Betsy Aoki's WebLog
Community Program Manager
Maybe someday people will listen to me :)
Microsoft bloggers, you know who you are. And why I am posting this. :) Betsy
Author: Betsy Date: 03/12/2005
All MSDN-TechNet wants for my birthday is two cool new people to hire, maybe more
Hi all, My old boss Katherine wants me to give a shoutout to the community about two new cool...
Author: Betsy Date: 03/03/2005
Marketing Eye for the Dev Guy
Ok, I'm taking a break from blogging about Gotdotnet today to talk about the idea for a new cable...
Author: Betsy Date: 01/25/2005
Kickboxing through molasses, or, the ancient curse
First, I'd like to offer my sincere apologies as program manager for Gotdotnet - the only one left...
Author: Betsy Date: 01/24/2005
Turn of the tide
So 2004 winds to a close. The devastation in Indonesia and Thailand beggars description (despite all...
Author: Betsy Date: 12/30/2004
Spam, Spam, Spam, Spam
I was surprised a few years back when James, a friend of mine, introduced me to what looked like...
Author: Betsy Date: 12/22/2004
Tater Tots: food of the gods?
I bet I know what you all are wondering about this week. You are wondering how, in this season of...
Author: Betsy Date: 12/16/2004
Test Post for British Evangelists :)
This is a test post, please ignore.
Author: Betsy Date: 12/06/2004
Try the penny sock market
By now you've seen that spate of Rolex spam come and go; now apparently the new trend is about penny...
Author: Betsy Date: 12/01/2004
Thankful for: the Gotdotnet community
So it's a really non-kept secret that when you write the Gotdotnet.com feedback alias, you get me....
Author: Betsy Date: 11/23/2004
My Text is not my own
Everyone wants to know the secret agenda of technology. Luddites feel it threatens the very...
Author: Betsy Date: 11/16/2004
VB sniffles and a new hat for Betsy
Have you ever had a head cold so bad that made video games swith spiky helmeted demons seem...
Author: Betsy Date: 11/08/2004
Wonder of wonders
You cannot imagine how good it feels to finally blog these words: the next generation of Smart...
Author: Betsy Date: 09/30/2004
A great time among the women of Microsoft
Sorry I'm so late in posting this - I had too many site management moments this week. It's really...
Author: Betsy Date: 09/16/2004
The one time I didn't mind the sun was being bbqed at Scoble's
It's a long and windy road to Robert Scoble's bbq. (That's long and windy, NOT long-er-winded.) But...
Author: Betsy Date: 08/08/2004
Trying for brilliance, measuring for sanity....
It's been a while since I posted...sorry about that. I don't normally post on Mondays but since I've...
Author: Betsy Date: 07/26/2004
The Disorganized Disco Bandit
Ever have one of those mornings where your right contact lens sticks to the roof of your eyelid, the...
Author: Betsy Date: 07/07/2004
Whidbey, Wid B'
Never go on a health food kick while your product team is launching - the pizza fumes alone are...
Author: Betsy Date: 06/29/2004
Making a self presentable
Well, this blog posts finds our heroine in post-presentation stupor. I had to give a presentation...
Author: Betsy Date: 06/23/2004
Alas, do you find my charm offensive?
Recently a coworker pointed me to a column by Mary Jo Foley about Microsoft's community push,...
Author: Betsy Date: 06/07/2004
NO--SLEEP--TIL PORTLAND!!!! (With apologies to the Beastie Boys) :-)
There is nothing like leaving work in the middle of a sunny day to make you feel like you are...
Author: Betsy Date: 05/19/2004
Word to yer Motherboard
So I mean to blog this weekend – it being Mother’s Day on Sunday and all. And because...
Author: Betsy Date: 05/10/2004
New Community Experiment on MSDN Community Page
So my MSDN pal Tina dragged me to a yoga class at 6 in the morning today. I have never done yoga in...
Author: Betsy Date: 05/04/2004
Called on the carpet
You'd think perhaps the big buzz going around MSDN would be all our fabulous technology. You know,...
Author: Betsy Date: 04/27/2004
A girl made of millions of pixels of light
Well, soon you'll see the real me, albeit very tiny, on MSDN. A preview of that photo is on...
Author: Betsy Date: 04/03/2004
I need to blog, then eat
I just said those immortal six words to my long suffering officemate, who runs the .NET Framework,...
Author: Betsy Date: 03/24/2004
Hair-tearing about user samples
Yep. Today's Gotdotnet triumph is the Workspaces upgrade being complete, and its less than...
Author: Betsy Date: 03/16/2004