scooblog by josh ledgard
group manager | developer solutions | devdiv
The Death of Usenet
Ok, it is probably a little early to make this proclamation based on the growth of the usenet...
Author: MSDN Archive Date: 01/26/2005
IOD: SmartShuffle: Refreshing Your Music Without Wires
My Smartphone has 512mb of storage for multimedia content. I dislike managing that content manually...
Author: MSDN Archive Date: 01/24/2005
Best Testing Posts
Good Tests for Bad Parameters Making Software Testable Scooblog on Corporate Transparency...
Author: MSDN Archive Date: 01/19/2005
Scooby Snax: What has Josh Been Up To?
The Funny: This morning I had a good laugh provided by this cartoon on converting your windows...
Author: MSDN Archive Date: 01/17/2005
IOD: A New Type of Rule for E-mail or RSS Readers
I've joined a lot of busy discussion lists. It turns out that 1 of every 10 (rough estimate) of the...
Author: MSDN Archive Date: 01/17/2005
Are Categories Useful? Please Excuse the Construction
I'm bored with the look of my blog again. I'm going to be mucking around a bit over the weekend so...
Author: MSDN Archive Date: 01/14/2005
If You See Me With a Video Camera... Run!
Some shameless self promotion... A while ago I agreed to barge into Visual Studio team member...
Author: MSDN Archive Date: 01/14/2005
IOD: Maybe Bill Shouldn't Blog
https://www.microsoftmonitor.com/archives/005952.html Over the last week I've also been reading the...
Author: MSDN Archive Date: 01/14/2005
Hearing Voices
https://weblogs.asp.net/scottdockendorf/archive/2005/01/11/350765.aspx "See, our voices are heard...
Author: MSDN Archive Date: 01/11/2005
IOD: Making a VS CTP Wiki Work
It was encouraging to see Jonathan's post sunday about the success of various Channel9 wikis. Some...
Author: MSDN Archive Date: 01/10/2005
Scooblog on Corporate Transparency
Last week I took the time to write up my thoughts on Corporate Transparency while no one was...
Author: MSDN Archive Date: 01/04/2005
Scooblog on Corporate Transparency - Part 3: What Customers Stand to Gain
Before continuing on I suggest reading Part 1 and Part 2 of this series. Measuring Customer Gains of...
Author: MSDN Archive Date: 12/30/2004
Scooblog on Corporate Transparency - Part 2: The Costs of Commonly Perceived Fears
Before reading this I suggest reading Part 1 of the series. Commonly Perceived Fears People face a...
Author: MSDN Archive Date: 12/29/2004
Scooblog on Corporate Transparency - Part 1: What Comprises Transparency?
I'm a big believer in corporate transparency as a means to increase trust and communication with...
Author: MSDN Archive Date: 12/28/2004
We Got Your Back: Measuring Success
One reason that my team (Developer Division Customer Connection Team) exists is to ultimately raise...
Author: MSDN Archive Date: 12/27/2004
IOD: New Blogger Alert/Feed on MSDN
I'm going to soon be unsubscribing from a lot of blogs. The number of Microsoft blogs has gotten...
Author: MSDN Archive Date: 12/27/2004
Thanks Neil, for explaining why my GPRS is "Always On"
Just a quick shout out to Neil Enns (PM on the Visual Studio Devices team) who resolved my concern...
Author: MSDN Archive Date: 12/17/2004
Comment Moderation on Until the SPAM Storm Blows Over
Some of you have noticed (I've been IM'd and e-mailed) that I've turned on comment moderation. I...
Author: MSDN Archive Date: 12/17/2004
IOD: Easy Local Information Archive for Good Blog Posts
Part two of yesterdays idea... I read a lot of feeds. I try to only keep them around for 30 days....
Author: MSDN Archive Date: 12/16/2004
January is "Be Nice to a Recruiter Month"; Spread the Word
Apparently, starting in 05, January is "Be Nice to a Recruiter Month" and Chris has already started...
Author: MSDN Archive Date: 12/16/2004
IOD: Desktop Search for the Blog Content I keep
I installed the MSN Desktop Search suite yesterday. The outlook integration is nice, I like the easy...
Author: MSDN Archive Date: 12/15/2004
"A Festivus for the Rest of Us"; Sandy Examines the True Meaning of Community
Sandy looked up community on Wikipedia. Then she questioned whether Feedback Driven Development is...
Author: MSDN Archive Date: 12/13/2004
Enter to Win the Bug of the Week Award
I took some heat before for suggesting that people should file their bugs against the VS Betas on...
Author: MSDN Archive Date: 12/13/2004
Something Useful can be done in 1 Day Per Week
Yeah, the Google Suggest thing is pretty cool, but what was more interesting to me was that this...
Author: MSDN Archive Date: 12/13/2004
An older Idea sees the light of day: RSS->Mp3 for your Ipod!
No, it's not podcasting, "FeedSpeaker" is actual text to MP3 conversion from an RSS feed. Now if...
Author: MSDN Archive Date: 12/09/2004
Short Read Link: Comparing Social Networking to Online Communities
https://www.commoncraft.com/archives/000834.html They offer some good reasons for anyone implemented...
Author: MSDN Archive Date: 12/08/2004
IOD: Cassette Adapter with Remote Control Capabilities
My commute seems to get longer each morning so I just can't help but trying to think of ways to make...
Author: MSDN Archive Date: 12/07/2004
IOD: Local Road Traffic Report Via those "Your Speed" Signs
Continuing with my driving theme from Friday... Why not link those "Your Speed" traffic signs on...
Author: MSDN Archive Date: 12/06/2004
IoD: Left/Right View Rear Cameras in Cars for Backing Out of Parking Spot
This probably falls into the "I just haven't seen it yet, but I'm sure it exists" catagory... Why...
Author: MSDN Archive Date: 12/03/2004
IOD: Roll-Up Sections on Wiki Pages
From our team meeting today when we were discussing how to share status across our own team and...
Author: MSDN Archive Date: 12/02/2004
IOD: Standard Searchable FAQ Repository
Again, more of an idea that people I work with have been throwing around... but imagine if every...
Author: MSDN Archive Date: 12/01/2004
Putting those Halo 2 RSS Feeds to Use
I've been subscribed to my own Halo 2 RSS feed for a while now. At first I thought it was super...
Author: MSDN Archive Date: 12/01/2004
Smart Client Bug Reporting Challenge
Smart Client Bug Reporting Challenge "Calling all smart client developers! Want to win a cool Visual...
Author: MSDN Archive Date: 11/24/2004
VBCommenter v1.2 Released with Many Fixes
Background: The VBCommenter is an addin for VS 2003 that gives you the ability to automatically...
Author: MSDN Archive Date: 11/23/2004
IOD: Dynamically Generated Images for Advertising
This one is really for the Xbox Live team to implement. I'd love to have a cool looking image on the...
Author: MSDN Archive Date: 11/18/2004
IOD: Send us your videos... Channel9 Style
I can't take total credit for this one. Our team was brainstorming on how to get people internally...
Author: MSDN Archive Date: 11/17/2004