Entries tagged 'channel-9'
Pranking Softies: The Faces of Microsoft campaign
Our Channel 9 team is at it again ... this time convincing fellow 'Softies that they are participating in a photo shoot for a new Microsoft campaign called The Faces of Microsoft. (Sounds like a recruiting campaign, huh?) Yes, we do photo shoots around here, but we promise it's nothing like this! Although this does give us some ideas ... Hmm.How far will these 'Softies go? Check out the video.
Commute be gone: Connecting employees to campus
Tired of your commute? We think life's too short to arrive at work already stressed-out.
Watch Channel 9's Clint Rutkas as he explores the various ways we support employees to get to and from (and around) campus with "The Connector" private, Wi-Fi-enabled busses, shuttles, hybrid on-campus vehicles, carpools, vanpools, free regional transportation passes and more.
Go behind the scenes at Xbox
Ever wonder what it's like to work for Xbox? C'mon, everybody has… haven't they?
Just before Kinect launched late last year, Tina from Channel9 teamed up with Xbox's Larry Hryb (AKA Major Nelson) to get the inside scoop on the day-to-day behind the global phenomenon that is Xbox.Check out our video tour of where Xbox employees work, eat, play Kinect (and bocce ball), create the future of gaming, and, of course, mingle with life-sized elephant sculptures.
Tour Microsoft’s campus dining
Did you know—just at our Redmond campus—we have 33 cafes, 37 espresso kiosks, and 500 kitchenettes stocked with 35 different kinds of free beverages?Tina over at Channel9 sat down with Mark Freeman of Microsoft Dining to give us a behind the scenes tour of Microsoft’s on-campus cafes and restaurants, including the Commons. In addition to serving 35,000 meals a day (wow!), Microsoft Dining also does a great job providing local food and brand options to employees and operating a “3 star green” service—the only corporate campus in the world that holds that distinction.
Microsoft - how it all began
As they say: if you want to understand the present, you've gotta learn about the past. Check out this Channel 9 video about Microsoft in 1975 - the year it all began. It's pretty crazy to see how today's cutting-edge technology is built on the vision of a few plucky entrepreneurs who scratched out a combined grand total of just $16,005 their first year.