Microsoft Office 2010 General Availability

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So, I was at TechEd 2010 talking a lot about Office 2010 solutions development last week and love was in the air…mostly because I gave out hundreds of t-shirts with our www.iheartmacros.com URL on them. I would say to people coming to our kiosk, “This shirt loves you” and hand them a shirt. But, I digress.

I did an interview for Channel 9 that’s getting lots of view. In it I discuss what’s new for solution building with Office 2010 and SharePoint 2010. I really like the way this video was produced. Check it out here:

https://channel9.msdn.com/shows/TheOfficeBlog/Developing-Solutions-for-Microsoft-Office-2010/

Also, today Office 2010 is generally available, and I have to say that the overall vibe at the kiosk last week was “rationally exuberant”. People are genuinely excited about what we’ve done in Office 2010 including the tighter integration with SharePoint 2010. Here are a two resources/cool materials related to the product that have shown up in the past few days:

1) Great blog post on how to view broadcast presentations on a mobile phone.

I demo’d this extensively at TechEd, and it was a big winner. Nothing beats creating presentations in Microsoft PowerPoint, but we should be able to see them anywhere. Now, that’s easier than ever.

2) Adding to the PowerPoint goodness are these: Some exceedingly attractive PowerPoint 2010 templates with embedded videos and innovative animations.

Here’s the maxim to remember: Every effective custom solution has to start with a truly great user experience.

IOW: users love and are familiar with the Office applications. The primary benefit of custom solutions in Office is to allow users to work in that familiar way while connecting their experience to more corporate resources such as workflows, databases, and more.

Rock Thought of the Day: Is The Cure’s Disintegration one of the best rock albums of all-time? I would argue that it is. It still occupies an artistic level that few of the best bands in the past 30 years will ever achieve. Now—you can get the 3-CD deluxe remaster with rarities of this album—supervised by Robert Smith himself (who else?).

Also—I’ve become rather intrigued by the work of the increasingly well-known artist Guillermo Kuitca. Check out his work with maps, print, and spaces.

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