Sara Williams' blogmusings and rants from sara williamsNew search for MSDN- April 28, 2004 No, it isn't Google, but we have updated search on MSDN (and the rest of MSCOM). Improvements include: Stronger weighting for titles and keywords: this means that if you search for CreateWindow, the api reference for CreateWindow shows up first in the list. KB integration: KB articles are now included in search results. UI improvements: we show all results by default, and let the user filter from there. You can also modify your search from the top of the results page. Check...http://blogs.msdn.com/saraw/archive/2004/04/28/122606.aspx Ever wonder what my office looks like- April 15, 2004 No I didn't think so. But just in case I've piqued your curiousity, check out this video clip on Channel 9. Chris Sells gives a tour of building 5, where most of us MSDN folk work (the magazine team is in NYC). He stops in at my staff meeting and checks in with some folks on our team. He also hangs out in my office, showing the world my clutter. Oh well. I hope my mom doesn't tune in. People are often surprised when they come to my office. I have comfy chairs, and...http://blogs.msdn.com/saraw/archive/2004/04/15/114279.aspx On the road...- April 14, 2004 When I was an evangelist, I traveled about one or two weeks each month. I did this for about four years, and got pretty good at ignoring jet lag and time differences. My beau at the time (fiance now <g>) lived outside of Boston, so he served as powerful incentive for this west-coast girl to spend time out east. I travel a lot less now, but I did get out recently. Soma and I went to Cambridge to give a talk at MIT about working at Microsoft. I'm biased, but I must say that Soma was a hit!.http://blogs.msdn.com/saraw/archive/2004/04/14/113394.aspx |