Here. Kraig Brockschmidt, author of Inside OLE 2 and the first person to understand all of OLE 2 and live to tell the tale writes on his post-MS spiritual journey and his revelatations on how God was with him the whole time at MS.
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Here. In addition to ChrisAn and I, Harrison Ford is an ENTJ, as are FDR, Nixon, Steve Martin, David Letterman and Jim Carrey.
This is so true: "ENTJs are often 'larger than life' in describing their projects or proposals... In combination with the natural propensity for filibuster, our hero can make it very difficult for the customer to decline... Experience teaches many ENTJs that restraint may often be the better part of valor, lest one find oneself victorious but alone."
Here. The recent economic conditions caused me to become very interested in not just making money (I've always been a capitalist : ), but also in keeping a careful eye on it.
In the past, I've let most of the "keeping an eye on it" be done by a financial advisor (I've had one since I was 22). These days, I have a stack of financial books that I'm reading [1] and it's been a fabulous educational experience.
Given the supreme importance of money in our society, I think everyone should know the basics of money management. I'm very disappointed that I made it all the way through high school, let alone college, with no more instruction then how to fill in a check (something we want folks to do less of, not more!).
Towards that end, I really love Bloomberg University’s no-frills financial tutorials, including one on the basics of a 401(k) and another on the basics of investing. They provide just the tip of the iceberg and I could recommend a lot of other reading, but this is a good place to start for folks that want to actually keep the money they make.
[1] http://www.sellsbrothers.com/money
Here. ChrisAn, one of my very smart friends at Microsoft, discovers he's the same Myers-Briggs type that I am. I'll bet that one is pretty common at Microsoft, actually. Maybe we could just skip the annoying interview process from now on... : )
Here. Does anyone have any PDC or post-PDC plans for books, articles, conference talks, user groups, web sites, blogs, etc. on the topic of Longhorn? If so, please email me (csells@microsoft.com) so that I can compose a list for the MSDN Longhorn Developer's Center web site. Thanks!
Here. Oh, sure. I'd read about Burning Man in Wired like all geeks, but until John sent around an amazing email describing what he did this year and Josephine regailed me with her stories, I had no idea. It sounds life changing and I do like that! Anyone gone before? How do you prepare?
