June 2007 Entries
In a context completely unrelated to computers or my work, someone gave me a copy of one of those "word a day" calendar entries for the word "mortmain". You can see the fuller definition here, but one definition is: The oppressive influence of past events or decisions. Only after I tacked it up in my office did people start pointing out to me the irony.
As a medium of communication, blogs have their strengths and weaknesses. The informal nature of the communication makes it incredibly easy to communicate information on an ongoing basis. The down side, of course, is that the very informality of blogs can also trip you up if you don't pay enough attention to follow up. I've certainly been guilty of that on this blog (there are still some loose ends I think haven't really been tied up), and we've been guilty of that as a team. One thing we haven't always done a good job of is keeping people apprised of...
It's hard to believe it, but 6/21/2007 marks the 15th anniversary of my permanent arrival in Seattle. I'd spent the summer before in Redmond interning, but in June of 1992, I graduated from college, bought a car, packed up my stuff, and headed out to Seattle. When people would ask me how long I expected to work at Microsoft, I said, "I don't know... I guess I'll stay three to five years and then figure out what I'm going to do with the rest of my life." Tomorrow, of course, marks the 15th anniversary of starting work at Microsoft. On...