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Why is Vista better than XP?
Robert Scoble
writes "Steve Newson (and Mini-Microsoft, who Steve links to) asks “why is Vista better than XP?”
I thought “hmm, that’s a good place for a Wiki.” Why? Cause there’s too many reasons to cover in one blog post or even a one-hour conversation. When Chris Pirillo and I gave a little tour at Northern Voice we only were able to cover ..."
Petzold on WinForms Future
Robert Scoble
writes "...Charles Petzold, famous Windows developer, tells us “don’t count out WinForms yet.” That article got praises on ..."
Tim OReilly says ASP.NET is on a roll
Robert Scoble
writes "...ASP.NET is getting some real adoption in the Web space, Tim O’Reilly notes, (and at Mix you’ll see a lot more). I’m hearing from companies all over the place that are betting their futures on ASP.NET..."
Remix contest ala CSS Zen Garden
Robert Scoble
writes "Remember the CSS Zen Garden? That’s one of my favorite places to get design inspiration. Take one site and remake the design just by changing a CSS file? Well, we’re doing the same thing for Mix06. Take our site and change our design. The best three win some cool prizes.
Here’s the submissions so far.
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Collaborate with Vista
Robert Scoble
writes "Charles Torre (he’s been getting the cool videos lately) sits down with the Windows Vista collaboration team. Uh, the folks who do Peer to Peer stuff. "
PivotTable this video
Robert Scoble
writes "Steve Gillmor calls Office 2007 “Office Dead.” Oh, yeah Steve? Take this video of Excel 2007’s business intelligence features, er PivotTables, and stick it into your browser. Excel 2007 does stuff in minutes that used to take hours to do. You know, for a “dead” product I sure am having fun using all these “dead” new features! And I hear this video only shows a small fraction of what is great about Office 2007. "
Office Live released to micro businesses
Robert Scoble
writes "So, I hung out with the Office Live team last week and got the skinny. Office Live isn’t what you think it is. It wasn’t what I thought it was (I was thinking it’d be an internet version of the Office Suite like PowerPoint, Excel, Word). It’s not. Get that out of your mind. And damn the marketers who are extending the Office brand. We love brand extension here, but that’s another debate for another day.
So, what is Office Live? It’s aimed at...
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Tips for joining the A list
Robert Scoble
writes "I keep getting asked “how do I get more traffic?” Or, “how do I get TechCrunch to notice my blog?”
Quick: go to Technorati and do the brrreeeport search. Now, which headline and opening text grabs you? Makes you wanna click? Hint: we’re all being slammed with hundreds of sites every day. The more interesting you can make your headline, the better. Think about what your headline will look like in the search engines and use every one as an opportunity to grab a little bit of traffic.
Now, look at the...
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The brrreeeport report
Robert Scoble
writes "OK, it’s been a little more than two hours since I asked people to put “brrreeeport” on their blogs to “mess with the man” and build a new kind of directory. So, in that time I went out for sushi with Jeff Julian and John Alexander, co-founders of Geeks with Blogs. Great guys and we had a good time catching up on the blogging world. Anyway, while I was out a bunch of people posted. Have you figured out what I was up to yet?
Why, of course! It was an opportunity for me to...
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BlogCode helps you find blogs similar to...
Robert Scoble
writes "Ever find a blogger you really like and wonder “are there other blogs similar to this one?” Well, that’s what BlogCode is trying to do. Mine will be indexed shortly (I filled out a short “code” about my blog and at the end of it I learned that Matt Cutts of Google is similar to me. I already subscribe to Matt, but that does demonstrate that this is a good way to find out if there’s other bloggers who are similar to your interests)...."
Surprise: Slashdot misrepresents facts
Robert Scoble
writes "Quote, off of front page of Slashdot: “While integrated graphics seem to handle Windows XP and 2000 just fine, they won’t be able to handle Vista’s 3D ‘Aero Glass’ compositor, which will prevent roughly half of all PCs from running Microsoft’s new OS.”
What’s the problem?...
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The emotional side of Microsoft
Robert Scoble
writes "You never knew we had an emotional side, huh? Well, we do and Jenny Lam is it.
She’s one of the most talented designers in the software industry and has already built lots of stuff you see from Microsoft. We recently had a conversation about designing experiences. Yes, we even talk about Apple. And branding. And the round start button in Windows Vista. And how geeks and designers work together to create software. Oh, all that emotional stuff that goes into what you feel when you use a product of ours...
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Lift videos now up
Robert Scoble
writes "I love conferences that put all their content up online so everyone around the world can watch. All the videos from this week’s Lift conference are now online. I wish the videos were available as downloadable files, though. The streaming quality is a bit spotty in my hotel room... "
Dave worries about Microsoft
Robert Scoble
writes "Dave Winer is worried that Microsoft is going to throw its weight around when it comes to RSS. I worry about that too. A lot.
I agree, too, that things have changed. For one, Microsoft is far more transparent than it used to be. If we do something evil you know who to call. I have the head of Internet Explorer team, Dean Hachamovitch on IM and have his cell phone number.
Also, I am here at the Lift conference. During the last session I ..."
Calendaring heats up
Robert Scoble
writes "Steven Sinofsky, check this out! (Steven is the guy who runs the Microsoft Office team and I believe is the highest ranking blogger currently at Microsoft).
I just was given access to an early version of 30 boxes and it’s going to be hot when it comes out. I have one word for my first trial: wow.
Thomas Hawk has the details. It’s beautiful. I wish Microsoft would buy this company and build this into Office Live and Windows Live...."
Congrats to Windows Live Local team
Robert Scoble
writes "...On the other hand, since our team (Seattle Seahawks) are in the Superbowl the Local Live team created a Superbowl map mashup. Try the bird’s eye photography. Really makes using map mashups a lot nicer than the other services that just have a satellite view... "
RSS and IE and you..
Robert Scoble
writes "The Internet Explorer team released a new version which includes our new RSS platform. We posted a new video with the team up on Channel 9 (and that links to all the important stuff). Thanks Charles Torre for getting this up. Dave Winer promptly posted his thoughts. We were promptly Slashdotted.
In other news…
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Allchin blogger dinner heats up with DRM and Vista conversation
Robert Scoble
writes "It’s funny, but this is the second time I’ve arranged a dinner for Jim Allchin that I haven’t been able to attend. The dinner was last night and I hear it was a real interesting one.
Why? Cause I got a diverse set of people in to meet with Jim. Not just fanboys. Well, not unless you call a developer of the open source browser Flock a Microsoft fanboy. Or, if you call Mena Trott, founder of Six Apart (which is hosted on Linux) a Microsoft fanboy. Heh, that’s ..."
New MSN Spaces and other stuff
Robert Scoble
writes "Nice to see the new MSN Spaces. I’ll ask Maryam what she thinks. Dare Obasanjo (who works on that team) links to the relevant details.
Most people don’t know who Dare’s dad is, by the way. His dad is the president of Nigeria. The other day Dare’s dad joked around with Bill Gates at Davos.
Microsoft’s new VP of HR, Lisa Brummel is on Channel 9 (Jennifer Ritzinger and Charles Torre interview her). She is just the coolest person. That’s what leadership looks like. Take on the tough issues head on. My coworkers have ...
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Geek dinner near Microsoft's headquarters
Robert Scoble
writes "On Thursday night David Harper of Wireless Ink will be in town. So, I asked him if he’d be interested in coming to a geek dinner since a lot of Search Champs are in town too. He did and so it’s on. 6 p.m. on Thursday night. At the Crossroads in Bellevue.
David is the brains behind WINKsite. Here’s more about David on Charlie Schick’s blog.
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