Archive for the ‘Microsoft’ Category
In Support of Internet Explorer (Kind Of)
Posted by Nirav | Filed under Microsoft, Web Design
No, I don’t check my sites in IE6, ever. But I do check them in IE7. Why? Because there are many people who are stuck with it. Which is why I think Jim Whimpey’s wrong when he posits that:
People that use Internet Explorer don’t care about their online experience.
Besides the elitist tone that his entire post takes, a clear lack of thinking drenches the piece. Perhaps Jim would have to not care about his online experience to use IE. However, there are hundreds of thousands of people who aren’t allowed to install anything other than IE on their company laptops. And do they know that it’s their browser’s fault that a site looks bad? No. They think it’s the site.
Yes, to hell with bad browsers. But I’m not going to say the same to my innocent users.
Bad Science in the Mojave Experiment?
Posted by Nirav | Filed under Apple, Bay Area, Microsoft
Now, when Wil Shipley of Call Me Fishmeal writes something, I tend to listen. And not just because I like saying “Call me fishmeal” in my head. But I think he may be slightly missing the point in his recent article, “The Mojave Experiment:” Bad Science, Bad Marketing.
I do take a bit of offense when he characterizes all Microsoft products as shoddy (remember this little innovation, anyone?), but where we really differ is “Bad Marketing”. Because I think that this was, in fact, pretty good marketing. No one’s claiming that this is “science” (at least, I’m not). But it does start to change the perception that Vista is a piece of crap.
I’m Featured on the PowerPoint Team Blog!
Posted by Nirav | Filed under Meta, Microsoft, PowerPoint
Ric Bretschneider, a co-worker of mine at Microsoft, has started a series on the PowerPoint blog on the interns with the team for the summer. My post is first, and it’ll be followed shortly by four more from the others. Enjoy!
Yes, iPhones Allowed on Microsoft Campus
Posted by Nirav | Filed under Apple, Microsoft, iPhone
I’ve heard rumblings that some employees at AT&T stores are telling customers who work at Microsoft that if you’re caught with an iPhone on a Microsoft campus, it’s grounds for immediate dismissal. And, unfortunately, someone (who hasn’t been in the country long) believed this and got a BlackBerry instead.
First, this is obviously completely false. I’ve been walking around 1075 La Avenida Street for the last three weeks with an iPhone, and I’m still here and fine.