Betsy Aoki's WebLog
Community Program Manager
Tips for surviving CES
I talk more about Live QnA in my other duties as QnA blogger (and about meeting Ms Dewey) , but I...
Author: Betsy Date: 01/10/2007
Hopefully the repairs are over
Telligent was doing some fixes tonight and I need to get some important info out (this post is not...
Author: Betsy Date: 11/15/2006
Taste of the blog summit
Mostly, the summit tasted like coffee and tiramisu. No, really. The morning sessions - which were...
Author: Betsy Date: 10/26/2006
Win prizes with MSN Search
I took today off to get some well-deserved sleep, launch decompression, and chick time. Not being...
Author: Betsy Date: 09/09/2006
Taking suggestions on the mascot for QnA
Every sports team has their mascot. Every high school gym has one emblazoned between the basketball...
Author: Betsy Date: 08/31/2006
https://qna.live.com is live!
I have been up since 6am, and went to bed late so am not as witty as I'd like to be. Go team!!!!...
Author: Betsy Date: 08/29/2006
No wires for a wireless world
So my pal Laura John, the one who got Norvin into tinfoil hattery, has a beta she'd like to...
Author: Betsy Date: 08/25/2006
Be Cod Compliant!!!!!
Obey the Windows Live QnA Cod of Conduct! (and the Code of Conduct too) . ...Cheers to the Windows...
Author: Betsy Date: 08/15/2006
QnA invites - all about Alex Barnett
Alex seems to be doing well - I think he's finagled extra QnA invites from Krista - AND he's over...
Author: Betsy Date: 07/31/2006
Windows Live QnA invites courtesy of Alex Barnett
Alex is running a little contest to give away some of the Windows Live QnA private beta invites we...
Author: Betsy Date: 07/22/2006
BBQs and Goodbyes
This weekend I got a chance to wish Maryam and Robert Scoble (along with hordes of other people from...
Author: Betsy Date: 07/03/2006
Yep, I bought the Scoble coaster
Yep, I bought it. Hugh, the witty creator of gapingvoid.com, has a commemorative coaster for Robert...
Author: Betsy Date: 06/13/2006
A Salute to Robert Scoble, or 21 Nerf Guns are not enough
Ya, I know the guy isn't dead, (and thank goodness!) but the news Robert Scoble's leaving for a...
Author: Betsy Date: 06/11/2006
What is podcasting?
Julie, a program manager on the Image Search team, sent this to us at work. I don't care if the...
Author: Betsy Date: 06/05/2006
Social Computing and WoW
So, the brain is bending and buzzing and there's been too much caffeine in every single drink I've...
Author: Betsy Date: 05/08/2006
LiveSide with a Twist
Well, I got snagged for an impromptu community drinking thing with some other Microsoft folks and 3...
Author: Betsy Date: 05/04/2006
Purple fame, purple fame - the home page of Channel 9
You could wonder why they picked May day (mayday!?!) to air my video on Channel 9 but since stuff...
Author: Betsy Date: 05/01/2006
Lookit who is on the home page of Channel 9! Eileen Brown!
Check it out ladies and gents! Permalink: https://channel9.msdn.com/showpost.aspx?postid=183335...
Author: Betsy Date: 04/19/2006
MSN Search and Me
I blogged about it on the MSN Search blog briefly, but as part of the new Betsy world I will be...
Author: Betsy Date: 04/12/2006
Passion and Teflon
There are a couple of blogging discussions I see going on that have their own merits and are...
Author: Betsy Date: 04/05/2006
From the sublime to, the you know where
So you know how in the blogging world, especially in the tech blogging world where time is money,...
Author: Alicia Cales Date: 03/22/2006
Marketing Eye for the Dev Guy, part II
Finally, the master has revealed himself. My imminently suave co-worker, nicknamed by our director...
Author: Alicia Cales Date: 02/06/2006
Author, author!
This weekend was all about books. The big bash on Saturday was with Robert Scoble and Shel Israel...
Author: Alicia Cales Date: 01/23/2006
Scoble and Rubel and Mini-Microsoft
Everyone probably saw this over the holidays, but I only did this evening and I laughed til I cried....
Author: Alicia Cales Date: 01/15/2006
Gotdotnet and the Pending or Stable Marriage Algorithm
Over the weekend I was chatting with a developer friend of mine who told me about an algorithm he...
Author: Alicia Cales Date: 01/10/2006
Duncan Mackenzie professes his love for the 9 Guy
Well, not precisely. I ran into Duncan in the cafeteria today and he noted his last day was coming...
Author: Alicia Cales Date: 01/09/2006
All that sticks for 2006
Well, I've had 2 weeks off from work, one week of that spent seeing relatives, and the last week...
Author: Alicia Cales Date: 01/02/2006
All hail the debuggers
I heard these guys got a lot of flak on Slashdot, which frankly they don't deserve; the debuggers...
Author: Alicia Cales Date: 12/08/2005
Finally, the Gotdotnet job listing is up
Essentially, do you want to change the world with Gotdotnet? Do you want to work only on the latest...
Author: Alicia Cales Date: 12/06/2005