David Weiss

Microsoft's recent introduction of Live Mesh is a perfect example of a core difference between Apple and Microsoft. Apple is, at heart, ...

You don't have to understand calculus to appreciate this entertaining story : A teacher, trying to explain what a theory is, asked this ...

When I was a little boy my Mom had me memorize this little poem: Stick to your task ’til it sticks to you; Beginners are many, but enders ar...

Starting today I no longer work at Microsoft. As many of you know, I started working at Microsoft after an illustrious post high school care...

Every company, every team has their different traditions and specific culture and Microsoft is no exception. Christian Buckley of BlueBadgeM...

One of the great benefits of working at Microsoft is that when you add a new little one to your family, you get 1 month of paid paternity le...

I love working on the Mac. I enjoy working in MacBU. These days, however, I'm not so thrilled about the vibe hanging around here at Micr...

The general manager of the Macintosh Business Unit at Microsoft is Craig Eisler . He's been here now for just over 4 weeks. It's bee...

Yesterday, Apple released their own Safari 3.0 web browser for Windows XP and Windows Vista. Amid the security and performance comparisons...

The best thing about Silverlight is its icon. For regular users it's a web-browser plugin that allows you to view and use Silverlight c...

Starting today, all video on MSNBC will now be available on the Mac without the need for Windows Media Player or Flip4Mac installed. Here...

Joel Spolsky talks about his Mac at home experience: I have a few complaints though: OS X antialiasing, especially, it seems, with the mon...

You may not know it, but the Microsoft Redmond campus has like 100 different buildings. Okay, maybe not exactly 100, but there are a bunch, ...

I just got the most cordial email asking the most simple question: "What is MacBU?" Anyone who has spent any time at Microsoft k...

Now this is interesting. Jack Greenfield and Keith Short take on the future of software development: Total global demand for software will...

I've written before about our ExCodeWarrior dev shirts we got as reward for successfully moving our code from CodeWarrior to Xcode . W...

This has got to be my all time favorite comment from the press: "The autonomy of this relatively small division allows Microsoft progra...

Brian Jones has a follow up post about the whole no default PDF support in Office debacle. It's an interesting read that also points t...

This has got to be the best one page guide to the details of switching from a Windows PC to a Mac I've seen so far. I've got a bunc...

Here's a fun comparison: Java Look and Feel Design Guidelines Windows XP - Guidelines for Applications Windows Vista User Experience Gui...