in case you didn’t know, my role at microsoft has me working with startups all across the united states talking about all the opportunities to be had with bizspark. i am really excited for the future of the program and continuing to work with early stage tech startups. but bizspark is not the only totally cool “spark” program that microsoft offers.
i must of forgot just how much i missed live mesh. i had been developing live framework apps and had all my devices as members of the developer tech preview of mesh which currently does not support folder sync. since then, i went to other services like sugarsync and realized just how much live mesh brought to my life besides sync.
one key feature that live mesh has is the ability to sync across more than just 2 machines (this is a limit to the free version of sugarsync). this was the primary reason for going back to mesh. however, there are others. here are a few of my favorite things (i almost busted into sound of music):
i am still trying to figure out how anyone with even just 2 machines can live without a proper file syncing tool. mesh has not only made my own files accessible, but also allows my team to share and collaborate on documents and presentations. brilliant!
if you are looking for a great way to sync your files across multiple machines and get access to some other great features, then go check out the live mesh beta.
i have heard today that there is a simple way to get around that pesky 140 character limit on twitter. just disable javascript. what? really? can it be that easy?
i am not suggesting this is a good thing only that it can be done (as demonstrated by my friend FilipSzy). not only is it not a good thing, but i think it is a bad thing now that it requires users to click on the … of each tweet to see the full text. ugh.
i am betting that the twitter team is working on fixing this so get your long tweets on while they last.
updated
moved the video to my blog since i am really not posting to my old site anymore
i stop by the offices of groupon and talk to the founder and ceo, andrew mason, and the chief technology officer, ken pelletier about how groupon and the point got started. it was interesting to hear the point examples on internet explorer 6, bono, and chicago covered by a dome.
whether you love ashton kutcher or not, the fact that because of his tweet over 1 million people just brought down an article talking about bing’s new features goes to show that google had better sleep with one eye open.
i just received a great email from paul andrew, senior technical product manager on the sharepoint team, detailing a number of great resources for sharepoint developers and it professionals. don’t worry paul. i did not include anything not disclosed yet.
here is the quick rundown:
after many months of trying to pull together the resources and time, i have finally launched geeks in the city. the new web show will be slightly different than most in that i will not always have a regular schedule but will be interviewing interesting people whenever i get the chance. the best way to follow the show will be to subscribe to the feed.
there is still work to be done on the format and some of the editing work (i am a one man team here), but it will all come together over the next few months. check out the first episode where i have the opportunity to talk to 4 pretty amazing women at the php|tek conference in chicago.
i was chatting it up yesterday evening at php|tek with my friends harper and dylan from threadless when they told me about this crazy cool new idea threadless launched. twitter tees.
threadless is bringing its crowdsourcing expertise to twitter with the launch of twitter tees by threadless at twitter.threadless.com. twitter tees will feature notable tweets submitted and voted on by twitter users, with art direction and design of each t-shirt by the in-house creative team at threadless.
in case you have not seen me at many events proudly wearing my threadless tees, you know i am already a big fan of not only the quality of products they make, but the fun and cool designs submitted by their passionate users. i am excited to see all those same passionate people voting on their favorite tweets now.
while attending php|tek this week i had the privilege to meet many incredibly talented php developers. in particular, i had the opportunity to sit down and talk to 4 women who demonstrate not only a passion for technology, but also extending their passion to women looking to embrace technology by founding and/or participating in phpwomen.
the phpwomen mission:
our aim is to provide a network of support and mentorship to women, help women become more involved with PHP, increase our numbers at conferences as speakers and attendees, and provide a “female friendly” atmosphere.
at microsoft, we have similar programs and initiatives and it goes to show just how much of a difference women can make in the field of technology.
i will be posting a video of an interview i did with these incredible women later this week.
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