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• Never underestimate Microsoft’s ability to turn a corner

  This week Microsoft didn’t get much hype for its three major announcements. Certainly it didn’t stay on top of TechMeme as long as, say, if Steve Jobs gets a sniffle. But don’t miss what they did. 1. On day 1 of the PDC they announced... Posted Nov 01 2008, 01:56 PM by Scobleizer -- Tech geek blogger Filed under: Microsoft, Technology, Windows 7, PDC

• Microsoft tells Google, Amazon, Adobe, Rackspace, & Apple: “stay off our lawn”

  Yesterday Microsoft announced a new set of cloud-based services, called Windows Azure. Today they announced Windows 7. I’m tracking the news here, will have more to say later. What do you think?        Share this post... Posted Oct 28 2008, 11:25 AM by Scobleizer -- Tech geek blogger Filed under: Windows, Microsoft, Technology, Cloud

• More on Microsoft and not going to PDC

  Frank Shaw answers back. He’s the head of Microsoft’s account at Waggener Edstrom, Microsoft’s main PR firm (and has been for years). Frank’s one of the smartest guys in the PR business, so it’s good for him to step in here... Posted Oct 14 2008, 12:36 AM by Scobleizer -- Tech geek blogger Filed under: blogging, Microsoft, Corporate Blogging, Technology, PR

• Dear Microsoft

  I was deciding this morning whether or not to go to your Professional Developer Conference. It’s being hyped up as one of the most important in Microsoft’s recent history. I’ve decided not to go for a variety of reasons. The economy... Posted Oct 13 2008, 03:58 PM by Scobleizer -- Tech geek blogger Filed under: Microsoft, Technology

• Story Pitch: Microsoft’s “flattened” Windows 7 team and what it means for business

  Dear Steven Sinofsky, Jon DeVaan, and Frank Shaw: (For those who don’t know, Frank Shaw is the guy who, at Waggener Edstrom, runs the Microsoft PR account there, and Steven Sinofsky and Jon DeVaan runs Microsoft’s Windows team. Steven and Jon blog on... Posted Aug 25 2008, 01:29 AM by Scobleizer -- Tech geek blogger Filed under: Windows, Microsoft, Technology, Windows 7

• “Demo of the year” of 2006 released by Microsoft

  If you go to Google and search for “demo of the year” you’ll find my 2006 post about Microsoft’s Photosynth. It was that good. The demo is still among my favorite I’ve ever seen (and I’ve sat through thousands of demos... Posted Aug 20 2008, 11:09 PM by Scobleizer -- Tech geek blogger Filed under: Photo, Microsoft, Photography, Technology, Photosynth

• Behind NBC’s Olympics Website

  Eric Schmidt, one of the developers on NBCOlympics.com, the official Olympics Web site for the USA, just dropped by Fast Company’s offices in New York City for a chat. We used to work together at Microsoft. I turned on my cell phone and videoed... Posted Aug 12 2008, 02:00 PM by Scobleizer -- Tech geek blogger Filed under: Microsoft, Technology, Olympics, nbc

• The power of a good demo

  People have been talking about Microsoft’s “Mojave Experiment” all day. What did they do? They demoed a “future operating system” to end users, got their feedback, usually positive, and then told them it was actually Windows... Posted Jul 29 2008, 11:13 PM by Scobleizer -- Tech geek blogger Filed under: Microsoft, Technology

• Getting things done over at FastCompanyTV

  If you haven’t checked into FastCompanyTV lately, we’ve been posting up a storm of innovative people. David Allen, best-selling author of Getting Things Done, tells us how to get more done. Buzz Bruggeman, CEO of ActiveWords, shows me how... Posted Jul 29 2008, 05:04 PM by Scobleizer -- Tech geek blogger Filed under: Office, Video, Microsoft, Technology, Fast Company, ceo, congress, vp, senator

• A new search engine appears: will you use it?

  Tonight a new search engine showed up. Techcrunch has the details. So do tons of other blogs. Search engine guru Danny Sullivan has a great post about the new engine, Cuil, (pronounced “cool”). I wasn’t pre-briefed or anything. Like... Posted Jul 28 2008, 01:58 AM by Scobleizer -- Tech geek blogger Filed under: Search, Google, Yahoo, Microsoft, Technology, startup, cuil

• Yosemite Gigapixel Panoramic Imaging Project

  First, Microsoft deserves a kudo for its Pro Photo Summit. John Harrington wrote up the highlights and linked to many of the coolest things. But the coolest thing I saw on Wednesday? Was something I saw at lunch: the Yosemite Gigapixel Project. They mapped... Posted Jul 11 2008, 03:39 AM by Scobleizer -- Tech geek blogger Filed under: Photo, Microsoft, Research, Technology, xrez, panoramic, pro photo summit, gigapixel

• Stunning: Yosemite Extreme Gigapixel Panoramic Imaging Project

  First, Microsoft deserves a kudo for its Pro Photo Summit. John Harrington wrote up the highlights and linked to many of the coolest things. But the coolest thing I saw on Wednesday? Was something I saw at lunch: the Yosemite Extreme Gigapixel Panoramic... Posted Jul 11 2008, 03:39 AM by Scobleizer -- Tech geek blogger Filed under: Photo, Microsoft, Research, Technology, xrez, panoramic, pro photo summit, gigapixel

• Will Microsoft Search use Mahalo techniques to change the game?

  On Thursday I interviewed a few executives at Microsoft. A few of those videos will have to wait in line (we have two weeks of inventory that needs to get done first) but because of the Yahoo/Google deal I think this one needed to be out ASAP so Rocky... Posted Jun 15 2008, 03:43 AM by Scobleizer -- Tech geek blogger Filed under: Search, Google, Microsoft, Windows Live, Technology

• Working Fast on Office 2.0

  Another guy I interviewed yesterday up at Microsoft was Chris Capossela, head of a bunch of Microsoft Office stuff (they call it the Information Worker group). He’s a senior vice president at Microsoft. He told me several reasons why companies aren’t... Posted Jun 13 2008, 09:33 AM by Scobleizer -- Tech geek blogger Filed under: Office, Microsoft, work, Technology, Productivity

• Microsoft’s 320 million anti-Google weapons

  Yesterday I was sitting in Brian Hall’s office when the Yahoo/Google news was breaking. Who’s he? The guy at Microsoft who runs most of the non-search Windows Live stuff. You know, Hotmail, Messenger, Spaces, and a bunch of other stuff. We... Posted Jun 13 2008, 09:18 AM by Scobleizer -- Tech geek blogger Filed under: Messenger, Microsoft, Live, Technology, Social Networking, Hotmail

• Microsoft: We ain’t gonna tell you about Windows 7

  What a hoot. CNET interviewed Steven Sinofsky (the guy who runs the Windows 7 teams at Microsoft) and asked him dozens of different ways about what will be in the next version of Windows. Sinofsky answers with thousands of words that say nothing useful... Posted May 27 2008, 09:19 AM by Scobleizer -- Tech geek blogger Filed under: Windows, Microsoft, Technology, 7

• Why Microsoft will buy Facebook and keep it closed

  It no longer is about Data Portability. I’m hearing these rumors too that John Furrier (my ex-boss) is reporting. That Microsoft will buy Yahoo’s search and then buy Facebook for $15 to $20 billion. That just changed the whole argument of... Posted May 19 2008, 06:08 AM by Scobleizer -- Tech geek blogger Filed under: Search, Advertising, Yahoo, Microsoft, Technology, Facebook, Social Network, social graph

• Now you can cry over heavens

  Remember when I cried over seeing something very cool at Microsoft Research? Well now you can cry too, because the World Wide Telescope is now up. Still is stunning, even a few months later. Here’s the FastCompany interview where we meet the two... Posted May 13 2008, 01:09 AM by Scobleizer -- Tech geek blogger Filed under: Microsoft, Research, Technology, Telescope, universe, astronomy

• YHOO/MSFT/GOOG: the market speaks

  Ballmer and Microsoft are the losers. Yahoo and Google win. See the chart from the day when Microsoft announced it was trying to buy Yahoo. Now do you understand why Bloomberg says that there’s new pressure on Ballmer? And why Ballmer is now out... Posted May 05 2008, 04:02 PM by Scobleizer -- Tech geek blogger Filed under: Google, Yahoo, Microsoft, Technology

• Did Microsoft MVPs influence Ballmer against Yahoo?

  Remember the recent MVP Summit? Where Steve Ballmer, Microsoft’s CEO, asked them questions about Yahoo and seemed surprised by the answers? Reddit had a lot of reaction about that. Reddit is where many early adopters hang out. It sure seemed like... Posted May 03 2008, 07:47 PM by Scobleizer -- Tech geek blogger Filed under: Microsoft, Technology

• FriendFeed follows Microsoft pullout of Yahoo deal

  Over on FriendFeed I’m following some of the better discussions of the Microsoft pullout of the Yahoo deal. Far different than what you’ll read about on TechMeme. Share this post: Read More... Posted May 03 2008, 07:42 PM by Scobleizer -- Tech geek blogger Filed under: Yahoo, Microsoft, Technology

• How will Yahoo heal after Microsoft walked away?

  Yahoo is a bleeding animal. Left lying, gasping for its breath, after a larger animal (Microsoft) struck and then walked away after it proved too difficult to eat. (That was just announced a few minutes ago). How will Yahoo heal? Some daunting challenges... Posted May 03 2008, 07:38 PM by Scobleizer -- Tech geek blogger Filed under: Yahoo, Microsoft, Technology

• Microsoft’s real problem

  I almost wrote a very long blog post telling Microsoft how it could get back into the search business. In response to all this stuff in the Wall Street Journal and on TechMeme about how Steve Ballmer is telling employees that he thinks he can guide Microsoft... Posted May 02 2008, 03:51 AM by Scobleizer -- Tech geek blogger Filed under: Advertising, Yahoo, Microsoft, Technology

• Why Microsoft Live Mesh will fail with early adopters

  OK, OK, forget for a moment that many early adopters are serious Mac fans and are trying to wash Microsoft out of their hair. I’ve stumbled onto what really is challenging for companies that want me to load software onto my computer: when something... Posted May 02 2008, 12:38 AM by Scobleizer -- Tech geek blogger Filed under: Microsoft, Technology, Live Mesh

• The users’ point of view on Microsoft and Yahoo

  I’ve stayed out of the Microsoft attempted merger of Yahoo so far. But EVERYONE seems to be talking about it from all sorts of angles. Me? I take the user’s point of view and that’s one I haven’t seen discussed much yet. Will Yahoo... Posted Apr 28 2008, 02:55 PM by Scobleizer -- Tech geek blogger Filed under: Yahoo, Microsoft, Technology