http://mschnlnine.vo.llnwd.net/d1/Dev/App_Themes/C9/images/feedimage.pnghttp://channel9.msdn.com/tags/Microspotting/microspottinghttp://channel9.msdn.com/tags/Microspotting/en-usWed, 03 Dec 2008 23:48:18 GMTWed, 03 Dec 2008 23:48:18 GMTEvNet (EvNet, Version=1.0.3608.3122, Culture=neutral, PublicKeyToken=null)<img src="http://mschnlnine.vo.llnwd.net/d1/ch9/3/9/8/6/4/4/WMINArielStallingsSpotting_small_ch9.jpg" border="0" /><p>You don’t think you can have blue hair and work at Microsoft?  Wrong.  You don’t think you can have blue hair, be a writer not a hard core geek, and be successful working at Microsoft?  Wrong again.  Meet Ariel Meadow Stallings, the brains behind <a href="http://www.microspotting.com/">Microspotting</a>, the blog that humanly tells human stories about all of us who work to make up the soft and the micro.  We may be an empire, of sorts, but we’re not evil, and Ariel is here to prove it.  And guess what?  Everybody’s got a story.  Whether you’re an Olympic hopeful, a Bollywood dancer, a Peruvian rock star, a Goth, the son of a former Nigerian president, or completely shrouded in mystery and anonymity (yes, Mini-Microsoft), Ariel spins the yarns of these diverse people who have lives beyond the hallowed halls of Microsoft, and those lives help make them better Microsoft employees.  And does Ariel walk the talk herself?  Damn right she does.  Watch the interview to hear how she happily enjoys a job-share, runs the very successful Salon of Shame in town, and is author of the book and blog, <a href="http://offbeatbride.com/">Offbeat Bride</a>.  Ariel is the empire! </p><img src="http://channel9.msdn.com/446893/WebViewBug.aspx?EVT=0" height="1" width="1" alt="" />http://channel9.msdn.com/shows/WM_IN/Ariel-Stallings-Microspotting-the-Empire/http://channel9.msdn.com/shows/WM_IN/Ariel-Stallings-Microspotting-the-Empire/Mon, 08 Dec 2008 16:31:00 GMThttp://mschnlnine.vo.llnwd.net/d1/ch9/3/9/8/6/4/4/WMINArielStallingsSpotting_ch9.wmv59883http://channel9.msdn.com/446893/WebViewBug.aspx?EVT=0You don’t think you can have blue hair and work at Microsoft?  Wrong.  You don’t think you can have blue hair, be a writer not a hard core geek, and be successful working at Microsoft?  Wrong again.  Meet Ariel Meadow Stallings, the brains behind Microspotting, the blog that humanly tells human stories about all of us who work to make up the soft and the micro.  We may be an empire, of sorts, but we’re not evil, and Ariel is here to prove it.  And guess what?  Everybody’s got a story.  Whether you’re an Olympic hopeful, a Bollywood dancer, a Peruvian rock star, a Goth, the son of a former Nigerian president, or completely shrouded in mystery and anonymity (yes, Mini-Microsoft), Ariel spins the yarns of these diverse people who have lives beyond the hallowed halls of Microsoft, and those lives help make them better Microsoft employees.Charles10http://channel9.msdn.com/shows/WM_IN/Ariel-Stallings-Microspotting-the-Empire/RSS/http://channel9.msdn.com/446893/Trackback.aspxMicrospottingMS Personalities<img src="http://mschnlnine.vo.llnwd.net/d1/ch9/0/7/5/0/1/4/ThisWeekC9June20_small_ch9.jpg" border="0" />This Week on Channel 9, Brian and Dan cover:<br /> <br /> <ul> <li>Updates to <a href="http://blogs.msdn.com/livemesh/archive/2008/06/18/service-update-new-build-released-2815-17.aspx">Live Mesh</a>  </li> <li>Improve <a href="http://windowsvistablog.com/blogs/windowsexperience/archive/2008/06/03/windows-search-4-0-released-to-web.aspx">Desktop Search performance</a> by downloading Windows Search 4.0 </li> <li>Lots of updates to <a href="http://blogs.msdn.com/adam_nathan/archive/2008/06/12/new-game-creator-features-are-now-live.aspx">Popfly Game Creator</a> from Adam Nathan </li> <li>The <a href="http://channel9.msdn.com/posts/Dan/IE-Team-to-Mozilla-Congratulations/">IE team sends Mozilla a congratulations cake</a> (via Ars Technica) </li> <li><a href="http://timheuer.com/blog/archive/2008/06/17/silverlight-and-firefox-3-updates.aspx">Update your Silverlight.js file for Firefox 3</a> (via Tim Heuer) </li> <li><a href="http://channel9.msdn.com/posts/Dan/DeepEarth-Virtual-Earth-using-Silverlight-DeepZoom/">DeepEarth: Virtual Earth + Deep Zoom</a> (via Jamie Thomson) </li> <li>Ariel Stallings from <a href="http://www.microspotting.com/2008/06/microspotting-tshirts">Microspotting designs cool I <em>am </em>the empire</a> t-shirts </li> <li>Video clip of <a href="http://channel9.msdn.com/posts/Dan/Ben-Brauer-and-Richard-Sprague-Response-Point/">Richard Sprague demoing Response Point</a> and discussing how they used research to build voice grammars </li> <li><a href="http://blogs.msdn.com/codeplex/archive/2008/06/17/sourceforge-community-choice-awards-open-to-codeplex-projects.aspx">Sourceforge Community Awards</a> will include Codeplex projects </li> <li><a href="http://blogs.msdn.com/somasegar/archive/2008/06/17/how-vulnerable-are-software-applications.aspx">Soma discusses the Secure Development Lifecycle</a> and how Microsoft uses it internally </li> <li><a href="http://blogs.msdn.com/markbrown/archive/2008/06/18/virtual-earth-makes-golfing-more-enjoyable.aspx">Golf Course powered by Virtual Earth 3D</a> (via Mark Brown) </li> <li>Video clip of <a href="http://www.gearlog.com/2008/06/hasbro_debuts_gyroscopic_amp_bo.php">Tiger Electronics AMP</a> robot </li> <li>Brian's Pick of the Week: James Devlin: <a href="http://www.codingthewheel.com/archives/how-i-built-a-working-poker-bot">Building a Real-world Poker bot</a> with C++ (via Avi Pilosof) </li> <li>Dan's Pick of the Week: Walt Mossberg reviews <a href="http://gizmodo.com/367625/gogo-to-bring-in+flight-wi+fi-by-spring-we-cant-wait">GoGo: In-flight Wifi</a> which will be coming to Virgin and American </li> <li>After the end, <a href="http://channel9.msdn.com/posts/Dan/Channel9-and-Channel-10/">Dan, Brian, and Laura Foy</a> unwind at TechEd </li> </ul> <p> </p><img src="http://channel9.msdn.com/410570/WebViewBug.aspx?EVT=0" height="1" width="1" alt="" />http://channel9.msdn.com/shows/This+Week+On+Channel+9/This-Week-on-C9-June-20/http://channel9.msdn.com/shows/This+Week+On+Channel+9/This-Week-on-C9-June-20/Fri, 20 Jun 2008 17:04:00 GMThttp://mschnlnine.vo.llnwd.net/d1/ch9/0/7/5/0/1/4/ThisWeekC9June20_ch9.wmv59378http://channel9.msdn.com/410570/WebViewBug.aspx?EVT=0This Week on Channel 9, Brian and Dan cover:<br /> <br /> <ul> <li>Updates to <a href="http://blogs.msdn.com/livemesh/archive/2008/06/18/service-update-new-build-released-2815-17.aspx">Live Mesh</a> </li> <li>Improve <a href="http://windowsvistablog.com/blogs/windowsexperience/archive/2008/06/03/windows-search-4-0-released-to-web.aspx">Desktop Search performance</a> by downloading Windows Search 4.0 </li> <li>Lots of updates to <a href="http://blogs.msdn.com/adam_nathan/archive/2008/06/12/new-game-creator-features-are-now-live.aspx">Popfly Game Creator</a> from Adam Nathan </li> <li>Ariel Stallings from <a href="http://www.microspotting.com/2008/06/microspotting-tshirts">Microspotting designs cool I <em>am </em>the empire</a> t-shirts </li> <li>Video clip of <a href="http://www.gearlog.com/2008/06/hasbro_debuts_gyroscopic_amp_bo.php">Tiger Electronics AMP</a> robot </li> <li>Brian's Pick of the Week: James Devlin: <a href="http://www.codingthewheel.com/archives/how-i-built-a-working-poker-bot">Building a Real-world Poker bot</a> with C++ (via Avi Pilosof) </li> </ul> <p>Click more for the full list</p> <p> </p>Dan Fernandez7http://channel9.msdn.com/shows/This+Week+On+Channel+9/This-Week-on-C9-June-20/RSS/http://channel9.msdn.com/410570/Trackback.aspxCodePlexInternet ExplorerLiveMeshMicrospottingPopflySilverlightVirtual Earth