Browse by Tags

• beta
• blogs
• events
• feedback
• how2
• presentation
• recognition
• reputation
• socialbookmarks
• today/tomorrow
• transparency
• video
• xClaims

Microsoft Answers beta
17 December 08 11:44 AM

I want to congratulate all of those who worked on getting a beta Microsoft Answers up and running. It's great to see the nice integration of social applications like Forums and Social Bookmarks in a very person centric view. What exactly is Microsoft Read More...

Postedby b2ix | 0 Comments    

Filed under: community, forums, beta, socialbookmarks

Community advisory boards help shape our future
10 October 08 11:24 AM

A few months ago, I was at the Norman Rockwell Museum and I ran across his " Four Freedoms " series again. I always enjoyed his work and am in awe of his ability to capture humanity in such a poignant manner. As such, in light of our recent community Read More...

Postedby b2ix | 0 Comments    

Filed under: community, forums, transparency, feedback, how2, events, recognition, reputation, presentation

Mini-refresh for Microsoft Beta Communities
06 June 07 02:14 PM

Woohoo! We just finished up a mini refresh of the beta community offerings including blogs, forums, tagspace and now claimspace. Way to go everyone! In terms of the specifics of what's new… New features in the June 2007 refresh of Beta Blogs xClaim integration Read More...

Postedby b2ix | 1 Comments    

Filed under: community, forums, blogs, beta, xClaims

What exactly do we mean by "beta"?
18 April 07 04:43 PM

In light of some of the responses I've been seeing on the forums , I wanted to clarify what exactly we mean by "beta." Admittedly, it is a loaded term. Depending on your perspective, "beta" might refer to something that is pretty polished but needs some Read More...

Postedby b2ix | 1 Comments    

Filed under: community, forums, blogs, today/tomorrow

Introducing beta Microsoft blogs and forums
17 April 07 03:20 PM

Last night, we announced the beta of several Microsoft community solutions. Thanks to everyone who's helped make this possible! For information on the new blogging solution: here's a text overview here's what's ahead here's a little tutorial on commenting Read More...

Postedby b2ix | 2 Comments    

Filed under: community, forums, blogs, beta

Support forums via video?
23 February 07 11:42 AM

Alex Barnett has a post pointing to Chris Prillo's video tech support experiment and wonders if this is the beginning of an online video-based technical support network. Given the amount of interest in UGC, videos, and all of the various home improvement Read More...

Postedby b2ix | 0 Comments    

Filed under: community, forums, video

RE: Democracy for Online Communities
17 January 07 09:57 AM

Over the past few months as the product manager for blogs and forums, I've had the pleasure of meeting some incredibly talented and passionate folks. Joe Morel , over in the Developer Division is one of them. He recently wrote a post that is near and Read More...

Postedby b2ix | 0 Comments    

Filed under: community, forums