Jun 11, 2006 | blog
So I’m really sad to see Robert leave Microsoft. He has done more for the company than any other person except Gates himself.
The blogosphere has been talking about this all weekend, but I only ran across it on Sunday evening. Reading all the posts about the news, there seems to be a growing consensus that Microsoft is the “loser” in this deal – and to be sure, there currently is no one at Microsoft that can replace what Robert delivered in his position.
The Interesting part is that you could see this decision coming. I mean, this isn’t quite the surprise it seems to be made out to be. If you look back over the last three months or so on his blog, you can quite clearly see that something has been niggling at Robert. You could almost see that he sensed a life change was approaching, and with the passing of his mother last month, it shifted into high gear.
I’m glad for Robert’s move to a new position in a new company, that is focused on a new medium. There are a lot of “news” in there, but I expect that this is what Robert was looking for. So good luck to Robert Scoble on his next adventure!
Robert posts on it here, here, and here.
UPDATE: Microsoft Monitor posts about Microsoft Blogs today as well, and gives some great recommendations on other important Microsoft bloggers.
Jun 7, 2006 | blog
Ok, the floodgates are open – Microsoft has made the Vista CPP available to any interested individual. Expect crazyness to ensue through the weekend.
Check it out here.
Jun 7, 2006 | blog
While it is sponsored by Microsoft, there is at least some real numbers and investigation comparing RIM’s BlackBerry 4.0 and Microsoft’s Windows Mobile 5.0 Messaging and Security Feature Pack mobile email solutions.
SmartphoneThoughts has the scoop, and you can download the full whitepaper here.
May 24, 2006 | blog
Boy they were not kidding… I thought that when I tried posting from Word 2007 that it didn’t actually post. Well it did – in 1969. Fantastic this new Microsoft technology, transported 37 years back in time just to post to my blog. Yeah I’m being snarky – and I really mean it in good humor, as I had read information indicating that many people were seeing incorrect dates when posting to blogs.
I’ll leave the ‘old’ posts out there for a little while, (though I will delete them evenually). Its kind of funny to see the Archive in the sidebar on the right list:
- May 2006
- April 2006
- March 2006
- February 2006
- December 1969
Well have fun!
By the way – you can read a bit of info on Word’s blog-related need-to-knows here.
May 24, 2006 | blog
Hey, I just want to point out to anyone who is trying to download either Windows Vista Beta 2 or Office 2007 Beta 2 that the download servers are getting hit hard. I’ve read some comments around the blogosphere that MS did not plan well for the release, that there should have been more servers dedicated to the release.
Well that’s all well and good to whine & complain express your viewpoint, but I’d like to see most any project manager try to gauge the market interest in beta software and plan accordingly. Especially when there are so many people talking trash voicing their concern about your products; it gets hard to scope out the potential number of downloads, times, d/l rates, the increase in broadband connections from the last major d/l offered, etc… There are dozens of constantly changing variables in planning for a release like this, and it is nearly impossible to get it 100% at the ‘launch’ – I don’t care who you are or what you produce and sell.
You know, for so many people criticizing Microsoft on their disappointment in the Vista feature set, or their business practices, or whatever other ‘evil’ is credited to them, it is impressive that there are so many people trying out the next versions of their core products. Myself, I’m not surprised – Microsoft has made several significant changes in the last few years. I’ve seen it in the quality of software, timeliness of security patches & updates, the openness of the company, and the helpfulness of the employees that I’ve worked with on a few projects.
Now that so many people are getting Office B2 and Vista B2 to ‘test’ – here is my $.02 for you. This is your chance to improve the product. The next few months while Beta 2 gets polished into release candidates, and ultimately RTM – you have the chance to improve the product.
Do you remember all the things in XP, 2000, or NT that drove you nuts? What if you would have had the chance to at least point them out to MS, so there may have been some focus on the issue before you bought the software. Take this opportunity to submit your feedback to MS – all the contact info is on the Office Beta 2 and Vista Beta 2 websites.
Now… enjoy!
