go ahead, mac my day
a Macintosh girl in a Microsoft world
OOPSLA 2006 call for participation
Aside from being a usability goddess for the MacBU (heh), I'm also on the organising committee for...
Author: Nadyne Richmond Date: 01/03/2006
three months at MS
It's the end of the year, and thus time to reflect. I've been with MS, and the MacBU, for three...
Author: Nadyne Richmond Date: 12/29/2005
a Macintosh girl in a Microsoft world
SVMUG was interesting. Despite my best intentions, I had never managed to attend a MUG meeting...
Author: Nadyne Richmond Date: 12/27/2005
Office:Mac at SVMUG tonight
I forgot to post this earlier ... Richard Kmieciak, one of the program managers here in the MacBU,...
Author: Nadyne Richmond Date: 12/19/2005
a tempest in a teapot
It seems that every six months or so, Linus Torvalds stirs up some kind of trouble in various geek...
Author: Nadyne Richmond Date: 12/14/2005
Embracing the wired future
In this week's Opus (although, as of this writing, it's still last week's Opus that's linked on the...
Author: Nadyne Richmond Date: 12/12/2005
Apple gift cards
Apple has finally made gift cards available. These aren't iTunes gift cards, but are good for...
Author: Nadyne Richmond Date: 12/05/2005
remembering John Vlissides
If you haven't seen it yet, John's WikiWikiWiki page has become a memorial, with posts from those...
Author: Nadyne Richmond Date: 12/01/2005
John Vlissides
I just got the sad news that John Vlissides, one of the four authors of Design Patterns, passed away...
Author: Nadyne Richmond Date: 11/26/2005
TiVo will support transfers to the video iPod and PSP
According to the New York Times, TiVo is going to allow subscribers to transfer their recorded shows...
Author: Nadyne Richmond Date: 11/21/2005
MWSF rumour mill has begun
I love reading the various Apple rumour sites. I troll through their sites every few days to catch...
Author: Nadyne Richmond Date: 11/17/2005
the obligatory advertisement
To think I haven't posted this yet! If you're interested in helping improve Microsoft's Macintosh...
Author: Nadyne Richmond Date: 11/08/2005
1 million new Mac users?
AppleInsider is reporting that there have been over one million converts to the Macintosh platform...
Author: Nadyne Richmond Date: 11/08/2005
Appleworks and iWork shipping on new Macs?
Just in case you noticed, I was on holiday last week. But you didn't notice, I'm too new here. :)...
Author: Nadyne Richmond Date: 11/03/2005
change in iPod form factor
We're now on the fifth generation of the standard iPod. (I consider the mini, nano, and shuffle to...
Author: Nadyne Richmond Date: 10/25/2005
snapshot from my day
A couple of weeks ago, I was waiting for the elevator in my manager's building, with my shiny new...
Author: Nadyne Richmond Date: 10/24/2005
the latest and greatest
Over the last couple of weeks, Apple has hosted a couple of events to announce their latest and...
Author: Nadyne Richmond Date: 10/21/2005
introduction
I'm a user research engineer in the Macintosh Business Unit of Microsoft. This is my seventh day on...
Author: Nadyne Richmond Date: 10/11/2005