http://micromiel.com Fri, 21 Nov 2008 14:36:23 +0000 http://backend.userland.com/rss092 en Okay, this post is just for a quick reference for myself, instead of bookmarking the entire bunch of sites, I'll just line then up here so I can access them whenever I need to. Apart from the official download page for the specific product or service, I'll add the announcement ... http://micromiel.com/2008/11/21/download-links-to-all-live-services/ Like I said in my previous post where I lined up all the consumer focused Live Services, there is also a range of apps that target developers and partners, and provides them with a huge set of tools to enable the building of rich Web applications for the Windows Live ... http://micromiel.com/2008/11/21/windows-live-platform-for-devs-partners/ Live Services. You've heard it being mentioned hundreds of times. Did it used to be MSN? Or not? What are the Live Services? How many are there? Why are all these product names changing so many times? Are you getting lost in the entire Live movement? Stick around then, as ... http://micromiel.com/2008/11/21/the-live-services-all-lined-up/ Microsoft Office Live will bring Office to the Web, and the Web to Office. Office Live delivers new and expanded productivity experiences to extend productivity scenarios effortlessly across the Web, personal computer, and mobile devices. Individuals will enjoy the many benefits of Office Live—the rich, dynamic editing of the personal ... http://micromiel.com/2008/11/21/product-overview-office-live/ Friends and adepts of the sci-fi movie / gutsy thriller The Cube (not the sequel because it sucked). Here is a keen futuristic looking concept game that seems to be based on the idea behind the cult movie. Although it's not as big as the installation in the movie itself ... http://micromiel.com/2008/11/21/levelhead-a-cool-3d-spatial-game/ The next course I signed up for is one that helps me prepare for my future role in the Consumer Online International business group in Microsoft. (the COI, as we call it). This course is an approach to Open Source Software. OSS evolves faster and is more adaptive to local ... http://micromiel.com/2008/11/21/the-open-source-software-challenge/ On an internal alias, I saw this story fly by, and I couldn't help bookmarking it for future reading fun, which is why I post it here. So long, Windows 3.x, and thanks for all the shoes! 18 years of support have ticked away, and now it's finally time for ... http://micromiel.com/2008/11/21/when-a-product-is-put-to-sleep/ Apparently, The Mill Podcast has a behind-the-scenes video online that lets you take a look in the 3D infrastructure the creators of the new XBox clip used to come up with their rather weird work of art. Like I said in the post about that commercial I don't think this ... http://micromiel.com/2008/11/21/behind-the-scenes-of-an-xbox-commercial/ The next course on my list is Business Intelligence for Fiscal Year 09. Actually I find this course to be of less relevance to me personally and the role I have in our organisation, but since it's a mandatory course, getting a better understanding of our Business Intelligence strategy including ... http://micromiel.com/2008/11/21/business-intelligence-411/ At Microsoft, we get a lot of courses to follow to stay on track with all the features of our products and services. I started this fiscal year in June with over 350 hours of learning to go, either self-directed and voluntary, or mandatory in order to be fully up ... http://micromiel.com/2008/11/21/anti-harrassment-training/