for hours upon hours because well, I just don't have that much spare time to play.  It's a shame, but hey, that's life.  In any case, one thing that I've been meaning to do for years was sign up for an XBOX Live membership.  Several of my friends are avid gamers and ...

''...Somewhere ages and ages hence:Two roads diverged in a wood, and I--I took the one less traveled by,And that has made all the difference.''                                 -- Robert ...

About a year ago, my company (a large holding company) decided to standardize all of their sub-companies on a single e-mail platform.  Since we are a holding company, each sub-company essentially used their own messaging software.  In the US, that meant that we were converting from Novell Groupwise (a very thin e-mail software) to ...

A big congratulations to Scott Hanselman as he makes a big move to Microsoft.  He'll be on Scott Guthrie's team.  I've enjoyed reading his blog over the years and I think it should be interesting to hear a fresh perspective on the development of the .Net/Visual Studio toolset.  Stop by and congratulate him on the move ...

I've blogged a bit here about the wonders of working at Google.  My perspective has always been from an outsider reading some of the various other ''Google-Worshipper'' blogs and articles out there. I found an interesting article here - written by a ''Microsoftie'' - with a behind-the-scenes look at working for ...