Add to that that there are really three or four buildings connected and throw in an underground parking garage that is several levels deep and covers all the buildings…lets just say you can lose your car (and your mind) pretty easily if you don’t take a mental note of where the hell you parked…. And last, there are things like foos-ball, billiard tables and ping-pong tables all over the place for those impromptu sessions while you exercise your brains.So back to the job…. There is one thing you can bet on around Microsoft, they get damn good use of their conference rooms!… There are a million meetings because there is just literally an insane amount of work and coordination across teams that has to happen for all of this to work…. I have been working off of my desktop for most of the week and I just got my new laptop yesterday (yes, most of us have 2 or more systems on our desks) and I have to admit, it’s taking a bit of getting used to…. I can’t believe how much I missed Outlook!There is soooo much cool technology at this company that you just seriously have to sit back and just shake your head sometimes…. I got news for you people, there is life after Apple and it’s pretty damn good!… I get real-time push email to my phone and since the entire campus is WiFi enabled, I can even jump on internal websites and pull down anything I need access to.
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Week 2 @ Microsoft Wrapped Up
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The Eagle Has Landed in Seattle
Well helloooooooo out there Bisonium readers! I’m sorry it’s been a while since my last update, but as you can imagine, things are beyond hectic and I have been trying to get things ready for the past few weeks in anticipation of my final move to Seattle. So the day has finally come and gone. I officially started as a Microsoft employee yesterday.
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Assimilation by the Borg. My new adventure begins in 20 days…
One for which my fellow Apple peeps need to make sure they are sitting down for the answer. Before I continue, please make sure you are not holding any hot objects or consuming liquids of any sort while you read the following few paragraphs…. The dark side has been calling for about the last six months or so now and I have been making the rounds at the mother-ship…. Yes, the OTHER mother-ship also known as the Redmond Giant…. I have been sitting on this for a week now, but I can officially release the news that I have accepted an offer at Microsoft as a User Experience Designer with the Windows Server Management Experience (WSMX) Group. Before you all have a heart attack and start throwing daggers and the pigmy’s come running to hunt me down with axes, hear me out…. It was the best move for my family, and to be quite honest, one HELL of a career opportunity that anyone would be brain-dead not to accept…. Rather than re-hash what I have already gone into great detail about elsewhere, follow the link and read the first post on my other “new” blog on Windows Live Spaces (and I don’t wanna hear any wise cracks about using Spaces, remember where I work now) ::: UX Design by Frank: http://uxdesign.spaces.live.com I know this is a shocker to some of you, but you’ll understand that things aren’t always what they seem from the outside.
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TomTom GPS and Starbucks Freaks Rejoice
You gotta love it when a company goes to this extent to provide something for nothing to their customers. All you Starbucks fans are in for a treat. Check out the email I just got from Navtones: Because you’re on the Navtones A-List we’re hooking you up early with FREE Starbucks POIs for your TomTom and FREE Navtones alerts…. So why should you have to plow through the TomTom restaurant database when all you need is a quick caffeine fix? Now, just install your city’s locations and Starbucks is only a click away in your POI menu. We have the top 100 US cities in our database and we’re giving you exclusive access until October 30th when we link to the world: http://navtones.com/poi-starbucks.php. Along with a few choice words from our pal, Burt, expect to hear one of these happy alerts the next time you roll by the “Bux: “Pay attention, FOOL!”… “Pull out the ‘Bux, buddy.”
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Florida DHSMV Emergency Contact Info
I’m sure many of you have heard about creating an entry in your cell phone address book with the initials I.C.E. (In Case of Emergency) where a law-enforcement official can contact someone in the event you have an accident and cannot come to the phone. The state of FL has taken that a step further and created an online tool where you can enter up to two emergency contacts with all vital information which only law-enforcement officers can have access to in the event of an emergency. Now that’s pretty smart thinking. If you live in FL or have family who does, make sure they fill out the information…it could save their lives!
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Happy Birthday: bisonium.com is now 3!
Boy does time fly. Over 2275 posts in 3 years. Here’s to many more!
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Goodnight NYC – [343]
As the 5th anniversary of 9 | 11 comes to a close, here’s a final post of some images I have taken over the years from the WTC or the surrounding areas in NYC. For the complete set, visit my flickR site.
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We Must Never Forget…
In memory of those who lost their lives on 9-11 Technorati Tags: 9-11
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Happy 4th of July : Go Discovery Go!
Today is a special day in our nations history and this day, we had an extra special treat. The space shuttle Discovery has successfully launched into space on it’s way to replenish the International Space Station.And liftoff of the space shuttle Discovery returning to the space station, paving the way for future missions and beyond,” said NASA launch commentator Bruce Buckingham.This is the first time the shuttle has ever launched on Independence Day. After 2 scrubbed attempts due to bad weather, and lots of crossed fingers, we are back in space for only the second time since the Columbia accident. It sure feels good, lets hope that after further analysis of the images, there weren’t any complications or damage to the shuttle. The missions launch was in question earlier this week when it was discovered that there was a 4- to 5-inch crack in the external fuel tank’s foam insulation. After further analysis, the NASA engineers determined that the mission was still good to go. To my fellow veterans, and those friends and other service men and women who continue to serve our country – THANK YOU…. Have a fun and SAFE holiday everyone…to our heros in space – Good Luck and Godspeed.
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Whirlwind days…
Wow, has it been 10 days since my last post? Insanity I tell you. Things around here are moving at lightning speeds lately. I have my head buried into some pretty big stuff, and eventually I may post about it here. Last I looked, my RSS reader has about 8,000 unread posts. < sigh > I really need to trim back those subscriptions I tell you. For now, back to the madness…stay tuned for more (hopefully in the not too distant future).
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