Windows Feedback – Intro
The Windows 10 Technical Preview is available for download, today, and I’ve just updated my HP Spectre 13T. There’s lots to discover in this build, and since one of the biggest reasons for releasing a...
View ArticleWindows 10 – Start and Indexing
Day 3 of using Windows 10 – Feedback Request: How Easy is it to use the Start Menu? I give this one a 3/5. The Start Menu is back, of course (headline feature), and the addition of Live Tiles is a nice...
View ArticleJohn Legere @ Geekwire
John Legere, the outspoken, humorous, cocky, intelligent, empathetic and, thus far, successful CEO of T-Mobile US. It’s natural, then, that his bravado and antics put people into two camps, one...
View ArticleWindows 10 Tech Preview – First Update
The first major update to the Windows 10 Tech Preview was delivered on October 21, and with it came a fix to two-finger scrolling in Internet Explorer (and other Trident-based canvases, I believe) on...
View ArticleWindows 10 – Start, Settings and Multitasking
The Return of the Start Menu The single most referred to feature of Windows 10 is the return of the Start Menu. Yes, the Start Menu has its charms and uses, but more than anything, I think this is a...
View ArticleKnow your taxes
It’s getting to the end of the year and the last couple months to make changes to impact this fiscal tax year. In particular, knowing critical tax thresholds is important to making some of those...
View ArticleASUS X205 – First Impressions
For several years, I’ve watched low-cost Chromebooks chip away market share in the entry notebook segment and chomp away at the education market. In the Windows PC ecosystem, you could find notebooks...
View ArticleNASDAQ 5000, Again
It’s a big day – NASDAQ closed above 5000 for the first time, since March 2000. Fourteen years ago, when the likes of inktomi and Lycos were at this peaks (~$25B and $12.5B, respectively), was when...
View ArticleThe Polar Opposite Amazons
I really don’t understand these types of articles and the inevitable, vehement counter-points – you might have read or heard about them, if you’re in the tech sphere, over the past two days. Inside...
View ArticleCode
It’s been a heck of a while since I posted. Looking back upon the recent posts, the sad fact is I can count all the posts, written in the past year, on two hands (e.g. 10). Work and real life have...
View ArticleThe 5-year Crystal
I recently passed my five (5) year employment anniversary at Microsoft, which is when one receives a crystal statue and an obligation to bring 5lbs of chocolate to share with the team. It’s also the...
View ArticleMicrosoft 10 Devices Event
HoloLens Band 2 Lumia 950/XL Surface Pro 4 Surface Book 110 million Windows 10 devices All that, plus swagger. For the first time, in a very long time, Microsoft showed some serious swagger, and boy,...
View ArticleSurface Book: GPU Deep Dive
The Surface Book. It was an exciting moment to watch Panos unveil a premium laptop (finally!) and, shortly thereafter, pull the display off its keyboard base. With only a few weeks between launch and...
View ArticleThe Last March of the PC
With the holiday shopping season upon us, in earnest, my attention is drawn to the hordes of <$400 laptops on the market. A couple years ago, within Windows, we were cringing at the onslaught of...
View ArticleSurface Book/Pro 4 Sleep Battery Drain (Skylake IGP edition)
If you have a Surface Pro 4 or a Surface Book, chances are, you’re experiencing pretty awful sleep (Connected Standby in particular) battery drain. This power state is designed to enable connectivity...
View Article(Th)Air and Back Again – A MacBook’s Tale
What 13″ laptop is 1.1″ thick and weighs 5lbs? An Apple MacBook, from 2008. Why is that relevant? To put the MacBook Air into context. When the MacBook Air was released in 2008, its svelte 3/4″...
View ArticleHoloLens Pre-orders Begin!
Just about two years after I joined the team and a couple public demonstrations of the device later, HoloLens is now available for pre-order! That means, in very short order, devices will begin showing...
View ArticleMarket Forces Also Apply to Unicorns (it just takes time)
While the unicorn club of startups were doing amazingly, insanely well, they commanded an endless stream of press coverage. Stories of overnight riches appeal to the populace. Jealously often begets...
View ArticleSamsung Galaxy S7 Review
I’ve had the Samsung Galaxy S7 for just about three months. During that time, it’s not only supplanted my Windows Phones, but also an iPhone 6. It’s that good, but also unexpected, for me. I haven’t...
View ArticleBreaking it Down: Console Evolution
I am likely somewhat biased, but I thought the E3 Xbox briefing was well done. Not only was there a nice mix of hardware and software announcements (with launch dates!), but more clarity was provided...
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