Monthly Archives: June 2006

What’s up with the Mariners?

Posted on June 30, 2006 by atbybee

I think it’s funny that the Mariners kick butt over the NL, but can’t seem to catch a break playing anyone in their own division…this is probably why I can never seem to quite get on the Mariners bandwagon (even … Continue reading →

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Money = Horns?

Posted on June 30, 2006 by atbybee

Phil Richardson agrees that Microsoft CRM can become a billion dollar business.  He also makes some interesting analogies about MS culture where products treat their revenue as status symbols.  I couldn’t agree more.   What’s even more interesting is how … Continue reading →

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The sweet and sour of project reviews

Posted on June 30, 2006 by atbybee

So we had a project ‘checkpoint’ review today that sprawled out over most of the afternoon.  (This is normally where you’d expect a software geek to start railing on the inefficiencies of management reviews and how everyone should just go back to being a developer … Continue reading →

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A Billion dollars a year

Posted on June 30, 2006 by atbybee

$1 Billion dollars a year is a lot of money.   CRN has an interesting news post on the recent org change that moved the Microsoft CRM team into the same group (Office Business Platform group) with Sharepoint, Project, Groove, … Continue reading →

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Agile development on the Microsoft CRM team

Posted on June 29, 2006 by atbybee

We’ve been having a lot of discussions lately on the CRM team about how we can do a better job of adopting ‘agile’ development practices.  For the most part, I’m a big fan – I think the overhead that’s grown … Continue reading →

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Thoughts from TechEd 2006

Posted on June 28, 2006 by atbybee

I was really pleased about the opportunity to present two Dynamics CRM related sessions at TechEd this year.  It was my first time in Boston and I thought the city was pretty interesting – I could definitely feel the sense of history … Continue reading →

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Shameless plug

Posted on June 28, 2006 by atbybee

I admit it.  I think Technorati is cool.  Phil Richardson and I recently wrote a whitepaper for BillG’s thinkweek talking about the opportunity for tagging in the enterprise space.  Needless to say, I’m creating my Technorati Profile

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The stupidity of election year politics

Posted on June 28, 2006 by atbybee

Every time elections roll around, politicians start doing crazy things.  The razor-thin senate vote around a flag-burning amendment should be proof-positive that a large percentage of folks in our nation’s capitol have their collective heads up their collective rear ends. … Continue reading →

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I’ll be at WWPC 7/11 – 7/14

Posted on June 28, 2006 by atbybee

Just a heads up that I’ll be attending the Microsoft Worldwide Partner Conference this year (July 11 – 14 in Boston).  It should be a pretty great event!  I’ll be splitting time between the Expo Hall and side meetings with … Continue reading →

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The WinFS saga – over or beginning again?

Posted on June 28, 2006 by atbybee

Before I joined the Dynamics CRM team, I spent some time on the Windows Shell team responsible for thinking through what the storage, sharing, and sync experience would be for Longhorn (now Vista) when using WinFS.  Keep in mind that … Continue reading →

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