scooblog by josh ledgardgroup manager | developer solutions | devdivToday is my last day at Microsoft- June 25, 2007 And this is likely to be the last post I make to this blog. By the time you read this I will have likely handed in my card key and celebrated with the great people Ive worked with over the last 7 years. One of the key values that Microsoft instills in teams is an entrepreneurial spirit. Ive also never experienced full time employment outside of this walled garden. Tomorrow, Tuesday, the 26th I'll be joining the leadership team at Telligent Systems to run a new team focused on the..http://blogs.msdn.com/jledgard/archive/2007/06/25/today-is-my-last-day-at-microsoft.aspx Align Right- June 13, 2007 For anyone that's just learning basic HTML. I suggest this tutorial... http:icanhascheezburger.com20070612lolcat-alignrighthttp://blogs.msdn.com/jledgard/archive/2007/06/12/align-right.aspx Random Tips on Interviewing for Microsoft- June 12, 2007 A co-worker recently asked me to share some tips on interviewing people at Microsoft. I wrote a few up and figured I'd share them here as well. I love interviewing people and I get a lot of my style and tips from Gretchen since shes done more interviews than I ever will. Anyway, here is my perspective on interviewing for Microsoft. In the back of my head Im always thinking Could I work for this person when I make my recommendations. This approach makes me tune some...http://blogs.msdn.com/jledgard/archive/2007/06/12/random-tips-on-interviewing-for-microsof... OCU2007 Notes: Establishing Culture and Guidelines in Community- June 7, 2007 There was a lot of good discussion in this one, but I tried taking notes on my windows mobile phone. I'd say it was an experiment to see what would happen if I had "twittered" a session or if I just wanted to make sure I thought about the notes I took... but the truth was that my notebook was dead and I couldn't find a pen on the short notice when the good ideas came out. :-) Good communities create cycles of community rituals. One example was a community where the influencers all...http://blogs.msdn.com/jledgard/archive/2007/06/06/ocu2007-notes-establishing-culture-and-g... OCU Notes: Increasing User Particpation in Online Communities- June 6, 2007 Incentives Influencer relationships such as the MVP program Connect them to your product teams so they get insider information Software coupons and give-aways. New reward every year. Need rigorous process to qualify the MVPs Visual, Branded, recognition is important. Meet in person at the Microsoft Summit. Help your customers be successful by helping them develop new business opportunities. Cisco site does rewards via the visibility... if you've reached a certain point level you are a...http://blogs.msdn.com/jledgard/archive/2007/06/06/ocu-notes-increasing-user-particpation-i... Ads in Online Communities Session at OCU 2007- June 6, 2007 Question: Should there be ads in the community Some people don't care, some people are really opinionated. The consensus was that "if they are done right". Question: What are the different methods of putting ads on new Community Sites Babycenter.com owned by Johnson and johnson so banners are injected every tenth post. Big enough companies will have an ad department that sell ad space. These are the most effective ads, but also require more investment to make work. In these...http://blogs.msdn.com/jledgard/archive/2007/06/06/ads-in-online-communities-session-at-ocu... Hello from the Online Community Unconference- June 6, 2007 I'm at the computer history museum in the valley attending the Online Community Unconference. I'll try and blog notes as a take them, but the pace looks to be fast and I'm not sure I'll be able to capture much in a consumable form for anyone other than myself. I'll try.http://blogs.msdn.com/jledgard/archive/2007/06/06/hello-from-the-online-community-unconfer... |