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...but the time has come. 11 years at Microsoft, all of them in the Outlook & Exchange teams, and now that's coming to an end. Next Friday will be my last day in Exchange, after which point I will be moving to the Mobile team, to be the lead PM for
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I had a discussion with someone today who said something like "It's amazing how much of the process of software development isn't about software, it's just about communication and cross-group collaboration". My response was that "Actually that's not amazing
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I just can't resist sharing some of my favorite photos from our trip to Hawaii. There was amazing snorkeling right outside the condo we were renting, with tons of turtles, fish, and even a couple of eels: David and I had a lot of
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Today was a dress-up day at school and my son who is currently[1] a raving Indiana[2] Jones fan, decided to go as his idol. The resemblance is uncanny, see for yourself: My daughter went as June from the Little Einsteins: Indy of course had his
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I've been reading http://www.microspotting.com ever since my coworker Alex (aka carpenter-turned-test-manager) was profiled a while back . Great writing, beautiful photography, fun quirky looks at a bunch of Microsoft employees. Alex's profile is a great
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Since you asked ... 130 words (currently position 1209 of 423595) When I was in college, I once broke some piece of my machine, this sweet Gateway P-100 (I chose to wait a few extra weeks until the P-100 came out, I didn't want to get that slow-arse P-90).
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Is a nice read , covering a lot of interesting topics, some of the more meaningful points as I see them: The most valuable course he ever took was the one he dropped after one lecture. It was valuable because it convinced him he shouldn't go to grad school
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For my family, that means: (it's a silverlight app that lights one candle per night) Thanks, Synergist!
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It started out simple, really - just on dejanews, as a way of finding out what conversations I've been missing that I really should participate in. Then later as more websites sprung up, it started to become a passing fancy - who's referenced my name?
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As I mentioned, I just started the 20/20 program at the proclub. As part of getting ready for starting the program, I went through an exam which told me such lovely statistics as my weight (eh), body fat percentage (whooo boy), flexibility (poor), strength
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I just joined the 20/20 program at the proclub in order to get myself into shape, and as part of my workouts I've taken up running which - shockingly - I am enjoying . I still suck at it and can't run for long at a time but after two weeks I can tell
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Don't fault him because he hasn't five starred every song... ;-) P.S. I absolutely hate the face melters.
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My son and husband and I were at the park, in the playground area which is enclosed by a cement circle. He walks outside the cement circle, points at the grass a little ways way and says "Mommy, I'm going to go log off over there and get you a flower!"
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But after getting a demo of facebook today, I created a profile . For someone who's been working on communications software for the last 9 years, it's about time. There's a " Young Microsoft Employees " group, for "Microsoft employees under 30." In about
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An old story I was reminded of today between me and my husband: Me: "Can you think of a reason why my machine would out of nowhere today say that it doesn't have a sound card installed?" Him: "Yeah, I removed your sound card. I needed the firewire." Me:
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