Adventures In SoftwareLand

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Finally I can talk about what I've been working on for the past 6 months! Yesterday, Soma delivered...

Author: Michael Lehman Date: 11/06/2007

Back from the shadows again!...

Unlike the plan which I had in place, I've been silent for the past two months going heads-down on a...

Author: Michael Lehman Date: 11/02/2007

Off to Gnomedex 2007!

Headed down later this morning to Gnomedex 2007! If you're going to be there look me up and we can...

Author: Michael Lehman Date: 08/10/2007

MicroISVs on the "Seat of Heat"... First part of SIC 2007 videos now live on Channel9

At the Software Industry Conference 2007, I got more than a dozen MicroISVs to sit in the "seat of...

Author: Michael Lehman Date: 07/22/2007

Software Industry Conference 2007 - lots of new faces

The Software Industry Conference 2007 just opened this morning here in Denver, Colorado and,...

Author: Michael Lehman Date: 07/12/2007

MicroISV Show Interviews @ Software Industry Conference next week

UPDATE: Exhibit night is FRIDAY. Bob Walsh and I are happy to announce two opportunities for you to...

Author: Michael Lehman Date: 07/06/2007

Podcasting from the backyard hammock.... a MicroISVs true story

Today I posted on Channel9's The MicroISV Show our latest episode which features Clay Nichols from...

Author: Michael Lehman Date: 07/06/2007

Compiler Lab 2007 Screencasts

While the Compiler Lab 2007 is now history (May 21-23, 2007), the screencasts are starting to come...

Author: Michael Lehman Date: 06/04/2007

February 2007 GAX/GAT and Project Glidepath

UPDATE: Well, it turns out that instead of marking MVP.XML.DLL as Permament=True, I don't need to...

Author: Michael Lehman Date: 05/30/2007

Office Interactive Developer Map: A Very Cool WPF Application

You've got to check out the Microsoft Office Interactive Developer Map and it's write up on the...

Author: Michael Lehman Date: 05/30/2007

Gavin Bowman's Obligatory Blog aggregates MicroISV news

Gavin Bowman, proprietor of V4 Solutions, writes what he calls the "Obligatory Blog" (he says: These...

Author: Michael Lehman Date: 05/30/2007

Bob Walsh's take on MIX, Blend and Silverlight

Bob Walsh, author of "MicroISV: From Vision to Reality", and co-host of The MicroISV Show on...

Author: Michael Lehman Date: 05/20/2007

Eric Sink : Geeks Rule and MBAs Drool...

I just discovered this article by Eric Sink (from 2005 but still very, very topical) about the...

Author: Michael Lehman Date: 05/08/2007

Silverlight is going to be huge for MicroISVs

This week at MIX07 we revealed the full extent of Microsoft Silverlight which includes support for...

Author: Michael Lehman Date: 05/02/2007

Podcasting at MIX07

I'm at MIX07 doing audio podcasting. If you'd like to be on Channel9 click on the email link and...

Author: Michael Lehman Date: 05/01/2007

Launching The Independent Innovation Blog

IndependentInnovation.net - My new blog and podcast. Independent Innovation is a new meme that is...

Author: Michael Lehman Date: 04/29/2007

Free Event: Office Live Review for MicroISVs - Redmond-May21, Boston-June 5, Sillicon Valley-June 11

CORRECTION: Office is the "Professional" SKU and Vista is the "Business" SKU. UPDATE: We are also...

Author: Michael Lehman Date: 04/10/2007

Project Glidepath Windows Vista Bridge Package is now available!

Today we're releasing a new Project code-named "Glidepath" package that enables you to take...

Author: Michael Lehman Date: 04/04/2007

Live Help Messenger is in the Project Glidepath Windows Vista Spotlight

Live Help Messenger from Star Develop Pty Ltd has passed the tests and is being featured on the...

Author: Michael Lehman Date: 03/19/2007

ExamDiff Pro is in the Project Glidepath Windows Vista Spotlight!

ExamDiff Pro from PrestoSoft has passed the tests and is being featured on the Project Glidepath...

Author: Michael Lehman Date: 03/19/2007

BVS Solitare is in the Project Glidepath Windows Vista Spotlight!

BVS Solitare from BVS Development Corporation has passed the tests and is being featured on the...

Author: Michael Lehman Date: 03/19/2007

UltraRecall is in the Project Glidepath Windows Vista Spotlight!

UltraRecall from Kinook Software has passed the tests and is being featured on the Project Glidepath...

Author: Michael Lehman Date: 03/19/2007

MIX07 Buzzcast #1 - Brad Abrams - ASP.Net / AJAX

The Developer and Platform Evangelism group here at Microsoft, the org in which I work, is...

Author: Michael Lehman Date: 03/05/2007

The MicroISV Show #14 - Don Dodge

Just posted the latest episode of The MicroISV show which was a great interview with Don Dodge, a...

Author: Michael Lehman Date: 03/05/2007

Lucky Number 13! - The MicroISV Show interviews Dave Collins of SharewarePromotions.com

Dave Collins, one of the masters at marketing MicroISV software, talks with Bob Walsh and me in...

Author: Michael Lehman Date: 02/22/2007

HTML Validator is in the Project Glidepath Windows Vista Spotlight!

HTML Validator from AI Internet Solutions has passed the tests and is being featured on the Project...

Author: Michael Lehman Date: 02/22/2007

A Ruler For Windows is in the Project Glidepath Windows Vista Spotlight!

A Ruler For Windows from Rob Latour has passed the tests and is being featured on the Project...

Author: Michael Lehman Date: 02/22/2007

Musigy is in the Project Glidepath Windows Vista Spotlight!

Musigy from Musigy, Inc. has passed the tests and is being featured on the Project Glidepath Windows...

Author: Michael Lehman Date: 02/22/2007

BitZipper is in the Project Glidepath Windows Vista Spotlight!

BitZipper from Bitberry Software has passed the tests and is being featured on the Project Glidepath...

Author: Michael Lehman Date: 02/22/2007

Macro Scheduler is in the Project Glidepath Windows Vista Spotlight!

Macro Scheduler from MJTNet has passed the tests and is being featured on the Project Glidepath...

Author: Michael Lehman Date: 02/22/2007

MicroISV Interviewed on StartupSpark.com

Ben Yoskovitz over at www.StartupSpark.com interviewed Stephane Grenier about his experience as a...

Author: Michael Lehman Date: 02/20/2007

Small Fun Farkle is in the Project Glidepath Windows Vista Spotlight!

Small Fun Farkle 1.2 from Small Fun Games has passed the tests and is being featured on the Project...

Author: Michael Lehman Date: 02/20/2007

Coffee Cup HTML Editor 2007 is in the Project Glidepath Windows Vista Spotlight

CoffeeCup HTML Editor 2007 from Coffee Cup Software, has passed the tests and is being featured on...

Author: Michael Lehman Date: 02/20/2007

Visual Build Professional in the Project Glidepath Windows Vista Spotlight!

Visual Build Professional from Kinook Software, Inc., has passed the tests and is being featured on...

Author: Michael Lehman Date: 02/20/2007

AB Commander in the Project Glidepath Windows Vista Spotlight!

ABCommander from Winability has passed the tests and is being featured on the Project Glidepath...

Author: Michael Lehman Date: 02/20/2007

Bob Walsh's thoughts on the David Shadle podcast

My co-host Bob Walsh, who's new book Clearblogging (www.clearblogging.com), has some good things to...

Author: Michael Lehman Date: 02/19/2007

All MIX07 Attendees get a free copy of Windows Vista Ultimate....plus a discount on MEDC

We're hosting the MIX conference again this year, April 30th through May 2nd, at the Venetian hotel...

Author: Michael Lehman Date: 02/19/2007

SQL Server 2005 SP2 Released

We have released Service Pack 2 for SQL Server 2005! This release adds new features and increases...

Author: Michael Lehman Date: 02/19/2007

Virtual PC 2007 Released to Web!

Virtual PC 2007 has just been released as a free download on the web. Download page is located here:...

Author: Michael Lehman Date: 02/19/2007

Testing out Windows Live Writer for Blog Posting

While I love Community Server, the software that we use to power https://blogs.msdn.com, I hate using...

Author: Michael Lehman Date: 02/19/2007

SplitView in the Project Glidepath Windows Vista Spotlight!

SplitView, from Vyooh, has passed the tests and is being featured on the Project Glidepath Windows...

Author: Michael Lehman Date: 02/19/2007

DiskView in the Project Glidepath Windows Vista Spotlight!

DiskView, from Vyooh, has passed the tests and is being featured on the Project Glidepath Windows...

Author: Michael Lehman Date: 02/19/2007

Tech-Pro World Clock in the Project Glidepath Windows Vista Spotlight!

The Tech-Pro World Clock, from Tech-Pro Ltd, has passed the tests and is being featured on the...

Author: Michael Lehman Date: 02/19/2007

VS Law 2005 in the Project Glidepath Windows Vista Spotlight!

VS Law 2005, from Visible Progress Technologies, Ltd., has passed the tests and is being featured on...

Author: Michael Lehman Date: 02/19/2007

The MicroISV Show #11 - A talk with David Shadle, User Experience Evangelist

This week Bob and I talked with David Shadle,Microsoft's User Experience Evangelist about how a new...

Author: Michael Lehman Date: 02/16/2007

And the first Zune goes to...NuGenImageWorks from Genetibase!

Applications which have been submitted for the Project Glidepath Windows Vista Spotlight are now...

Author: Michael Lehman Date: 02/12/2007

The Next Big Language - or how writing a compiler makes you a better programmer

While most of my time is spent focusing on the MicroISV community, I am also the Technical...

Author: Michael Lehman Date: 02/11/2007

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