2007-09-04 01:15 Microsoft Company Meeting Ahoy!
Just some random events happening before the Company Meeting this Thursday ( BEWARE Seattle drivers! Stay away from Safeco field! ). Are you, like, LisaB's BFF Well, no. I think LisaB is losing momentum and getting caught up in a cult-of-personality not of her making ( what will we have this year Orange berets ). But she certainly is poised to flip the momentum she has built up and have big impact - as far as she can as the HR head - to the everyday Microsoftie. Some of the items not shared in t …
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2007-08-27 01:44 Reviewzapalooza!
Let's talk about you : it's Reviewzapalooza time! How do you like the new numbers sheet - does it help with the context of what your awards are Once again, the charmingly good looking folks who participate in the comments here have started sharing their numbers to help get an idea of how they stand and how it compares across groups in the company. You can see some comments in the Gone Fishin' post, and the template that has evolved into is basically: Position: Job Title Level: Commitment: Exceed …
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2007-07-08 07:32 evening out
I went to see Evening last, well, evening. (No spoilers.) It was elegant, beautifully crafted, and could be emotionally captivating if you identify at all with the situations. For instance, the premise of the main character being visited by her daughters, whilst in the final stages of a terminal illness, will move you if you've ever had a mom or a daughter. I had a harder time connecting with the actual characters, except for the main character's younger daughter, with whom I sympathized due to …
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2007-06-30 07:31 so ...
Yesterday, I was excited about my concept for a reality show about the newly off-the-endangered-list bald eagle called America's Got Talons. Then I got to work and found out that So-Phil (so called, as it were, because of his habit of saying the word "so" before your name when addressing you, as in, "So, Golf Widow ...") had passed away. Visiting begins Monday afternoon; the funeral is Tuesday. I hope So-Phil's wife will have JJ sing. They were pretty tight, and JJ is currently inconsolable. So- …
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2007-06-27 06:22 midnight train going anywhere
It is so time for me to dig myself out of my shloomp. Just bottled! The De La Montanya Winery has teamed up with the current members of Journey to bring you this 2005 Sonoma Coast Red, a unique blend of Pinot Noir, Cabernet Sauvignon, Cabernet Franc, and Pinot Muenier. A wine for a cause, 100% of the proceeds from the sale of this wine will be donated to the Greater Bay Area Make-a-Wish Foundation. http://www.dlmwine.com/journey/generations.html Limited edition of just 300 bottles all hand-sig …
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2007-06-20 22:36 Oob Goes South - The Wrapup
Saturday rolled around and it was time to head to the nearby town that houses all of our best college memories. It was remarkable how much it had changed but yet still managed to have the same welcoming feel. After checking into our fabulous suite and changing into our 'hotness' attire, we sought out dinner at one of my favorite Italian places indigenous to this quaint stretch of humanity. It didn't disappoint the tastebuds in the slightest and with bellies stuffed and primed for alcohol we head …
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2007-04-20 03:55 And You're a Microsoft Shareholder Because...
Hello. Just a quick check-in for Mini-land. As I start writing this, I should be out soaking up the sun biking down some nice trail, but my knee started making those wet twig-snapping noises so here I am, side-lined and typing. Quarterly financials are due in a week, and I'll probably skip a post on this one. Other places do a pretty good job of tracking the financial results. I am really curious, though, of all the people either holding or accumulating Microsoft stock: why Why are you a Microso …
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2007-04-19 04:40 Bunnies!
That giant sucking sound you're starting to hear whistling past the door seals on Microsoft campus buildings are the hopes of (hundreds thousands tens of thousands) employees being whisked into the void that is rapidly becoming LisaB's internal "I'm listening, but it's not in my commitments to do anything with what you tell me" blog. The blog appears to have ground down to four camps. 1) People who will bitch about anything and everything, even when presented with positive information. 2) People …
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2006-12-23 02:35 Time Travel Around the Windstorm
Hi. How is it going for you I'm off way away from Redmond, surrounded by wonderful people who think " Mini-Microsoft " is a derogatory term for an aggressive technology start-up and nothing more. It's wonderful .This is a post I originally started writing on 10 December, and puttered with, deleted a discussion about that NYTimes Gambit article, and then as I was feeling good about wrapping it up Whoosh ! our Dark December Windstorm whupped-up on the area and then power ( forget indulgence in ins …
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2006-10-23 15:16 Briefly - InsideMS Blog
Both thumbs up to LisaB for getting the InsideMS blog rolling last week. Now that's a leadership decision I can get behind: real risk-taking along with unleashing and un-muzzling the staff to let us all use our 'big brains' to help solve what ills us. If only the rest of our leadership seemed willing to listen to the messengers instead of run them through with a pike. One thing that surprised me when I read through the comments on the blog was the number of people of longer tenure commenting and …
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