OneCast

OneCast 009 - Deborah Hanson: OneNote's Building Move & Team Space

Deborah Hanson, Executive Assistant to Eran Megiddo for the OneNote, EDU and Wunderlist teams, gives a behind the scenes look at the building move process, discusses impacts of team space on the org so far, and a look at ahead at what's to come. Shownotes History of Deborah - 1:15 How Deborah came to Microsoft - 2:36 Difference between Business Admin (BA) and Executive Assistant (EA) - 7:09 How the move to team space came about - 8:58 Hunt for a new building: the saga - 10:56 Building 6 is found, now what? - 17:58 What's feedback been on team space so far? - 20:52 OneNote Picnic 2016 is coming! - 30:32 Headphone program - 31:36 Building improvements still to come - 33:38

OneCast 008 - Chris Pratley: OneNote's Origin Story

Chris Pratley, founder of OneNote, tells the origin story for the product, what it was like launching OneNote v1, early design principles, the history of sync and ink, and what he's up to now after 22 years in Office as he leads Evoke Studio in Windows. Shownotes OneNote's origin story - 0:51 Chris writes Scribbler vision document - 5:40 Scribbler team is formed (thanks Word!) - 8:47 Chris' dirty secret on competitors - 14:42 OneNote's original product principles - 15:47 What OneNote v1 got the ...

OneCast 007 - Itai Almog: Sticky Notes past, present and future

Itai Almog tells the origin story of Sticky Notes coming to OneNote, why we're investing in short-form notes, what v1 looks like, how the Sticky Notes team is unique, and what the Sticky Notes future looks like. Shownotes History of Itai - 0:58 Sticky Notes origin story - 3:47 How many people use the current Sticky Notes? - 5:39 How Sticky Notes came to OneNote - 7:02 Why are we investing in the short-form note space? - 11:39 How much is Windows involved in Sticky Notes? - 17:13 What Sticky Note...

OneCast 006 - Eran Megiddo: FY16 review, FY17 preview, LinkedIn acquisition

Eran Megiddo, OneNote, Wunderlist and EDU's Corporate Vice President, gives a review of FY16, a preview of FY17, talks the importance of summer for EDU, and what opportunities exist with the recent LinkedIn acquisition. Shownotes Intro of Eran - 1:34 Eran's first software sale at age 12 to a Dutch TV station - 2:25 Dropping out of university and joining military intelligence - 4:00 Was Eran a spy? - 5:44 Eran founds his first startup - 6:50 Starting the 2nd startup - 9:13 Microsoft acquires Eran...

OneCast 005 - Ron Mondri: Whiteboard, large screens, and Computex 2016

Ron Mondri talks OneNote's whiteboard plans and strategy, designing for large screens, and impressions from his recent visit to the largest IT tradeshow in Asia, Computex. Shownotes Ron's backstory - 1:08 Computex impressions - 4:40 Observations on the conference Learnings for whiteboard - 9:59 What is whiteboard and who is it for? - 11:49 Surface Hub vs. Whiteboard - 14:14 Strategy for large screens - 16:40 The whiteboard challenge - 18:07 The opportunity for OneNote - 24:17 Smart board compet...