11.10.08 - The inaugural first post. Hello World!

Who am I?

My name is Michael Dorian Bach. I live in Seattle, WA with my wife Aubrey and our 3 computers. By day, I’m a Technical Product Manager at Microsoft working in the Developers group. In a nutshell, my job is to make sure we do right by developers and ensure that the Microsoft web stack is an open and kick-ass web platform for building web applications. I believe that interoperability, web standards and simplicity are the key principles of any great web stack, and Microsoft pays me to drive this vision throughout our web eco-system. (You can thank me later.) Feel free to ping me at mibach (at) microsoft.com with comments and suggestion on how we are doing and what we could be doing to help make web development better.

By night, I’m an Internet product designer and developer exploring the space where design and technology intersect. This site is a collection of my thoughts and opinions about my passion for all things web, particularly UX. I'm a HUGE believer in its ability to "change the game" and act as the most powerful differentiator between products. Needless to say, this will be a common theme throughout the site. Though I will occasionally write about work, please note that what you read is my opinion and not that of my employer. If something inspires you, great. If something rubs you the wrong way, it all falls on me.

• I will occasionally write about work
• What you read is my opinion and not that of my employer
• If something rubs you the wrong way, it all falls on me

You can call me Michael, or Mike, or Dorian- as long as you are passionate about web and have something to teach me or something interesting to say, I’ll respond to just about any name you can throw at me. Enjoy.

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