LiveSide - Interview blog

January 2006 - Posts

• Talking With Torres

  I sat down with Mike Torres, Lead Program Manager for MSN Spaces to talk about the recent Spaces 10.5 release. Here's some key points in the interview: 0:00 Introduction 1:21 History of Spaces 3:15 Why the delay? 6:50 What's your favorite new feature? 8:07 User Submitted Features 9:18 Live Contacts 12:00 Spaces Meets Xbox Live 14:39 When are you going to be Windows Live Spaces??? 17:47 Bringing Gadgets to Spaces 19:00 Where do you want Spaces to go? Running Time: 20 Minutes and 37 Seconds Filesize: 9.44 MB We're always looking for what content you guys want, so if you're interested in a particular area or hearing from a particular person in one of our future interviews, please leave a comment here and let us know! Download the Interview Podcast Feed Subscribe in iTunes   Posted Jan 30 2006, 09:47 PM by Harrison Hoffman with no comments Filed under: Windows Live, LiveSide, Spaces, Microsoft Gadgets, Contacts

• Interview with Phil Holden, Director of Windows Live

  This is a short interview I did with Phil talking about Windows Live and where it is heading in the next year. Summary: 0.00 Introduction 0.56 Windows Live announcement and progress through 2006 2.49 Windows Live Sessions aims 4.50 Windows Live vs MSN 6.12 Microsoft's new approach to Windows Live, especially in regards to betas 7.36 Development of products through beta 9.02 The role of ideas.live.com 10.36 Parental control in Windows Live 11.19 What makes Windows Live worth switching to for Google and Yahoo users 13.21 Fremont going global 14.06 End Filesize: 6.46MB All being well this will be the first of several interviews with Phil, with later interviews focusing on upcoming products and services as well as discussing how the Windows Live rollout is progressing. Your feedback will be greatly welcome, either in the comments or via email :-) Download Interview Podcast Feed Update: I forgot to link Phil's blog, sorry Phil! Link   Posted Jan 30 2006, 01:30 PM by Chris with 2 comment(s) Filed under: Windows Live, LiveSide, Expo, Sessions, MSN