scooblog by josh ledgard
group manager | developer solutions | devdiv
At Tech-Ed? Help Shape the Future of Forums!
Just a reminder that if you are reading this from Tech-Ed and would like to help shape the direction...
Author: MSDN Archive Date: 06/05/2005
Connect with Josh @ Tech-Ed Orlando – I’ll be There!
My goal at Tech-Ed this year is to talk to as many people about the Developer/ITPro community and...
Author: MSDN Archive Date: 06/04/2005
Competing Against a Community?
From Sun’s Jonathan Schwartz As will become more obvious by the day, you can compete against a...
Author: MSDN Archive Date: 05/31/2005
Top MSDN Forums Contributors
I recently posted an announcement (lost in the long weekend) to the MSDN forums in an attempt to...
Author: MSDN Archive Date: 05/31/2005
Stopping Pseudo Diversity in its Tracks
Last week I wrote about the all day class on "men and woman working together" I was subjected to....
Author: MSDN Archive Date: 05/21/2005
Grrrr, Can't Participate in Tags from MSDN Blogs
I've been trying to figure out a way to let people join forces on their blogs with combined...
Author: MSDN Archive Date: 05/21/2005
And the Winning Logo is...
This design, from the Channel9 member Mixelz, is now the Logo of the CPX team! If a copy of VS 2005...
Author: MSDN Archive Date: 05/20/2005
Run-Off Vote for CPX Team Logo
There were 20 logos (customer and internally generated) to choose from in the vote we held last...
Author: MSDN Archive Date: 05/16/2005
Logo Contest Voting Opened Today
Voting for our teams new logo started internally today. The polls will close on Friday. As soon as I...
Author: MSDN Archive Date: 05/11/2005
The Lack of Thought Diversity in Software
Think Different – I’ve always loved this classic Apple tagline. Beyond the dig at Windows market...
Author: MSDN Archive Date: 05/11/2005
MSDN Forums What's Update for 5/7
I posted the latest MSDN Forums What's Update over in the announcements forum. This week I cover...
Author: MSDN Archive Date: 05/07/2005
What happens when you “Ask a Question” on MSDN?
So you’ve searched for answer, but no one seems to have solved your problem yet and you need to ask...
Author: MSDN Archive Date: 05/07/2005
The 9-Guys Have Left the Building
I remember a while back I kicked off some sort of contest. I have good news and bad news. The good...
Author: MSDN Archive Date: 05/05/2005
Developer Chat RSS Feeds!
Via Jana's Joint Many have asked me about RSS feeds for upcoming chats. Here are a few you could...
Author: MSDN Archive Date: 04/25/2005
MSDN Forums What's Update for 4/24
Today I posted the 2nd "what's update" to the announcement forum over at the MSDN Forums Beta site....
Author: MSDN Archive Date: 04/23/2005
The Effects of an Angry Customer E-Mail Regarding the Forums
IMO the MSDN Forums have been doing really well so far. The early success and feedback has been...
Author: MSDN Archive Date: 04/17/2005
Fun Forum Stat - Answer Rate
What's interesting about the new MSDN Forums is that we can track a true answer rate as opposed to...
Author: MSDN Archive Date: 04/12/2005
New MSDN Forums Welcome and Weekly What's Update
Because imitation is the highest form of flattery and I'm 90% sure that the bungie guys are too busy...
Author: MSDN Archive Date: 04/11/2005
Great New JobCast with Dilberts Replacement
I must first disclose that, since I'm married to the creator of the Jobcast (Blogcast, Podcast,...
Author: MSDN Archive Date: 04/08/2005
More Information on the MSDN Forums Beta
Update: Check out the new forums welcome post. Word is starting to get around about the MSDN Forums...
Author: MSDN Archive Date: 04/08/2005
MSDN Forums Beta
https://forums.microsoft.com/msdn !!! Beaten to my own stories again. You can be sure that I'll have...
Author: MSDN Archive Date: 04/08/2005
Hiding a List Item in IE???
I'm trying to shrink the size of the "Archive" list on the right side of the page. If you are...
Author: MSDN Archive Date: 04/05/2005
Please Ignore the blog construction
Time to whip this blog into shape. I really like what some of my co-workers have been up to. I'm...
Author: MSDN Archive Date: 04/04/2005
I think I found a running mate
I think I found myself a running mate for my plan to take over the Whitehouse.
Author: MSDN Archive Date: 04/04/2005
Quick Notes on the Community Server Blog Upgrade
These are simply my thoughts after playing with the new site for a couple of hours. I'm having some...
Author: MSDN Archive Date: 04/03/2005
Update on the Channel9 CPX Team Logo Competition
I owe everyone an update. if you submitted an entry and would like a C9 foam guy you'll have to send...
Author: MSDN Archive Date: 04/02/2005
The Value of Making Yourself Available to the Community
One goal that my team is looking at pushing within the Developer Division is that every PUM (Large...
Author: MSDN Archive Date: 03/29/2005
The Two Faces of Microsoft
Via ScobleWhat Make MS Evil I saw a company that cared about it’s employees and only getting the...
Author: MSDN Archive Date: 03/28/2005
The End is Near... Gretchen is "PodCasting"
So tonight Gretchen posted her first "podcast"; thus proving that she is now the geekiest Ledgard...
Author: MSDN Archive Date: 03/23/2005
No Shock Here: Credit Card Signatures are Useless
<Gasp!> I wasn't surprised to read this yesterday. I have, perhaps, some of the worst...
Author: MSDN Archive Date: 03/22/2005
Blown Away by our Customers
I haven't yet figured out exactly why certain posts become more popular than others. I never really...
Author: MSDN Archive Date: 03/19/2005
See You at Tech-Ed... Vote for my BOF Session
Just booked my tickets to Tech-Ed 2005 in Orlando. I'll out her and mention that Gretchen will also...
Author: MSDN Archive Date: 03/17/2005
Help Design my Team's Logo - Chance to Win VS 2005 Free
I'd like you to help us design the logo for the new team that Mark, Marie, Scott, and I are now a...
Author: MSDN Archive Date: 03/16/2005
Ever Received a Poor Response from Microsoft?
I feel like I'm asking for trouble here, but I'm trying to find examples where our responses to your...
Author: MSDN Archive Date: 03/09/2005
March 18th: Chat with the Big Cheese about VS 2005
Got a complaint about Developer Tools? Are you participating in an online revolt against VB.Net and...
Author: MSDN Archive Date: 03/08/2005
I've seen the "Chucky Bear"
Its a little scary opening up my blog posting UI while sitting at our annual Microsoft Research...
Author: MSDN Archive Date: 03/03/2005
Creating Communities Around Music Playlists
I love watching ideas turn into reality. Mike, from www.FIQL.com, recently sent me this mail because...
Author: MSDN Archive Date: 02/24/2005
New VBCommenter Release (1.2.5 RC1) by the Community
Background: The VBCommenter is an addin for VS 2003 that gives you the ability to automatically...
Author: MSDN Archive Date: 02/23/2005
Scooby Snax: My Filming and Editing Debut
My Filming and Editing Debut: I just finished posting Devdiv's first "self produced" channel9...
Author: MSDN Archive Date: 02/08/2005
Scooby Snax: I don't like math
Bad Math: I had the same thoughts Kevin did when I saw the Napster Superbowl ad telling me to do the...
Author: MSDN Archive Date: 02/08/2005
Chat about VS Community Features
I'll be pulling double duty today as an "expert" and a moderator in todays chat about VS Community...
Author: MSDN Archive Date: 02/02/2005
Learning Visual Studio Book Recommendations
In the comments to my last post Steven asked "Is there a "Dao of VS.NET and its IDE" book you'd...
Author: MSDN Archive Date: 01/31/2005