scooblog by josh ledgard
group manager | developer solutions | devdiv
One Month after VB Power Pack Release
Releasing the VB Power Pack source to developers seems to have been a good move. Robert highlights...
Author: MSDN Archive Date: 07/14/2004
Scooby Snacks Volume #4
Keeping a Narrow Focus Fast Company has a great article about how Starbucks plans to extend its...
Author: MSDN Archive Date: 07/13/2004
VSCmdShell v0.8 Source Code Posted in the Workspace
Download the source code without being a workspace member...
Author: MSDN Archive Date: 07/12/2004
Upcoming VSCmdShell Addin Project Roadmap
So far I have a bunch of downloads and some feedback for the 0.8 release. I've also been asked what...
Author: MSDN Archive Date: 07/09/2004
VSCmdShell Addin Hits v0.8 and has a VS 2005 Version!
My app building yielded the v0.8 version of the VSCmdShell Window add-in. If you haven't been...
Author: MSDN Archive Date: 07/09/2004
The Importance of Transparency
Olivier, from the MSCommunity Blog, forwarded me this comment from Scobles blog. One of the most...
Author: MSDN Archive Date: 07/07/2004
No more Gmail for Charity with New Google Stance
I won't accept any more paypal donations towards the MSBaseball Charities for Gmail accounts per the...
Author: MSDN Archive Date: 07/02/2004
Microsoft scores highest in customer-respect study
While not really developer focused I can't help but attribute some of our high scores to the overall...
Author: MSDN Archive Date: 06/30/2004
A few Extra Thoughts after three days with VS 2005 Beta 1
Last week I spent three days app building. (Day 1, Day 2, Day 3) My goal was to port the VSCmdShell...
Author: MSDN Archive Date: 06/28/2004
The Value of Developer Newsgroups
Here is a great example why we encourage teams to make sure questions are being answered in their...
Author: MSDN Archive Date: 06/28/2004
Blogging to Make Billg Happy
VS Core IDE QA team member, Sara Ford, was recently highlighted in a business week article entitled...
Author: MSDN Archive Date: 06/28/2004
Scooby Snacks Volume #2
Blogs, Blogs and More Blogs The Microsoft.com community team now has a team blog. I’ve been...
Author: MSDN Archive Date: 06/27/2004
RE: Advocacy: Relationships and Voice: Failure of Current Strategies to Respect People
I personally missed the opportunity to see Dr Weinberger live and will have to settle for our...
Author: MSDN Archive Date: 06/25/2004
MSBaseball Charity Update
As of this moment I've collected $430 for the MSBaseball Challenge charities. I'll thank everyone...
Author: MSDN Archive Date: 06/25/2004
App Building Diary Day 3: Bug Fixing is Hard
11:15 Non-Late Arrival: I seem to get a later start each day. Today I had a 9am meeting that I...
Author: MSDN Archive Date: 06/24/2004
App Building Diary Day 2: Multi-Monitor Support!
10:44 Shut Down Outlook: I’ve been here since 9 working on “immediate attention...
Author: MSDN Archive Date: 06/23/2004
More Gmail Invites to Give Away for Charity
Thanks to a bunch of Gmail invite donations I'm going to open up my offer again. Donate at least $10...
Author: MSDN Archive Date: 06/23/2004
VS 2005 App Building Diary Day 1: Whidbey Versus the VSCmdShell
Today kicks off the first of three “PM App Building” days on the VSCore team. As a...
Author: MSDN Archive Date: 06/22/2004
Gmail is a charity goldmine... Still one invite left
This morning I threw Jeremy's gmail invites up for grabs to the first 5 people to donate $10 or more...
Author: MSDN Archive Date: 06/21/2004
Want Gmail? Five accounts for support of MSBaseball Challenge charities
I have Gmail invites to give out to the next five people who donate $10 or more to the MSBaseball...
Author: MSDN Archive Date: 06/21/2004
Scooby Snacks Volume #1
Alex is experimenting with posting the MSBuild weekly project status directly to his blog rather...
Author: MSDN Archive Date: 06/15/2004
Baking Scooby Snacks
Some people have noticed that over time my blogging style has changed. Stephane says “Take a...
Author: MSDN Archive Date: 06/15/2004
Strange Googlings: The Madlib
(Google searches that led to my blog in bold) Ahhhh, the same Red Sox that lost to the yankees in...
Author: MSDN Archive Date: 06/12/2004
"The kind of thing Microsoft needs to do more of"
I got to hear the whole story from the link below on the car ride home yesterday and it sounded...
Author: MSDN Archive Date: 06/11/2004
How can Model Testing help test low level functions?
It has taken me way to long to respond to this comment from Scott. re: For Testers: Nihit Kaul Talks...
Author: MSDN Archive Date: 06/10/2004
Lawyers blog too... And they read my blog...
Well, at least the posts that are scobelized. :-) I was hoping that some 3rd party lawyers might...
Author: MSDN Archive Date: 06/09/2004
New Community Tools Highlighted @ Microsoft Watch
Check out this article on Microsoft-Watch.com for some tidbits about the new community tools being...
Author: MSDN Archive Date: 06/07/2004
Collaborative Music Play List Site?
Here is one take on collaborative music play lists. Personally, I’d love to be able to share...
Author: MSDN Archive Date: 06/07/2004
RE: Refactoring in Whidbey for VB.NET
Ouch. Now, I've spent a bunch of time in VB.NET. (Most of our VS test automation is written with...
Author: MSDN Archive Date: 06/04/2004
And the Kipmanisms are now public
Alex Kipman has a blog now! Knowing Alex, I've filed this post under the "community wins" category...
Author: MSDN Archive Date: 06/04/2004
RE: Visual Studio 2005 - Some Feedback
Omer posted some great constructive feedback on VS 2005 today. And yes, we do listen and we do want...
Author: MSDN Archive Date: 06/04/2004
House Rules for Blog Comments???
Today Simon talked about some of the tradeoffs of requiring authentication for comments VS allowing...
Author: MSDN Archive Date: 06/02/2004
RE: I'm not gonna disclose every post
I'd comment on your blog Robert, but you don't support the comment API so it's against my personal...
Author: MSDN Archive Date: 06/02/2004
Great Tech-Ed Attendee Quotes from Internal Trip Report
This morning James sent around his Tech-Ed “trip report”. I particularly enjoyed this...
Author: MSDN Archive Date: 06/01/2004
For Testers: Nihit Kaul Talks Up Model Based Testing
It was my belief as a test lead and is still my belief. To test a product with any amount of...
Author: MSDN Archive Date: 06/01/2004