Well, I just celebrated my one year anniversary at Microsoft. It’s been an interesting year, moving from the Virtual Earth team into the main research & strategy arm of the company this spring. The following video represents my experience remarkably well*:

Scorecard:

4 office relocations (1 voluntary)
3 major re-organizations (1 voluntary)
35 really interesting ideas explored
9 patent [application] cubes
5 really killer ideas killed too soon
2 good ideas made it all the way to the top level
1 gonzo project I started last year is still going
1 group project I helped pitch today is finally, officially starting

And yet somehow I feel like I haven’t actually accomplished anything yet.

*Orange guy = me.