http://alexbarnett.net/blog/archive/tags/Codeplex/default.aspxTags: CodeplexenCommunityServer 2007 (Build: 20416.853)http://alexbarnett.net/blog/archive/2007/08/30/microsoft-missing-out-on-community-talents.aspxThu, 30 Aug 2007 12:58:00 GMT0a97a1d1-9921-457b-8bd7-ce5530d7bd45:40380alexbarnett9http://alexbarnett.net/blog/commentapi.aspx?PostID=40380http://alexbarnett.net/blog/archive/2007/08/30/microsoft-missing-out-on-community-talents.aspx#comments<P mce_keep="true">Todd Bishop at Seattle Post-Intelligencer <A class="" href="http://blog.seattlepi.nwsource.com/microsoft/archives/120865.asp" mce_href="http://blog.seattlepi.nwsource.com/microsoft/archives/120865.asp">has picked up</A> on the fact that <A class="" href="https://blogs.msdn.com/korbyp/" mce_href="https://blogs.msdn.com/korbyp/">Korby Parnell</A>, ex-product&nbsp;manager for some of Microsoft's&nbsp;most successful developer community-related projects (e.g. Codeplex, Gotdotnet and Claimspace -&nbsp;<A class="" href="http://reverendted.wordpress.com/2007/08/13/did-microsoft-squelch-korbys-reply/#comments" mce_href="http://reverendted.wordpress.com/2007/08/13/did-microsoft-squelch-korbys-reply/#comments">but that's another story</A>)&nbsp;has been nabbed by Yahoo's Seattle office (<A class="" href="http://www.chaddickerson.com/" mce_href="http://www.chaddickerson.com/">Chad Dickerson's</A> team, <A class="" href="http://www.chaddickerson.com/about.html" mce_href="http://www.chaddickerson.com/about.html">who runs the Yahoo Developer Network</A>).</P> <P mce_keep="true">Korby, a good friend and neighbour&nbsp;while I was living in Redmond, WA, didn't make a public song and dance of the move, but when he told me he was on his way I realized Microsoft had lost out on an amazing talent.</P> <P mce_keep="true">Microsoft has recently lost&nbsp;two other&nbsp;good community-oriented&nbsp;people: <A class="" href="http://blogs.msdn.com/jledgard/archive/2007/06/25/today-is-my-last-day-at-microsoft.aspx" mce_href="http://blogs.msdn.com/jledgard/archive/2007/06/25/today-is-my-last-day-at-microsoft.aspx">Josh Ledgard&nbsp;left</A> Visual Studio's product team to join software dev company <A class="" href="http://telligent.com/" mce_href="http://telligent.com/">Telligent</A>&nbsp;- developers of <A class="" href="http://communityserver.org/" mce_href="http://communityserver.org/">Community Server</A>&nbsp;- in July 2007. Josh was closely involved in the development of the&nbsp;innovative <A class="" href="http://connect.microsoft.com/Main/content/content.aspx?ContentID=2220" mce_href="http://connect.microsoft.com/Main/content/content.aspx?ContentID=2220">MSDN Product Feedback Center</A>, now <A class="" href="http://connect.microsoft.com/default.aspx" mce_href="http://connect.microsoft.com/default.aspx">Connect</A>. Then&nbsp;Joe Morel&nbsp;left the same VS team to join the same software company <A class="" href="http://blogs.msdn.com/joemorel/archive/2007/08/07/update-your-rss-feeds-i-m-leaving-microsoft.aspx" mce_href="http://blogs.msdn.com/joemorel/archive/2007/08/07/update-your-rss-feeds-i-m-leaving-microsoft.aspx">two weeks later</A>.</P> <P mce_keep="true">Microsoft has done a great job in recent years to foster a more open and transparent culture with respect to customer engagement and Korby and Josh were there at the beginning of the Microsoft blogging revolution and other community-related initiatives, really challenging the notions of old-style centralized command-and-control corporate communication. It's a shame to see this quality of talent walk out of the Redmond campus, true customer advocates - people with a real passion for customers and their needs.</P> <P mce_keep="true">I wish Korby, Josh and Joe the best of luck in their new adventures!</P> <P mce_keep="true"><STRONG>Update 9/2/07:</STRONG></P> <P mce_keep="true">An anonymous reader has tipped me off on yet another leaver. Sandy Khaund, another big force in Microsoft's community development, <A class="" href="http://blogs.msdn.com/sandyk/archive/2007/08/31/for-what-it-s-worth-it-was-worth-all-the-while.aspx" mce_href="http://blogs.msdn.com/sandyk/archive/2007/08/31/for-what-it-s-worth-it-was-worth-all-the-while.aspx">has&nbsp;announced he's off</A> to join a start up. Good luck Sandy!</P><img src="http://alexbarnett.net/blog/aggbug.aspx?PostID=40380" width="1" height="1">CodeplexcommunityCommunity ServerMicrosoftYahoohttp://alexbarnett.net/blog/archive/2006/09/04/WLW-plugins-on-Codeplex.aspxMon, 04 Sep 2006 22:06:00 GMT0a97a1d1-9921-457b-8bd7-ce5530d7bd45:73admin1http://alexbarnett.net/blog/commentapi.aspx?PostID=73http://alexbarnett.net/blog/archive/2006/09/04/WLW-plugins-on-Codeplex.aspx#comments<p>Via <a href="http://jaysonknight.com/blog/archive/2006/09/04/Cyclone-Windows-Live-Writer-Plugins.aspx">Jayson Knight</a> and&nbsp;<a href="http://nayyeri.net/archive/2006/09/04/Windows-Live-Writer-Cyclone-Plugins-Collection.aspx">Keyvan Nayyeri</a>, Windows Live Writer Plugins Collection&nbsp;are now on <a href="http://www.codeplex.com/Wiki/View.aspx?ProjectName=WLWPlugins">Codeplex</a>.</p><p>&nbsp;</p><img src="http://alexbarnett.net/blog/aggbug.aspx?PostID=73" width="1" height="1">CodeplexLiveMicrosoftWLW