Gordon Frazer Managing Director of Microsoft UK... let's start at the top

Interview with the MD

James O'Neill's blog — Mon, 14 Aug 2006 18:20:22 GMT

There are days I jump in with both feet. One of those was the day that Gordon Frazer was announced as...

He's the first "Talking Microsoft" video - an interview with Gordon Frazer - Microsoft Ltd's new Managing Director

Steve Lamb's Blog — Mon, 14 Aug 2006 19:36:59 GMT

Thanks to James for boldly inviting Microsoft Ltd's new Managing Director to be our guinea pig for the...

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Jaz — Tue, 15 Aug 2006 05:55:24 GMT

right ok comments.

This needs a better site, be it within channel 9, or building a UK based C9 however there is a strong british community within Channel 9 and having it based there makes more sense.

another thing, i didn't like having to sign up here to post a comment on a "blog/vlog" i couldn't use my .net passport windows live whatever account to sign in that sucks.

can i request an interview with the academic team in the UK, the people who make UK university roadshows, deal with students and such. i'd love to know more about them, what they do, and such.

anyway great job so far, i'm sure this is gonna grow and grow, thank you so much.

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Sabot — Tue, 15 Aug 2006 15:32:31 GMT

A good start guys! An interview with Gordon, UK MD.

I think it's a great idea to have a UK centric C9 for you technet types, but there is no reason why you couldn't come on join us on C9 too. C9 is always open for suggestion, more so now the guys are writing the next version and the video's are about everything Microsoft so this video wouldn't be out of place there too.

The advantage of having a UK centric site is that we can have more focus on stuff thats specific to us. On a larger site such as C9 it can sometime get lost in the noise.

As for suggestions of cool UK people to interview ...

1) Eileen Brown ... because she is the first lady of tech at Microsoft UK, Queen of all things Technical and Exchange Guru ... and not forgetting the popular blog!
2) Jason Landridge ... mobile guru, there is so much going on in mobility, Jason is worth a regular slot.
3) Steve Cook ... UK Architecture Guru, Whitehorse is going to change things for developers and tech's a like. It's time to get the inside track with the guy on the inside.
4) The UK community ... come to our events, Geek Dinner, Girl Geek Dinners ... interview the main characters in our community.
5) Lous Gellar ... what life like in the new UK business unit?
6) Tech Support ... theses are the guys/girls we phone everyday, they are often our life-line, what is there story?
7) I have loads more ideas but I'm gonna run out of space!

Anyway ... good luck guys! Take care, Sabot (aka David Oliver)

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AndyC — Tue, 15 Aug 2006 18:08:16 GMT

Nice video, it's cool to see a sort of Technet focused Channel9 thing going on - doubly so because it's UK centric. You've defintely made it to my favorites list.

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Cider — Tue, 15 Aug 2006 20:02:26 GMT

Great to see a site like this. Channel 9 has such a Devs Only site, a similar site for IT Professionals is much, much appreciated. Looking forward to more videos like this one

Talking Microsoft

Eileen Brown's WebLog — Wed, 16 Aug 2006 19:01:49 GMT

James has been talking to people at Microsoft in the UK and has started with one of the newest hires...

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jamesone — Fri, 18 Aug 2006 00:59:27 GMT

Jaz.
I've replied in the C9 thread http://channel9.msdn.com/ShowPost.aspx?PostID=225863 there isn't a clear cut decision between going with a big site (and being submerged) and going it alone (and not making it onto people's radar). The DIY route is simpler to do ...
I've changed the settings so that anonymous comments are allowed (but I have to approve them )
And the academic folks are on the list of people we'd like to get

Sabot.
Jason's on the list, and I'm going to the next Girl Geek dinner - hopefully the camera will come too. And the others are now too (Eileen's my boss, it would make a better interview with someone outside the team).

Thanks for the comments

James.

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Sabot — Fri, 18 Aug 2006 17:40:23 GMT

Hi James,

I would be more than happy to do any interviews for you !

Dave

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Interview with the MD

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