I’ve spent a good hour today just ranting to a few people within Microsoft about all the little things that piss me off. Mostly to do with Windows Media Player, but in various Office apps like Outlook (still having the hanging problem), Word (Grandma still thinks PFS Write for DOS is easier to use), FrontPage (don’t get me started). Surprisingly, I don’t have many complaints about the product I’m a MVP for, Media Center, it’s not perfect but I have yet to find any particular bug or undeveloped feature to complain about. That’s a good thing! It won’t last though, trust me . Most likely my head will start heading into the avenues that MCE could take in terms of integrating the entire digital media experience, something I’ve become totally obsessed with.

Anyone that really knows me knows how I would give my entire life and future professional career (hint) to be able to have ALL my media in the Windows Media format and to have all that media perfectly organized complete with meta data. And BTW I definitely include photos when I talk about media. I know I’ve probably become so overzealous with this idea that it’s actually slowing me down in finishing up my site which is specifically designed to help others who have the same passion.

Anyway, I sincerely apologize if I’m actually rambling on irately and I definitely must apologize for taking so damn long with my new site. I’ve definitely had enough content now since late November/December. My original design was inescapably crap so I totally scratched the entire thing and started over.

One thing I realized though is that it’s better to have one loud voice complaining (for the most part) rationally rather than infinity plus one. I genuinely hope that even just one (okay maybe two or three ) of the things I’ve complained about in the Windows Media Player make it into WMP10. Not just for me, for every poor user that has to put up with “the thing that should not be”.

Tags: Friends, Ideas, Internet, Media, Microsoft, Music, Rants

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