Two weeks ago I wrote about why I have not been blogging this year. Answer? I have been busy.
One of the things I have been busy with is finally over. A beta release of Messenger for Mac.
A year and a half ago, I left Amazon to work for Microsoft on Mac software. My project since then has been Messenger for Mac.
Messenger for Mac (or MM) provides real-time communications (like IM chat and video calls) and presence information for Windows Live users (ie normal consumers like you and me) as well as for enterprise customers using Office Communicator Server.
This is my first product release at Microsoft as well as my first corporate blog post and thus a big deal for me personally. (When you are in the software business, any time you actually ship something is a big deal.)
Releasing the beta does not mean that things have slowed down at work or that I am off relaxing on vacation. The real accomplishment will be our next full release for Mac Office 2011 and we are still working hard on that but I wanted to at least mark the moment of the beta release.
With the iPad release coming up this week and Valve's announcement of Steam for the Mac, there is a lot of news to discuss. Hopefully I will find a few minutes to turn some of my recent discussions into posts. 2010 is turning into an exciting year.
