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Spam, spam, spam and more spam.

This is a story about spam, the trademarking of SPAM, a product that tackles spam and a SPiced hAM...

Author: MSDN Archive Date: 06/19/2006

Lucky Shawn

Lucky Shawn. There I was feeling all important by meeting Bill last week for a total of 10 seconds,...

Author: MSDN Archive Date: 06/19/2006

Gillette. The Best a Geek Can Get?

I lost my shaving stuff somewhere between London and Seattle last week. So I went off to the local...

Author: MSDN Archive Date: 06/17/2006

A thrill meeting Bill

After the live webcast breaking the news that Bill's transition will complete in July 2006, there...

Author: MSDN Archive Date: 06/16/2006

Vista - Media Center (Beta 2) review

Lots of luscious screenshots in Krunker.com's comprehensive review of Windows Media Center Preview...

Author: MSDN Archive Date: 06/16/2006

Microsoft Announces Plans for July 2008 Transition for Bill Gates

Wow.... "Bill Gates will transition out of a day-to-day role in Microsoft effective July 2008 to...

Author: MSDN Archive Date: 06/15/2006

Wiki - word of the week (www)

Everyone's getting a wiki this week. First MSDN (well, last week), then eBay. Who's next? Update,...

Author: MSDN Archive Date: 06/13/2006

MSDN API

I like this. A lot. MSDN now has a web API into the MSDN and TechNet Publishing System (MTPS) MSDN2...

Author: MSDN Archive Date: 06/13/2006

Open Source and Lip Service

ZDNet's Dana Blankenhorn points out the facts that Jason Matusow's blog hasn't been updated since...

Author: MSDN Archive Date: 06/13/2006

LINQ and ADO.NET Entities (Channel 9)

Sam Druker (my boss's boss's boss, on the left) and Anders Hejlsberg talk about the May CTP of LINQ,...

Author: MSDN Archive Date: 06/12/2006

MSReadr (or, RoboScoble)

The Windows Live product teams have a number of blogs, some hosted on MSDN and others on MSN Spaces....

Author: MSDN Archive Date: 06/12/2006

MSDN does wikis

Yesterday Somasegar (who runs the Developer Division at Microsoft) announced the beta version of the...

Author: MSDN Archive Date: 06/09/2006

Coping with Information Overload (video)

About four weeks ago I made my way over to ZDNet's studios in San Francisco to be interviewed by...

Author: MSDN Archive Date: 06/09/2006

today

As you may have noticed, I'm taking some time off the blogging thing. I'm also in London now for the...

Author: MSDN Archive Date: 06/03/2006

Live Local screencast

I'm really impressed by the new Local Live release (you'd might say 'you would say that' 'cause I...

Author: MSDN Archive Date: 05/25/2006

Windows Vista feedback

Windows Vista Beta 2 feedback. Wot Chris sed.

Author: MSDN Archive Date: 05/24/2006

2-tier internet means one thing

Tim Berners-Lee is getting some more deserved airtime over at the BBC regarding the net neutrality...

Author: MSDN Archive Date: 05/23/2006

The mystery of J

Raymond sheds some light on the mystery of J.

Author: MSDN Archive Date: 05/23/2006

I'm hyper.

In late July I have an appointment with a surgeon who will remove my thyroid. Technically, this is...

Author: MSDN Archive Date: 05/20/2006

Web 2.0 - the movie

Who says Web 2.0 hasn't hit the mainstream - they've even made a movie about it. Slight re-branding...

Author: MSDN Archive Date: 05/18/2006

Allofmp3 - down for bad.

This Allofmp3.com news doesn't look good.... (disclaimer time) I've been a customer for around 2...

Author: MSDN Archive Date: 05/15/2006

Everyone is an expert (We the Media)

My dad sent me the following this morning. I just have to share this with you...enjoy:-Dear Alex,...

Author: MSDN Archive Date: 05/14/2006

Blog in Word 2007

Joe Friend has some interesting news re: Word 2007. You'll be able to author blog posts using it and...

Author: MSDN Archive Date: 05/12/2006

Go and microformat stuff! ('cause it's going to happen anyway)

JasonKolb, rightly in my humble opinion, is getting excited by the potential of the microformats,...

Author: MSDN Archive Date: 05/12/2006

Pronouncing it right.

There is a room in our building called Kalaloch, named after a place in Washington state that I'm...

Author: MSDN Archive Date: 05/11/2006

It doesn't have a name yet

Don Dodge hints to something very cool... "It doesn't have a name yet, but indications are that...

Author: MSDN Archive Date: 05/11/2006

What's coming in ADO.NET?

Well, I finally made it to Channel 9. Sort of. Think of it my appearance here as a cameo masterpiece...

Author: MSDN Archive Date: 05/10/2006

Share Your OPML (it had to happen)

So, who would have thought that OPML would be a big deal? ;-)The interest in Dave Winer's latest...

Author: MSDN Archive Date: 05/08/2006

Live.com and OPML

New feature (among others) on Live.com: "- OPMLRequest: can I export my rss feeds that I’ve...

Author: MSDN Archive Date: 05/05/2006

Wiring the Web (the video)

Matt Augustine and Paresh Suthar presented the Live Clipboard / RSS SSE (and microformats) work at...

Author: MSDN Archive Date: 05/04/2006

it's about throwing stuff away

I had the pleasure of meeting with Steve Gillmor in San Francisco earlier this week. We met downtown...

Author: MSDN Archive Date: 05/04/2006

Attention Clouds

Here's an attention cloud for you. az. "The Intention Cloud is a web application supported by Perl...

Author: MSDN Archive Date: 05/04/2006

yup.

Joe Morel took the words right out of my mouth: "Then I moved to Seattle, and started drinking more...

Author: MSDN Archive Date: 05/04/2006

Microformats and Yahoo

Jeremy Zawodny points to the Yahoo Tech site and highlights the fact that their reviews are now in...

Author: MSDN Archive Date: 05/04/2006

More on 'the Del.icio.us Lesson'

Joshua Porter, who coined the term 'the Del.icio.us Lesson', has gone to the trouble of further...

Author: MSDN Archive Date: 05/03/2006

47% of all blog posts are tagged

David Sifry provides more Technorati stats, this time with a little more info on the tagging front....

Author: MSDN Archive Date: 05/01/2006

Del.icio.us Inside

At Seattle Mind Camp yesterday, Michael Blay Michael Blay, Geoff Froh and I ran a session on the...

Author: MSDN Archive Date: 04/30/2006

Off to Seatle Mind Camp 2.0

I'm heading out the door to Seatle Mind Camp 2.0. Will post from there. Here's a thank you to all...

Author: MSDN Archive Date: 04/29/2006

Lara on the Xbox (Bling stylee)

The Graniad reports on Lara's appearance on the Xbox (Bling stylee): "the Xbox marketing team in...

Author: MSDN Archive Date: 04/27/2006

I think, therefore I am logged in.

I think, therefore I am logged in. Wired: "Researchers at Carleton University in Ottawa, Canada, are...

Author: MSDN Archive Date: 04/27/2006

BBC 2.0 - 'Outrageous!'

The BBC's Creative Future (aka BBC 2.0) initiative has been well received from what I've read. You...

Author: MSDN Archive Date: 04/27/2006

Microsoft, The Innovator's Dilemma and Wallop

Don Dodge, director of business development in Microsoft's Emerging Business Team, has shared some...

Author: MSDN Archive Date: 04/26/2006

IE7 Beta 2 - come and get it!!

IE Team blog: "This evening we released IE7 Beta 2 at https://www.microsoft.com/ie. This release is...

Author: MSDN Archive Date: 04/25/2006

Scenario-Based Planning (or, How to Avoid Making Peanut Butter)

In my new role, I'm learning loads about the way the product teams plan, design and build products...

Author: MSDN Archive Date: 04/24/2006

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