go ahead, mac my day
a Macintosh girl in a Microsoft world
tell us what you think
As one of the public-facing members of MacBU, I get a lot of feedback about our products. I get it...
Author: Nadyne Richmond Date: 04/04/2006
Q&A – what’s the interview process in MacBU like?
I’ve been asked this question a lot lately. One reason that I’ve been asked this so often is that...
Author: Nadyne Richmond Date: 04/03/2006
April fool
I wasn't sure if the company had a sense of humour, but apparently we do. Our internal website got...
Author: Nadyne Richmond Date: 03/31/2006
time to update the resume again?
The various Apple pundits out there seem to want to make sure that I keep my resume...
Author: Nadyne Richmond Date: 03/24/2006
Dude, you bought a $10k Dell!
The folks over at Dell are releasing a new gaming computer, the limited edition XPS 600 Renegade....
Author: Nadyne Richmond Date: 03/23/2006
an interview with a Microsoft attorney
Robert Scoble conducted an interview with Don McGowan, one of the Microsoft attorneys, and you can...
Author: Nadyne Richmond Date: 03/23/2006
Q&A - so what do you do, anyway?
I've spent a fair amount of time in the past few weeks travelling to talk to customers, Mac user...
Author: Nadyne Richmond Date: 03/21/2006
article review - Usability engineering methods for software developers
Article title: Usability Engineering Methods for Software Developers Author: Andreas Holzinger...
Author: Nadyne Richmond Date: 03/21/2006
Office:Mac update 11.2.3
We've released the latest update to Office:Mac, 11.2.3. You can download it from Mactopia. There's...
Author: Nadyne Richmond Date: 03/16/2006
on working for Microsoft
David Weiss, another MacBU blogger, has posted a couple of thoughtful items about being in the...
Author: Nadyne Richmond Date: 03/13/2006
me @ MacRIT
I think this is still on, although it's not listed on their website. I'm in Rochester, NY, this week...
Author: Nadyne Richmond Date: 03/13/2006
MyMac.com interviews MacBU
Travelling got me a bit behind on my podcasts, so maybe the rest of y'all know this already, but I...
Author: Nadyne Richmond Date: 03/10/2006
don't try to beat us at our own game
The fine folks over at The Onion gave us a nod this week in their article Modern-Day John Henry Dies...
Author: Nadyne Richmond Date: 03/06/2006
illustrated Ruby on Rails tutorial
The folks over at Apple must've been reading my mind. I was just thinking that it's long past time I...
Author: Nadyne Richmond Date: 03/05/2006
you will be assimilated
Y'know, when I got hired on by Microsoft, I made a joke about getting their chip implanted. I can't...
Author: Nadyne Richmond Date: 03/03/2006
safety in Storrs
As I mentioned in an earlier post, I'm about to head on the road. First stop? Storrs, Connecticut,...
Author: Nadyne Richmond Date: 03/02/2006
office spring cleaning
Spring has sprung, which apparently means that it's time for us to give away a big pile of cool...
Author: Nadyne Richmond Date: 03/01/2006
the latest and greatest (at least for now)
Yesterday, Apple hosted a media event at their headquarters to show off their latest products. The...
Author: Nadyne Richmond Date: 03/01/2006
OOPSLA 2006 submissions are open
We have opened the first group of submissions for OOPSLA 2006. Early submissions are as follows:...
Author: Nadyne Richmond Date: 02/28/2006
book review - 'Leonardo's Laptop' by Ben Schneiderman
Book title: Leonardo's Laptop : Human Needs and the New Computing Technologies Author: Ben...
Author: Nadyne Richmond Date: 02/22/2006
a virus in the wild, part two
More information is available about the first Mac OS worm in the wild. The best summary, including a...
Author: Nadyne Richmond Date: 02/21/2006
case mods and car mods come together
Someone out there is working on getting a Mac working in their Toyota Prius. It's a...
Author: Nadyne Richmond Date: 02/20/2006
limericks and authenticity
Aside from developers, designers, technical writers, and (one hopes) a usability girl or two,...
Author: Nadyne Richmond Date: 02/17/2006
Yahoo!'s design patterns library
I just stumbled across Yahoo!'s Design Patterns Library today. They're early in it, so it's nowhere...
Author: Nadyne Richmond Date: 02/16/2006
a virus in the wild
It's finally come to pass: a Mac virus has made it out into the wild. The folks over at MacRumors...
Author: Nadyne Richmond Date: 02/16/2006
cosmic binaries
The list of universal binaries is growing. For gamers, World of Warcraft and Unreal have made it to...
Author: Nadyne Richmond Date: 02/14/2006
oh noes!
I just got email saying that my university degree has expired. Oh no! This is the thing that I don't...
Author: Nadyne Richmond Date: 02/13/2006
Your Senator needs an iPod
iPac, a political action committee that is 'dedicated to preserving individual freedom through...
Author: Nadyne Richmond Date: 02/11/2006
slipping one in under the radar
Apple has slipped in a product update completely under the radar (so long as we define radar as the...
Author: Nadyne Richmond Date: 02/07/2006
expanding the universe
Last night, I popped into MacRumors to see what's up. There's nothing new and exciting there:...
Author: Nadyne Richmond Date: 02/06/2006
FAQ #1 - Have you ever met Bill Gates?
So far, in my long and varied tenure as a Microsoft employee (cough four months cough), one...
Author: Nadyne Richmond Date: 02/01/2006
more content on iTunes
The folks running the increasingly-misnamed iTunes Music Store have been busy bees. They've added a...
Author: Nadyne Richmond Date: 01/31/2006
Google Earth + Entourage
Barry Wainwright, one of the Entourage MVPs, wrote up a set of instructions for how to make Google...
Author: Nadyne Richmond Date: 01/27/2006
iTunes University
Apple has launched a service called iTunes U that provides free hosting for universities who want to...
Author: Nadyne Richmond Date: 01/26/2006
Disney bought Pixar
On the off-chance that no-one else noticed this, it's official: Disney bought Pixar. My link here is...
Author: Nadyne Richmond Date: 01/25/2006
professional outsider
I feel like I'm a professional outsider sometimes. Currently, I'm sitting in the lobby of a building...
Author: Nadyne Richmond Date: 01/24/2006
MWSF round-up
I keep on meaning to write a round-up of MWSF, but Daring Fireball beat me to it with their Macworld...
Author: Nadyne Richmond Date: 01/21/2006
may the circle be unbroken
I saw the story today about Disney wanting to merge with Pixar, but didn't get much time to write...
Author: Nadyne Richmond Date: 01/20/2006
Sun and Apple could have merged
I alluded to this in an earlier post, so let's talk about it now. The Register reported last week...
Author: Nadyne Richmond Date: 01/19/2006
do TV show sales on iTunes result in greater viewership?
TVWeek has an interesting article this week: NBC: iPod Boosts Prime Time. They're claiming that,...
Author: Nadyne Richmond Date: 01/18/2006
MS releasing new Mac-only keyboard and mouse
This got kinda lost in the shuffle of MWSF, but MS hardware has announced that they're releasing a...
Author: Nadyne Richmond Date: 01/17/2006
'Microsoft cashes in on Mac'
The thing that I didn't get about the rumours that we would pull out of the Mac business is that we...
Author: Nadyne Richmond Date: 01/16/2006
Virtual PC at SVMUG Monday night
I forgot to mention this earlier, but at least I'm faster on the draw than the previous time ......
Author: Nadyne Richmond Date: 01/15/2006
/. notices that we're going to continue work
I spent some time today scanning through the various /. threads about MWSF and other Mac-ly things....
Author: Nadyne Richmond Date: 01/15/2006
I'm not unemployed!
Dear Jason: You were wrong. We're not getting out of the Macintosh business, thankyouverymuch. :P...
Author: Nadyne Richmond Date: 01/10/2006
my MWSF schedule
Next week's going to be busy! Here's what it looks like (I think; plans subject to change without...
Author: Nadyne Richmond Date: 01/06/2006
exhibit hall pass to MWSF
I forgot to mention this earlier, too ... If you want a free pass to the exhibit hall of Macworld,...
Author: Nadyne Richmond Date: 01/05/2006
time to update the resume
According to Jason O'Grady, the guy who writes the the Apple blog for ZDNet, I'm about to be out of...
Author: Nadyne Richmond Date: 01/05/2006
KDE to support Dashboard Widgets
Zack Rusin, one of the lead devs on KDE, says that KDE is going to support Dashboard Widgets. I...
Author: Nadyne Richmond Date: 01/04/2006
another MacBU blogger
You guys keeping track of us? If you are, then welcome Brian Johnson to the roll of MacBU bloggers....
Author: Nadyne Richmond Date: 01/03/2006