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Life at Microsoft: The truth revealed...again!

tina10 — Thu, 05 Nov 2009 20:54:00 GMT

False rumors about life at Microsoft abound, like "drinking the juice" or sleeping at our desks; even that everybody watches Battlestar Galactica. Truth is: only most of us watch it. In a continued effort to debunk the rumors once and for all, I present to you - Life at Microsoft Episode 2.

If you missed the first episode, go check it out!

Office Casual - How to Twitter in Outlook with TwInbox

tina10 — Wed, 04 Nov 2009 20:12:00 GMT

There are more than a dozen ways to follow Twitter, but TwInbox (formally known as OutTwit in its beta stages) places some powerful Outlook capabilities in the hands of us Twitters as explained but Office Casuals very own Doug Thomas.

Office Casual - Jott

tina10 — Fri, 30 Oct 2009 11:47:00 GMT

How would like to make a quick call and do things in Outlook like send email, schedule meetings, and create notes? Doug Thomas made this Office Casual video about a service called Jott and a nifty free add-in from Office Online.

Office Casual - How pictures make great PowerPoint (With Fotolia)

tina10 — Wed, 28 Oct 2009 07:54:00 GMT

Doug Thomas of Office Casual fame is back with another pimp my presentation tip using Fotolia. If a picture says 1000 words, why are we still using loads of them in our presentations? Here are some advantages of using images and a new add-in from Fotolia so you can search for great images without leaving PowerPoint or Word.

Harrison Clarity - Office Layout using Visio

tina10 — Thu, 15 Oct 2009 13:39:00 GMT

The Office Online team here at Microsoft are some of the most creative around. They aren't afraid to take risks and they do more than just demos to show off their latest goods. I recently came across a new Harrison Clarity series they are producing and couldn't help but snatching it up for myself and showing it to Channel 9. This episodes blurb: "Harrison Clarity wasn't very interested in the real world anymore. But he wasnt expecting to end up somewhere else. Learn how Clarity designs his new office layout using a built-in Visio template".

Office Casual - The basics of Visio

tina10 — Mon, 14 Sep 2009 11:58:00 GMT

Doug Thomas from Office Casual gives those of us who aren't familiar with Visio a brief tour using the example of "How to move your office with Visio". Visio is a diagramming program for Microsoft Windows that uses vector graphics to create diagrams. The standard and profession editions both share the same interface but clearly the professional is for the more advanced.

Office Casual - Microsoft Translator

tina10 — Wed, 09 Sep 2009 15:16:00 GMT

Doug Thomas from Office Casual and the Office.com team gives us a quick snapshot of Microsoft Translator. A service which allows users to translate texts or entire web pages into different languages.

When translating an entire web page, or when the user selects "Translate this page" in Bing search results, the Bilingual Viewer will be shown which allows users to browse the original web page text and translation in parallel, supported by synchronized highlights, scrolling, and navigation.

Four Bilingual Viewer layouts are available:

Side by side
Top and bottom
Original with hover translation
Translation with hover original

Add-in for website owners to add a drop-down menu to their website for translating it into another language supported by Bing Translator

Any-to-Any language translation pairs

Automatically detect the language of the text or website being translated

Ability to easily reverse the translation direction

Integration with Internet Explorer 8 Bing Translator Accelerator

Inside Xbox: Forza 3 Dyno Session and Interview with Content Manager John Wendl

tina10 — Fri, 04 Sep 2009 05:47:00 GMT

There's no fun in "All work and no play", which is exactly why most of us own Xbox 360's. When the Xbox was released in 2001 in North America there was a lot of skepticism about the console that was competing against the PS2 and Gamecube. And now over eight years later the Xbox 360 is an enormous success with game developers frequently stating it's their favorite console to develop for. Since the Xbox 360 is much more than just a gaming console, I'm teaming up with the Xbox team to bring you a new series called "Inside Xbox". You can also watch shorter versions of the videos you will see here, on Channel 9, on "Xbox Live". Each show will be diving deep into a topic- something you don't get to see anywhere else.

For the series premiere I teamed up with "Turn 10" for a behind-the-scenes look at Dyno Testing for the upcoming Forza 3 Xbox 360 game. We bring in a Ford GT and capture the specs and audio which will eventually end up in the game. I also have a chat with content director John Wendl and talk about the challenges of developing for the 360, we discuss the new engine and simply talk tech: Visible Tire Deformation, Polygons, Game Engines and Rendering.

If you have any further show ideas you would like to see for this series let me know. Some future ideas I have are a look at Project Natal, the technology inside of the Xbox 360 (let's crack one of these babies open, voiding the warranty of course) let's talk to the devs behind Halo ODST and let's connect your Xbox to your Windows Home Server. This isn't a game review show it's a show for those that want way more than that.

Silverlight 3 and Expression 3 Launch Video - well sort of. :)

tina10 — Fri, 10 Jul 2009 10:53:00 GMT

Why is Dan Fernandez crawling around on a concrete floor with a blonde wig while White Snake plays in the background? That's a great question and I wish I had a logical answer but I don't so I will just give you the truth. It has to do with Silverlight, Expression and couple's therapy. I hope you enjoy and good luck.