Chris Pratley's Office Labs and OneNote Blog
A blog about Office Labs and OneNote from behind the scenes.
Anticipation....
It's a funny time of year. We're approaching our first beta of Office12 and OneNote12 in the next...
Author: Chris Pratley Date: 08/09/2005
I'm on Channel9
Hey, Owen Braun and I are on Channel9 - so you can see what we look and sound like in full motion...
Author: Chris Pratley Date: 07/04/2005
Using OneNote on two or more machines
One question I hear pretty often is: "hey, I have two machines with OneNote - how do I keep my notes...
Author: Chris Pratley Date: 06/25/2005
Getting organized using OneNote note flags
I've written recently about some of the more exotic capabilities of OneNote, but I thought I would...
Author: Chris Pratley Date: 04/23/2005
OneNote for Audio and Video Notes
I thought I would share with you some of the more interesting things people are doing with OneNote -...
Author: Chris Pratley Date: 04/09/2005
The best ways to show OneNote to others
I often hear from fans of OneNote that they are frustrated because they can't explain to others what...
Author: Chris Pratley Date: 03/09/2005
OneNote Shared Sessions
It's been awhile since I have had time to update my blog, but it looks like I may be able to spend a...
Author: Chris Pratley Date: 02/22/2005
New PowerToys for OneNote 2003 SP1
Better sooner than later - the first PowerToys are already here and available for download. Bear in...
Author: Chris Pratley Date: 07/28/2004
Final bits of OneNote 2003 SP1 are now available
Here's just a quick note to say that the final bits of OneNote 2003 SP1 (discussed in my last post)...
Author: Chris Pratley Date: 07/27/2004
OneNote 2003 SP1 has wrapped
Today we had our ship party for OneNote 2003 SP1 down at Sammamish State Park (at the south end of...
Author: Chris Pratley Date: 06/25/2004
More responses to comments on Word posts
Some people publicly and privately have suggested that they find it amazing that I am writing this...
Author: Chris Pratley Date: 04/29/2004
OneNote PowerToys
Since there are a lot of developers reading this, how about a brief moment to discuss extensibility...
Author: Chris Pratley Date: 04/25/2004
Progeny
This is a little off topic, but I thought I'd share it with y'all anyway. My son was born Wednesday....
Author: Chris Pratley Date: 04/23/2004
Design a blogging feature for OneNote
I thought it might be fun to try a little interactive design experience. There's been a lot of...
Author: Chris Pratley Date: 04/14/2004
Awards for OneNote
We've had a good week here last week on the OneNote team. First, we heard that we had won a...
Author: Chris Pratley Date: 04/14/2004
Schools of development
I was thinking to write about how software is made. First, I'll start by describing three methods of...
Author: Chris Pratley Date: 02/24/2004
Second thoughts
It's been two weeks since I last wrote an entry here. I've been pondering what it is that makes...
Author: Chris Pratley Date: 02/24/2004
OneNote and Version 1
Let's say you manage a development team that has a few developers, a few testers, and a handful of...
Author: Chris Pratley Date: 02/10/2004
Watson
People who don’t build software for a living have a quite understandable attitude that you...
Author: Chris Pratley Date: 02/04/2004
Field Trial
We built OneNote in relative secrecy during 2001-2002. Well, it wasn’t cloak and dagger stuff...
Author: Chris Pratley Date: 02/03/2004
OneNote and Journal
Those of you who have a TabletPC are probably familiar with the built-in note-taking application...
Author: Chris Pratley Date: 01/31/2004
Interviews
Here are a couple of interviews with me done around the time we announced OneNote in late 2002. Hope...
Author: Chris Pratley Date: 01/31/2004
Why Doesn't OneNote have Feature X?
Who decides what features go into a software product? If a software product doesn't have a feature,...
Author: Chris Pratley Date: 01/31/2004
OneNote for Blog Prep
I've already switched from Word to OneNote to prepare my blog entries. I didn't like maintaining...
Author: Chris Pratley Date: 01/31/2004
OneNote at ComDex - A Day to Remember
I guess I forgot to tell you all the story of the "day I won’t forget" in the last post. It...
Author: Chris Pratley Date: 01/31/2004
Going Public with OneNote
November 18th, 2002 is a day I am not likely to forget. I was in Las Vegas for Comdex. We had been...
Author: Chris Pratley Date: 01/31/2004
Humility and handwriting
Designing the actual experience of handwriting in OneNote 2003 was quite a challenge. We...
Author: Chris Pratley Date: 01/30/2004
The Myth
Myths are fun to believe in and perpetuate. Myths are also amazing in their immortality. But myths...
Author: Chris Pratley Date: 01/30/2004
OneNote genesis
OneNote started as an email exchange between myself and Steven Sinofsky, the Senior VP for Office,...
Author: Chris Pratley Date: 01/30/2004
Introduction
This is my first post to my first blog. I'm trying this out to get a sense of what blogging is like....
Author: Chris Pratley Date: 01/29/2004