Category: Work

I know, this sounds weird, but I forgot how much fun it was to hammer nails until yesterday.  A group of managers from my team did a full day volunteer project at Habitat for Humanity in Daly City.  This was my first H4H experience and I found it to be physically and mentally rewarding, not…

I have had three people ask me to explain what it is that I do at Microsoft as a Lead Program Manager.  I’ll eventually get around to expanding this post more, but until then, here are some good links: http://blogs.msdn.com/techtalk/archive/2005/08/08/449231.aspx The Art of Project Management by Scott Berkun

http://www.businessweek.com/magazine/content/05_06/b3919124_mz063.htm BillG Q&A: http://www.businessweek.com/magazine/content/05_06/b3919127_mz063.htm  Yup, that’s the group I work in.

http://www.wematter.com/comcast-dvr.htm http://blogs.msdn.com/johnmont/archive/2004/11/25/270425.aspx http://www.jeffsandquist.com/PermaLink,guid,8651f710-98c2-4b1d-83eb-a1db2188e01e.aspx http://www.majornelson.com/blog/2004/11/thanks-for-memories-tivo.html http://www.engadget.com/entry/1234000097020901/

http://beta.toolbar.msn.com/ After running the Google toolbar for a long time, I switched to the new MSN toolbar with desktop search on my work machine.  After using it for several weeks, I can attest that this is a great package of software and it’s still only beta!  I’m now installing it on my home machines —…

Bill Gates came to Microsoft’s Silicon Valley Campus on October 1 to give a quick talk on stuff going on in the company, our strategy, etc.  One neat thing about Microsoft is that BillG and SteveB come talk to employees and there is no holds barred Q&A. I asked Gates a question about the increase…