Kit Hammer

Christina "Kit" Hammer. Software Engineer. Microsoft. Co-host of @livefromb7.

[Building7 @LiveFromB7]

It's our 🎉 1 year🎊 podcast birthday! Join us for 🎂cake and Microsoft news!

👨‍👩‍👧‍👦👩‍👩‍👧‍👦 @MicrosoftTeams launches together mode
🗣 @LinkedIn lets you pronounce your name
🎡 @Halo 3 is coming the PC!
🧠 @Azure Cognitive Services adds text analytics for health

https://t.co/H1YRHNKvjA

[Building7 @LiveFromB7]

It’s our first birthday! Come help us make the show better by filling out our listener survey!
https://t.co/HTfHiSjsAI

[Mondo Mascots @mondomascots]

Ebe Chun, the mascot of Ebetsu City, Japan, is a bird who can’t fly because his head is a brick. Ebe Chun is constantly moved to tears by the deliciousness of the local wheat he’s holding.

[Sue Loh, local optimist (same username on @) @suedeyloh]

Raven is a fun novel that just *happens* to challenge the stereotypes of who can succeed in tech... So that those young readers might see themselves in such careers.

#DiversityInTech #diversity
https://t.co/lKzBLbzzJW

[Building7 @LiveFromB7]

We interviewed @suedeyloh this week about her new book, Raven!
Sue is a @Microsoft engineer who just released a fun and enthralling YA novel to inspire kids from diverse backgrounds to get involved with tech.

book - https://t.co/eUvtyEa0Df
interview - https://t.co/QiDi5WDzxF

[Building7 @LiveFromB7]

#MSBuild is in full swing!

☮ @Windows 10 app dev finds its unity
💦 @Office365 Fluid Framework -> open source
🕶@HoloLens gets a 5G add-in
📜 App Service Static Web Apps launches
🛫 @AlexKarcher tries to Winget
🎙@suedeyloh discusses her new book, Raven

https://t.co/QiDi5WDzxF

[Building7 @LiveFromB7]

It's an action packed episode this week!

@Microsoft365 is offering 👩‍👩‍👧‍👦family and 🙆‍♂️personal plans that include @MicrosoftTeams and the Family Safety app!

🌐@Azure Edge Zones preview launches with 5G options 🥅Azure VNet adds support for IPv6!

https://t.co/1hEQq7v1AR

[Building7 @LiveFromB7]

On this week's show we cover:

✋ pause on non-essential updates for Windows and Edge
🏡 at-home fun with Minecraft Earth
📈 Microsoft acquires a 5G networking startup!
🎮 xCloud Windows 10 preview begins,
🤫 Azure Government Secret adds a new region

https://t.co/Xk4np2sYAe

[Janelle Shane @JanelleCShane]

WHAT HAS OCCURRED CANNOT BE UNDONE

I have trained a neural net on a crowdsourced set of vintage jello-centric recipes

I believe this to possibly be the worst recipe-generating algorithm in existence

[Microsoft @Microsoft]

Animals working at Microsoft:

💻🐛 💼🐋
📈🐿️

🎮🐘

💾🐢

[Alex Karcher @AlexKarcher]

I'm seriously amped about Microsoft's environmental plans for today! Kit was actually at the event in person, so tune in to get her first impression 🌲

[Kit Hammer @TheKitHammer]

The open office debate rages on

[WYR Bot @WYR_bot]

Would you rather be locked in an extremely dangerous, high-tech room full of trained and armed kangaroos or live in a small, comfortable, clean room with great privacy?

[Building7 @LiveFromB7]

Our daily #Ignite2019 news continues!

@msvisio diagrams📈 and natural language queries📝 come to @msexcel, Durable @AzureFunctions Functions 2⚡️, FarmBeats is in public preview🌽, and more!

Plus Virtual WAN🌐, Private Link🤫, and Internet Analyzer⚖️

https://t.co/tAJbFFm7vP

[Building7 @LiveFromB7]

Our daily #Ignite2019 coverage begins with a sauve 3-piece @Office365 app for mobile, Project Cortex, and an adventurous new version of @VisualStudio!

Plus, a parade of @Azure GA announcements, Flow becomes Power Automate, and some fresh Yammer Glamour.
https://t.co/1JINtsDsxc

[Kit Hammer @TheKitHammer]

I may not have been there to help @AlexKarcher make this episode, but I did remember to retweet it almost a week after he posted it #team player

[Building7 @LiveFromB7]

We have one host this week, but Microsoft has more than enough surface devices to make up the difference! You get 🏁rapid fire headlines🏁 and a 🌊deep dive🌊 into the surfaces 💻📱🎧
https://t.co/7c610s3Won

[Building7 @LiveFromB7]

In this week's episode @Microsoft is making elections harder to hack 🔐, we get a shiny new @dotnet ⌨️, and a drone that's #2 💩!
Plus carbon neutral @Xbox 🌲, a @powerpoint feature to stop you from reading off the slide 👩‍🏫, and so many @Azure updates 📈!
https://t.co/Fv5bEDVb3u

[Building7 @LiveFromB7]

This week has new Azure regions in 🇩🇪Germany🇩🇪, Microsoft's first appearance at the Frankfurt Motor Show🏎, and To Do looking more like Wunderlist ✅

Plus, Power Toys🧰, a marathon of Azure Maps Updates, and Brad Smith spilling the tea in his new book.

https://t.co/enQoinZHDp

[WYR Bot @WYR_bot]

Would you rather a happy home in a dystopian future or a family destroyed by gangsters in a dystopian future?