SECTOR: PUBLIC

Chris Niehaus (Washington, DC) — It’s not quite the technology from Minority Report, but in some ways it’s even better (no gloves!): Microsoft recently launched a new entertainment product named Kinect for the popular Xbox 360 gaming platform. The launch involved the usual amount of fanfare you might expect, including a massive Times Square event ... Read more »

Mark Drapeau (Washington, DC) - Coming into my new role at Microsoft, I took on the task of reading more widely about business, communications, and other topics. I was very influenced by the new book Chief Culture Officer, written by Grant McCracken of MIT. It’s not about pop culture, and not about “cool hunting,” but rather ... Read more »

Mike Strand (Seattle, WA) — Nowadays, it seems like just about every kind of organization is hopping on the Web 2.0 bandwagon. Sure, it’s one thing for a retail store to put its Facebook fan page on their windows, but at a recent business conference, I saw a sign for the convention center’s official Twitter ... Read more »

Mark Drapeau (Washington, DC) - I recently read the new business book by Seth Godin, Linchpin: Are you indispensible? which is a must-have for anyone’s bookshelf. Anyone who wants to be employed and successful, that is. (Sound like you? Thought so.) The major premise of the book is that there are no more great jobs that ... Read more »

Lewis Shepherd (Reston, VA) - A lot of people don’t realize that Microsoft spends billions of dollars a year on research and development, with laboratories near Seattle, Boston, and around the world. Most of the time, the researchers are huddled together and working hard in private, but every once in a while they come out to ... Read more »

This is the second in a series of interviews for a series we’re calling Geek 2 Chic, which is a personal style, a social movement, and a new event series all in one. The first Geek 2 Chic fashion show is powered by Microsoft and will take place at Bloomingdales in Chevy Chase, MD on ... Read more »