Ken Levy's Blog
Moving on to something new, but staying close
After working at Microsoft for over 7 years as an employee and almost 5 years before that as a...
Date: 07/11/2008
VSX Community Letter for April 2008 posted on VSX Team blog
Just posted the VSX Community Letter for April 2008.
Date: 04/16/2008
Channel 9: Sean O'Driscoll talks about Microsoft MVPs and MVP program
Video posted today: Channel 9: Sean O'Driscoll: General Manager for Community Support and the MVP...
Date: 04/08/2008
Using Ctrl+F1 in Office 2007 to hide/show ribbon toolbar
I recently found a useful hotkey tip using various applications in Office 2007. Just toggle Ctrl+F1...
Date: 04/08/2008
VSX Community Letter for March 2008 posted on VSX Team blog
Just posted the VSX Community Letter for March 2008.
Date: 03/13/2008
VSX Community Letter for February 2008 posted on VSX Team blog
Reminder about the VSX Community Letter for February 2008.
Date: 02/29/2008
VSX Community Letter for January 2008 posted on VSX Team blog
Just posted the VSX Community Letter for January 2008.
Date: 01/16/2008
VSX Community Letter for October 2007 posted on VSX Team blog
Just posted the VSX Community Letter for October 2007.
Date: 10/04/2007
VSX Community Letter for September 2007 posted on VSX Team blog
Just posted the VSX Community Letter for September 2007.
Date: 09/17/2007
VSX Community Letter for August 2007 posted on VSX Team blog
Just posted the VSX Community Letter for August 2007.
Date: 08/10/2007
Ultimate Ears on Channel 10 - Part 1
On June 15th, I informally hosted some folks from Ultimate Ears on the Microsoft campus in one of...
Date: 07/02/2007
VSX Community Letter for July 2007 posted on VSX Team blog
Yesterday I posted the VSX Community Letter for July 2007 on the VSX Team blog. This is the first in...
Date: 07/02/2007
Ultimate Ears visits Microsoft in Redmond on June 15th
Ultimate Ears visits Microsoft June 15th, building 34/35 cafeteriaMike Dias from L.A. based Ultimate...
Date: 06/14/2007
VSX Team Blog and VSX Developer Center
An update on a few things I'm working on relative to the new VSX community building including a team...
Date: 06/08/2007
Sara Ford commands ScooterCam-1 at TechEd07
At TechEd 2007, Sara Ford drives what she calls ScooterCam-1 to get around the conference due to her...
Date: 06/08/2007
New VSX Team blog, the search for Dr. Ex, going to MIX07
There’s a new VSX Team Blog created as part of my community activities on the VS Tools Ecosystem...
Date: 04/28/2007
From product planner to program manager
This week I took on a newly created position at Microsoft, as community program manager on the...
Date: 04/13/2007
Spring of Windows Live sites, services, and products
feedback.live.com has an updated list of Windows Live services for feedback (31 listed as of today,...
Date: 04/13/2007
Summer of Windows Live sites, services, and products
There are some cool new Windows Live web sites and services rolling out lately, including my...
Date: 08/01/2006
Creating mashups using the Virtual Earth Interactive SDK
One of the cool things we are doing with the Windows Live Dev site at dev.live.com is hosting...
Date: 06/09/2006
Windows Live Dev launched in beta mode at dev.live.com
The Windows Live Dev site has launched today in beta mode at https://dev.live.com. The Windows Live...
Date: 06/09/2006
My first LiveSide.net podcast interview
I was recently inteviewed in a LiveSide.net podcast by Chris Overd and Harrison Hoffman when they...
Date: 05/17/2006
Windows Live Dev site coming soon at dev.live.com
The Windows Live Platform is about opening Windows Live services to create shared opportunity for...
Date: 05/17/2006
Talking about the Windows Live Platform at VSLive in Orlando
I'm currently in Orlando, Florida speaking later this morning at the VSLive conference on the...
Date: 05/17/2006
How Windows Live relates to MSN
Recently, Mary Jo Foley of Microsoft-Watch.com interviewed Blake Irving, Microsoft Vice President,...
Date: 05/10/2006
Windows Live Messenger Add-ins beta feature for developers
Windows Live Messenger beta is now available for anyone to download and install, a public beta...
Date: 05/10/2006
Plans for improving live.com and lessons learned
Rick Strahl blogged yesterday Live.com – I don't get it with good observations about performance and...
Date: 04/25/2006
Searching on "Windows Live" using Windows Live Search
There is a bunch of cool and useful new functionality on live.com, the Windows Live home page for...
Date: 04/19/2006
Microsoft's Experimentation Platform for Windows Live
Yesterday, Ronny Kohavi (a general manager in Windows Live division) created a new web site at...
Date: 04/19/2006
Slides from Windows Live Platform sessions at Mix06
PowerPoint slide decks from all Windows Live (7 total) sessions from Mix06 are online at the links...
Date: 04/13/2006
RSS subscribers include the reader, the addict, and the pack-rat
As more people start creating blogs and more web sites that distribute new content provide RSS (and...
Date: 04/12/2006
Windows Live Messenger beta, blog, and business opportunities
Windows Live Messenger is name of the next version of MSN Messenger. I started using the Windows...
Date: 04/10/2006
Whos On First is a home run
Notice there is no question mark after the title Who's On First. In 1945, comic actors Bud Abbott...
Date: 04/10/2006
Endurance and leadership of Sir Ernest Shackleton
I created a new category on my blog here called Movies/Music to blog. Probably my favorite category...
Date: 04/10/2006
Using the SanDisk Ultra II SD PLUS as a portable flash memory drive
I use a SanDisk 1GB Ultra II SD PLUS Flash memory card as a portable flash drive. The price of the...
Date: 04/09/2006
Using GSM codes with GSM mobile phones
This list of GSM codes for mobile phones that use GSM includes some great information for...
Date: 04/09/2006
Very cool illusion
This very cool illusion from an animated set of images shows how complex the relationship is between...
Date: 04/09/2006
Seattle Times: Microsoft "Hack Day" is creative play at work
On Thursday April 6th, the Ideas Factory team in the Windows Live division at Microsoft hosted a 6...
Date: 04/08/2006
01:02:03 04/05/06, Pacific Time
The time/date is... 1,2,3,4,5,6. I'm posting this entry at 3 seconds after 1:02am on April 5th, 2006...
Date: 04/05/2006
Tim O'Reilly on Web 2.0 and TWiT.tv podcast on mashups
What Is Web 2.0 by Tim O'ReillyArticle: Design Patterns and Business Models for the Next Generation...
Date: 03/30/2006
MSDN Enhanced Search and Community Server Search
I was browsing https://blogs.msdn.com/ scanning various blog posts on MSDN Blogs and found a blog...
Date: 03/30/2006
Behind the camera on Channel 9, take 2
Since my blog post Behind the camera on Channel 9 last November, I have been behind the camera on...
Date: 03/30/2006
Mashups in a Web 2.0 World
There are two interesting and recently evolving wiki documents on Wikipedia.org: Web 2.0 and...
Date: 03/30/2006
MIX 06 keynote video and other conversations
You can view the entire MIX 06 keynote session video stream at Bill Gates Webcasts. In part of the...
Date: 03/21/2006
From Virtual Earth to the Moon
The opening gambit slide in Brian Arbogast's session at MIX 06 on the Windows Live Platform was:...
Date: 03/21/2006
Windows Live Developer Center launches on msdn.com
The Windows Live Developer Center on msdn.com launched Monday. Tip: Just enter msdn.com/live in the...
Date: 03/21/2006
Demo script for Mix06 Messenger bot at MIX 06
I read Doug Seven's blog entry about the Windows Live Platform session Monday at MIX06 where he...
Date: 03/21/2006