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“Instant photo” border treatment
In case you’re wondering what the “instant photo” border treatment feature is, here’s an example. It plays nice with the Crop and Tilt features. No, you cannot currently provide a caption to be...
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Tags, Writer, and WordPress
Ever since WordPress 2.3 hit the scene, adding native tagging support, there’s been some (understandable) confusion as to whether Windows Live Writer supports tags, and how it relates to WP native...
View ArticleWindows Live Writer 2009, officially official
Windows Live Writer 2009 went final last week during CES. (It’s actually the same bits as the RC [14.0.8050.1202] since no show stopping bugs were found since then.) If you’re still on an older build...
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Using alternative URL shorteners with Twitter Notify plugin
Hopefully, folks who use both Windows Live Writer and Twitter know about the Twitter Notify plugin we released in December. Out of the box, it uses the venerable (but still awesome) TinyURL service to...
View ArticleWindows Live Writer 2009 won’t start?
Update Feb 13 2009: The updated version of Writer that fixes this problem is now available. You can upgrade to version 14.0.8064.206 from our usual download page. Ack. We’ve had a few users report that...
View ArticleLife as a Lead at Microsoft
Last September, our Development Lead and all-around great guy Charles left the Windows Live Writer team for the greener pastures of venture capitalism. (In Microsoft parlance, Development Leads manage...
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Moving On
For the last three and a half years, it’s been my distinct pleasure to be part of the Windows Live Writer team. It’s been deeply satisfying to help ship this simple yet sophisticated program that has...
View ArticleElegant code splitting with GWT
Update February 17, 2010: I forgot to mention that if you need FIFO guarantees today and don’t mind losing some of the conciseness, Jarrod Carlson has a nice solution posted here. I plan on stealing...
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Introducing RStudio
It’s been an exciting week for me! On Monday, we finally took the wraps off the product that I’ve been working on since leaving Microsoft 18 months ago. First, a little background: There’s a...
View ArticleUsing Panic Prompt with EC2
Update (May 1, 2012): According to commenter Ethan Cane, these steps are no longer necessary. You should be able to directly transfer your .pem file to Panic Prompt using iTunes File Sharing. The below...
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