Alex Barnett's blog
The blog of Alex Barnett
On Jigsaw
On Jigsaw, what Michael said.
Author: MSDN Archive Date: 03/23/2006
Recommendation and the Harry Potter Problem
Greg Linden used to work at Amazon. From time to time he'll recount one of his 'early days at...
Author: MSDN Archive Date: 03/23/2006
Mix06 - that's a wrap!
Here's some Mix06 day 2 and 3 pics, links and stuff... Scott Guthrie's presentation went down well -...
Author: MSDN Archive Date: 03/23/2006
Windows Live Developer Center, now live
The Windows Live Developer Center site is now live at MSDN, where you can find stuff on the MSN...
Author: MSDN Archive Date: 03/21/2006
Mix06 Day 1
I've uploaded a bunch of my Mix06 pics. My favourite is this one of Marc Canter advertising his...
Author: MSDN Archive Date: 03/21/2006
Bill Crunch
Following the Mix06 keynote speeches earlier this morning and a spot of lunch, I attended a session...
Author: MSDN Archive Date: 03/21/2006
New IE7 build ready for download
I'm at Mix06. Here's a quick hit - from the IE team: 'New IE7 Build Available at Mix06' "It is build...
Author: MSDN Archive Date: 03/20/2006
The Pre-Fighting Philosopher's Problem
I mentioned Brian Beckman in my 'What am I doing at Microsoft' post. The following is a sample of...
Author: MSDN Archive Date: 03/19/2006
10 Random Thoughts. #3 Worry.
10 Random Thoughts. #3 Worry. Do not worry about anything that you can not do anything about.
Author: MSDN Archive Date: 03/18/2006
The Microsoft paperclip video
Quick video Microsoft paperclip - warning - lewd language. Probably been around while but I've not...
Author: MSDN Archive Date: 03/18/2006
I'm a coffee heathen
Have you seen this? I saw it on the shelf at my local Starbucks - it's an 'Iced Coffee' in a can....
Author: MSDN Archive Date: 03/18/2006
Mix06 - here I come....!
I'm heading off to Mix06 tomorrow. My first time to Las Vegas... Other Microsoft attendees have...
Author: MSDN Archive Date: 03/18/2006
10 Random Thoughts. # 2 Repetition engines
10 Random Thoughts. # 2 Repetition engines New media is rapidly becoming like old media....
Author: MSDN Archive Date: 03/17/2006
What am I doing at Microsoft?
I've not blogged very much (at all) about the new role I started about 8 weeks ago, so I thought it...
Author: MSDN Archive Date: 03/17/2006
More OPML experiments
Two cool OPML experiments I've come across this morning and wanted to point out. OPML Cloud The...
Author: MSDN Archive Date: 03/16/2006
Nanotech helps blind hamsters (see)
BBC reports on another breakthough in the fight against hamsters' hardships: "Nanotechnology has...
Author: MSDN Archive Date: 03/15/2006
Help with Tag Hell
James Corbett suggests Raw Sugar may help out with the Tag Hell I described a little while ago: "Raw...
Author: MSDN Archive Date: 03/15/2006
10 Random Thoughts. # 1. The interview.
10 Random Thoughts. # 1. The interview. Interviewer: I want you to move Mount Fuji. How are you...
Author: MSDN Archive Date: 03/15/2006
Amazon Launches Simple Storage Solution (S3)
Amazon has been up to some interesting things of late. Its most recent play is the Amazon Simple...
Author: MSDN Archive Date: 03/14/2006
500 mashups
That's right, 500. That's how many mashups John Musser has listed at his ProgrammableWeb site.
Author: MSDN Archive Date: 03/13/2006
Microsoft Watch is podcasting
Microsoft Watch is now keeping its beady eye on, er, Microsoft, via a weekly podcast. - Tags:...
Author: MSDN Archive Date: 03/13/2006
RSS + Simple List Extensions for the enterprise
Here's a prediction by Charlie Wood: "As more enterprise applications become RSS-enabled, I predict...
Author: MSDN Archive Date: 03/13/2006
Brain Computer Interface
Seattle PI's Todd Bishop has written up good story on Microsoft Research's Brain Computer Interface...
Author: MSDN Archive Date: 03/13/2006
on10net, live
Robert Scoble and Jeff Sandquist explain why on10net is worth checking out. Jeff asked me to test...
Author: MSDN Archive Date: 03/13/2006
Fun with OPML in ASP.NET
'Fun with OPML in ASP.NET', by Peter Bromberg. Via Lisa Williams.
Author: MSDN Archive Date: 03/13/2006
Here's an OPMLish podcast for you
Here's an OPMLish podcast for you, recorded tonight with me, Joshua Porter, Adam Green and John...
Author: MSDN Archive Date: 03/11/2006
'the OPML sketch of who I am and how I got here'
As I've already mentioned, I had the pleasure of meeting a certain gentleman by the name of Dennis...
Author: MSDN Archive Date: 03/10/2006
eBay invests in Meetup.com
I checked my mail just now and got a message from the CEO of Meetup.com, Sott Heiferman, explaining...
Author: MSDN Archive Date: 03/09/2006
Windows Live Search, with Macros!
The Windows Live news just keep coming....this time it's Windows Live Search, with Macros! Nathan...
Author: MSDN Archive Date: 03/09/2006
More on Origami. This time on Channel 9.
More on Origami. This time on Channel 9. "Otto Berkes is the architect (now general manager) behind...
Author: MSDN Archive Date: 03/09/2006
Project Origami team blog
You may or may not have come across the Origami buzz in the last couple of weeks... Well, the...
Author: MSDN Archive Date: 03/09/2006
That's one hairy lobster
The BBC reports: "A US-led team found the animal last year in waters 2,300m (7,540ft) deep at a site...
Author: MSDN Archive Date: 03/09/2006
Live.com upgrade
Tailrank, Memeorandum and Megite (no permalink, sorry) have a bunch of links to posts relating to...
Author: MSDN Archive Date: 03/08/2006
'There are no back doors into Vista'
Niels Ferguson, developer & cryptographer within Microsoft's System Integrity team posted...
Author: MSDN Archive Date: 03/07/2006
Ray Ozzie: 'extend the clipboard user model to the web'
Ray Ozzie had an idea he's taking further: "The idea was based on using a simple and consistent user...
Author: MSDN Archive Date: 03/07/2006
Pet Shop Boys protest at ID cards
Pet Shop Boys protest at ID cards. We're saved.
Author: MSDN Archive Date: 03/07/2006
Record-your-own-attention toolkit
Now here's an Attention data experiment. This time by J Wynia. "I’ve read several times that if they...
Author: MSDN Archive Date: 03/07/2006
Annotated Reading List
As Matt Terenzio has noticed, Adam Green is playing with some dynamically generated OPML files he's...
Author: MSDN Archive Date: 03/07/2006
A bunch of blogs.msdn.com/* bloggers
This was a fun night - a bunch of blogs.msdn.com/* bloggers having dinner last week. Left to right:...
Author: MSDN Archive Date: 03/06/2006
O'Reilly's ASP.NET 2.0 Training Center
You can now get advice from top O'Reilly and Dr. Dobbs Journal experts and authors on the brand new...
Author: MSDN Archive Date: 03/04/2006
The Web 2.0 uncertainty principle
What originally caught my attention was # 7 of Scott Karp's 'You know if you're a geek if you...'...
Author: MSDN Archive Date: 03/03/2006
Cool little Greasemonkey script - it fixes MSDN titles
Julien Couvreur has cool little Greasemonkey script - "MSDN Fix Titles". It, er, fixes MSDN titles....
Author: MSDN Archive Date: 03/03/2006
Singularity - I'm SL5. You?
On the Singularity, I'm SL5. Pretty sure of it. You? Via the learned JWB.
Author: MSDN Archive Date: 03/03/2006
OPML 2.0
Dave Winer announces a draft OPML 2.0 spec for review: "Today the public review of OPML 2.0 begins,...
Author: MSDN Archive Date: 03/01/2006
There's good news and bad news...
Information aesthetics points out a site that categorizes BBC News Headlines as 'good', 'bad' or...
Author: MSDN Archive Date: 03/01/2006