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Don Campbell's Blog about Office 2007, Office Live, Web Office and Office 2.0 trends
Onward and Upward
This is my last post on my Microsoft blog. I've had a great 4.5 years here at Microsoft. Met some...
Author: MSDN Archive Date: 07/06/2007
Whirlwind Tour of Maui
I know this isn't related to the tech industry, but a few weeks ago I visited my sister in Maui for...
Author: MSDN Archive Date: 06/22/2007
New Look for Office Live Developer Portal
The entire Office Developer Portal on MSDN has been redesigned, including the Office Live section....
Author: MSDN Archive Date: 06/21/2007
Popfly and SharePoint Integration
Here is a great post by Mike Gannotti - how to integrate Popfly mashups with SharePoint. He also...
Author: MSDN Archive Date: 05/25/2007
PopFly, Silverlight and Office Live
Microsoft disclosed Popfly today, as the "fun, easy way to build and share mashups, gadgets, Web...
Author: MSDN Archive Date: 05/18/2007
The Small Business Marketplace
Do you know who employs 98% of the entire workforce worldwide? Do you know which market has 3...
Author: MSDN Archive Date: 05/17/2007
Learn How To Develop for Office Live
Learn about the opportunity that Office Live represents for developers at one of our upcoming Office...
Author: MSDN Archive Date: 05/17/2007
These are cool - Silverlight screen wallpapers and backgrounds
Check these out - Silverlight wallpapers and Dreamscene backgrounds for download.
Author: MSDN Archive Date: 05/16/2007
Presentation to Mountain View Chamber of Commerce - Vista, Office and Office Live
On Wednesday May 9 at 4:00 my colleague Ben Riga and I will be doing a keynote presentation to the...
Author: MSDN Archive Date: 05/07/2007
Office Live @ Mix07
Well Mix07 was a blast. My colleague Rohit Puri and I did a session on Office Live for Designers and...
Author: MSDN Archive Date: 05/04/2007
Tips and Tricks for Using JavaScript on Your Office Live Public Site
I'm working on an Office Live end-to-end demonstration called Northwind Inn for the Mix07 Conference...
Author: MSDN Archive Date: 04/20/2007
Web 2.0 Expo - Google Announces Online Presentation App
Our SMBx Application Marketplace panel discussion went well today - despite the fact that it started...
Author: MSDN Archive Date: 04/17/2007
Office Live at the Web 2.0 Expo in San Francisco
I'm looking forward to the upcoming Web 2.0 Expo - I'll be speaking on a panel called SMBx: The...
Author: MSDN Archive Date: 04/08/2007
A Balanced View of Open XML and ODF as XML File Formats
There has been a lot of controversy about these formats recently, but the reality is both will be...
Author: MSDN Archive Date: 03/06/2007
Office Live Visual Mindmap
What is Office Live? What does it mean for web-savvy developers? Here is my attempt to bring things...
Author: MSDN Archive Date: 02/26/2007
Under The Radar | Why Office 2.0 Matters
This promises to be an interesting conference - Why Office 2.0 Matters. On March 23 at the Microsoft...
Author: MSDN Archive Date: 02/21/2007
What triggers Vista User Account Control?
Here is a great article from Ed Bott, where he lists the types of actions that require "elevation"...
Author: MSDN Archive Date: 02/05/2007
Here's a good idea: Excel Services for Office Live
My friend Steve Hansen from Office Zealot posted a very interesting scenario for how Office Live...
Author: MSDN Archive Date: 02/01/2007
What is a Technical Evangelist? A new study...
From Guy Kawasaki's blog, a new study by Frederic Lucas-Conwell looks at what a technical evangelist...
Author: MSDN Archive Date: 02/01/2007
New Office Developer Visual How-tos!
Watch it, Code it, Read it, Explore it – New Office Visual How To’s! Office Visual How To's combine...
Author: MSDN Archive Date: 01/31/2007
Webcast on Word 2007 and MindManager
On Tuesday, January 30, Michael Scherotter from Mindjet and I will be giving a free technical...
Author: MSDN Archive Date: 01/25/2007
Customizing Your Office Live Public Site
Tim Aidlin, Design Evangelist at Microsoft did some work for us customizing our Office Live demo...
Author: MSDN Archive Date: 01/18/2007
Microsoft-Watch scooped us - Office Live Mashup
Our first Office Live mash-up sample app is posted on MSDN, and Microsoft Watch wrote about it even...
Author: MSDN Archive Date: 01/18/2007
Bill Gates and Steve Jobs: Keynote tag cloud
I love this tag-cloud generator tool - Todd Bishop did an analysis of the keynotes that Steve Job...
Author: MSDN Archive Date: 01/15/2007
MindManager mind maps and OneNote 2007
The prolific Mindjet labs has produced another great integration with Office 2007, this time with...
Author: MSDN Archive Date: 01/11/2007
New Office Live Screencasts
I've just posted three brand new Office Live Screencasts. Albert Shen, a software design engineer on...
Author: MSDN Archive Date: 12/01/2006
What is Office Live?
As part of our Software + Services vision outlined with the Live strategy, Office Live just launched...
Author: MSDN Archive Date: 11/16/2006
Vista Keyboard Shortcuts
Killer list of Vista keyboard shortcuts here. My favorite - launch any application by hitting the...
Author: MSDN Archive Date: 11/10/2006
Socialtext Releases SocialPoint
Socialtext released SocialPoint today, enabling Microsoft SharePoint deployments to leverage the...
Author: MSDN Archive Date: 10/30/2006
Office 2007 Tips and Tricks Web Site
I just noticed this; I guess I should have found this before but here it is: Office 2007 Tips and...
Author: MSDN Archive Date: 10/23/2006
Developer Map for 2007 Microsoft Office system
Another great post from Erika. Definitely keep an eye on her blog. She's posted this image map for...
Author: MSDN Archive Date: 10/17/2006
Creating Screencasts for the web
I think screencasts and video blogs are an exciting way to show off new product capabilities. Others...
Author: MSDN Archive Date: 10/17/2006
Congratulations Office 2.0 Conference!
Ismael Ghalimi produced the first Office 2.0 Conference at the beautiful St. Regis Hotel in San...
Author: MSDN Archive Date: 10/14/2006
RibbonX Changes in Office 2007 B2TR
If you have been developing custom Ribbon UI solutions like Mindjet or ClearContext, you've noticed...
Author: MSDN Archive Date: 10/09/2006
Introducing SlideShare: PowerPoint + YouTube
TechCrunch is covering an interesting new startup - SlideShare. It helps solve the problem of...
Author: MSDN Archive Date: 10/05/2006
Mindjet, OpenXML and the Ribbon UI
I'm a big MindManager fan. Mind maps help me organize my thoughts and plans - they just work the way...
Author: MSDN Archive Date: 10/03/2006
Windows Vista: The choose your own adventure UI
Long Zheng's blog is one to watch. He's got a great post that shows off Windows the four different...
Author: MSDN Archive Date: 09/21/2006
Gathering MOSS
When you want to know about WSS v2 or Microsoft Office SharePoint Server 2007 (MOSS), Ted Pattison...
Author: MSDN Archive Date: 09/21/2006
Diggriver - Digg on Your Mobile Device
Nice - Digg.com now has a no-nonsense page for mobile devices called Diggriver. Now I can check Digg...
Author: MSDN Archive Date: 09/09/2006
10 Essential Tweaks For Vista RC1
Vista RC1 is sweet. I had some trouble with the Beta 2 but RC1 is solid and I'm never going back to...
Author: MSDN Archive Date: 09/09/2006
ClearContext for Office 2007!
I know a lot of people depend on ClearContext to help with their e-mail overload. And if you are...
Author: MSDN Archive Date: 09/06/2006
I've been waiting for this - XNA Game Studio Express!
You can download the beta now.
Author: MSDN Archive Date: 08/30/2006
Gee, thanks Google
I work at the Microsoft Silicon Valley Campus in Mountain View. I guess that means we can get free...
Author: MSDN Archive Date: 08/16/2006
Office Developer Conference Videos on MSDN
Thanks to Erika Ehrli and the MSDN team, you can watch the full sessions from the Office Developer...
Author: MSDN Archive Date: 07/28/2006
Office Design Site
One of the things that is the most exciting about Office 2007 is the new user interface. Jensen...
Author: MSDN Archive Date: 07/26/2006
Two New Office 2007 Screencasts: Wikis/Blogs and Dashboards/KPIs
We just published two new Office 2007 Screencasts to Channel 9: Creating Windows SharePoint Services...
Author: MSDN Archive Date: 07/11/2006
Want to see a killer Vista & Office 2007 demo?
Check out this demo of Accruent's application - lots of eye candy in this one:...
Author: MSDN Archive Date: 07/11/2006
The Scobelizer has left the building
Charles did a nice exit interview with Robert and it's up on Channel 9 now:...
Author: MSDN Archive Date: 07/07/2006
Blogs, RSS and Wiki Capabilities!
We recently posted a Channel 9 Interview that shows our new Blogs/RSS/Wiki functionality in Windows...
Author: MSDN Archive Date: 06/28/2006
Word 2007 on Aero Glass
Cool - Long Zheng is at it again with this new screencast showing off Word 2007 running on Vista...
Author: MSDN Archive Date: 06/16/2006