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Saturday 17 March 2007

Redmond, Here I Am

So things haven’t been so clear with Microsoft, and my relationship with Microsoft. Many readers are well aware that a few months ago I’d been offered a consultancy with them. Yet, I feel we are all sorts of not on track.

For that reason, I’m now here in Bellevue and on my way to Redmond first thing Monday morning to sort it all out.

Okay, so here’s the thing. I’ve got a contract to consult with Microsoft and do the best I can to represent standards and interoperability.

What would you like to see me do here?

  • Work for IE.next compatibility
  • Train internal Microsoft folks on standards
  • Travel around and evangelize standards and interop
  • Write and edit more materials about standards

Your answer is going to count big-time as I move forward. So shout it out, please. Let Microsoft know who they have and why, okay? I want to do right by interop and standards. I always have and probably always shall. So shout it out with me, okay? What do YOU want? How can I best serve our community whilst here?

Filed under:   The Daily Molly, WaSP, browsers, faith(less), ie7, microsoft, software, standards, travel, w3c, web design and development
Posted by:   Molly | 23:41 | Comments (385)

385 Responses to “Redmond, Here I Am”

  1. dominisia says:

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    see entrance barriers in Web design and development compared to other fields.

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    I think the most entrys are spam….

  4. Fabienne says:

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    Regards Fabienne

  5. Meissen says:

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  8. Banka Şube says:

    Once you feel that there is a base of standards-competent developers, I would say it’s time to move on to IE.next.

  9. antalya says:

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  10. hanstran says:

    Great information, thanks for good work.

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  12. shopping says:

    I think you need to push for standards in mobile more. Okay, it might seem a little left-wing to everyone else, but the fact is that mobile is growing at an alarming rate and .mobi sites are increasingly becoming a bigger deal. I’m worried that we’re going to find ourselves in a horrible situation quicker than we even think once companies and people realise the power of mobile websites. It really can cause a lot of problems unless we decide and stick on standards right now.

  13. Gayrimenkul says:

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    Hey,
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    Thanks!

  15. Awesome tool! Thank you very much!

  16. nico says:

    You could tell ms that, when they make a crappy browser like ie6 they should ensure, that webdesigner could run that old but often used browser also in vista.

  17. I would suggest, that you listen to your heart, than you will automatically do the right.

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  20. spor yorum says:

    I think I will search more about this on the Net, Guys. Many thanks

  21. It might be very interesting to know…
    wheter you are free to represent standards and interoperability?

  22. Thanks, Dziękuję bardzo

  23. Thank you for the spent time. Very useful information

  24. webdirectory says:

    Really good article with good information for me about Microsoft. Thank you very much.

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