Me: I live in Silicon Valley with my wife, child and cat. I have worked at Microsoft since I graduated from College, both in the Macintosh Business Unit on products such as Outlook Express, Entourage, IE, and Virtual PC and in Windows Live on Hotmail, Calendar and People. I am currently a Principal Lead Program Manager on the Windows Live Social Networking team. I basically manage a team of Program Managers responsible for delivering features to support our web and client applications. I've been blogging since 2001 and like to play around with .NET in my spare time working on projects such as dasBlog (the blog that powers this site) and Send to SmugMug (an application for uploading photos to SmugMug). I blog about a number of technology and productivity related topics.
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It's no secret to anyone that knows me, but I love Patagonia. They are one of the greatest outdoor and recreational clothing makers. They have the best warranty/return policy in the business and they are a company that cares deeply about the environment. Last winter my 9 year old Patagonia Gortex ski jacket failed and started leaking. I went back to the store at the end of the season and they gave me a gift card for 100% of the original value plus tax no questions asked. It was a $425 jacket, so it wasn't cheap, but I got a brand new state of the art ski jacket that I got to use this past season and it rocked. Got to love that, and I will keep rewarding them with my business.
I own half the Patagonia catalog (I worked there one summer and spent most of my disposable income on their stuff). It wasn't a good way to make money, but when I snowboard, ski, swim, and travel I am still using all the gear I purchased over 8 years ago. I continue to buy stuff from them. Even the things that matter most, like their Capilene Boxers. They aren't cheap, but they are seriously the most comfortable boxers I have ever owned in my life. It's all I wear now.
Over the past few years they have started to invest more and more in their women's line, and my wife just started buying a lot of their clothing for exercising, swimming, etc. It's the highest quality outerwear and layering out there.