Channel 9 - Entries tagged with Bill Hill Microsoft http://mschnlnine.vo.llnwd.net/d1/Dev/App_Themes/C9/images/feedimage.png Channel 9 - Entries tagged with Bill Hill http://channel9.msdn.com/Tags/bill+hill Channel 9 keeps you up to date with the latest news and behind the scenes info from Microsoft that developers love to keep up with. From LINQ to SilverLight – Watch videos and hear about all the cool technologies coming and the people behind them. http://channel9.msdn.com/Tags/bill+hill en Tue, 21 May 2013 20:53:29 GMT Tue, 21 May 2013 20:53:29 GMT Rev9 11 1 25 Bill Hill: One Ocean Bill Hill has always been a fan favorite on Channel 9. In fact, his early interviews helped us crystallize the original (now referred to as OldSchool since we have other great methodologies in place on 9) Channel 9 Method of human-focused, unrehearsed real conversations with people. We haven't forgotten about you, Bill!

Bill left the company last year to pursue other interests, one of which being the making of music and music videos. Since Bill is a Niner, we decided to post one of his timely music videos, One Ocean, on Channel 9. With the oil spill in the Gulf of Mexico, the overfishing of the oceans, the pollution of the seas, Bill has a message for us all and it comes in the form of original music plus live action video (also known as a Music Video...). Thanks for sharing, Bill. It's great to see (and hear) you again. You'll always be welcome on Channel 9. We miss you, man!

Enjoy! This is Bill Hill 5.0!! Smiley ]]> http://channel9.msdn.com/Blogs/Charles/Bill-Hill-One-Ocean Bill Hill has always been a fan favorite on Channel 9. In fact, his early interviews helped us crystallize the original (now referred to as OldSchool since we have other great methodologies in place on 9) Channel 9 Method of human-focused, unrehearsed real conversations with people. We haven't forgotten about you, Bill!Bill left the company last year to pursue other interests, one of which being the making of music and music videos. Since Bill is a Niner, we decided to post one of his timely music videos, One Ocean, on Channel 9. With the oil spill in the Gulf of Mexico, the overfishing of the oceans, the pollution of the seas, Bill has a message for us all and it comes in the form of original music plus live action video (also known as a Music Video...). Thanks for sharing, Bill. It's great to see (and hear) you again. You'll always be welcome on Channel 9. We miss you, man!Enjoy! This is Bill Hill 5.0!! 465 http://channel9.msdn.com/Blogs/Charles/Bill-Hill-One-Ocean Fri, 02 Jul 2010 18:07:00 GMT http://channel9.msdn.com/Blogs/Charles/Bill-Hill-One-Ocean Charles Charles 29 http://channel9.msdn.com/Blogs/Charles/Bill-Hill-One-Ocean/RSS Bill Hill Community Niners on 9 Bill Hill: On Channel 9, Niners and Homo Sapiens 2.0 Long time Niner, typography master, ClearType co-inventor and more-than-avid reader Bill Hill reflects on Channel 9, the state of the economy, Homo Sapiens 2.0 and the next version of, well, Bill Hill (Bill Hill 2.0).  Smiley

Bill was the focus of one of the very early interviews on Channel 9 and it was where we captured the raw human quality that makes Channel 9 special. Of course, Bill Hill is great to listen to and learn from. We were lucky to get him early on in our development as it really helped us grow and plot a content course for C9. Thank you, Bill. You are a legendary Niner. Much love!

Update: Bill passed away suddenly on October 16, 2012. We are all deeply saddened and send our heartfelt condolences to Bill's family. We've lost a visionary and iconoclast. RIP.

]]> http://channel9.msdn.com/Blogs/Charles/Bill-Hill-On-Channel-9-Niners-and-Homo-Sapiens-20 Long time Niner, typography master, ClearType co-inventor and more-than-avid reader Bill Hill reflects on Channel 9, the state of the economy, Homo Sapiens 2.0 and the next version of, well, Bill Hill (Bill Hill 2.0).  Bill was the focus of one of the very early interviews on Channel 9 and it was where we captured the raw human quality that makes Channel 9 special. Of course, Bill Hill is great to listen to and learn from. We were lucky to get him early on in our development as it really helped us grow and plot a content course for C9. Thank you, Bill. You are a legendary Niner. Much love!Update: Bill passed away suddenly on October 16, 2012. We are all deeply saddened and send our heartfelt condolences to Bill's family. We've lost a visionary and iconoclast. RIP. 1358 http://channel9.msdn.com/Blogs/Charles/Bill-Hill-On-Channel-9-Niners-and-Homo-Sapiens-20 Mon, 06 Apr 2009 21:41:00 GMT http://channel9.msdn.com/Blogs/Charles/Bill-Hill-On-Channel-9-Niners-and-Homo-Sapiens-20 Charles Charles 4 http://channel9.msdn.com/Blogs/Charles/Bill-Hill-On-Channel-9-Niners-and-Homo-Sapiens-20/RSS Bill Hill C9 Turns 5 Channel 9 Microsoft Microsoft Personalities Niners Bill Hill: The Future of Reading on the Web, Part 2 Part 1 here).
 
While many people know Bill from his work on True Type and his passion for improving screen readability, Bill is now working on improving Web readability in Internet Explorer and how reading on the Web hasn't improved since the early days of browsing.

In this part of the interview we continue with the discussion on font embedding. But this time Bill Hill tells us also about readability in general, shows us his website and thoughts that he had during designing the reading and layout experience for it. In one of the various side stories he explains to us how and why the letters in our alphabet evolved as they did. By the end of the interview Bill Hill shares some personal stories that includes also how he started to learn reading animal tracks.

To see Bill's site using font embedding and clean HTML/CSS with multi-page flow, go to http://www.billhillsite.com.

]]> http://channel9.msdn.com/Blogs/Dan/Bill-Hill-The-Future-of-Reading-on-the-Web-Part-2 This is the second part of the interview that Dan and Christian did with Bill Hill.  (See Part 1 here).   While many people know Bill from his work on True Type and his passion for improving screen readability, Bill is now working on improving Web readability in Internet Explorer and how reading on the Web hasn't improved since the early days of browsing. In this part of the interview we continue with the discussion on font embedding. But this time Bill Hill tells us also about readability in general, shows us his website and thoughts that he had during designing the reading and layout experience for it. In one of the various side stories he explains to us how and why the letters in our alphabet evolved as they did. By the end of the interview Bill Hill shares some personal stories that includes also how he started to learn reading animal tracks. To see Bill's site using font embedding and clean HTML/CSS with multi-page flow, go to http://www.billhillsite.com. 3024 http://channel9.msdn.com/Blogs/Dan/Bill-Hill-The-Future-of-Reading-on-the-Web-Part-2 Mon, 20 Oct 2008 15:35:00 GMT http://channel9.msdn.com/Blogs/Dan/Bill-Hill-The-Future-of-Reading-on-the-Web-Part-2 Dan Fernandez Dan Fernandez 32 http://channel9.msdn.com/Blogs/Dan/Bill-Hill-The-Future-of-Reading-on-the-Web-Part-2/RSS Bill Hill Microsoft Personalities Web Bill Hill: The Future of Reading on the Web, Part 1
While many people know Bill from his work on True Type and his passion for improving screen readability, Bill is now working on improving Web readability in Internet Explorer and how reading on the Web hasn't improved since the early days of browsing.

In the interview, you'll hear about how Internet Explorer has included font embedding features for years that can give publishers much better readability or how Windows fonts actually include code that gets executed to dynamically adjust pixel-by-pixel based on font.

To see Bill's site using font embedding and clean HTML/CSS with multi-page flow, go to http://www.billhillsite.com.

]]> http://channel9.msdn.com/Blogs/Dan/Bill-Hill-The-Future-of-Reading-on-the-Web-Part-1 Bill Hill - the man, the myth, the legend is back on Channel 9! Christian "LittleGuru" Liensberger and I got a chance to catch up with Bill on his latest work... While many people know Bill from his work on True Type and his passion for improving screen readability, Bill is now working on improving Web readability in Internet Explorer and how reading on the Web hasn't improved since the early days of browsing. In the interview, you'll hear about how Internet Explorer has included font embedding features for years that can give publishers much better readability or how Windows fonts actually include code that gets executed to dynamically adjust pixel-by-pixel based on font. To see Bill's site using font embedding and clean HTML/CSS with multi-page flow, go to http://www.billhillsite.com. 2696 http://channel9.msdn.com/Blogs/Dan/Bill-Hill-The-Future-of-Reading-on-the-Web-Part-1 Thu, 09 Oct 2008 15:00:00 GMT http://channel9.msdn.com/Blogs/Dan/Bill-Hill-The-Future-of-Reading-on-the-Web-Part-1 Dan Fernandez Dan Fernandez 26 http://channel9.msdn.com/Blogs/Dan/Bill-Hill-The-Future-of-Reading-on-the-Web-Part-1/RSS Bill Hill Microsoft Personalities Web Bill Hill: Digital Democracy and the Declaration of Digital Independence
We wanted to find out what's on Bill's mind these days so we thought we'd have a chat with Bill and Lake Bill on crystal clear day was the perfect setting for learning about Bill's passion for enabling digital democracy. What's digital democracy? Well, watch and listen to find out. Bill has even written up a Declaration of Digital Independence.

Tune in. Bill Hill is on Channel 9 again! ]]> http://channel9.msdn.com/Blogs/Charles/Bill-Hill-Digital-Democracy-and-the-Declaration-of-Digital-Independence Bill Hill is one of the Niners' favorite Microsoft personalities. He is also a legend around Microsoft and within the typography community. Bill spends most of his time thinking about how to make reading on a screen the best possible experience for human readers. We wanted to find out what's on Bill's mind these days so we thought we'd have a chat with Bill and Lake Bill on crystal clear day was the perfect setting for learning about Bill's passion for enabling digital democracy. What's digital democracy? Well, watch and listen to find out. Bill has even written up a Declaration of Digital Independence. Tune in. Bill Hill is on Channel 9 again! 3361 http://channel9.msdn.com/Blogs/Charles/Bill-Hill-Digital-Democracy-and-the-Declaration-of-Digital-Independence Fri, 17 Aug 2007 18:30:00 GMT http://channel9.msdn.com/Blogs/Charles/Bill-Hill-Digital-Democracy-and-the-Declaration-of-Digital-Independence Charles Charles 72 http://channel9.msdn.com/Blogs/Charles/Bill-Hill-Digital-Democracy-and-the-Declaration-of-Digital-Independence/RSS Bill Hill Microsoft Personalities Cleartype Team - Typography in Windows Vista
Those Japanese fonts sure are beautiful!

We talk about trends in display resolution, research done in aesthetics and quite a few other things. Hope you enjoy this!

And, if you haven't run it yet, make sure to run the ClearType Tuner to make sure your fonts look the best they possibly can. ]]> http://channel9.msdn.com/Blogs/scobleizer/Cleartype-Team-Typography-in-Windows-Vista We always enjoy meeting with Bill Hill, so we thought we'd drop in on him with our camcorder and talk with the ClearType team again and see what's the latest with the fonts in Windows Vista.Those Japanese fonts sure are beautiful!We talk about trends in display resolution, research done in aesthetics and quite a few other things. Hope you enjoy this!And, if you haven't run it yet, make sure to run the ClearType Tuner to make sure your fonts look the best they possibly can. http://channel9.msdn.com/Blogs/scobleizer/Cleartype-Team-Typography-in-Windows-Vista Fri, 16 Dec 2005 22:55:00 GMT http://channel9.msdn.com/Blogs/scobleizer/Cleartype-Team-Typography-in-Windows-Vista Charles Charles 68 http://channel9.msdn.com/Blogs/scobleizer/Cleartype-Team-Typography-in-Windows-Vista/RSS Bill Hill ClearType Windows Vista Bill Hill - A Hike Around Microsoft's Forests (Happy Birthday Video #5)
One thing we remembered from last year was his explanation that Windows is not the most important OS.

It's a bit long (an hour and a half), but you'll learn all sorts fo things about reading, computers, Microsoft, and things like why pop-up ads hurt readability. Watch Bill get on the ground and demonstrate how humans started to read and write. Learn all about Microsoft campus (and get some lessons on the plant life there too).

Bill is passionate about tracking animals and spending time in nature, which he uses to understand how to make better type and layouts.

Bill was a newspaperman in Scotland before he got into computers in the 1980s and has many stories.

The paper, OSPREY, that he mentions is here (Microsoft Word format) and an interesting article about the best online reading experience is on Poynter Institute's Online site. ]]> http://channel9.msdn.com/Blogs/TheChannel9Team/Bill-Hill-A-Hike-Around-Microsofts-Forests-Happy-Birthday-Video-5 Last year Bill Hill, director of advanced reading technologies, was our first interview. And one of our most popular to boot. One thing we remembered from last year was his explanation that Windows is not the most important OS. It's a bit long (an hour and a half), but you'll learn all sorts fo things about reading, computers, Microsoft, and things like why pop-up ads hurt readability. Watch Bill get on the ground and demonstrate how humans started to read and write. Learn all about Microsoft campus (and get some lessons on the plant life there too). Bill is passionate about tracking animals and spending time in nature, which he uses to understand how to make better type and layouts. Bill was a newspaperman in Scotland before he got into computers in the 1980s and has many stories. The paper, OSPREY, that he mentions is here (Microsoft Word format) and an interesting article about the best online reading experience is on Poynter Institute's Online site. 5302 http://channel9.msdn.com/Blogs/TheChannel9Team/Bill-Hill-A-Hike-Around-Microsofts-Forests-Happy-Birthday-Video-5 Wed, 06 Apr 2005 05:34:00 GMT http://channel9.msdn.com/Blogs/TheChannel9Team/Bill-Hill-A-Hike-Around-Microsofts-Forests-Happy-Birthday-Video-5 The Channel 9 Team The Channel 9 Team 42 http://channel9.msdn.com/Blogs/TheChannel9Team/Bill-Hill-A-Hike-Around-Microsofts-Forests-Happy-Birthday-Video-5/RSS Bill Hill Microsoft Personalities Bill Hill - Do you think anyone is going to read a book on the screen? ClearType got people interested in reading long passages on the screen for the first time).

What will get you to read a book on the screen?

Will it be a 200 DPI monitor? (Bill showed us an IBM monitor that costs about $8500 today). Will it be a more comfortable form factor (like the Tablet PC?)

Will it be a new font? (Bill's group is working on some for Longhorn)

Or will it be something else?

By the way, if you're using Windows XP, did you know that you can "tune" ClearType? Visit the ClearType tuner and see what works best for you. ]]> http://channel9.msdn.com/Blogs/scobleizer/Bill-Hill-Do-you-think-anyone-is-going-to-read-a-book-on-the-screen Bill Hill talks about the difficulties in making the reading experience on the screen good enough so that people will read entire books on the screen. (He claims that ClearType got people interested in reading long passages on the screen for the first time).What will get you to read a book on the screen?Will it be a 200 DPI monitor? (Bill showed us an IBM monitor that costs about $8500 today). Will it be a more comfortable form factor (like the Tablet PC?)Will it be a new font? (Bill's group is working on some for Longhorn)Or will it be something else?By the way, if you're using Windows XP, did you know that you can "tune" ClearType? Visit the ClearType tuner and see what works best for you. 44 http://channel9.msdn.com/Blogs/scobleizer/Bill-Hill-Do-you-think-anyone-is-going-to-read-a-book-on-the-screen Tue, 20 Apr 2004 19:33:00 GMT http://channel9.msdn.com/Blogs/scobleizer/Bill-Hill-Do-you-think-anyone-is-going-to-read-a-book-on-the-screen Charles Charles 22 http://channel9.msdn.com/Blogs/scobleizer/Bill-Hill-Do-you-think-anyone-is-going-to-read-a-book-on-the-screen/RSS Bill Hill Microsoft Personalities Bill Hill - What were the influences in your life? Bill Hill, head of the typography department here, talks about the influences his parents played in his life. What influenced you to get involved in computers/technology?

]]> http://channel9.msdn.com/Blogs/TheChannel9Team/Bill-Hill-What-were-the-influences-in-your-life Bill Hill, head of the typography department here, talks about the influences his parents played in his life. What influenced you to get involved in computers/technology? 200 http://channel9.msdn.com/Blogs/TheChannel9Team/Bill-Hill-What-were-the-influences-in-your-life Mon, 19 Apr 2004 18:43:11 GMT http://channel9.msdn.com/Blogs/TheChannel9Team/Bill-Hill-What-were-the-influences-in-your-life The Channel 9 Team The Channel 9 Team 16 http://channel9.msdn.com/Blogs/TheChannel9Team/Bill-Hill-What-were-the-influences-in-your-life/RSS Bill Hill Microsoft Personalities Bill Hill: Homo sapiens 1.0 - The world's most important operating system The most important operating system developers write software for is not Windows or OSX or Linux or Android. It's Homo sapiens 1.0. We make software for people first. Very wise words from a very wise soul, Bill Hill.

Bill passed away on October 16, 2012 from a sudden heart attack. We are all shocked and heartbroken. He was a very special member of the Channel 9 family and his contributions to C9, Microsoft and the industry are legendary. His devotion to learning - and to making knowledge readily available to everybody - are a testament to who he was as a person and scholar. Bill was deeply human and unusually brilliant; an iconoclastic mind with a heart of gold.

This short video clip is from 2004. It is rife with Bill's wisdom and captures the essence of his passion for reading, writing, learning and knowledge. We recommend you watch more of his excellent conversational material. It's full of visionary thinking. Classic Bill.

To Bill's family and close friends, our deepest condolences and love.

]]> http://channel9.msdn.com/Blogs/TheChannel9Team/Bill-Hill-Windows-is-not-the-most-important-OS The most important operating system developers write software for is not Windows or OSX or Linux or Android. It's Homo sapiens 1.0. We make software for people first. Very wise words from a very wise soul, Bill Hill. Bill passed away on October 16, 2012 from a sudden heart attack. We are all shocked and heartbroken. He was a very special member of the Channel 9 family and his contributions to C9, Microsoft and the industry are legendary. His devotion to learning - and to making knowledge readily available to everybody - are a testament to who he was as a person and scholar. Bill was deeply human and unusually brilliant; an iconoclastic mind with a heart of gold. This short video clip is from 2004. It is rife with Bill's wisdom and captures the essence of his passion for reading, writing, learning and knowledge. We recommend you watch more of his excellent conversational material. It's full of visionary thinking. Classic Bill.To Bill's family and close friends, our deepest condolences and love. 210 http://channel9.msdn.com/Blogs/TheChannel9Team/Bill-Hill-Windows-is-not-the-most-important-OS Fri, 26 Mar 2004 17:38:00 GMT http://channel9.msdn.com/Blogs/TheChannel9Team/Bill-Hill-Windows-is-not-the-most-important-OS The Channel 9 Team The Channel 9 Team 67 http://channel9.msdn.com/Blogs/TheChannel9Team/Bill-Hill-Windows-is-not-the-most-important-OS/RSS Bill Hill Microsoft Personalities Bill Hill - There is only one space after a period Are you a one spacer or a two spacer? Bill Hill gives his opinion on why you only put one space after a period. This video was shot in 2004.

We will miss you, Bill. Thank you for changing the world for the better when it comes to reading on digital devices. Rest in peace.

]]> http://channel9.msdn.com/Blogs/TheChannel9Team/Bill-Hill-There-is-only-one-space-after-a-period Are you a one spacer or a two spacer? Bill Hill gives his opinion on why you only put one space after a period. This video was shot in 2004. We will miss you, Bill. Thank you for changing the world for the better when it comes to reading on digital devices. Rest in peace. 147 http://channel9.msdn.com/Blogs/TheChannel9Team/Bill-Hill-There-is-only-one-space-after-a-period Fri, 26 Mar 2004 17:31:00 GMT http://channel9.msdn.com/Blogs/TheChannel9Team/Bill-Hill-There-is-only-one-space-after-a-period The Channel 9 Team The Channel 9 Team 69 http://channel9.msdn.com/Blogs/TheChannel9Team/Bill-Hill-There-is-only-one-space-after-a-period/RSS Bill Hill Microsoft Personalities