scooblog by josh ledgard
group manager | developer solutions | devdiv
MVP Summit Views and Issues with Threaded Discussions
During the MVP summit I made it my mission to seek out as much feedback from anyone who would talk...
Author: MSDN Archive Date: 04/14/2004
Sound On/Off As part of the Window Title Bar?
Mitch read my post and thinks so. I'm actually thinking that this might confuse users since there...
Author: MSDN Archive Date: 04/13/2004
Cleaning up my Web Browsing
I received a bunch of responses to this post about all the new ads. I've played around with all of...
Author: MSDN Archive Date: 04/12/2004
Maximizing the Reach of your Unique Strengths
Eric Carter asks if Microsoft is approaching community in the right way? My response follows: I...
Author: MSDN Archive Date: 04/10/2004
Why its Finally OK to block Pop-up Ads
So IE finally has an integrated pop-up blocker! This is great news for the millions of PC users that...
Author: MSDN Archive Date: 04/10/2004
Seven Dwarfs Compete to be the Apprentice
Sometimes I just wish Donald would just fire 2-3 of these people at a time. I'm not sure any of them...
Author: MSDN Archive Date: 04/10/2004
Visual Studio 2005 blog Feedback Hunt
I've been watching a few feedster searches for feedback on the CTP builds of Whidbey. I figured I'd...
Author: MSDN Archive Date: 04/09/2004
Welcome to the Developer PowerToys
The Developer PowerToys site is a "work in progress" directory of cool utilities and tools developed...
Author: MSDN Archive Date: 04/08/2004
Visual Studio 2005 Release Notes on a Community Wiki
Philip Reick has started a Visual Studio 2005 Community Tech Preview (CTP) changelog and readme...
Author: MSDN Archive Date: 04/07/2004
MVP Summit Thank You
To echo the first slide presented by every executive today I wanted to give a “mid MVP...
Author: MSDN Archive Date: 04/06/2004
MVP Summit Kick Off
I was at the MVP Summit welcome reception tonight. It was awesome to finally meet some of the people...
Author: MSDN Archive Date: 04/04/2004
Feedback Request: Whidbey Help Toolbar and Screen Resolution
After helping Scott fix his images I can now point you to his requests for feedback on the Whidbey...
Author: MSDN Archive Date: 03/31/2004
Meet me @ the MVP Summit
I'm planning on spending as much time at the MVP summit next week as time will allow. I won't...
Author: MSDN Archive Date: 03/29/2004
Will Longhorn People and Groups solve my Problems?
Dan has a great post that points to information explaining how people and contact lists will be 1st...
Author: MSDN Archive Date: 03/28/2004
100th Post and a Tablet PC Update
It you have a Table PC I strongly encourage you to download sp2 RC1 for windows XP. It actually...
Author: MSDN Archive Date: 03/28/2004
PowerToys 2.0 Site Priorities Draft
Today I took a stab at creating a prioritized feature list for the 2.0 version of the site. If I...
Author: MSDN Archive Date: 03/27/2004
Help Shape the VS PowerToys 2.0 Site
I've formed a virtual team inside Microsoft whose mission is to shape the future of the Visual...
Author: MSDN Archive Date: 03/25/2004
Describing the SDE Role
Over at jobsblog they took their first stab at describing the different job roles at Microsoft. They...
Author: MSDN Archive Date: 03/24/2004
Red Sox On-line Community Outreach
It seems the tech industry is not the only one starting to bypass traditional media for marketing....
Author: MSDN Archive Date: 03/24/2004
More Information on VS 2005 Community Tech Previews
Dan seems to have started the information flow and now I’ve received IMs from at least four...
Author: MSDN Archive Date: 03/23/2004
What should be on your Start Page?
In the grand Microsoft tradition of “if you complain about or suggest something you own...
Author: MSDN Archive Date: 03/22/2004
NUNIT and Code Coverage Usage
Two topics I’d been asked to cover were tackled today. Gunnar explains “How to Shoot...
Author: MSDN Archive Date: 03/22/2004
Truth in Advertising (The Good and the Bad)
I believe most people have a love/hate relationship with the ads that they are barraged with. Having...
Author: MSDN Archive Date: 03/21/2004
Software that Fixes my Contact List Problem?
At last count I have at least 12 separate contact lists. There is one list each for Outlook, AIM,...
Author: MSDN Archive Date: 03/20/2004
Scott and the "Help Experience"
Scott Swanson just started a blog. He is the PM who is orchestrating the “Help...
Author: MSDN Archive Date: 03/20/2004
SDR
Software Design Review: Typically a meeting where we present the current state of our plans or bits...
Author: MSDN Archive Date: 03/17/2004
Rebuilding Customer Connections One Person at a Time
Having recently joined a team focused on Developer Division community participation and product...
Author: MSDN Archive Date: 03/16/2004
Mandatory Reading for People Reporting Bugs (Even in Newsgroups!)
Having spent the last two years in my previous role of Test Lead in a LOT of triage meetings I found...
Author: MSDN Archive Date: 03/15/2004
Newsgroups, Web Forums, and ???
I recently attended a recent Microsoft Research talk on the subject of the Microsoft public...
Author: MSDN Archive Date: 03/13/2004
Talent Scouts Blogging!
Scoble is so fast I can’t even beat him to a post when I have advance warning from a family...
Author: MSDN Archive Date: 03/12/2004
Joining the Dark Side of Program Management
I’ve “joined the Dark Side”, as my more technical friends would say, and decided...
Author: MSDN Archive Date: 03/12/2004
The Egg Hasn’t Hatched Yet???
From AT, in my comments, came another interesting look at the project language numbers on...
Author: MSDN Archive Date: 03/09/2004
Another VS.NET Help Dev Blogging
I was already linking to Tim's blog, but now Saurabh is blogging as well. For starters he'll show...
Author: MSDN Archive Date: 03/09/2004
The Chicken or the Egg?
Alex left a good comment in my post that responded to his original assertion that .Net coders code...
Author: MSDN Archive Date: 03/04/2004
Software Testing: The GUI Part 1
I've been asked to talk a bit about UI testing. Keep in mind that none of my testing posts are meant...
Author: MSDN Archive Date: 03/02/2004
Exciting Times
The KDE Quality Team was covered on Slashdot today. Maybe working in a test org makes me biased, but...
Author: MSDN Archive Date: 03/02/2004
Some Great VS 2003 Tips
If you haven’t already been reading them you should subscribe to Shaykatc’s series of...
Author: MSDN Archive Date: 03/02/2004
I can’t leave some things alone
Visualizers in Whidbey are going to be cool, but you can do some awesome debug customizations in...
Author: MSDN Archive Date: 02/25/2004
Technology that’s not ready yet
I love technology. I love new tech toys. Sometimes I’ve jumped headfirst into something that...
Author: MSDN Archive Date: 02/23/2004
Help Choose a Dog (Warning: No cool techy stuff ahead. Only Puppies.)
My wife and I are looking to get our first Berner (Oliver) a brother. We’ve recently received...
Author: MSDN Archive Date: 02/19/2004