Courier isn’t coming after all. Predictable.
Microsoft confirms, kills Courier in one fell swoop Yup, predictable. From Engadget: It seems, however, that things just didn’t manage to take shape, and word was handed down very recently that the incubation period had reached its conclusion — sans product — and resources would be directed elsewhere. As a final note, I still love [...]
Robert Palmer’s Really Interesting Point Regarding the New MS Ads
As strange as they are, I admit it, I smile during the new Microsoft Seinfeld ads. For that, apparently, Microsoft deserves some props. Thus the heart of the matter: The ads are not intended to sell Windows: They’re ads to sell The Windows Brand. Think of it as The Soul of Windows. If, by the [...]
Microsoft and Seinfeld: “New Family” Ad Goes Live
Ad #2. I love the dinner conversation. The grandmother is oddly appealing. Oh, and it’s wildly insulting to everyday people. Wonder what the strategy is there?
Microsoft’s Internal Vista Promo Video
I don’t particularly want to comment on the quality of the production here — MS clearly put some money into this concept, which I believe speaks for itself. But if you have to make something like this to sell the act of selling your products, is that a sign that your product has jumped the [...]
FM, Valleywag, Arrington, and Microsoft: A rose by any other name…
About two years ago, before I joined the communications department, we were approached by an agency pushing us to have their bloggers for hire go out and start blogging positive mojo about our then-new educational asset, Axia College. The original pitch was just that: bloggers, who aren’t our students, telling the blogosphere, MySpace-dom, Facebook-hood, and [...]
Microsoft Photosynth — Transparency Works
A year ago, I never would have imagined I’d be writing two posts back to back about the vision at Microsoft. But they’re doing a great job on a number of fronts right now, the big one being that they’re getting just the right messages to the media, timed expertly. This time, it’s about Photosynth. [...]
Microsoft Unveils “Surface Computing” at D:
I remember the first time I saw this technology demonstrated. It was Jeff Han’s talk at TED a few years back. You should be able to find it in iTunes here. Technology
