Hardcore Software by Steven Sinofsky (Audio Edition)

Steven Sinofsky

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Personal stories and lessons from inside the rise and fall of the PC revolution as narrated by the author. Sinofsky joined Microsoft in 1989 as a software design engineer on C++. Over the next 23 years he worked across many major products and teams including C++ and Visual C++, Office for six major releases ending as SVP of Office, Windows 7 and Windows 8, as well as most major internet services as President of Windows. hardcoresoftware.learningbyshipping.com

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Episodes (109)

058. Synergy

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057. Enterprise Agreements [Ch. IX]

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Dec 5, 202121:41pending

056. Going Global . . . Mother Tree

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Nov 21, 202122:31pending

055. Office 2000 is Good to Go!

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Nov 14, 202115:54pending

054. Steve and Steven Get New Jobs

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Nov 7, 202116:42pending

053. Strategy Tax: Outlook Storage, First Attempt

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Oct 31, 202124:33pending

052. Alleviating Bloatware, First Attempt

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Oct 24, 202119:44pending

051. HTML: Opportunity, Disruption, or Wedge

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Oct 17, 202125:55pending

050. The Team's Plan in the Face of Disruption

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Oct 10, 202123:29pending

049. Go Get This Rock

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Oct 3, 202132:24pending

048. Pizza for 20 Million People

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Sep 26, 202128:43pending

047. Don’t Ship the Org Chart

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Sep 19, 202125:35pending

046. Prioritizing a New Type of Customer [Ch. VIII]

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Sep 12, 202118:15pending

045. Incompatible Files, Slipping, Office 97 RTM

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Sep 5, 202125:32pending

044. Our First Big M&A Deal (Beating Netscape)

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Aug 29, 202123:15pending

043. DIM Outlook

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Aug 22, 202126:00pending

042. Clippy, The F*cking Clown

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Aug 15, 202130:17pending

041. Scaling the Office Infrastructure and Platform

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Aug 8, 202131:34pending

040. Creating the First Real Office [Ch. VII]

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Aug 1, 202120:13pending

039. Start Me Up

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Jul 25, 202113:07pending

038. Designed for Windows 95

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Jul 23, 202110:03pending

037. Capone and Email Without Typos

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Jul 18, 202117:51pending

036. Fancy Wizard and Red Squiggles

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Jul 11, 202122:28pending

035. Windows 95, August or Bust [Ch. VI]

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Jul 1, 202121:15pending

034. Office94, Office96

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Jun 25, 202116:44pending

033. Creating the Office Product Unit, OPU

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Jun 20, 202119:53pending

032. Winning With the Suite

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Jun 14, 202121:12pending

031. Synchronizing Windows and Office (the First Time) [Ch. V]

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Jun 7, 202119:14pending

030. My Performance Review (and an Expense Report)

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Jun 3, 20219:38pending

029. Telling the Untold Story

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May 30, 202127:56pending

028. Pivotal Offsite

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May 25, 202113:20pending

027. Internet Evangelist

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May 23, 202115:45pending

026. Blue Suede Pumas

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May 16, 202116:37pending

025. Trapped

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May 12, 202118:57pending

024. Discovering “Cornell is WIRED!” [Ch. IV]

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May 9, 202110:39pending

023. ThinkWeeks

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May 2, 202121:24pending

022. Injecting New Ideas and IQ: The Information Superhighway

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Apr 27, 202119:04pending

021. Expanding Breadth versus Coherency: The EMS Project

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Apr 23, 202124:58pending

020. Innovation versus Shipping: The Cairo Project

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Apr 19, 202124:04pending

019. BillG the Manager

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Apr 15, 202121:01pending

018. Microsoft’s Two Bountiful Gardens

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Apr 11, 202122:29pending

017. Eyes On Competition, Architecture, and Whitespace

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Apr 5, 202114:00pending

016. Filling the Void Left by IBM

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Mar 29, 202117:43pending

015. Every Group Is Screwed Up

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Mar 23, 20217:58pending

014. Executing on the Expansive Vision of Bill Gates [Ch. III]

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Mar 20, 202111:06pending

013. End of the Beginning

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Mar 14, 202114:45pending

012. I Shipped, Therefore I Am

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Mar 12, 202128:39pending

011. A Strategy for the '90s: Windows

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Mar 7, 202128:29pending

010. Our BillG Review

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Feb 28, 202118:11pending

009. Password is 'NeXTStep'

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Feb 24, 202119:23pending