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Posted Monday, August 16, 2004 10:17 AM by lauraj
Please welcome Paula Land to the land-o-blogs! Paula is MSDN's Information Architect, and is going to be posing you some interesting questions, including what you think of the sneak preview of the new MSDN Library Table of Contents. You'll have to go Read More...
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Meet Peter Stern, designer extraordinaire at MSDN

Posted Saturday, July 31, 2004 4:27 PM by lauraj
Peter Stern is a designer at MSDN. Aside from being a great User Interface and User Experience designer, I love talking to Peter... his interests are many (surfing is my most recent PS discovery) and varied, and he's always giving me ideas. Just talking Read More...
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Treo 600 Stops Vibrating - Can this FAQ answer be for real?

Posted Friday, July 09, 2004 12:02 AM by lauraj
While cruising the new FAQ at TreoCentral, I noticed a seemingly bizarre answer to the question “ My Treo 600's vibrate feature stopped working! Is there anything I can do? “ Apparently (and I haven't verified this, as my vibrate feature is Read More...
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Check out MSDN!

Posted Tuesday, June 29, 2004 7:17 AM by lauraj
~Whew~ that was fun! Everyone at MSDN has been working like crazy, and last night, concurrent with the announcement of VS2005 Express Beta in Amsterdam, we launched the Product Feedback Center , the new personalized Visual Studio Developer Center , online Read More...
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Microsoft Cafeteria Trivia

Posted Friday, June 11, 2004 8:41 AM by lauraj
If you get to work early (before 8, generally) the cafeterias (at least 4 and 36) have GREAT fresh fruit -- yummy ripe strawberries and blueberries, and fresh cut/sectioned pink grapefruit and pineapple. If you get to work later, your choice is limited Read More...
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Tablet PC in Bed

Posted Friday, May 21, 2004 4:23 PM by lauraj
I don't know why it's Tablet PC day, it just is. I just popped over to Channel9, and there, featured prominently in the front page, was the headline “ The Tablet PC has changed my life (in bed) ”. (See what I mean? Tablet PC day.) The intro Read More...
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Celebration!

Posted Monday, May 03, 2004 9:52 AM by lauraj
Well, I was going to post this photo and point to Betsy's blog post about the celebration, but it turns out it isn't there. She had a busy weekend, I know, so I'm sure she'll be telling us all about it soon. In the meantime, this is Betsy and Kevin (from Read More...
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Ducks looking for work?

Posted Thursday, April 01, 2004 11:41 PM by lauraj
Today on the way back from lunch, I had to do a double take as I walked by the building 4 lobby because there were ducks standing at the door, waiting to get in. “There are ducks at the door,” I said to the receptionist, thinking she must Read More...
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NPR: They got me!

Posted Thursday, April 01, 2004 6:21 PM by lauraj
I had to run an errand this afternoon, and as I pulled out of the parking lot, a news story came on NPR talking about a US Post Office announcement about mobile zip codes. Modeled on the rulings that allowed people to take their phone numbers with them, Read More...
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A note for MVPs

Posted Wednesday, March 31, 2004 11:00 PM by lauraj
MSDN will have a booth at the product fair that's happening during MVP Summit registration on Sunday evening -- I'll be there for most of the time, and I hope you'll stop by to say hello if we've already met, or introduce yourself if we haven't. If you Read More...
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New computer on the way

Posted Tuesday, March 02, 2004 2:53 PM by lauraj
New computer on the way, woo hoo! That's the good news. Unfortunately, it's coming in pieces. My friend Curtis has agreed to put it together, but I'm guessing (based on past experience) that means that he sits there and tells me what to do. Aside: Curtis Read More...
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Cruising my referrals: Pictures of Chris Anderson

Posted Monday, February 02, 2004 8:02 AM by lauraj
When I have time I sometimes cruise my referrals for this blog. This morning when I looked (as I'm waiting for my son to finish getting ready for school), one of the more recent referrals was a search for pics+of+chris+anderson. Strange, I thought, I Read More...
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Do as I say, not as I do

Posted Wednesday, January 21, 2004 4:56 AM by lauraj
Julie cracks me up... ...But then he asked me about my backup habits. This is like when the dental hygienist asks if you've been flossing regularly. Skip to after that conversation. We have a deal. He is going to call me in two weeks. If I am not backing Read More...
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MSN Ads

Posted Wednesday, January 14, 2004 7:05 PM by lauraj
Some people love the MSN Butterfly ads and some people hate them -- to each their own. If you're in the "love 'em" camp, though, only4gurus.com has them available for download . Read More...
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This is broken!

Posted Tuesday, January 13, 2004 11:13 PM by lauraj
Sean posts about thisisbroken.com . This site is one of the outlets for Mark Hurst , and I totally agree with Sean that it's important to understand what's broken. The posts are also really funny! Mark's main website is www.goodexperience.com , and he Read More...
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