Korby Parnell's Social Software Wunderkammer
A "Wonder Cabinet" of Web 2.0 Curiosities
Techie Toys My Toddler Digs II
My wonderful account representative at Branders.com, Hope recently and unexpectedly sent me a box of...
Author: MSDN Archive Date: 10/21/2005
gotdotnet Sponsors Seattle MindCamp - Nov 5-6, 2005
As a product manager at Microsoft, it often takes an act of God, a run of good luck, and a forcing...
Author: MSDN Archive Date: 10/19/2005
Enumerating the # and names of files in a VSS folder
A customer asked me this question via email today. Unable to remember how to do this (I've been off...
Author: MSDN Archive Date: 10/13/2005
Just Another Workday at the gotdotnet Corral
On any given Sunday, you might happen upon this scene on Microsoft's Main Campus in lovely Redmond,...
Author: MSDN Archive Date: 10/10/2005
CodeSlam Seattle's [Superstar] Event Planner
Over the last few months, I've been planning the first of what I am certain will be many "gotdotnet...
Author: MSDN Archive Date: 10/06/2005
Two New CodeGallery Projects
Two new CodeGallery projects worth calling out today: Snippy is a tool "developed to ease the life...
Author: MSDN Archive Date: 10/05/2005
Microsoft Project Server + Visual Studio Team System on gotdotnet
If you are evaluating or using Visual Studio Team System (VSTS) to manage your software development...
Author: MSDN Archive Date: 10/04/2005
Customizing Project Pages in gotdotnet's new CodeGallery
First of a kind? Gotdotnet user Bipindra has modified the default template for his project homepage...
Author: MSDN Archive Date: 10/03/2005
Differences between gotdotnet CodeGallery and Workspaces
When I joined the gotdotnet team with Betsy and our illustrious leader, Sandy back in...
Author: MSDN Archive Date: 09/30/2005
CodeSlam: We have a Bobblehead Winner!
Gotdotnet CodeSlam attendee and VB.NET MVP extraordinaire Keith Pleas just came over to collect his...
Author: MSDN Archive Date: 09/30/2005
I am such a loser
[a public apology] Rob,I owe you a heartfelt apology. I let you down and a public apology is the...
Author: MSDN Archive Date: 09/30/2005
WebCast: Network Awareness: Using APIs in Windows XP to be Network Aware (Level 300)
TODAY! Tuesday, September 20, 2005 11:00 a.m. PT...
Author: MSDN Archive Date: 09/20/2005
A New Evangelist in the Midwest
As the son of a career evangelist, I have long appreciated the skill and hard work it takes to bring...
Author: MSDN Archive Date: 09/19/2005
Gadgets in Windows Vista
My good friend Steve Makofsky (RSS) recently mentioned the announcement of the new Windows Vista...
Author: MSDN Archive Date: 09/14/2005
To Bulldoze or not to Bulldoze? The Future of Off Topic Discussions at gotdotnet
Every community has its dirty back alleys, seedy joints, mean streets or, like Amsterdam, a Red...
Author: MSDN Archive Date: 09/14/2005
Power Shortage
This just in. Large portions of Los Angeles are experiencing a blackout today. For all of my...
Author: MSDN Archive Date: 09/12/2005
Poi Shortage
Last week, my mother informed me that there is an acute shortage of poi in the Hawaiian Islands and...
Author: MSDN Archive Date: 09/12/2005
gotdotnet CodeGallery has left the station
I am proud to announce the public release of CodeGallery, the newest member of the gotdotnet family....
Author: MSDN Archive Date: 08/31/2005
New Community Server Blog Skins
If your weblog runs on Community Server, check this out: .NET Monster just announced the release of...
Author: MSDN Archive Date: 08/21/2005
New SourceSafe Utility: DATAWIZ
Here's a little internal Microsoft dirt: I'm the person behind the scenes who reviews and approves...
Author: MSDN Archive Date: 08/10/2005
Micro-Study of an Email Solicitation Campaign in the Blogosphere
I rarely get this kind of email request to post something on my weblog, which is somewhat...
Author: MSDN Archive Date: 08/09/2005
Open Choice Software
As the product manager for gotdotnet.com, a big part of my job is to listen to Windows and .NET...
Author: MSDN Archive Date: 08/08/2005
Scoble Graduates
Robert Scoble, who I once described as Microsoft's Blogger Laureate*, has finally earned my full,...
Author: MSDN Archive Date: 08/01/2005
Wikis Increasingly Trusted as a Source of Technical Documentation
For the last couple of years, I have been evangelizing the potential use of WikiWiki as a...
Author: MSDN Archive Date: 08/01/2005
Now Available: VPC Image of Visual Studio Team System Beta 2
Rob Caron reports that the VPC of VSTS Beta 2 is now available on the MSDN Subscriber Download...
Author: MSDN Archive Date: 07/25/2005
The Funniest Blog Post Ever Written
This post by Eric Lippert is pretty high on my list: Riddle me this, Google. I've been collecting...
Author: MSDN Archive Date: 07/19/2005
Redmond First: Councilmember John Resha Blogs!
Please join me in welcoming Redmond City Councilmember, John Resha [subscribe] to the blogosphere...
Author: MSDN Archive Date: 07/15/2005
Free MSN Wireless Internet Hotspot at Marymoor
If you are a Redmond soccer mom who is annoyed that your fellow soccer moms and kids are cracking...
Author: MSDN Archive Date: 07/14/2005
Doing Business in Amsterdam
Last week, I represented my group withiin Microsoft (Microsoft.com Community & Collaborative...
Author: MSDN Archive Date: 07/11/2005
TechEd Europe: Dev 466 Team Foundation Source Control
I'm blogging to you live from the RAI Congrescentrum in Amsterdam, Netherlands where Ashwin...
Author: MSDN Archive Date: 07/08/2005
TechEd Europe: Blogger Eileen Brown
I'm sitting in a "chalk talk" about blogging for IT pros, which is being led by Eileen Brown. She...
Author: MSDN Archive Date: 07/06/2005
TechEd Europe: Who Let Richard Hundhausen Out?
Ich. After a brilliant presentation last night on Visual Studio Team Foundation extensibility (notes...
Author: MSDN Archive Date: 07/06/2005
TechEd Europe: Microsoft's Blogging Engine (and Syndication Empire;-)
Blogging at Microsoft – Betsy Aoki RAI Congrescentrum Forum, Amsterdam Netherlands, 14.45 on 6 July...
Author: MSDN Archive Date: 07/06/2005
TechEd Europe: Visual Studio Tools for Office for Regional Directors
I'm sitting in a talk for Regional Directors in the Amsterdam RAI by BJ Holtgrewe, who is a lead...
Author: MSDN Archive Date: 07/04/2005
iamsterdam
I touched down in lovely Amsterdam.nl (their new PR slogan is i amsterdam) a few hours ago, followed...
Author: MSDN Archive Date: 07/04/2005
nUnit for VSTS2005
My esteemed compadre, Jim released version 0.2 of an nUnit converter for Visual Studio Team System...
Author: MSDN Archive Date: 07/01/2005
Videos Now Available for Social Computing Symposium 2005 Presentations
Videos of the presentations from the Second Annual Microsoft Social Computing Symposium are now...
Author: MSDN Archive Date: 06/27/2005
Geek Speak Joins the Gotdotnet Squad
The GotDotNet organization is proud to announce the selection of David Waddleton, a Microsoft...
Author: MSDN Archive Date: 06/22/2005
Joel on Bookware
Today, David Weinberger finally conceded that he fails to read my weblog with the attention and...
Author: MSDN Archive Date: 06/21/2005
Waiku
Wiki is spring and summer, autumn, winter: the sabertooth tiger. ++++++++++++++++++++ [Update] For...
Author: MSDN Archive Date: 06/21/2005
Photos from TechEd 2005 in Orlando
I've begun to upload a few photos from TechEd along with other attendees. Collaborative Flickr tag:...
Author: MSDN Archive Date: 06/09/2005