Eric Lippert - Discussing Visual Studio Tools for Office

pikatung wrote:I have seen the future! And it is in Powerpoint!
Yeah, Peter is SENIOR PRODUCT MANAGER and Jamey is PRODUCT MANAGER. Pretty much marketing guys, but Peter is our group's PR contact and deals with the press and is the guy I ask if I have a question about whether something will get me fired or not.
geezergamers wrote:JameyT [...] does marketing for a not-so-small software company.[...]
scobleizer wrote:Tensor: sssssshhhhhh, wouldn't want the PR department to hear about that!
We were wondering how long it'd take for someone to notice, though.
rhm wrote:
Oh and "if we could get to version 11 that would be the ultimate". Talking about Office2003 I assume?
Tensor wrote:
rhm wrote:
Oh and "if we could get to version 11 that would be the ultimate". Talking about Office2003 I assume?
I assumed that was a Spinal Tap joke!
A quick trip to Google reveals all. Microsoft Brainwash contains: Carbonated water, fructose, citric acid, natural and artificial flavours, sodium benzoate, American ginseng, Siberian ginseng, Korean ginseng, (a lot of) caffeine, buchu, dillweed, jalapeno,
African capsicum, ginger, yohimbe, ginko biloba, skullcap, mad dog weed, na huang, gotu kola, dong quai, super echinacea, golden seal, artificial coloring FD&C #40.
I wonder how that stuff tastes -- and how potent it is.
scobleizer wrote:Cause the download site was being reinstalled yesterday and I was on a flight to Silicon Valley and I just couldn't get it done in time. I might get it up tomorrow.
SlackmasterK wrote:No offense to the good people at Microsoft (Or to the occasional bad ones, as with any company), but if you guys are gonna be showing text on a video, you may want to look at a higher quality. And where did the save link go?
iPod: check
obligatory reference to dead product: check
Spinal Tap reference: check
Connection to GeezerGamers: check
Marketing Goons with too much time on our hands: double check
scobleizer wrote:We thought about it, but we've been in hoax trouble before.
The bottle of brain wash has been around for a long time and I am not sure where it came from originally. I got my bottle from our group admin during an office move - I am not sure where Jamey came by his.
Apparently people used to drink it, but it's looking a little cloudy right now and there is a purple ring around the neck of the bottle so I have no plans to indulge any time soon.
Everything you see on the screen was a ppt deck, by the way. The 'visual studio' was a screen shot Charles sent me. If you notice there is a tool tip on the screen the whole time.
I put the 'april fools' slide up becuase it made it easy to transition into the notice: no code was hurt one that followed...but a screenwriter I am not.
Glad you liked it, we had fun making it.