John Martin's Blog

Top 3 Reasons Your Next Job Should Be With Microsoft TechNet

John Martin — Sat, 26 Sep 2009 21:18:25 GMT

1. You'll be really close to your customers – lots of them. TechNet is Microsoft’s global website for IT professionals, registering almost 20 million unique users every month. Web analytics and online feedback systems give you real-time customer insights....(read more)

Online video with ratings and comments? No way!

John Martin — Fri, 04 Sep 2009 23:49:47 GMT

Video is a big deal for us at MSDN and TechNet, and this week we piloted a new video experience on MSDN Visual Basic Developer Center. The video itself is pretty much the same, but we’ve added some important features like Rating (5-star model) and Comments...(read more)

Now Live: Script Gallery on TechNet

John Martin — Fri, 14 Aug 2009 21:49:10 GMT

I know its been a long time since I posted, but I’ve really got something worth talking about. Yesterday we launched TechNet’s first gallery application on the TechNet Script Center . From the Script Center homepage, click on the Scripts tab: The new...(read more)

Secret TechNet Tips & Tricks

John Martin — Thu, 14 May 2009 20:23:21 GMT

This week at TechEd , I had the chance to sit in on a roundtable discussion with 5-6 IT manager-types, including several Microsoft MVPs. Throughout the course of the discussion, which included some questions like “what’s one thing you wish Microsoft would...(read more)

Do those guys at TechNet even know there is an event going on?

John Martin — Mon, 11 May 2009 23:42:25 GMT

Hi everyone! Its been a long time since I last blogged – embarrassing to be any more specific about how long – but I’m back at it again. Several month ago, I took on a new role at Microsoft: Director of TechNet . In the past, I have had several functional...(read more)

New MSDN Home Page - Better?

John Martin — Mon, 24 Nov 2008 23:51:54 GMT

Last week, the MSDN Team updated the MSDN home page hoping to make it more valuable and easier to use. We made tons of little changes and few bigger ones like: More better bloggers in the featured section (and an all new Featured Bloggers page) Downloads...(read more)

Curious About Certification? Register for a Certification 101 Live Meeting

John Martin — Wed, 12 Nov 2008 21:39:37 GMT

Not sure if technical certification is right for you? Think it is the right thing, but not sure where to start? Next Tuesday, November 18, Microsoft Learning will be hosting a 60-minute Live Meeting to help you answer questions like these… What can a...(read more)

New Silverlight 2 App Visualizes Social Bookmarking on MSDN and TechNet

John Martin — Mon, 10 Nov 2008 22:55:00 GMT

Ever wonder what people are actually bookmarking using MSDN and TechNet Social ? Check out the Ticker and find out! With the Ticker, you can quickly see what’s being bookmarked by the technical community right now, today, yesterday, or over the past week....(read more)

Ramp Up Your Developer Skills for SharePoint

John Martin — Sat, 08 Nov 2008 01:30:00 GMT

Ramp Up is a free learning program from Microsoft that provides community-driven learning paths or “routes” for building your skills with Microsoft developer tools and technologies. Ramp Up routes are authored by experts from the technical community,...(read more)

New “Oslo” Resources Now on MSDN

John Martin — Wed, 29 Oct 2008 23:16:39 GMT

"Oslo" is the code name for Microsoft’s platform for model-driven applications. The goal of Oslo is to provide a 10x productivity gain by making model-driven applications mainstream with domain-specific models, a new language, and tools. To...(read more)

New Windows 7 Developer Guide Featured on MSDN

John Martin — Wed, 29 Oct 2008 16:01:59 GMT

In support of the pre-beta version provided today at PDC2008 , the MSDN team has updated the Windows developer center on MSDN to include new Windows 7 resources. Featured content this week includes the new Windows 7 Developer Guide , which can...(read more)

MSDN Launches New Developer Center for Azure Platform Services

John Martin — Tue, 28 Oct 2008 20:45:03 GMT

In coordination with the announcements this week at PDC2008 , MSDN has launched a new developer center for Azure Platform Services . This new center is THE go-to MSDN site for cloud-computing, including resources for SQL Data Services, Live Services,...(read more)

Live from PDC2008 - MSDN and CodePlex!

John Martin — Mon, 27 Oct 2008 20:53:36 GMT

This year’s Professional Developer Conference – PDC2008 - is kicking off today in Los Angeles, and is shaping up to be one of the most significant developer events from Microsoft in a long time. In addition to major technology announcements around...(read more)

Top 5 Resources Used on TechNet and Other Interesting TechNet Factoids

John Martin — Sat, 25 Oct 2008 02:00:59 GMT

Every quarter or so, we’re going to start providing the MSDN and TechNet communities with some insights about activity on the global websites. Yesterday, I posted on MSDN – today is TechNet. As a member of the TechNet community, I hope you find this interesting....(read more)

Top 5 Reasons Why People Use MSDN and Other Fun MSDN Factoids

John Martin — Fri, 24 Oct 2008 00:05:35 GMT

Part of running a global network of websites is looking at numbers – lots of numbers. Recently, we had a look at metrics from MSDN and TechNet from July to September. Here are some highlights on MSDN. Next post will be TechNet. As a member of the MSDN...(read more)