scooblog by josh ledgard
group manager | developer solutions | devdiv
Preparing for Good Customers
There are some teams at Microsoft that seem to naturally understand what it means to be ready for...
Author: MSDN Archive Date: 08/23/2005
How many Microsoft interns does it take to cover NSync?
This video, found via jobsblog, is just hysterical. I just want to know how long it took them to do...
Author: MSDN Archive Date: 08/23/2005
Improving Blog Discoverability with Shared Categories and Tags
Just an idea we have been thinking of funding for the blogs.msdn site to improve the discoverability...
Author: MSDN Archive Date: 08/16/2005
Rob Caron Attempts to Define Community
I have a lot of respect for everything that Rob and the Team System crew has accomplished top to...
Author: MSDN Archive Date: 08/12/2005
Why do you answer questions online?
I'm curious, if you answer questions online (blogs, forums, newsgroups, chats, irc, etc) what your...
Author: MSDN Archive Date: 08/11/2005
Prototype of Forums Instant Answers
I recently posted my ideas for cutting off the duplicate questions in online web based forums. I'm...
Author: MSDN Archive Date: 08/03/2005
Two Ideas to Cut off Duplicate Questions in Online Forums
One good piece of feedback I've heard about on-line communities recently is that in today's world of...
Author: MSDN Archive Date: 07/28/2005
MSDN Forums RSS Feeds and OPML File
When we first launched the MSDN Forums there were some people that didn't know we had RSS feeds for...
Author: MSDN Archive Date: 07/28/2005
What are you... like 17?
I completed another personal lap around the sun today by turning 27. Gretchen and I will be...
Author: MSDN Archive Date: 07/27/2005
How to Ask a Question Online
This may seem trivial, but after reading the incoming questions on https://forums.microsoft.com/msdn...
Author: MSDN Archive Date: 07/26/2005
Any Downside to VPC Based CTP Releases?
There are several positive comments in response to the VPC release of VSTS....
Author: MSDN Archive Date: 07/25/2005
Didn't Even Know My Blog was For sale
I didn't even know that my blog was on sale... and you can buy shares of it. But, based on the share...
Author: MSDN Archive Date: 07/25/2005
Feedback Request: Potential MSDN Forums RSS Improvements
I've been working on a spec that defines potential improvements to the...
Author: MSDN Archive Date: 07/22/2005
WOM Unit +=1: Great Podcast on Measuring Word of Mouth
Here is a link to the Church of the Customer’s latest podcast on measuring influencers and the...
Author: MSDN Archive Date: 07/22/2005
Feedback Center Request for Multi-Monitor VS Features
Sara, from the VSCore team, is looking for people to report and vote on feature suggestions via the...
Author: MSDN Archive Date: 07/21/2005
Podcast Podcast Podcast
<Looks left> <Looks right> Wow, I'm still here and no one has taped my mouth shut. You...
Author: MSDN Archive Date: 07/19/2005
Feedback Request: Default to AND or OR in Local Help Search
The VS Help team is looking for feedback wrt a last minute default setting. Anyway, here is the...
Author: MSDN Archive Date: 07/14/2005
Advice on Giving Technical Presentations for Presenters
Just blogging this for my own archives to read again in the future. [Via Fabulous Adventures In...
Author: MSDN Archive Date: 07/11/2005
When By Design is the Right Resolution for Bug
When the "By Design" bug resolution makes the most sense. :-) [Via AllenD's WebLog] Some VS 2005...
Author: MSDN Archive Date: 07/11/2005
RE: Sammamish Blogger Meetup Anyone?
[Via Jeff Sandquist - Microsoft Evangelist] We've got the perfect place for a blogger meetup in...
Author: MSDN Archive Date: 07/11/2005
Innovidiots - Good Rory Stuff
Found Via Scoble. I don't care what you opinion is on the subject. I'd like us to lead with a few...
Author: MSDN Archive Date: 07/11/2005
Visual Studio CTP Owner Blogging - Hi Keen
Keen recently joined the customer connection team. One of his main responsibilities is defining the...
Author: MSDN Archive Date: 07/10/2005
New Blog Look... Feedback?
I've been at it again... hacking my way through CSS and my blog styles. Here are my thoughts: I miss...
Author: MSDN Archive Date: 07/09/2005
Reader Community Question: OPML or Link List?
So I'm still collecting the RSS feeds of Loyal Scooblog readers. I'm still enjoying the fresh...
Author: MSDN Archive Date: 07/05/2005
MSDN Forums Ownership and Moderation Guidelines Draft
I’ve been working on putting together a set of forum ownership requirements and moderation...
Author: MSDN Archive Date: 06/30/2005
MSDN Forums Moderation: The Moderator Forum
The Moderator forum exists to facilitate private conversations between the site moderation staff. It...
Author: MSDN Archive Date: 06/30/2005
MSDN Forums Moderation: The Report Button
Every posts contains a "report" link that any user can take advantage of. This link is intended to...
Author: MSDN Archive Date: 06/30/2005
MSDN Forums Moderation: Moving Threads
This feature is intended to help keep conversations on topic and make sure that answers are...
Author: MSDN Archive Date: 06/30/2005
MSDN Forums Moderation: Deleting Posts
Any user can delete their own posts on the MSDN forums. The “Delete Post” option exists for...
Author: MSDN Archive Date: 06/30/2005
Cross Posted Top MSDN Forum Users and Forums for June
This is cross posted from the announcement on the MSDN Forums I just made. Who's posted the most...
Author: MSDN Archive Date: 06/30/2005
MSDN Forums Moderation: Post Editing
Any user can edit their own posts on the MSDN Forums with the graphical “Edit” button. Moderators...
Author: MSDN Archive Date: 06/30/2005
MSDN Forum Moderation: Answer Tagging
Think of the MSDN forums as a gigantic FAQ generating discussion system. The question and answer...
Author: MSDN Archive Date: 06/30/2005
Barrier to Entry
Sorry Robert, if people have to create and log into their own blogs just to leave comments on other...
Author: MSDN Archive Date: 06/30/2005
Doortags with Customer Drawn Logo's Arrived!
New door tags have arrived featuring our super cool customer drawn logo! Next stop... full on swag!...
Author: MSDN Archive Date: 06/30/2005
Blog Reading Revival: Social Networking on the Cheap
Starting the Scooblog Reader Rewards program has reinvigorated my blog reading. My "social software...
Author: MSDN Archive Date: 06/28/2005
Most Talked About Asp.Net and Blogs.MSDN posts
Just saw this https://activehead.com/dotnetweblogs/ in my referrals. Apparently my Reader Reward...
Author: MSDN Archive Date: 06/27/2005
Introducing the Scooblog Loyal Reader Reward Program
Hello Scooblog readers! If you read my blog and have a blog then please leave a link below. I’d like...
Author: MSDN Archive Date: 06/25/2005
Whats Wrong with Teenage Mutant Ninja Turtles?
The Red Sox are back in first place today and coincidentally are the FOX game of the week... unless...
Author: MSDN Archive Date: 06/25/2005
Tech-Ed Notes on Customer Perception of Microsoft
The Microsoft perception issue is something that came up in the discussions I had about our...
Author: MSDN Archive Date: 06/21/2005
Tech-Ed Notes on Employee Biographies
Employee biographies generated the least excitement amongst the people I was able to rope into...
Author: MSDN Archive Date: 06/21/2005
Tech-Ed Notes on Community Tech Previews
Again, some raw quotes and what I think I heard at Tech-Ed. This time about the community tech...
Author: MSDN Archive Date: 06/21/2005
Tech-Ed Notes on the MSDN Forums
These are the raw notes, quotes, and my thoughts, I wrote down from people on the MSDN Forums at...
Author: MSDN Archive Date: 06/21/2005