Mike Swanson's Blog
Why Can't You Pay Attention Anymore?
CNET News.com is featuring an interview with Dr. Edward Hallowell titled Why can't you pay attention...
Author: Michael Swanson Date: 03/29/2005
Public Availability of the Avalon and Indigo March 2005 CTP
As of this morning, the Avalon and Indigo Community Technology Preview - March 2005 is available for...
Author: Michael Swanson Date: 03/25/2005
New Blog: Designers Love .NET
One of our designers has started a new blog that focuses on Avalon from a designer's perspective....
Author: Michael Swanson Date: 03/24/2005
50th Episode of the .NET Show
It's hard to believe, but the .NET Show taped its 50th episode at Microsoft Studios yesterday...
Author: Michael Swanson Date: 03/23/2005
Crossfader: An Online Music Community
As Scott Dockendorf mentions, we launched the beta version of a new online music community site...
Author: Michael Swanson Date: 03/23/2005
Avalon and Indigo March 2005 Community Technology Preview
We've released the Avalon and Indigo CTP for March, 2005 (otherwise known as the WinFX™ SDK) for...
Author: Michael Swanson Date: 03/16/2005
Cool Data Visualization Sites
I've been spending quite a bit of time with some Avalon team members in my new position as Technical...
Author: Michael Swanson Date: 02/23/2005
Looking Back on One Year of MSDN Blogging
Well, today marks the one year anniversary of the start of my blog on MSDN. Prior to this, I had...
Author: Michael Swanson Date: 02/17/2005
Avalon Enthusiasts Dinner in London
Kevin Moore is a Program Manager on the Avalon team, and he's traveling to Europe for two weeks of...
Author: Michael Swanson Date: 02/15/2005
The Move Begins
Sometime later today, I'll be backing up the data on my computer and disconnecting it for our final...
Author: Michael Swanson Date: 01/25/2005
Free Online Training on Microsoft Framework Design
This post by Brad Abrams announces the availability of the first in a series of framework design...
Author: Michael Swanson Date: 01/15/2005
November 2004 "Avalon" CTP Available for Public Download
Ever since we released the November 2004 "Avalon" CTP, I've received e-mail asking when (and if) it...
Author: Michael Swanson Date: 01/14/2005
Relocation
I apologize for the lack of recent posts, but my wife and I have been preparing for our relocation...
Author: Michael Swanson Date: 01/13/2005
Download Microsoft Windows AntiSpyware Beta
As indicated in my post from last week and in a press release just this morning, we have made a beta...
Author: Michael Swanson Date: 01/06/2005
Cool IPTV Demo During Bill Gates' 2005 CES Keynote
Earlier tonight, I watched Conan O'Brien and Bill Gates deliver the keynote for the 2005...
Author: Michael Swanson Date: 01/06/2005
USB 2.0 Problems
You may recall the problems I had with my Microsoft Fingerprint Reader when it was plugged into my...
Author: Michael Swanson Date: 01/03/2005
Paul Thurrott on GIANT AntiSpyware
As you've probably already heard, Microsoft acquired GIANT Company Software, Inc. so that it can...
Author: Michael Swanson Date: 12/30/2004
Dragon NaturallySpeaking 8
About two months ago, I ran across a blog post by Jon Udell of InfoWorld about his experience with...
Author: Michael Swanson Date: 12/28/2004
Visual Studio 2005 CTP for December 2004 Available for Download
According to Rob Caron, you can now download the Visual Studio 2005 Community Technology Preview...
Author: Michael Swanson Date: 12/24/2004
Revised: Ripping DVDs for Media Center
It seems that the legality of my original article was in question, so I've decided to play it safe...
Author: Michael Swanson Date: 12/21/2004
Improved Search with the MSN Toolbar Suite Beta
To-date, I've been very happy with the improved search capabilities that Lookout provides for...
Author: Michael Swanson Date: 12/13/2004
Macro Wallpaper 4
I needed some new wallpaper for the upcoming holidays, so I grabbed the camera and snapped a few...
Author: Michael Swanson Date: 12/10/2004
Failing at Vacation
As Microsoft employees, we're allowed to carry forward the same amount of vacation time that you...
Author: Michael Swanson Date: 12/10/2004
Microsoft Fingerprint Reader
Update on 3/26/3009: I recently received an official communication from our hardware group that is...
Author: Michael Swanson Date: 12/03/2004
Media Center and the Universal Remote Challenge
A few posts back, I mentioned that I installed Media Center 2005 on my old P4 1.8GHz computer. Since...
Author: Michael Swanson Date: 12/01/2004
Book Review: Expert C# Business Objects
A few weeks back, I was talking to a fellow member of the West Michigan .NET User Group board, and...
Author: Michael Swanson Date: 11/23/2004
Greater Lansing User Group .NET Presentation
Last Thursday evening, I gave my presentation on Taming the Software Development Process: Tools,...
Author: Michael Swanson Date: 11/23/2004
Half-Life 2 Review
Well, it's been almost one full week since I purchased Half-Life 2, and in that time, I've managed...
Author: Michael Swanson Date: 11/22/2004
Avalon November 2004 Community Technology Preview
Don't know how I missed this interesting bit of news, but Andy Boyd mentions that the Avalon...
Author: Michael Swanson Date: 11/20/2004
Windows XP Media Center Edition 2005 Rocks!
Okay...I have a confession to make. To-date, I've purchased four TiVo units, and I'm currently...
Author: Michael Swanson Date: 11/16/2004
Sanitize Your Clipboard Text
I'm guessing this is mostly a geek problem, but I frequently find myself starting up NOTEPAD,...
Author: Michael Swanson Date: 11/15/2004
The Final Hours of Half-Life 2
GameSpot has posted an excellent, 25-page, in-depth article titled The Final Hours of Half-Life 2....
Author: Michael Swanson Date: 11/13/2004
The Importance of Information Increases Directly with Distance and Cost
This is a maxim that I’ve generally found to be true in my many years of consulting experience....
Author: Michael Swanson Date: 11/11/2004
MSN Search Service Beta
The MSN Search team has released a beta version of their new service at https://beta.search.msn.com/....
Author: Michael Swanson Date: 11/11/2004
Scott Guthrie Blogs Again!
Scott Guthrie, the Product Unit Manager responsible for ASP.NET, has started blogging again, and...
Author: Michael Swanson Date: 11/04/2004
Book Review: User Stories Applied
This book came highly recommended by one of our Architectural Consultants, so I ordered it from...
Author: Michael Swanson Date: 11/04/2004
Photo Story 3 Available for Download
We released the latest version of Photo Story yesterday, and it is now available for download for...
Author: Michael Swanson Date: 10/28/2004
Presentation Model Thoughts
I'm currently spending time on a user interface framework for the 2005 version ("Whidbey") of...
Author: Michael Swanson Date: 10/28/2004
Unreal Engine 3 Overview and Half-Life 2 Review
As an avid magazine reader, I picked up a copy of Maximum PC's 3D Gaming Tech Guide Special Issue:...
Author: Michael Swanson Date: 10/23/2004
C# Edit and Continue Support in Visual Studio 2005
This is one of those things that I knew customers would be excited about, but I had to keep quiet....
Author: Michael Swanson Date: 10/15/2004
The Google Desktop
A beta version of the Google Desktop is available for download that enables you to search through...
Author: Michael Swanson Date: 10/14/2004