The Old New Thing

The Old New Thing

The Old New Thing

On the bogosity of speculation: Guessing the price of the original Surface

On the bogosity of speculation: Guessing the price of the original Surface

Raymond Chen April 2, 2019 Apr 2, 2019 04/2/19

It appears that Windows 8 followed the teaser model: Show people a glimpse of the future, and then don't mention it again until you have another big announcement. It happened in June 2011, when a brief demo of Windows 8 was made at the D9 conference, and then... nothing until //build/. And it happened again in June 2012 with the ...

Oh no, it’s inspection time again

Oh no, it’s inspection time again

Raymond Chen April 1, 2019 Apr 1, 2019 04/1/19

I recreate below a memo attached to the office doors of some occupants of the Microsoft RedWest campus fourteen years ago today. From: Reel Estate & Faculties Executive NotificationsSent: Friday, April 1, 2005To: People in REDW-A; People in REDW-B; People in REDW-C; People in REDW-D; People in REDW-ESubject: BUILDING NOTICE: RedWest ...