I know I’m dating myself a bit here, but there was a time when friends my age would exchange songs via cassette tape. It was illegal I’m sure, but such a wonderful labor of love. The carefully selected list would exchange hands and then the recipient would spend typically 60 minutes straight listening to each […]
Beloved Church President Gordon B. Hinckley, who led The Church of Jesus Christ of Latter-day Saints through 12 years of global expansion, has died at the age of 97. President Hinckley was the 15th President in the 177-year history of the Church and had served as its President since March 12, 1995. I suppose he […]
I just rediscovered this great quote: A new scientific truth does not triumph by convincing its opponents and making them see the light, but rather because its opponents eventually die, and a new generation grows up that is familiar with it. – Max Planck I believe this doesn’t just relate to scientific truth, but truth […]
Starting today I no longer work at Microsoft. As many of you know, I started working at Microsoft after an illustrious post high school career as landscape architect. 😉 I loved the landscape work, but Microsoft paid better. I was just barely 18 and Microsoft was just realizing that the internet (lower case then) was […]
In Google’s recent Google Friends Newsletter we have this tidbit: Google Maps for mobile, now with My Location (beta) GPS-enabled mobile phones continue to rise in popularity – but most of us do not have that capability. Now, with the latest version of Google Maps for mobile, you can use the new My Location (beta) […]
If the folks over at Gear Live have the scoop on the newest iPhone firmware update, it looks like it will add some very cool features. My favorite will absolutely be the “Locate Me” feature added to the Google Maps application. Gear Live servers are slammed right now, but here are some of the small […]
Every company, every team has their different traditions and specific culture and Microsoft is no exception. Christian Buckley of BlueBadgeMojo.com pokes some fun at what I think is a Microsoft specific tradition of “decorating” offices of people gone for an extended period of time. I remember carting in sand for a “beach house” office decoration […]
One of the great benefits of working at Microsoft is that when you add a new little one to your family, you get 1 month of paid paternity leave. Recently, we’ve had the opportunity to take advantage of this benefit. Since our little baby was born, I’ve been home working as Mr. Mom. I’ve been […]
One of the most important responsibilities of a great leader is to clearly define the goal, the vision, the what and why stuff, so that everyone can understand and really “buy-in” to the deal. Steve Jobs just did this masterfully in the Q&A session following an Apple press event: Is Apple’s goal to overtake the […]
I love working on the Mac. I enjoy working in MacBU. These days, however, I’m not so thrilled about the vibe hanging around here at Microsoft as a whole. We seem to have lost our self-confidence. There is a general and constant focus on “the other guys” these days. It’s like everyone is continually contemplating […]
David Weiss 