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Zeo wrote:

Why is this video not a WM_IN tagged video?????

It's a stellar video!!!

Because it doesn't address, even implicitly, the issues we are focusing on for WM_IN. That said, yeah, this is a great video and the super smart person being interviewed is a woman.

WM_IN is a show that explores, explicitly, the role of women at Microsoft and the industry. Certainly, we focus on what an WM_IN interviewee does, but we ask the same questions, for the most part, of each of the women.

C

zhuo wrote:

How about giving us some actual video of presentations?

I mean it's great that you let us know what's going on within microsoft. But how about sharing some of those security awareness presentation with Channel Niners?

Cheers

James

As I mentioned above, we will do this next time (assuming we can share the details, which for hopefully obvious reasons, might not always be the case, but we will dig deeper next time...).

C

We're gonna cover the next blue hat in a deeper way. These videos serve as a good intro to the conference. It's really a cool event. Lot's of learning going on.

C

aJanuary wrote:

Wish I could go

Why can't you?
C

Interesting idea, Zeo!

It's unfortunate that sometimes we have to cut out stuff from our content (we really dislike editing not just because all of us are as lazy as Scoble(his words, not mine! He's not lazy...) , but because we feel it diminishes the transparent value of the video. That said, we aren't in the business of hurting our business. Make sense? We like to think we can be Transparent and Smart (from a business point of view) at the same time. Some things are better left unsaid and sometimes when they are said during one of our unscripted, unrehearsed interviews, well, we just have to do a little editing.

I like the idea of after ship "bloopers", if you will. Good thinking, Zeo!
C

Zeo wrote:

Hey Charles at the end of the video you said you were at T-minus 7 minutes......it was a great video....but can you just let us know why those last 7 minutes were cut?

Yes. I edited it out because we discussed stuff that is not ready for public consumption at this point in time. Nothing Earth shattering, mind you, but we had to cut it just the same.

C

Yeah, sorry about the volume. In fact, the mic on my camera basically died during this interview and thanks to our sound guru Michael Lehman (Niner Ultraguy) we were able to salvage this video. So, unfortunately, you'll need to crank your volume, but it is well worth it!

Since this interview, I've gotten a new camera and this sound issue will not happen again (at least not this bad).

Again, Dr. Lehman saved this for us. (We almost didn't release it and were going to start over, but this is a great discussion and we didn't want to lose it)

C

This week we hosted a women in technology conference on campus and so I wanted to highlight some women at Microsoft on Channel 9. In general, we'll relase WM_IN episodes on a regular basis, like once or twice a month. This week was special, but I'm happy that we released 3 WM_IN videos, highlighting some excellent Softies and real leaders. 

It's interesting that your reaction to the release of three women-in-technology-oriented videos is so negative. My advice to any of you who feel compelled to complain about this issue is simply this: Just don't watch the videos here that are of no interest to you, rather than complaining about how they are of no interest to you to the rest of us. We always relese a variety of content on Channel 9 so that people are free to choose to watch or listen to what they find interesting. I find this constant b*tching about the WM_IN series annoying. If you don't like it, then don't watch it. Sorry about being terse, but I'm a little angry about this and not afraid to share it with you.
 
C

rjdohnert wrote:

Are there any women who work on the Windows Kernel that we will be hearing from?

Charles wrote: Zeo, Thanks for the feedback. This is only the 8th WM_IN episode we have released. I'm not sure I see how this equates to alienating viewers who prefer the more technical content. We are experimenting with how we conduct WM_IN interviews, so you will see more variety, but the core issues will continue to be addressed. Plenty more Going Deep on the horizon (and LOTS of Vista). More WM_IN coming too! C

http://channel9.msdn.com/ShowPost.aspx?PostID=59936

http://channel9.msdn.com/ShowPost.aspx?PostID=60627

Zeo,

Thanks for the feedback. This is only the 8th WM_IN episode we have released. I'm not sure I see how this equates to alienating viewers who prefer the more technical content.

We are experimenting with how we conduct WM_IN interviews, so you will see more variety, but the core issues will continue to be addressed.

Plenty more Going Deep on the horizon (and LOTS of Vista). More WM_IN coming too!

C