Angus Logan is the Senior Technical Product Manager for Windows Live Platform, a title he only dusts off occasionally. Usually he's too busy building out content for Windows Live Quick Apps, or creating cool tools like the Messenger IM control, or working with Chris Keating from Windows Live Gallery to build a gadget to add that IM control to Spaces.
We met up with Angus in a conference room in Red West A, where we talked about Windows Live Platform, complete with whiteboarding:
Angus talks about the 5 categories, or buckets, included in the Windows Live Platform, along with the Terms of Use:
- Rich Media (Silverlight, Silverlight Streaming by Windows Live)
- Storage and Sharing
- Communicating and Staying Connected
- Finding and Locating (Search, Virtual Earth)
- Identity / Authentication
We talked about those five categories, took a high level look at the Windows Live Platform, talked about where the platform is and where it's going, and spent some time talking about what's coming up, including CES and Mix08.
| Introducing Angus Logan |
00:00 |
| A higher level look at Windows Live Platform |
00:51 |
| Some possible uses for the IM control; more consumer tools coming |
03:25 |
| The 5 categories of Windows Live Platform services |
04:31 |
| Terms of use |
09:36 |
| What's been announced, and what to look for |
11:40 |
| Platform focused on web developers, for now |
15:17 |
| "A large social network" gets some new stuff around December |
17:02 |
| The Windows Live Team at Mix08 |
17:39 |
| On releasing tools as soon as possible |
19:06 |
| 3rd party participation with the Windows Live Platform |
20:22 |
| On Quick Apps; lots more to come |
24:06 |
Our interview with Angus Logan (mp3 12mb approx 25 minutes) (we'll be adding the Silverlight streaming back in shortly, once we tweak a couple of things)