My soon-to-be-old-company just announced a deal to give exclusive imagery to my-soon-to-be-rival. Sweet! I am a little disappointed Microsoft didn’t get it, but I don’t know any details of how the deal happened. The GeoEye-1 satellite will be the highest quality commercial satellite out there when it launches next week. I am a little sad [...]
Charles Fishman has a wonderful article on a aircraft engine manufacture plant in Durham, NC. There are a lot of interesting lessons in here about teamwork, motivation, and work that make it a highly recommended read. I’m supposed to be packing up the house and instead just read that. Update:Jon supplied a link to a [...]
I had been planning on writing a blog entry on the apparently sad state of our CS industry these days, and the complete lack of qualified American resumes that come across my desk, when we actually got a decent one today. Still, there is much to be said about the poor quality of education. At [...]
The folks on my future team at Microsoft have released a presentation about the diagnosing search engine issues with the recently released Live Search Webmaster Tools (it was out before, but in beta). Diagnose SEO Issues with Live Search Webmaster Tools View SlideShare presentation or Upload your own. (tags: seo) If you run a web-site, [...]
If you are in the DC area, you must attend the BrickFair LEGO convention on its public days this weekend. The models here will be amazing. There will be over 12,000 sq ft of convention space. Bring the kids. If you don’t have kids, bring yourself–it will be worth it. I was going to enter [...]
My last post was well and good (definitely read the comments), but I think I should be serious about my new employer because I really am excited to work there. Here are some reasons why: The opportunity to work with people smarter than me. The chance to meet some of the people I admire in [...]
Wear my Google t-shirt. Set my homepage to www.google.com Continually ask, “Have you met BillG? Where’s BillG? When can I see BillG?” Show off my bright blue iPod Nano “Upgrade” my workstation to Windows XP Then just format it and install Ubuntu Randomly shout “Yahoo!” as I walk through the halls Add my gmail address [...]
I had mentioned this in the Tips section, but some people on some sites might still get the wrong idea about studying for my recent Microsoft interview, so I want to write this post, which explains my opinion more (and it really is just my opinion–I have no idea what Microsoft’s policy or opinion is). [...]
Some people (I’m looking at you reddit), have complained about the length of my interview story. So sorry. I wanted to document the entire experience, for myself as well as others, so I included a lot of detail. I know a lot of people enjoy it. There are plenty of shorter experiences out there, so [...]
(If the thought of reading more than 4,500 words makes you hyperventilate, please go instead to my summary) Please also read my Clarification on Why Study for an Interview My first book, C# 4.0 How-To is now shipping! If you like tips you can use, check it out! My Microsoft Background Before I go into [...]
