Software for Students
Springboard from mortarboard to onboard, Hilary Pike & Diane Curtis, Academic Developer Evangelists
Search and Give
This is perhaps the coolest innovation from Microsoft, Live Search and Give! Search and Give is a...
Author: Diane Curtis Date: 10/08/2008
A Fish Out of Water: Being a Man at Grace Hopper
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Author: HilaryPike Date: 10/05/2008
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Author: HilaryPike Date: 10/03/2008
Confessions of a Woman Developer: I’m a singer and I’m a PC
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Author: HilaryPike Date: 10/03/2008
Mashup of the Week: Grace Hopper 2008 PhotoSphere
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Author: HilaryPike Date: 10/02/2008
Confessions of a Woman Developer: 4 Steps to Navigate Grace Hopper
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Author: HilaryPike Date: 10/01/2008
Grace Hopper 2008: Confessions of a Woman Developer Series
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Author: HilaryPike Date: 10/01/2008
WomenBuild
I've been hearing SUCH good things about the WomenBuild program and just got the final details! The...
Author: Diane Curtis Date: 10/01/2008
I’m a blogger and I’m a PC
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Author: HilaryPike Date: 10/01/2008
Windows 7 pre-Beta at PDC
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Author: HilaryPike Date: 09/30/2008
Play Games in Facebook with Microphone
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Author: HilaryPike Date: 09/29/2008
One week until GHC!
A week from today, we'll be in Keystone, Colorado at the Grace Hopper Celebration of Women in...
Author: Diane Curtis Date: 09/24/2008
Mashup of the Week: Vanity Blog Mashup
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Author: HilaryPike Date: 09/21/2008
Capture Screenshots: Windows key + S key
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Author: HilaryPike Date: 09/19/2008
Microsoftie on The Balancing Act
In keeping with our Grace Hopper Conference preparatory blogging theme, I saw a very cool story...
Author: Diane Curtis Date: 09/16/2008
Bill Gates and Jerry Seinfeld: A Family Affair
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Author: HilaryPike Date: 09/14/2008
Facebook and Microphone
You've asked, we've listened! You wanted to have a conversation with Microsoft, to talk with us...
Author: Diane Curtis Date: 09/09/2008
Back to School Downloads
Starting back to school? Here are a few downloads you might consider to kick off the new year...
Author: Diane Curtis Date: 09/08/2008
Ramping up on the job: Meeting with Co-workers 1:1
I work on a team that's geographically dispersed -- we live all over the US. That makes...
Author: Diane Curtis Date: 09/05/2008
Bill Gates and Jerry Seinfeld Ad
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Author: HilaryPike Date: 09/05/2008
Grace Hopper Conference, here we come!
I have a bunch of posts to write about ramping up, but I'm taking a break to write about something...
Author: Diane Curtis Date: 09/04/2008
Ramping up on the job: Training
Ah, training. Formal training can be more or less helpful depending on the training and...
Author: Diane Curtis Date: 09/03/2008
Ramping up on the job: Peer mentorship
I love having someone I can ask stupid questions without feeling totally ridiculous. I'm...
Author: Diane Curtis Date: 09/02/2008
Ramping up on the job: Week 1
My first week was little odd because it coincided with my team's annual offsite where we present...
Author: Diane Curtis Date: 08/29/2008
Introduction
Today is a big day for Springboard! Hilary's blog is changing to "Hilary and Diane's...
Author: Diane Curtis Date: 08/28/2008
Type Type Revolution - DDR for your computer
A spin-off of Dance Dance Revolution, the Popfly Team brings us Type Type Revolution to keep your...
Author: HilaryPike Date: 08/14/2008
EDUfun: Microsoft Visual Studio Middle School Power Toys 1.0
Erik Leaseburg has started a new blog called EDUfun to capture the fun and exciting intersection of...
Author: HilaryPike Date: 08/13/2008
7 Unmissable Tips for Writing Great Content for the Web
Whether you put out technical how-tos on YouTube, create Facebook events, write for school or love...
Author: HilaryPike Date: 08/05/2008
Determine Gender with Browser URL History
Mike on Ads has a fun tool for determining your gender based on your Browser URL History. My...
Author: HilaryPike Date: 08/01/2008
Visual Studio 2008 Tip of the Day
Sara Ford keeps an excellent blog with a column on Visual Studio 2008 Tip of the Day. Here's one you...
Author: HilaryPike Date: 07/31/2008
Lock(this): Bad Locking Patterns
Multithreaded programming requires extra care to ensure threads are accessing data in a safe way....
Author: HilaryPike Date: 07/30/2008
Windows Mojave: What are you running?
Interesting focus group experiment.
Author: HilaryPike Date: 07/29/2008
Guitar Hero for Your Window Mobile Phone
Guitar Hero® III Mobile is now available on Windows Mobile! Rock out anytime, anywhere with this...
Author: HilaryPike Date: 07/28/2008
Popfly Game Creator: Games by Students
Alfred beat me to posting my own content :) We recently asked a number of students to use Popfly and...
Author: HilaryPike Date: 07/24/2008
Control PPT with Your Phone
Use your phone to changes PowerPoint Slides. Windows SideShow allow you to use your Windows Mobile...
Author: HilaryPike Date: 07/16/2008
Windows 7
Windows 7 touch inherits from Microsoft Surface. Here's a feature demo of Windows 7:
Author: HilaryPike Date: 06/25/2008
Nerd Girls TV Show
A Newsweek article was posted to Systers about and I love the concept! It's a reality TV Show about...
Author: HilaryPike Date: 06/16/2008
Women at Microsoft
My last post was about women's conferences and camps, but here's another great example showcasing...
Author: HilaryPike Date: 06/13/2008
Office Tip: Keyboard Shortcut to Switch Among Worksheets
CTRL+PAGE DOWN : Switch to the next worksheet in a workbook CTRL+PAGE UP : Switch to the previous...
Author: HilaryPike Date: 06/10/2008
Women in Science, Engineering, and Math Summer Camps
Each year the women of SWE, as well as computer science and other engineering organizations put on...
Author: HilaryPike Date: 06/10/2008
Imagine Cup US Finals: Gaming Style
The national finals included a track on Innovation and Entrepreneurship as well as a track for...
Author: HilaryPike Date: 05/29/2008
Imagine Cup US Finals: Innovation and Entrepreneurship
You missed your chance to network with congressmen, Venture Capitalists, and Microsoftees like Andy...
Author: HilaryPike Date: 05/27/2008
Imagine Cup US National Finals: Behind the Scenes
After a full day of judging multiple sections of the Imagine Cup US Final teams, check out what...
Author: HilaryPike Date: 05/22/2008
Imagine Cup US Finals: Meet the Teams
From left to right: Joe Zhou, Adam Risi and Zachery Shivers, a quartet of sophomores and juniors...
Author: HilaryPike Date: 05/21/2008
Imagine Cup US Finals
The Imagine Cup US National Finals: Channel8 and MTVU bring you the news. Max covers the highlights...
Author: HilaryPike Date: 05/19/2008
Here’s Your Chance to Shine: Microsoft Student Partners Now Hiring (US)
Want to help connect your campus to Microsoft? Here's your chance. Microsoft hires students to run...
Author: HilaryPike Date: 05/14/2008
SQL Server 2008 Humor: Man on the Street
We've had a number of internal trainings, as well as, external launch events around Visual Server...
Author: HilaryPike Date: 05/05/2008
MIS (Management Information Systems) Resources
I recently visited an MIS department at Baylor University. Since my background is in engineering and...
Author: HilaryPike Date: 05/01/2008