John Martin's Blog : Search

New and Improved MSDN and TechNet Search Impresses Devs and IT Pros

John Martin — Wed, 13 Aug 2008 05:26:00 GMT

We've been working hard on our sites' search app.

Recently we asked a group of developers and IT professionals to make it their default search for a while.

Find out what they said and how to get the most out of MSDN and TechNet search on Chris Slemp's blog.

New Channel 9 Videos on MSDN/TechNet Social Vision and Apps

John Martin — Wed, 28 May 2008 22:43:00 GMT

Great new videos about MSDN and TechNet's social vision, new social apps, and site redesign are now online on Channel 9!

Meet the people behind the sites...

MSDN/TechNet Social Platform: Social Bookmarking, User Profile, Enhanced Forums

MSDN/TechNet Site Redesign: More Useful, Better Experience, and Search Really Works :-)

MSDN & TechNet at TechEd North America 2008

John Martin — Fri, 23 May 2008 01:29:00 GMT

TechEd North America is a launch event for the MSDN and TechNet teams (we're opening the sites up to the community) and this year we are bringing all our good stuff together into "Zones" - the MSDN Zone for Developer Week and the TechNet Zone for IT Professional Week.

The Zones are big (60-70 ft) and a whole bunch of us from the MSDN and TechNet site teams, Codeplex, subscriptions, support, Microsoft Learning, Channel 9 and TechNet Edge will all be there to answer questions and give you demos of our latest and greatest innovations.

Here's some reasons to stop by and visit:

Get a demo of the all-new Social Bookmarking on MSDN and TechNet
Find out about our new Social Platform and how to create a profile
See how we've made MSDN Search and TechNet Search better
Enter to win Channel 9 and TechNet Edge beanbags
Meet the experts (MVPs, MCTs, other various smarties) and ask them questions at the Ask The Experts reception (Thursday at noon each week)
Get some awesome swag (inlcuding new MSDN and TechNet laptop stickers)
Play the TechNet Jeopardy game (IT Pro week only) and win!
And more!

See you there...