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After shooting this interview with Sanaz Ahari and Steve Rider I wrote a fun blog post titled: Hadi Partovi, what are you thinking?That's cause this small team (now three people) is doing an innovative news portal, er, RSS aggregator, over at start.com.They just updated that site too,  details…

Got a shared computer? You know, one that sits in a library, a school, a store, or a lobby where lots of people will share one computer?Well, the Shared Computer Toolkit makes it really easy to administrate and protect such a computer. You can download a beta now.The team here explains (and…

Eric Deily, program manager on the IIS 7 team, talks about some of the things that excite him about IIS 7. IIS (Internet Information Services) is Microsoft's Web server. He says "bbbbwwwwaaaacccchhhhh" to the point that IIS isn't secure.The IIS.Resources.com site is tracking IIS 7…

David Anderson writes the Agile Management blog that's been getting quote popular (and wrote a book on the same topic). He's been working with teams inside Microsoft to get them to ship software faster. Hear some of his stories of working with development teams to help get them unstuck.Do you have…

Steve Cellini, blog here, heads the PDC team. The PDC is the most important event Microsoft will hold this year. Steve introduces us to the PDC team: Jeff Sandquist (community), Jeremy Mazner (content), Dawn Livingston (marketing). In the video we talk about some of the technical sessions…

Steve Winfield heads the US System Builder team and is a lot of fun. Check out "Black Comb" and "Longhorn" in his office and meet Victor Mux. We sit down for a short chat about the community of companies and people that build systems that run Windows. The OEM  System…

Jeff recorded Robert getting ready for the Steve Ballmer interview. Just something fun for your Friday afternoon. Dang, I have to clean up my office. You get to see the video equipment we use here on Channel 9, and I give you a tip or two plus you get to see the cafeteria where we eat lunch every…

Mike Swanson wanted to use XAML and the new Avalon, but was having trouble getting his Adobe Illustrator files ported over so he wrote his own converter.This thing is awesome for graphic designers who want to work with developers on UI's!Anyway, he's releasing it as a free download (he wrote this on…

We just had a short chat with Steve Ballmer in his office (we filmed the interview today, July 7, at 1:30 p.m.)Questions?Why does Microsoft care about developers?01:11 Why does Microsoft have an evangelism team?01:48 What is your call to action for developers right now?02:44 Microsoft is a leader in…

Kim Cameron has caused quite a stir with his Identity Blog. He came out with a whitepaper called "the Laws of Identity" which has caused quite a bit of conversation.So, we went over and talked about, what else, identity online. It's important for developers (and companies) to think…