Archive for December, 2006

I’m a liar too

Friday, December 29th, 2006

Joel Spolsky demonstrates his exegetic prowess by analyzing a Gillmor missive.
Gillmor himself is (mildly) criticizing Dave Winer, who was teeing off on Mark Lucovsky.  Both are riffing on points I made in my earlier commentary on Lucovsky, so I understand where they are coming from.
Joel’s commentary is rather bizarre.  Paraphrased, he says “It took me […]

Momma Nature

Saturday, December 16th, 2006

Someone in Microsoft’s back yard must have really made her mad, and we’re still feeling her wrath.  I thought the snowstorm two weeks ago was bad, but this is worse.  Thursday night, hurricane-strength winds and rain ripped through Oregon and Washington, toppling trees, causing floods, and leaving millions without power.  Power at the Microsoft campus […]

NiallKennedy.com

Wednesday, December 13th, 2006

I’m sitting in the Xbox room in Building 20, and I notice a new wireless network.  Connect successful (that’s Tantek’s twitter page in the background).

I couldn’t find the terms of use, though, so I quickly disconnected.

Welcome Home Jon!

Friday, December 8th, 2006

[via Jeff] Jon Udell is joining our team at Microsoft.  I’m surprised that none of the people I told about this leaked it before now
It’s a shame that he felt the need to defend against appearances of “selling out”.  Let’s hope that’s the last time he feels that way.  Anyone who’s followed him over […]

Hyper Happy Hair Flip

Thursday, December 7th, 2006

The very first of the Vista ads are arriving.  Download squad says it’s boring.  You can’t buy Vista yet, so don’t expect too much hype right now.
But I don’t know how anyone can say that is boring.  It doesn’t have a storyline or theme, but it’s meant to embed emotional responses in your subconscious — […]