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March 2007 - Posts

Information Wants to be Free

Posted Wednesday, March 14, 2007 6:55 AM by johnmont
A long time ago, this phrase was the watchword of those radical hacker types. Today's appearance of lots of web services (and I mean the term in its loosest meaning -- RSS feeds, REST APIs, SOAP APIs, and anything else on the web) tells me that information Read More...
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Probably Old News to Everyone Else

Posted Tuesday, March 13, 2007 8:54 AM by johnmont
Suddenly, antitrust law all makes sense. Read More...
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Are You a Dinosaur?

Posted Monday, March 12, 2007 8:58 PM by johnmont
Dinosaur . I love these guys. Read More...
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Born vs. Made

Posted Monday, March 12, 2007 10:56 AM by johnmont
Another thought from reading Peopleware : As a manager, how much effect do you have on people? Here's a quote from the book: "A recurrent theme through all the novels is Hornblower's gloomy presentiment that achievers are born, not made... In our egalitarian Read More...
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Hero Worship

Posted Friday, March 09, 2007 6:18 PM by johnmont
One of the cool things about working at Microsoft is that when you have a question, you can pick from an array of really smart people to get an answer. Want to know why C# does whatever strange thing that annoys you? Ask Anders. Want to know when Windows Read More...
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Do People Want to Tweak?

Posted Friday, March 09, 2007 10:56 AM by johnmont
I believe that people want the ability to control their digital experiences – not just setting backgrounds or uploading photos, but the ability to completely change any aspect of any product or website they use and reconfigure them at will. In other words, Read More...
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The Power of Assertion

Posted Wednesday, March 07, 2007 8:30 AM by johnmont
You can get away with a lot just by asserting strongly enough. I'm thinking specifically of a section from a book I read recently -- Peopleware . One of the PMs on my team got it out of the Microsoft library and gave it to me to read. I didn't take it Read More...
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New Encryption Technique Discovered

Posted Tuesday, March 06, 2007 6:53 PM by johnmont
MARCH 06, 2007, REDMOND -- Microsoft today announced the creation of a new super-secure encryption technique, doubling previous techniques. Dubbed "ROT-26," the new technique applies a complex mathematical algorithm recently created in Microsoft Research. Read More...
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News: Terrier Alert Raised!

Posted Sunday, March 04, 2007 10:42 AM by johnmont
Please maintain your awareness of cute dog photos and (mostly) happy endings. Read More...
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On i'm: Giving Easily

Posted Saturday, March 03, 2007 12:31 PM by johnmont
The new "i'm" program that the Live team is running is truly clever. Beyond clever: it's brilliant. Every statistic I've seen indicates that most people don't contribute to charity for one reason or another -- maybe they don't have the disposable income, Read More...
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