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One of the most surprising aspects about my summer internship was dispensing with the preconceived notions of how working for Microsoft would be. Three months ago, I expected a rigid schedule of long hours, little play, and less flexibility. As it turns out, working on the MSN Mobile team has pleasantly surprised me in many ways. Quickly, I realized that my environment was less about an inflexible work schedule, and more about the quality of your work. Also, I was surprised by the projects. In previous internships there was a clear delineation between the full timers' projects and the interns' projects. At Microsoft, that line is blurred, if not nonexistent. Besides being given real work, I had opportunity to pitch ideas and work on them. As I am prone to brainstorming, I enjoyed being given the ability to work on various passion projects and think my best work is evident in them. Perhaps the best part about being an intern on the MSN Mobile team is not feeling like an intern at all. ...
836 days ago
Sometimes my patience for technology advancement is worn thin and just when I think that we’ll never get there in my lifetime, I’m pleasantly surprised and my hope for more is restored. The hype before iPhone hit the shelves was red-carpet marketing at its best and since its release, the device has pretty-much delivered. I’ve had the opportunity to play around with it and the feature that stuck out for me was in web browsing. Browsing on your mobile is a challenge because devices aren’t all that sophisticated, the access speed is still very slow, there’s not a common platform like you’d see for the PC, and yet the expectations are often just that – for the mobile web experience to be like the PC. So when you see a small format screen with crisp, clear text and images, easy navigation and access to familiar content I felt mobile technology is finally getting somewhere. In the mobile space I know we still have a long way to go, both in terms of device features, information and ...
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