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Lingering thoughts about the Microsoft interview experience
It's strange how a number of different posts on my blog get comments practically every day. The big ones have to do with the failure of US education, my HP laptop from four years ago with the broken power jack, Xbox Live support sucking and the entire...
Why Ariel is right about communities and doing what is right
There was some controversy surrounding Twitter's non-reaction to dealing with some allegedly harassing posts recently , with the noise being made by a user who is reasonably well known in certain tech circles. (The fact that she works for competitor Pownce...
.NET is teh suX0rz!!11! (And Ars' editorial standards are on the decline)
I love Ars Technica, but I think they're slipping. While the articles they post in the legal realm are fascinating, when they get down to writing about bits, they get the most uninformed jackasses they can find. Check out this steaming pile of crap on...
Twitter and more disconnection
It's weird how bloggers, gossip types and "Web 2.0" company founders and execs have developed into this strange pseudo-celebrity sphere, where many of them are constantly stroking each other. What's unfortunate about it is that the podcasts, blogs and...
"Gonna go ahead and..." Please, stop!
For the love of God, please, if you do screen casts or live demos, please try to let go of the "gonna go ahead and" verbal crutch. I've noticed countless people who otherwise do amazing demos in person and in video screen casts say this over and over...
The ASP.NET community's only real problem is education
After reading this post from Dan Hounshell (via Rob Howard's post ), I'm drawn to more questions about "what's wrong with the ASP.NET community," and I'm still convinced that people are asking the wrong questions. To really understand where we are, I...
Leo Laporte and TWIT are getting out of touch: "Web developers don't like Microsoft"
I was listening to TWIT #136 and, wow, Leo Laporte is totally out of touch. Patrick Norton is not far behind. Listen starting around 36:30. I've found that lately these guys are hanging out in Pundit Valley and completely missing what's going on in the...
Mix08: Some overall impressions
I've got two more sessions to go, but while it's fresh in my mind, I'd like to rattle off some overall impressions of this conference. When it's over, I'm going to purge my brain with alcohol, gambling and shows. First off, what I dig about this conference...
Posted: Mar 07 2008, 01:17 PM by Jeff | with no comments
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Mix08: The future of advertising
Like a moron, I didn't realize that the added session on Hard Rock's Silverlight memorabilia site was first, not last, today, so I went to a really boring session on what Microsoft thinks the future of advertising is. And the truth is, I don't think they...
Posted: Mar 07 2008, 12:47 PM by Jeff | with 1 comment(s)
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Mix08: The Steve Ballmer interview by Guy Kawaski
Kawasaki took no time to take cheap shots at Ballmer, working in chair throwing jokes in the first minute. Google he says they're definitely underdogs in the search and advertising markets. He says Apple also does good work in the music and PC space,...
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