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• LiveSide returns - sorry about that

  We've been down for the last 20 hours or so - some kind of a hardware problem with our dedicated server - fixed now. And yes we paid the bills ;) Some interesting stuff around the interwebs about Ray Ozzie, Mesh, Yahoo!, spam, and more - but we've... Posted Mar 10 2008, 11:25 PM by Kip Kniskern with | with no comments Filed under: LiveSide

• LiveSide news: New poster Sunshine, expanded Yahoo! news, more

  Our newest poster, Sunshine, from the Netherlands, has recently joined us to help out with all the news. She has started a series of comparisons between Windows Live and Yahoo! services, and has been generally helping out keeping up with the news of the... Posted Feb 16 2008, 07:25 PM by Kip Kniskern with | with 7 comment(s) Filed under: LiveSide

• Windows Live Messenger IM Control getting popular and put to good use!

  The use of Windows Live Messenger IM Control is getting more and more popular. Angus Logan just posted on his blog that the Dutch Microsoft ALM (Application Lifecycle Management) Team is putting it to good use. ALM describes methods to manage software... Posted Feb 08 2008, 05:01 PM by Sunshine with | with 1 comment(s) Filed under: LiveSide, Windows Live Messenger, Messenger Presence, IM Control, Windows Live IM Control

• LiveSide mobile quick update, and more web goodness

  Looks like the dns change has taken place, and you can now access LiveSide on your mobile device (using MoFuse , which takes our Feedburner rss feed and prepares it for your phone).  Now available at http://m.liveside.net And of course once Nick... Posted Feb 05 2008, 01:52 AM by Kip Kniskern with | with no comments Filed under: LiveSide

• Mobile LiveSide, attempted (beta)

  One thing Community Server (or Windows Live) decidedly does not provide is any kind of usable mobile solution.  Our pal Nick Brown set us up a mobile page, and it works for what it is, a quick look at the home page, but reading posts on LiveSide... Posted Feb 03 2008, 07:26 AM by Kip Kniskern with | with 1 comment(s) Filed under: LiveSide

• LiveSide Data Center Update notice: Down for maintenance

  Our service provider, 1and1.com , has notified us that we will be down for a few hours this coming Sunday evening/Monday morning: In preparation for moving your server to the new, state-of-the-art 1&1 Data Center, we will need to briefly shut down... Posted Dec 15 2007, 06:04 PM by Kip Kniskern with | with 2 comment(s) Filed under: LiveSide

• Windows Live on LiveSide: what we use

  As you may have noted, LiveSide recently added the Windows Live Translator tool ( tell us what you think ). We actually use quite a list of Windows Live products at LiveSide, some we've been using for quite a while. So here's our list, along with... Posted Nov 15 2007, 07:40 PM by Kip Kniskern with | with 11 comment(s) Filed under: LiveSide, Windows Live

• Windows Live Spaces takes aim at Facebook's News Feed

  Microsoft rolled out a killer feature that we haven't talked about yet in their last Windows Live Spaces update . They are calling it "Windows Live What's New" and it acts as a direct competitor to Facebook's News Feed . I am really... Posted Oct 12 2007, 10:14 PM by Harrison Hoffman with | with 16 comment(s) Filed under: LiveSide, Windows Live, Windows Live Spaces

• To our RSS readers, Thanks!

  Today, for the first time, we broke the 5k barrier on our little Feedburner counter: Now this may not seem like a big thing, but hey we're geeks, and we've been watching the numbers! We've been flirting with 5,000 for the past couple of weeks... Posted Sep 19 2007, 06:54 PM by Kip Kniskern with | with 1 comment(s) Filed under: LiveSide, RSS

• Sinofsky shows LiveSide some love

  It's a pretty well known fact that Steven Sinofsky , SVP for Windows and Windows Live, has set a precedent of being tight-lipped at Windows Live when it comes to talking to bloggers. Well, that's why we were pleasantly surprised when this picture... Posted Sep 08 2007, 09:43 AM by Harrison Hoffman with | with 5 comment(s) Filed under: LiveSide, stickers, Fun

• LiveSide Stickers: Sharing the Love

  I have really been having a lot of fun with this sticker giveaway thing, thanks everyone for participating, and remember you can send in a link to a picture and a note and we'll put it up on our map. A number of you requested more than just the 2... Posted Sep 08 2007, 06:41 AM by Kip Kniskern with | with 1 comment(s) Filed under: LiveSide, stickers

• A Silly Pledge for a Good Cause

  As you might expect, I read a lot of blogs, and the other night I just happened to come across an entry in Steve Kafka's blog on an unusual endeavor by some 'Softies in Mountain View. Apparently in the classic tradition of Microsoft pranks, the... Posted Aug 28 2007, 06:50 AM by Kip Kniskern with | with 4 comment(s) Filed under: LiveSide, Windows Live, Hotmail

• Stickers: A Windows Live Exercise

  Did you get your LiveSide stickers? Now it's time to get a picture on the map! Take our poll, and post a link to a picture of your LiveSide stickers, and we'll include them on the LiveSide Stickers Around the World map. Posted Aug 25 2007, 04:15 PM by Kip Kniskern with | with 16 comment(s) Filed under: LiveSide, Featured, stickers

• LiveSide Stickers quick update

  Just a quick note - I'll have more this weekend. The LiveSide Stickers are all on their way! Some rough and quick numbers: Total number of envelopes sent: just over 200 Total countries represented: 39 Postage: about $175 US Live Maps Collections pushpins... Posted Aug 24 2007, 07:37 AM by Kip Kniskern with | with 15 comment(s) Filed under: LiveSide, stickers

• LiveSide Stickers Giveaway

  OK so you guys rock. Thanks for all the help on getting LiveSide Wave 3.x going, and for all your input. We love feedback , we love tips , and we really appreciate all the comments and suggestions. Keep it up! One of our readers, Daniel Ordonez , even... Posted Aug 18 2007, 08:50 PM by Kip Kniskern with | with 19 comment(s) Filed under: LiveSide, stickers