The job specs will be posted at the Microsoft careers pages soon (the only official source for recruiting at MSFT I might add) but I have a few positions on my team in the UK and thought I would mention it to readers. The first role is a technical product manager who will develop specifications [...]
Archive for October, 2007
We Are Hiring
October 27, 2007Quick Tips to Survive (Thrive) Induction in a Big Company
October 27, 2007I feel like I am being fed on a high volume, high power hose pumping liquid opportunities at me. It’s hard to keep up, rather like you can’t breath pure Oxygen (sic pun). I know some people get lost in big organizations. I seem to thrive in them. Here are some tips for what’s working [...]
Why I Love the BBC (Again)
October 26, 2007I have lived all over the world and am in the final throws of moving back to my homeland, England. In fact my wife and kids got here today for us to find a house over the next four days. Europe is rapidly evolving in front of everyones eyes. When I left in early 2000 [...]
A Sneak Peek at Some Cool Software Security Tools
October 25, 2007My last blog leads me neatly onto to the good stuff. Joining a new company is like a poker game. They need to tell you enough to get you interested but not too much that if you decide not to join you could screw up their plans. I knew ACE had bits of cool stuff [...]
Notes from a Big Island
October 24, 2007I am currently on my way back (this post was started on a plane) from a superb two weeks in Redmond meeting with my team and other folks in various parts of Microsoft. There is just so much cool stuff going on and in the plans that it’s hard to know where to start. I’ll [...]
XSS Detect Beta Now Available
October 23, 2007I will be including screen shots of CAT.NET, the parent of this tool in my post late today but a 60 day free beta trial of a small subset of the functionality (only detects XSS) is now live here.
Why Nice Work Environments Inspire Creativity
October 21, 2007Sure I am drinking the Microsoft “eau de vie” so don’t waste your time pointing out the obvious to me. Can’t a man still get excited by toys and life? Look for a long blog post from me on Mon - Tuesday with sneak previews (screen shots) of some software security tools and stuff I [...]
Exploit Mom and a Cool Map of Online Communities
October 10, 2007The map below is just brilliant (although I bet was done before FaceBook opened up to FBML) .
Both taken from www.xkcd.com Thanks to Ahmad for sending this around.
Botnets and the British Standard 6008 (Making Tea)
October 9, 2007Stuart King has some intelligent commentary about botnet research over on his blog here.
On a lighter not he also links to a standard I never knew about but which is near and dear to my heart.
BS6008: Tea — Preparation of liquor for use in sensory tests
And yes Stuart, the color of the tea pot should [...]
Getting Things Done
October 9, 2007Another good blog from Scott Hanselman (also recently joined MSFT) about how he uses Outlook to get organized.
There is a good article in Wired magazine this month profiling David Allen of the GTD movement.
Foot Note: Yesterday I posted a link to JD Meier’s excellent Patterns and Practices for New Hires. A friend mailed [...]
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