John Martin's Blog : social

On Facebook? Become a Fan of MSDN and TechNet

John Martin — Tue, 16 Sep 2008 15:04:00 GMT

One of the things we did last week when we launched our new social application was to create new Facebook pages for MSDN and TechNet. As a fan, you can connect with other fans from around the world, and get the latest updates about our sites. The fan pages might just also be the first place people will begin to learn about v2.0 of our social app and other new things like the next generation of Dev and TechCenters....(read more)

PREVIEW: Social Bookmarking on MSDN &TechNet

John Martin — Fri, 23 May 2008 20:38:00 GMT

Next week, we will release a preview version of Social Bookmarks for both MSDN and TechNet and showcase it at TechEd North America the following week.

While the preview will not have full functionality (it is also English-only), it will allow members of the community to...

Bookmark any URL on the web
Apply tags
Save bookmarks in the new My Bookmarks tool

All bookmarks, bookmarkers, and tags will also be enabled as links and can be “surfed” to discover new content and people.

Social bookmarks will also be integrated into the new Profile page and give every member of the community a great new way to increase their visibility, impact, and influence.

(See screenshots of the Social Bookmarks home page from a test build below; the bookmarks themselves are not real - created just for testing)

Let us know what you think of this with a comment or jump in to the new Social Bookmarks forum.

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...