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- December 14, 2009
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59fb5666-09e4-449e-ab09-b73da41cd8220Over thousands of years, language has evolved in order to provide mankind a mechanism for making it easier to communicate with one another. Today, the world is filled with a wide variety of different languages, some of which are radically different from one another, while others bear striking similarities. When the conversation is not between people, but between a person and a machine, there too Languages have evolved to facilitate the transfer of information, instructions, and intent. Just as with the spoken language, there have evolved a wide variety of programming languages, each of which attempts to provide a better way to communicate between man and machine. Understanding, designing, and evangelizing some of these languages, and the programming methodologies within them, is Erik Meijer.
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March 08, 2010
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96179773-76fc-407f-b945-ae828f872ba71On Data Privacy Day, Microsoft highlights the importance of online privacy. Find out more at microsoft.com/privacy/dpd.Time: 2:36
January 25, 2010
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4cdf040a-b506-4fce-8e8b-df156f434b322What does User Research have to say before a product exists? What methods can be employed to provide insight and inspiration when a team doesn't yet know what they're building? This panel of leading Microsoft User Experience professionals discusses how User Research can guide very early phases of product planning, well before the team knows what they are building.Time: 53:21
January 05, 2010
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376b30a3-301b-4e38-bf7a-124d73fbc0bd3Children with dexterity and cognitive disabilities experience difficulties using standard computer mice. Their disabilities and impairments result in performance errors when pointing and clicking with the mouse. Mike LaManna, UX Designer 2, Windows & Windows Live, describes how he created a novel and inexpensive solution to help children with physical disabilities successfully use computer mice.Time: 23:56
January 05, 2010
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54949f72-1f6e-44d9-9607-8bdf98e0e92b4With the aid of a day-in-the-life scenario, Mark Aggar, Environmental Technologist, Environmental Sustainability, explores ways in which today's information and communication technology can reduce our dependency on fossil fuels, increase efficiency, and make us more conscious consumers—all while providing a better and cheaper experience than the way we accomplish things today.Time: 23:32
January 05, 2010
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f66b297a-3622-4554-bab8-5be55e8b4be65This is the closing session of World Usability Day 2009. Steve Kaneko, Partner UX Director, Connected Entertainment Experience, and Surya Vanka, Manager UX Excellence, Engineering Excellence, weave together themes heard around the world with current and historical events to paint a future for the User Experience profession and explain why today is the beginning of a new golden age of design.Time: 58:45
January 05, 2010
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ea11d472-fbc1-4bd6-bf58-fa47aaa481920Are you are looking for ways to build skills that will help differentiate you in today’s job market? Microsoft offers student-price exams for industry-recognized certifications that will help set you apart.
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December 14, 2009
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42d2cd11-fe3a-4151-8583-a184503fc02c1Time: 3:36
December 14, 2009
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354d1835-b3fd-472a-96c4-1fefe38125ad2Nick Baker is General Manager for Xbox Architectural Design. After graduating from Imperial College London in 1990, he found his way to Apple and worked on the team that tried to create a specialized video card. He then went to 3DO where he worked on their high-end gaming system, which unfortunately failed in the market. In 1997 he joined Microsoft to work in the WebTV team on their next generation set-top-box known as UltimateTV. It was during this time that Microsoft’s Xbox was entering its initial design phase, and because Nick and his team had already done some research at adding game-play capabilities to UltimateTV they provided some useful guidance on the first Xbox hardware design. Nick’s assistance with the initial Xbox design was seen as pivotal enough, that in 2002 he was asked to head up the team that would design the next generation hardware, which would eventually become known as the XBOX 360. It is there, that Nick Baker finds himself to this day, working hard at fine tunTime: 59:07
December 14, 2009
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6de5b3e9-e895-4673-b7b9-0cb71f2ded943Our interns made a video asking, "How many Microsoft benefits can one guy use in one day?"Time: 3:38
November 20, 2009
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1ec40ef0-776f-40d6-8a0d-54dd5eb4eb0a4Time: 1:53
October 19, 2009
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October 19, 2009
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October 19, 2009
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72beade0-0142-4303-a20f-18613ffd6f8c1Time: 1:38
October 19, 2009
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ecc0c546-964c-43ff-8389-2fb405016a572A video montage of reasons why you might want to consider a job with our Microsoft Canada Development Centre.Time: 3:32
September 25, 2009
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ff38ec2b-fc49-48e3-aaa5-86e05f68a88e3An inside look at the Microsoft Canada Development Centre, showing the facilities, the work that is done, the people and the lifestyle.Time: 1:55
September 25, 2009
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f6cd9c2d-906c-4dbe-9913-db399ced94b24The Microsoft Canada Development Centre opened on September 25, 2008 in Richmond, BC - check out our opening celebrations.Time: 2:48
September 25, 2009
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15ac6955-e8dc-4e43-b654-efccc11923c65Many companies can boast of great benefits, or exciting jobs, but few can match Microsoft for the breadth of opportunity we provide - partly because we have so many amazing products, but also because we operate globally, in different markets and with many unique audience segments. If you can imagine it, you can probably do it here at Microsoft.Time: 2:10
September 25, 2009
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