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Sidebar Gadgets for Channel 9, Channel 8 and more

Posted on April 4th, 2008

We recently had Donovan West (LiveGadgets.net) build us a set of sidebar gadgets for Windows Vista. These gadgets use the RSS feeds from each site and let you see all of our new content as it gets posted, then (using Silverlight) you can even play our videos right there on your desktop.   Yo […]

New Xbox Friends Gadget released and a Silverlight Gamercard Generator

Posted on April 3rd, 2008

Adam Kinney, Silverlight dude and my colleague at work, has released an updated version of his Xbox Friends Watch gadget and a new standalone gamercard gadget for your website that uses Silverlight 2.0. […]

Xbox.com Personalities answer a bunch of holiday questions

Posted on December 14th

Trixie had all of us Xbox.com column writing folks answer a bunch of holiday themed questions recently, and I noticed tonight that the answers are all up on the site! Check out some interesting Q&A with Trixie, Major Nelson and others (including me, Xbox Dad). […]

Zune for Dummies hits the bookstores

Posted on August 13th

Brian was in town a few days ago and we ended up at a local bookstore... of […]

Great blog/site on 'cool tools'

Posted on May 14th

I found this today, and I just couldn't stop reading through it. I would normally say I'm not really into tools, but I guess I am: […]

My kind of use for a webcam

Posted on March 26th

I was on the blog of Tim Aidlin, a design evangelist in our same group, and I saw a post today about using a webcam and live messenger to see his new baby while he is at work. […]

Amazon Unbox on Tivo...

Posted on March 12th

I like this idea... I'd like it more on a Media Center box, but I still like the idea […]

Interesting iPhone UI app/skin for a Windows Mobile device

Posted on March 7th

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SportsDo - GPS based activity tracking

Posted on February 5th

My previous post about the Nike+ system left me searching for a similar solution for non-iPod users... without a lot of luck, but Mark let me know about http://www.sportsdo.net, which is very cool. This site/software uses any GPS enabled Windows Mobile device to produce some useful info about y […]

Nike+ actually makes me consider an iPod

Posted on February 2nd

If you know me, or read my blog much, you'll probably gather that I've fully bought into the WMA/WMV world. I've always been a bit annoyed at the iPod model of things as well... I mean, seriously, you can only use iTunes with iPods and iPods with iTunes... talk about crazy... people need choice, who […]

Xbox 360 Wireless Headset video up

Posted on October 31st

As I mentioned before, I had a chance to chat with the PM for the Xbox 360 Wireless Headset and now that interview is up on on10.net. Remember, the headset is releasing just in time for Gears of War (November 7th). Coincidence? I think not! […]

Wireless Headset for the Xbox 360

Posted on October 25th

Jesse and I headed over to the Xbox buildings and interviewed Deb Louis about the new Xbox 360 Wireless Headset... video coming soon! In the meantime, here are some frame captures for your enjoyment :)   […]