Brian Keller
Group Program Manager, Visual Studio Team Services
Censorship.
ABC affiliates pulling 'Private Ryan' <political commentary>It's a sad state of affairs that,...
Author: Brian Keller Date: 11/11/2004
Blogging in line waiting for Halo 2...
...just because I can. I'm waiting outside the Microsoft company store and I'm #15 in line. I can't...
Author: Brian Keller Date: 11/09/2004
I don't need a Rolex. Thanks.
Dear Spammers (or, "high volume email deployers") - Thank you for your recent plethora of e-mails...
Author: Brian Keller Date: 11/08/2004
Mutant League Football: Bring it back!
Mutant League Football was, in my opinion, one of the best video games ever made. It was released in...
Author: Brian Keller Date: 11/07/2004
idx3d engine ported to J#
This is a really cool 3-D graphics engine that was originally authored in Java which has now been...
Author: Brian Keller Date: 11/01/2004
What's Google going to do with Keyhole?
https://money.cnn.com/2004/10/27/technology/google_keyhole.reut/ I'm wondering what Google intends to...
Author: Brian Keller Date: 10/31/2004
The grinch of Halloween
No, I'm not the grinch of Halloween. I love Halloween. It's probably my second favorite holiday. My...
Author: Brian Keller Date: 10/30/2004
Voicemail SPAM and other election woes...
Virtually every phone call I get at home nowadays is a 30-second political ad. I've lost track of...
Author: Brian Keller Date: 10/28/2004
Come Experience the Visual Studio Hosted Experience
I've been so busy working on the Visual Studio Hosted Experience (VSHE) that I've been slack about...
Author: Brian Keller Date: 10/14/2004
TheServerSide.net interview
**10/8 Update to fix links.I had the opportunity to be interviewed by Ted Neward of...
Author: Brian Keller Date: 10/05/2004
XBox: So many titles, so little time...
I am itching to play Star Wars: Battlefront, and Fable has peaked my interest as well. Of course,...
Author: Brian Keller Date: 09/23/2004
C# 'that' keyword
My younger brother, Danny, is doing the same graduate program that I did at the University of...
Author: Brian Keller Date: 09/23/2004
Back off, Jeanne!
That's right! Turn tail and go back to the ocean. We've had enough of your kind...
Author: Brian Keller Date: 09/21/2004
The Monetary Economics of Thurston Howell III
This is a really amusing - and educational - article about the use of the Millionaire's (and his...
Author: Brian Keller Date: 09/01/2004
.NET Framework 1.1 SP1 and .NET Framework 1.0 SP3 now available
This is an exciting month for service packs. Note the separate download for Windows Server 2003...
Author: Brian Keller Date: 08/31/2004
DevDays 2004 Content Available Online
Couldn't make it to DevDays 2004? Don't worry - now you can download streaming videos of all of the...
Author: Brian Keller Date: 08/27/2004
Hurricane coming after my hometown...
I am glued to MSNBC watching Hurricane Charley updates. Last night I figured it would be a...
Author: Brian Keller Date: 08/13/2004
"False Positives" on Google
Recently I was talking to my friend about Googling for people's names. She's dating a few people...
Author: Brian Keller Date: 08/11/2004
Lookout: Rapid index and search capabilities for Outlook
https://www.lookoutsoft.com/Lookout/ To quote my friend Alim, “I have been using it for a...
Author: Brian Keller Date: 08/05/2004
Newlyweds @ 10:00 pm, MTV, tonight
If you were at Tech-Ed in San Diego then you may have seen Jessica Simpson perform at the Microsoft...
Author: Brian Keller Date: 08/04/2004
"Heated" discussion
It's time I threw my two cents into the air conditioning discussion from Dan's blog (see...
Author: Brian Keller Date: 08/02/2004
ISV Buddy Program
I got my first 5 "buddies" today as part of the ISV Buddy Program! This is a really cool way for...
Author: Brian Keller Date: 07/28/2004
.NET Framework 1.0 SP3 and 1.1 SP1 Tech Preview Available for Public Download
**Updated 8/31 with new links to the official releases, replacing the links to the technology...
Author: Brian Keller Date: 07/02/2004
J# Browser Controls v1.1b now available
J# Browser Controls v1.1b is now available for...
Author: Brian Keller Date: 06/30/2004
Cool new sample app: FotoVision
https://msdn.microsoft.com/smartclient/codesamples/fotovision/ This is a sample best practices...
Author: Brian Keller Date: 06/16/2004
"Resources for Java Developers" dev center live
We've finally got the “Resources for Java Developers” dev center live on MSDN thanks to...
Author: Brian Keller Date: 06/05/2004
TechEd Attendees: Get the CTP of Visual Studio 2005 from the booths!!
The Community Technology Preview of Visual Studio 2005 represents the latest build available out of...
Author: Brian Keller Date: 05/24/2004
Going to TechEd? Calling all Java developers!
I know TechEd isn't the most likely place to find a Java developer, but if you're out there here are...
Author: Brian Keller Date: 05/22/2004
American Idol
This just in: Phone Snags Thwart 'Idol' Voters! Ok, Captain Obvious. But here's the interesting...
Author: Brian Keller Date: 05/17/2004
MSDN Webcast: Microsoft Java Virtual Machine Transition
I did a Webcast yesterday that's online now. You can view the archive of that...
Author: Brian Keller Date: 04/21/2004
Visual C++ toolkit, and other .NET compilers
The C++ team just launched a campaign to educate people about the free C++ compiler and resources...
Author: Brian Keller Date: 04/19/2004
Jagged Alliance source code released
This news is about a month old, but I just discovered that Strategy First has released the source...
Author: Brian Keller Date: 04/17/2004
Web sites - they can make your day, or drive you nuts.
It's truly amazing how much the Web enables us to do. Think of how much time it saves you -...
Author: Brian Keller Date: 04/16/2004
Personalized marketing
This is really cool. Reason magazine is personalizing their covers with satellite imagery showing...
Author: Brian Keller Date: 04/06/2004
Tony Goodhew joins the blogging circle!
When I first joined Microsoft as J# product manager, I was taking over the responsibility from Tony...
Author: Brian Keller Date: 03/31/2004
Generics
Dan Fernandez, Eric Gunnerson and I recently talked with Julia Lerman about Generics in Whidbey and...
Author: Brian Keller Date: 03/25/2004
Win $100,000
I just got back from two weeks of travel + R&R, so no time to blog really... but I did find this...
Author: Brian Keller Date: 03/23/2004
An Intense Lunch
Recently I submitted two pieces of feedback to the MSDN Help team. Then I second guessed myself as...
Author: Brian Keller Date: 02/29/2004
J# Browser Controls v1.1b in Beta
We just released the beta of J# Browser Controls v1.1b! Here are the new features: Scripting support...
Author: Brian Keller Date: 02/16/2004
Marketing plastic
Well, looks like everybody's favorite couple Barbie and Ken are no longer an item after 43 years....
Author: Brian Keller Date: 02/12/2004
Frequent Flyer Excise Charge
Wow - long time no blog. I honestly never thought I'd be one of those people who starts blogging...
Author: Brian Keller Date: 02/07/2004
Home sweet home
Well this is my first blog entry in several months. Yes, I got caught up with life and work and have...
Author: Brian Keller Date: 12/16/2003