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- Ray zzie | Collaborative leader has “coaching style”
- “80% of Microsoft ffice’s features is what we need 100% of…
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Ray zzie | Collaborative leader has “coaching style”
Seattle Times – Aug 26, 2007
Ray zzieChief software architect Age:51 Hometown:Park Ridge Ill. Family:Married one daughter one son. At Microsoft:Joined in April 2005 when Microsoft acquired Groove Networks which he founded in 1997. Held role of chief technical officer until June 2006 when he assumed current title from Bill Gates. Before MicrosoftWorked at Data General helped develop Lotus Symphony and Software Arts products. Co-founded Iris Associates; developed Lotus Notes. Holds a computer-science degree from University of Illinois Urbana-Champaign… Somasegar who heads Microsoft’s Developer Division said after the speech that he had worked closely with zzie in the previous nine months on Silverlight. He described zzie as open and collaborative with “a coaching style of leadership. ” He said zzie has told him that the best discussions are brainstorms at the white board not scripted PowerPoint presentations. “If you have an idea no matter whether it is good or bad or ugly or whatever it is you can go talk to Ray about it” Somasegar said.
“80% of Microsoft ffice’s features is what we need 100% of…
nytimes.com – Aug 26, 2007
A fancy table with the functionality of a four-function calculator and a bit more is all I need 75% of the time and Numbers offers a healthy dose of functionality in an easy to use package. As for Keynote it’s been my only presentation software since I started using it. Its presentations are gorgeous a large improvement over the templates included with PowerPoint ’04. And being able to cobble together a presentation complete with graphs charts images and movies within the space of an hour (plus time spent coming up with ideas) is certainly a boost. The suite offers the experience of using a stripped-down version of Microsoft ffice which isn’t to say that anything essential is incapable of being done by iWork — if you need to do it it can be done in iWork most of the time — just that it’s not the bloatware that is Microsoft ffice. ne thing I would like to see added is an image editor along the lines of The Gimp only Aqua-native and a database application along the lines of the one in AppleWorks so that I don’t have to use Excel or Numbers as my personal database (for cataloging software DVDs and suchlike things). It’s excellent software and the value cannot be beat… Its presentations are gorgeous a large improvement over the templates included with PowerPoint ’04. And being able to cobble together a presentation complete with graphs charts images and movies within the space of an hour (plus time spent coming up with ideas) is certainly a boost. The suite offers the experience of using a stripped-down version of Microsoft ffice which isn’t to say that anything essential is incapable of being done by iWork — if you need to do it it can be done in iWork most of the time — just that it’s not the bloatware that is Microsoft ffice. ne thing I would like to see added is an image editor along the lines of The Gimp only Aqua-native and a database application along the lines of the one in AppleWorks so that I don’t have to use Excel or Numbers as my personal database (for cataloging software DVDs and suchlike things). It’s excellent software and the value cannot be beat. Thank you for submitting your feedback! Was this review helpful?.
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Lawfuel – Lawfuel (press release) – Aug 26, 2007
Business Brand Innovation and Designby Ava Maria Hakim This article looks at the design system and its impact on value creation business and brand. Several informative diagrams and charts included. PowerPointRhetoric Machine (French)by Pierre d’Huy Is PowerPoint an aid to communication or destructive force in the art of rhetoric? This essay in French deconstructs the controversial Microsoft presentation program from the point of view of a mediologist making references to works by Roland Barthes and R?s Debray to support its conclusions. PowerPointRhetoric Machine (English)translated by Stanley Moss Pierre d’Huy’s commentary of the ubiquitous application tailored to English speakers. Giving Strategy Some Momentumby Patrick Harris Many strategies built by organizations are ineffective. rganizations tend to build snapshots instead of harnessing momentum. AbstractionCubismby Nicholas Ind This paper argues that rather than relying on the abstraction of research to get close to the customer brand managers should work at building genuine relationships with customers by opening up the boundaries of the organization.