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Screencast: How to Create a Screencast 1
After being asked several times how to create a screencast, I figured I'd just do a screencast of it...
Author: johnmont Date: 10/31/2007
Popfly Beta Today
Today, Steve Ballmer announced at the Web 2.0 Summit that Popfly has moved from closed alpha to open...
Author: johnmont Date: 10/18/2007
Web 2.0 Summit Kiosk Application
The Popfly team put together an application that aggregates news about the Web 2.0 Summit. If you go...
Author: johnmont Date: 10/17/2007
Web 2.0 Summit Presentation Over
Evidently I had 75 minutes, not 45 minutes. 30 minutes of vamping. Technorati Tags: Web2Summit,...
Author: johnmont Date: 10/17/2007
8:30AM Wednesday: Popfly Presentation at Web 2 Summit
I'm sitting here in San Francisco preparing myself for a presentation tomorrow morning at the Web...
Author: johnmont Date: 10/16/2007
Social Networking is a Feature
In February, Om Malik wrote "Are Social Networks Just a Feature?" I didn't think much of it at the...
Author: johnmont Date: 10/15/2007
Brad Demoed Popfly
Brad Abrams demoed Popfly at ReMix Boston. It was in the context of explaining RIAs and Silverlight,...
Author: johnmont Date: 10/08/2007
Diminishing Returns
I read "Product Management is Politics" with some interest. James's post covers several areas that...
Author: johnmont Date: 10/08/2007
VS 2008 Beta 2 Express Editions
Available now along with the Coding4Fun Developer Kit. We've upgraded the Popfly team to using VSTS...
Author: johnmont Date: 07/27/2007
Preparing for the Popfly Town Hall
I've been preparing for the Popfly Town Hall meeting tomorrow and realized that we're going to be...
Author: johnmont Date: 07/27/2007
FAM, SteveB, and Popfly
According to one of the Popfly team members (Sriram), SteveB mentioned Popfly a few times during his...
Author: johnmont Date: 07/27/2007
Popfly Town Hall
One of the things that Dan Fernandez has encouraged the Popfly team to do is what he calls a virtual...
Author: johnmont Date: 07/23/2007
Stephen Shankland's Blog
My friend Stephen Shankland now has his own blog over at CNET covering open source software, digital...
Author: johnmont Date: 07/23/2007
Latest Popfly Deployment
We've pushed our latest Popfly build to our production servers. This release includes a host of new...
Author: johnmont Date: 07/19/2007
Office Hijinks
You go away for a week and you get pwned. Office Hijinks Technorati Tags: office hijinks
Author: johnmont Date: 07/11/2007
Jury Duty in Kent
Like voting, jury duty is one of those low-effort ways of doing the right thing. For the second time...
Author: johnmont Date: 07/09/2007
Spar Varnish...
...is like painting with mucus. On the recommendation of a professional painter, my wife and I spent...
Author: johnmont Date: 07/07/2007
Coding Best Practice
Courtesy Smalltalk Tidbits: Technorati Tags: humor, coding
Author: johnmont Date: 07/06/2007
What "Vacation" Means During a Remodel
I took this week off from work. Or I should say, I took this week off from going to the office. So...
Author: johnmont Date: 07/04/2007
Making Public Information Useful
Ever since Jon Udell blogged about Amazon and the local library back in 2002 and ChicagoCrime.org...
Author: johnmont Date: 06/29/2007
Windows Live Writer Updated
Nice improvements to Windows Live Writer with version 12.0.1183.516: new menus, improved...
Author: johnmont Date: 06/29/2007
Not Well Met
I can't imagine what it's like to come back to Microsoft, write up something you thought was...
Author: johnmont Date: 06/29/2007
And Now a Word from Gartner
Everyone loves the iPhone, so of course Gartner had to go and spoil it for us. Technorati Tags:...
Author: johnmont Date: 06/28/2007
An Evening of Bujold and Trivia
Last night at the University Bookstore in Seattle, Lois McMaster Bujold was in town talking not...
Author: johnmont Date: 06/28/2007
Popfly Updated
We've pushed the latest update to Popfly.com. The team blog lists the top features, including,...
Author: johnmont Date: 06/14/2007
Maker Faire and Popfly Results
Well, we saw a lot of people at Maker Faire, but the biggest thing we did was the ducks. Sure we...
Author: johnmont Date: 05/31/2007
Twitter + Virtual Earth in Popfly
Author: johnmont Date: 05/18/2007
Popfly Humor
Drew Bollman has posted his mashup wish list. He had me at #1.
Author: johnmont Date: 05/18/2007
Maker Faire: Meet the Popfly Team
Tonight a lot of my team and I head down to San Mateo, CA for O'Reilly's Maker Faire. I've never...
Author: johnmont Date: 05/18/2007
Some of the Popfly News So Far
Channel9- Popfly Scoble- Microsoft releases neat mashup tool TechCrunch- Microsoft Launches Popfly-...
Author: johnmont Date: 05/18/2007
Why I Think Popfly is Cool
No product is complete without a top-ten list of cool features, so here's mine for Popfly. It's easy...
Author: johnmont Date: 05/18/2007
The Genesis of Popfly or What I've Been Doing for the Last Year
Some of you have been following this blog more closely than others. Well, a few of you. OK, there...
Author: johnmont Date: 05/18/2007
Welcome to Popfly
Today (that'd be Friday) we're announcing Microsoft Popfly(tm), which is the project my team has...
Author: johnmont Date: 05/18/2007
Ducks
Author: johnmont Date: 05/16/2007
The Throbbing Floppy
In this era of networks and USB keys, why does Visual Studio show a throbbing floppy when it's...
Author: johnmont Date: 05/09/2007
WPF Patches for VC# and VB Express Orcas Ready
Updated Thanks for waiting: the patch that will enable VB Express and VC# Express April CTP to...
Author: johnmont Date: 04/26/2007
Visual Studio Express Orcas Available
The first Community Technology Preview of all four Visual Studio Express "Orcas" products are...
Author: johnmont Date: 04/19/2007
Information Wants to be Free
A long time ago, this phrase was the watchword of those radical hacker types. Today's appearance of...
Author: johnmont Date: 03/14/2007
Probably Old News to Everyone Else
Suddenly, antitrust law all makes sense.
Author: johnmont Date: 03/13/2007
Are You a Dinosaur?
Dinosaur. I love these guys.
Author: johnmont Date: 03/12/2007
Born vs. Made
Another thought from reading Peopleware: As a manager, how much effect do you have on people? Here's...
Author: johnmont Date: 03/12/2007
Hero Worship
One of the cool things about working at Microsoft is that when you have a question, you can pick...
Author: johnmont Date: 03/09/2007
Do People Want to Tweak?
I believe that people want the ability to control their digital experiences – not just setting...
Author: johnmont Date: 03/09/2007
The Power of Assertion
You can get away with a lot just by asserting strongly enough. I'm thinking specifically of a...
Author: johnmont Date: 03/07/2007
New Encryption Technique Discovered
MARCH 06, 2007, REDMOND -- Microsoft today announced the creation of a new super-secure encryption...
Author: johnmont Date: 03/06/2007
News: Terrier Alert Raised!
Please maintain your awareness of cute dog photos and (mostly) happy endings.
Author: johnmont Date: 03/04/2007
On i'm: Giving Easily
The new "i'm" program that the Live team is running is truly clever. Beyond clever: it's brilliant....
Author: johnmont Date: 03/03/2007