Betsy Aoki's WebLog
Community Program Manager
Death of a mentor, actually two
The last couple of weeks - despite the celebration that gamefest 2008 provided naturally around the...
Author: Betsy Date: 07/25/2008
Gamefest 2008 - Beans spilled for the bean counters, a good booth day
I am back to the salt mines after a day of booth babin' at XNA Gamefest. It was very cool to see all...
Author: Betsy Date: 07/23/2008
Getting Ready for Gamefest 2008, hurrah for Torpex!
Hurrah Torpex! I remember the demo of this game Schizoid at last year's Gamefest booths..such a wild...
Author: Betsy Date: 07/14/2008
Seeing the community's XNA games on the Xbox LIVE Marketplace
So I went home early today with a snoggy head cold...which gave me the perfect excuse to try out the...
Author: Betsy Date: 05/22/2008
Welcome to the XNA Community Games beta!
So, it all begins here. Writing a game that someday thousands of people will play on their Xboxes....
Author: Betsy Date: 05/21/2008
Hurrah! We launched the XNA Game Studio 3.0 CTP!
....talk to Let's Kill Dave for more details! Can you say - changing the game on a Zune?
Author: Betsy Date: 05/07/2008
XNA MVPs Rock! and Red Hair
I had one afternoon and one evening this week with our beloved XNA MVPs and it really was a treat....
Author: Betsy Date: 04/17/2008
Coming for Holiday 2008 - Community Games on Xbox LIVE Announcement at GDC
Finally finally finally I get to blog about this. :) This is the team I am on you know - I am a pm...
Author: Betsy Date: 02/20/2008
Gotdotnet - 2000-2008 - Never Say Die
It launched on Nov. 15,2000 by a hardy team of renegades.It was the first .NET site built by...
Author: Betsy Date: 02/16/2008
Making a 2D XNA Game - When Cods Collide - The Final Chapter
In previous posts you've seen me walk you through and discuss the XNA 2D Collision detection sample....
Author: Betsy Date: 02/10/2008
Making a 2D XNA Game - When Cods Collide Part 1
To make the most use of this and its subsequent post, you should download the XNA 2D Collision...
Author: Betsy Date: 02/09/2008
My First Sprite - the Bouncing Cod
Folks that have been reading my blog know that since I joined the XNA team, I have had this desire...
Author: Betsy Date: 12/26/2007
XNA Game Studio 2.0 released!
My man Michael Klucher ( who was up all night incidentally, as was Dean) has more of the info you...
Author: Betsy Date: 12/13/2007
I'm not green, which is why I am still at work
Here's the dilemma. If I were to have taken the bus, I'd be home now. (though perhaps after a more...
Author: Betsy Date: 11/08/2007
Microsoft Women's Conference 2007
Yesterday was the first day of the conference, and before I descend into "I'm about to speak on a...
Author: Betsy Date: 10/25/2007
Randy Pausch's Last Lecture - A dude who lives it vivid
You can find everything here.... https://www.cs.cmu.edu/~pausch/ This has been going around the...
Author: Betsy Date: 10/18/2007
Blogher07 Chicago: First day update, including my community panel
Nights before I have to "present" in any way at conferences are always weird. I dream I miss the...
Author: Betsy Date: 07/27/2007
At Chicago Blogher07 - a fascinating place so far
After the incredible delayed plane and luggage hunt, Chicago emerged as fielding the wet-warm-towel...
Author: Betsy Date: 07/26/2007
Getting to Blogher07, or, virtual reality vs. reality reality
Reading about how the Internet went down (well a key datacenter went out ) as my butt is parked in...
Author: Betsy Date: 07/26/2007
Josh Ledgard, Death Bunnies, and a cool drink of lemonade
First off, it was sad to see Josh Ledgard go...although in working on the sites that Telligent...
Author: Betsy Date: 07/11/2007
Speaking at Blogher in Chicago this July
Yay! I am going to be with a panel with other cool bloggers speaking about building online...
Author: Betsy Date: 06/07/2007
The Ofone made my day!
Engadget's summary of the Microsoft Ofone made my day. I'm actually going to replace my current...
Author: Betsy Date: 05/09/2007
Jason Calcanis - You Thin, Thin Thing :)
OK this is awesomely post modern. Robert Scoble links to Jason Calcanis post, whereupon I follow it...
Author: Betsy Date: 04/27/2007
Virginia Tech Shooting In Memoriam - Powerpoint Poster
One of the testers in Office apparently made a community template in honor of the slain. Mark...
Author: Betsy Date: 04/25/2007
Mother's Day Present: She's Such a Geek
Mom, don't read this. :) Last night I went to the book reading for She's Such a Geek. I bought two...
Author: Betsy Date: 04/17/2007
I'm not at Mix07 but you should be
Nah, there's no high drama about this female blogger not going to Mix. I ain't been invited to...
Author: Betsy Date: 04/02/2007
Daylight Savings Time reminder
I will be at South by Southwest when this happens and hopefully all it means is I will sleep late....
Author: Betsy Date: 03/06/2007
Saturday night ramen, and some great blogosphere gems
Early on when I started blogging, I used to do this... You know, just wander around blogs I liked....
Author: Betsy Date: 03/04/2007
Betsy Does Austin: South by Southwest Interactive and 20 x 2
I'm honored to be among the speakers at South by Southwest Interactive this year. Our panel is...
Author: Betsy Date: 02/20/2007
Ignite Seattle - do you want eggs with that?
I have been downed with a cold for the past week or two and have not been at my best, so I could not...
Author: Betsy Date: 02/14/2007
99% inspiration, 1% perspiration
So 2007 is a year where I want to focus on inspiration. Last year, I set out to thank as many of my...
Author: Betsy Date: 01/24/2007