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Future of my Add-ins

Traditionally most companies are fine with their employees making a buck on the side or donating their time or services just so long as doing so doesn't conflict of interest with the their day job either through causing ones work quality to go down or otherwise compete with the company. Microsoft...

Posted to I Hate Linux (Weblog) by Anonymous on 09-26-2008
Power Pack 1 and Tab Manager

With the recent public release the Release Candidate of Windows Home Server Power Pack 1 it is imperative that any users of Tab Manager take special care when upgrading to avoid being incessantly nagged . Problem Due to changes in the way the Console in Power Pack 1 loads tabs and the way I hid tabs...

Posted to I Hate Linux (Weblog) by Anonymous on 06-09-2008
Multiple-Voices

What's worse than hearing multiple voices in your head? Trying to speak with multiple voices. The time has come to split my blogging as I now find myself having two separate voices... Brendan Grant, Software Development Engineer on the Windows Home Server team at Microsoft... and Brendan Grant who...

Posted to I Hate Linux (Weblog) by Anonymous on 06-09-2008
One Month In

This morning I realized that one month ago yesterday (3/24) I arrived bright and early to building 43 on the Microsoft campus to begin NEO ( New Employee Orientation ) and to begin my career with Microsoft. What a month it's been. While all of the 24th and a good chunk of the 25th were spent in NEO...

Posted to I Hate Linux (Weblog) by Anonymous on 04-25-2008
Mr. Grant Goes to Washington (state)

... or Borg.Assimilate(Me) ... or Brendan.Drink(Drink.KoolAid); ... or Brendan.Soul.Sell(Microsoft) ... or Brendan.Employer.Name = "Microsoft"; At last the background checks are complete and now all that remains is the move and my first day... On March 24th I will be joining the Windows Home...

Posted to I Hate Linux (Weblog) by Anonymous on 02-22-2008
Proof of concept add-in: Media Connect Controller

While the Home Server Console exposes the ability to share ones built in Videos, Music and Pictures shares using Windows Media Connect (WMC) (Microsoft's implementation of the Universal Plug and Play Audio and Video standards )... the Home Server UI falls flat if one wants to share digital content...

Posted to I Hate Linux (Weblog) by Anonymous on 02-10-2008
New Home Server Add-in: Tab Manager

In yet another attempt to make the Home Server Console a little more manageable with regards to multiple tabs, Tab Manager allows a user to bypass the normal Home Server Add-in loading mechanism and display whatever tabs they want inside of another tab. Say what? Rather than having a cluttered tab tool...

Posted to I Hate Linux (Weblog) by Anonymous on 01-23-2008
Coming Soon: Tab Management

Last month I mentioned a proof of concept add-in I was working on to change the way a user looks at some of the tabs in the Home Server Console. I'm pleased to say that this add-in still proceeds (granted fairly slowly over the last month) and with any luck will be available in an early form before...

Posted to I Hate Linux (Weblog) by Anonymous on 01-16-2008
Amazing New Add-in: Disk Management

After first seeing the announcement of Sam Wood's new Disk Management add-in I cursed at being beaten out of the door with a tool to help a user figure out which drive is which in their Home Server Console as my attempt kept getting pushed back due to other priorities. Then I used it... and was thrilled...

Posted to I Hate Linux (Weblog) by Anonymous on 01-15-2008
WHS Idea: Silverlight Uploader

After the announcement of Power Pack 1, on10 posted an interview yesterday with Windows Home Server Product Planning Manager Todd Headrick discussing it and it's relation to overall Home Server development (ie it sounds like PP1 will be alone for the time being and focus will move to the next major...

Posted to I Hate Linux (Weblog) by Anonymous on 01-08-2008

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