I work on the Windows engineering team at Microsoft and help with feedback for Start menu, Settings, taskbar, input + more

Seattle, WA
I'm the life of parties
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My brain refuses to believe there are 4 people in this photo
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Kids of the future won't understand the struggle
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β€œDo you want to hop on a quick call about this?” N γ€€ O γ€€γ€€γ€€ O γ€€γ€€γ€€γ€€ o γ€€γ€€γ€€γ€€γ€€o γ€€γ€€γ€€γ€€γ€€ o γ€€γ€€γ€€γ€€γ€€o γ€€γ€€γ€€γ€€ 。 γ€€γ€€γ€€ 。 γ€€γ€€γ€€. γ€€γ€€γ€€. γ€€γ€€γ€€ .
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"Did you get that thing done I asked you for?"
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I've never been more invested in a random internet cat succeeding
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Loading bars explained:

ALT Two loading bars loading at the same time - on top is a normal 2D rectangle stuttering as the loading progresses. On the bottom, that same loading bar is now in 3d and it's apparent that that loading bar is actually more like a squiggle, and every stutter is the loading bar walking through the curve behind the scenes that was not visible in 2D

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A senior developer, walking a junior developer through the legacy code base "One day, this will all be yours" nitter.app/____B_S____/status/157…
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Replying to @FathomFloof
I just can't unsee it
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This lives in my head rent free
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Has a video game ever made you cry?
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Formula 1 chief appalled to find team using Excel to manage 20,000 car parts trib.al/xAQdzQH
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How can I resist a joke about this?
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It finally happened 😱
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You are a strong, independent cat. You've got this
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>> What do we want? Natural language processing! >> When do we want it? When do we want what?
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Physics: Exists Cats:
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I feel old now
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A programmer had a problem. He thought β€” "I know, I'll use async!" has problems Now . two he
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Explaining legacy code to new employees
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don't touch that, it's my emotional support box of obsolete cables
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Hey - mind if I crash on your couch for a bit?
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Website: we use cookies to improve our performance Me: Same
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Posting for no particular reason, but if you're looking for a modern version of Bliss, Microsoft Design made one: wallpapers.microsoft.design/
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Replying to @ask_aubry
Ah yes *looks at notes*, infidelity, clearly the only reason someone might want to track that time of the month
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Personal news - I got married πŸ₯‚
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Hi, my name's Jen, and my main use for Notepad is removing formatting from text
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I am a: βšͺ️ man βšͺ️ woman πŸ”˜ person that works in tech Looking for: βšͺ️ a good time βšͺ️ a long walk on the beach πŸ”˜ the bug in a screenshot someone shared with me with no other context
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Little thing in Win 11 22H2 - you can now change the volume by scrolling a mouse wheel on the volume icon

ALT A gif showing just that. The gif was taking on my Dev Channel PC, so shows the watermark with the latest Dev Channel build number, but that's just because it's the PC I had handy

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Time to reset the counter
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Only Fans
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I was there, Gandalf. I was there 3000 years ago
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I made a comment on Reddit about how the colour filters feature in Windows can help out if you're colourblind, and all afternoon people have been reaching out to me with replies like this <3
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Here, let me just "whip up a PDF editor". lol.
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Replying to @LegendaryCaps
I will never be able to unsee this
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Every. Time.
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Legacy code be like
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Is this (gestures at picture) how you partition a drive?
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Did you know that if you hold CTRL it will pause Task Manager updating, which means the process names don't move around and are easier to select when you're sorted by resource usage? πŸ‘€ Works in both Windows 10 & 11
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I suddenly feel very old
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Child, I remember using dos
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I got promoted!
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Mood
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Do British websites use biscuits?
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One of the guys I work with left Microsoft on Friday, and his parting gift was to send off a PR to fix something that had been bothering him for a year in another's team's code
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When confronted with a coding problem, one programmer thought, 'I know, I'll use threads' - and then two he hd aerpoblms
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"Did you finish that thing yesterday?"
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Cannot unsee
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I got a promotion 😊
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Time to reset the counter
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Why is my brain like this?
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I'm so happy there's finally an end task option when right clicking apps in the taskbar
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Well this *was* USB C. Now it's USC Cβ™­
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πŸ˜‚
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If pokemon was written by programmers charmander would evolve into stringmander
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I am a: βšͺ️ man βšͺ️ woman πŸ”˜ person who works in software Looking for: βšͺ️ a good time βšͺ️ a long walk on the beach πŸ”˜ the bug in this screenshot someone shared with me with no context other than the words fix this
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Finally a monitor big enough to show java stack traces without wrapping
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Don't forget to tip your servers
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async await async await async await async await in the function, the mighty function, the child thread sleeps tonight 🎡
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Have you ever spent more than 100 hrs playing a single video game? πŸ‘€
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Stealth level: Expert
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Soooooooooo yeah. I've been working on #Windows11. Hope you like it 😊
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If you hold CTRL, then it will pause Task Manager so the processes don't move around when you're sorted by resource usage
what’s a windows trick you learned way too late?
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Replying to @axxx_le @brvxno
Yes - just right click the taskbar. Under News and Interests, you can choose whether you'd like to disable just the hover effect, or turn off the whole thing
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I could watch this all day
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Time to reset the counter
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This basically sums up the 90s
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Today's wallpaper:
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RT if you too have a box like this in your house
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Replying to @buitengebieden
I'll bet this picture is pretty familiar too
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Okay - this is unbelievably cool. Try interacting with the page using mouse or touch --> paveldogreat.github.io/WebGL… @PavelDoGreat
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My new mask arrived ✨
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As of today I've now worked for Microsoft for 14 years πŸ₯‚
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Hi! My name's Jen, and I have a thing for keyboard shortcuts nitter.app/i/events/7903125943891…
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When trying to solve a coding problem, one programmer thought, "I'll use threads!" - and then two hd he arpoblmes
Sat down with another engineer today to diagnose and fix a race condition. Multi-threaded code was a mistake.
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Sitting at the doctor's Staring at their computer Trying to identify what version of Windows they're running
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The sequel kept me on my toes the whole time - what's next to go in this thrilling saga? No file is sacred
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"I'm cancelling today's meeting"
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Happy mother's day to all those motherboards out there
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First day back after the holidays
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This fridge looks like when you open a fridge in a video game
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Did anyone else used to do this?
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It's the latest in graphics cats
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Today is my 15 year anniversary at Microsoft 😊
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Choosing a variable name
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I want this so much more than I should
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Is it time to reset the counter?
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