Riding Herd
Jeremy Mazner, Technical Evangelist
Decoding the FileAttributes field in ProcessMonitor
Random tip: if you're using procmon.exe to monitor file system activity, you'll see a FileAttributes...
Date: 05/27/2010
You too can look like MS Office 2007
Today we announced a new licensing program for the Microsoft Office 2007 user interface components....
Date: 11/21/2006
Setting AutoArchive properties on a folder hierarchy in Outlook 2007
Is there anything more fun than writing custom VBA macros to solve a problem you face in your...
Date: 10/30/2006
How I think about the Windows Vista platform
There are a ton of new features in the Windows Vista platform (thousands of new APIs), some of which...
Date: 07/14/2006
IE 7 security is already making a difference
I've been using various beta builds of IE 7 for several months now, and I am really impressed with...
Date: 05/05/2006
Using App Verifier to catch dangerous C++ code
One of the very cool things about the Visual Studio Team System 2005 release is that it includes a...
Date: 03/31/2006
Windows Vista software logo guidelines draft available
I just discovered that an early draft (version .5) of the logo guidelines for Windows Vista software...
Date: 02/17/2006
Developer's guide to new Vista APIs
Last month, the MSDN team published a doc that's long been in the works -- a developer's...
Date: 01/04/2006
PDC 05 videos online (with a few issues)
Many folks have noticed that Mike Swanson's weeks of hard work have paid off, and the full video,...
Date: 10/25/2005
Another mini-guide update
We heard from some attendees that they were having a hard time choosing between DAT209 (WinFS Future...
Date: 09/13/2005
How to build a great Windows Vista app
One of the goodies that PDC attendees will find in their swag bag is a poster called "Lighting up on...
Date: 09/12/2005
PDC mini-guide updates
The PDC content team is on site in LA! It's been an intense last month getting ready for the event,...
Date: 09/10/2005
PDC session list now in XLS and RSS formats
Sometimes it's the little things that make a difference...by popular request, the current list of...
Date: 08/22/2005
The Register gets two facts wrong about IE 7 TechBeta
Andrew Orlowski, of The Register, recently posted a very short blurb about problems with IE 7. He...
Date: 07/29/2005
Windows Vista dev overviews now up!
check it out, https://msdn.microsoft.com/windowsvista/
Date: 07/27/2005
Avoiding memory leak patterns in your IE script
Justin Rogers, a dev on IE's object model team, posts about his recent MSDN article on leak patterns...
Date: 06/21/2005
What makes for a good PDC session?
The closer the PDC track team comes to locking down our session list, the more we hear from internal...
Date: 06/20/2005
PDC track owners are blogging...
I've noticed that a couple of the track owners on our virtual content team have started blogging...
Date: 06/13/2005
PDC registration now open
I have a long list of backlogged things to post about...but for now, I just want to quickly note...
Date: 06/07/2005
PDC registration opens June 7th
I saw it on a banner ad on microsoft.com, so it must be true! PDC reg opens June 7...
Date: 05/31/2005
Mr. Sketch is great!
After two grumpy posts, here's a feel-good post. I've had two day-long meeting/training things each...
Date: 05/11/2005
Customer service too good to be true: ATT and Audiovox
I'm in a mood to rant about poor customer service experiences I've had lately. Since one of them is...
Date: 05/11/2005
PDC updates
It’s been a while since I last posted about PDC content planning. Thing suddenly got very busy in...
Date: 05/10/2005
Any women evangelist candidates out there?
Where are the women evangelists? I’ve gotten some great responses to my open jobs (here and here,)...
Date: 05/02/2005
More hiring, more jobs!
My co-worker Jeff also has some open positions on his team to work on Channel9, if you're...
Date: 04/28/2005
Vic Gundotra is blogging
The General Manager of my team, Vic Gundotra, has kicked off a public blog. Vic has been a driving...
Date: 04/22/2005
Why hire an IEvangelist
More great comments are coming in about this position. Hoovernj: Sigh... Just make a good product....
Date: 04/20/2005
IEvangelist's biggest challenge
Sweet, the post about the IE job has been up for two hours, and already the blogsphere is making it...
Date: 04/18/2005
Now hiring: Internet Explorer Technical Evangelist
My team is also hiring a Technical Evangelist to focus on Internet Explorer. The goal of the IE...
Date: 04/18/2005
Now hiring: Longhorn Technical Evangelists
My team is looking to hire two new technical evangelists to focus on Longhorn. The positions are all...
Date: 04/18/2005
Survey results coming in
Thanks to the 96 of you who took the time to complete the survey. I'm just getting started looking...
Date: 04/15/2005
Non administrator: running with least privilege
A reader emailed me a question about running under a non-administrator account in Windows today,...
Date: 04/12/2005
XMLHTTP primer on ASP.NET Support Voice
Brian Goldfarb sent me an email pointer to the latest ASP.NET Support Voice posting. This one covers...
Date: 04/12/2005
Why do developers go to conferences?
My post last week in response to Scott generated some good discussion about the value of developer...
Date: 04/07/2005
Lazycoder doesn't think PDC is worth the cost
Lazycoder: Microsoft Tech Ed and PDC not worth the time or money What do you really miss by not...
Date: 03/29/2005
Getting decent wireless connectivity at PDC
I've seen several comments about the issues with WLAN accessibility at PDC '03. I am delighted to...
Date: 03/28/2005
Capacity planning for PDC
There's an interesting discussion about PDC over at Yahoo Groups' Windows Technical: Off Topic...
Date: 03/24/2005
Stunning PDC details revealed!
Okay, maybe not so stunning, but in response to several requests that have come in from commenters...
Date: 03/20/2005
PDC pre-conference: 1 day, or 2?
I’m trying to figure out how we should handle the PDC pre-conference this year, and wanted to see if...
Date: 03/16/2005
RSS Feeds for PDC
[Update: we now have an official feed for the main PDC event page, in addition to the community/blog...
Date: 03/15/2005
How do you plan a PDC?
I’ve spent the past two months trying to figure out what it means to be PDC Content Owner, and how...
Date: 03/14/2005
Pre-emptive strike: What will you show at PDC?
Scoble found my PDC post pretty fast, and so in anticipation of an increase in traffic, I figured...
Date: 03/09/2005
PDC planning and your input
Back in January, my manager (Steve Cellini) mentioned that he’d kindly volunteered me to be Content...
Date: 03/09/2005
Recent statements on WinFS, "Project Green"
Here are a couple pointers to the latest info we've made public on some ongoing development...
Date: 03/08/2005
Web Smart Client in the real world - MSDN Chat Feb 17
In response to my previous posts about the spectrum of smart clients, I got an email from Mark...
Date: 02/16/2005