Michael Desmond

Director,

[Michael Desmond @MichaelDesmond]

@JohnKennedyMSFT You can find back issues of the magazine going back to 2003 here: https://t.co/Tv6cSbTgVW. Be aware, MS may retire this site, so you might want to grab those PDF and CHM files while you can. As I understand it, MSDNmag content will migrate to https://t.co/E11Lvmwmru.

[Michael Desmond @MichaelDesmond]

Hail and Farewell. The final issue of MSDN Magazine went live today. https://t.co/prn5lOEwdp

[Michael Desmond @MichaelDesmond]

@marcmercuri Thanks, Marc!

[Michael Desmond @MichaelDesmond]

Last night we shipped the final issue of MSDN Magazine to the printer. That's 33 years of serving the Microsoft developer community, drawing to a close. I feel like I'm watching a Viking funeral boat drift away from shore.

[Michael Desmond @MichaelDesmond]

@dbarkol Thanks, David. It was great working with you!

[Michael Desmond @MichaelDesmond]

@SQLChap @BrianLinuxing Keep an eye out for David Platt's final backpage column. I think you'll find you share a common muse.

[Michael Desmond @MichaelDesmond]

@wpschaub Thanks, Willy. It was great working with you and the team!

[Michael Desmond @MichaelDesmond]

+1 Kung Fu Panda

[林国韓 Handy @h4ndy_lin]

@richturn_ms @MichaelDesmond @mikebaz 😵😲💨👓🧻👓🤓🌟

[Psharp @thepsharp]

@MichaelDesmond I sincerely think many of us devs will never, ever be able to thank you all enough for so much. Good luck and godspeed.

[Richard Dudley @rj_dudley]

@MichaelDesmond Thanks for decades of great content. I learned much and was able to set myself apart in a field I had no education in. It’s not dramatic to say MSDN Mag was life changing for me.

[Willy-Peter Schaub 🇨🇭🇿🇦 @wpschaub]

@MichaelDesmond Thanks for allowing us to be part of the journey as readers and authors. Really sad to see the burning Viking funeral boat drift away ... we had a phenomenal adventure!

[Dmitry Lyalin @LyalinDotCom]

@MichaelDesmond What an amazing journey. So glad we got to work together and I wish the whole magazine team all the best. Thank you for all the hard work 🙏🚀

[Michael Desmond @MichaelDesmond]

@john_lam I'll let her know!

[Michael Desmond @MichaelDesmond]

Finally, with MSDN Magazine closing in November, I want to thank two colleagues at 1105 Media. I can't say enough about our features editor, Sharon Terdeman, who is just an ace for us. She works so well with authors and tackles the most difficult technical articles.

[Michael Desmond @MichaelDesmond]

I am loving my role as Director at ContentLab. But I just realized that my dog Riley might be the perfect corporate mascot. This is one very content lab.

[Michael Desmond @MichaelDesmond]

If You Want Fun, Do You Buy A New Mazda Miata Or A Cheap Used One? https://t.co/kP7GbG0U3s via @jalopnik

[Michael Desmond @MichaelDesmond]

Our trusty Cuisinart coffee machine blew up this morning. Twice.

[Prof. Feynman @ProfFeynman]

There's a big difference between knowing the name of something and knowing something.

[Manuel Oliveira @MrOliv77]

@adhalejr @MichaelDesmond @jongalloway I still do... Thanks #msdnmag and all of the authors, for many years of always fresh and enlightening content!! You will be missed! ;-)

[Czarcuterie Board of Insults 🇺🇦 @pczarkowski]

Czarkowski's Law - Any sufficiently advanced technical diagram will be indistinguishable from a map of the London Underground.

[Michael Desmond @MichaelDesmond]

Thanks, Keith. You know, I'll miss the authors most of all. Such an amazing group of people.