Hoop has excellent taste in music
I first met Zune developer Hoop Somuah last summer, after a colleague on the Zune team suggested that he might make a good profile for the ViewMyWorld website. We covered all sorts of topics in his profile, including the ways that the small team felt like a start-up, and the ruffled feathered from a coding retreat that some regarded as a coup. More than six months (and a Zune release) later, I thought I’d catch up with Hoop again to see how things were going.
Hey, Hoop. So, what’s changed since we spoke last summer?
Last year was all about building the base for the Zune service. This year, we’re working on building cool stuff on top of that infrastructure. Last year we were much more hard pressed for schedule, trying to make the release date for Zune 2.0.
Summer and early fall of 2007 I worked harder than I have ever worked in my life — harder than college, even harder than when I had two jobs simultaneously.
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Think you can always tell the difference between designers and devs? THINK AGAIN!
He’s a legend among Microsofties: the dude on the Segway wearing a glittering gold helmet. I’ve been stalking him for months, collecting sighting reports from breathless ‘Softies who’ve seen him at Target, seen him on 40th, seen him in elevators! And finally FINALLY, I tracked him down. Meet Stephan, aka The Golden Helmet.
A top speed of 12.5 mph!
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I’ve always wondered. And now the truth comes out!
Video: Israeli foodI grabbed this from Declan’s awesome blog all about International MSFT tech jobs:
So what do software engineers eat in Israel?
So for a bit of Friday fun check out Lisa, one of our SDEs in Israel, telling us a little about free food and in particular”diet” food that they all eat in the Haifa break room… :)
Katya Sedova (SDET Lead for IE) and Scott Rowley (SDE II for Live Meeting)
Katya Sedova (SDET Lead for IE) and Scott Rowley (SDE II for Live Meeting) compete at the USA Dance: Seattle Chapter’s “Quest for the Best” Competition on October 21, 2006 in Seattle. They placed 2nd in PreChamp and 5th in the Open Competition. Both dancers perform with several other Microsofties on the Ballroom Dance Performance Team.
