Comments on: Tjeerd Hoek, director of Windows UX, also leaves Microsoft (Design)

By: dokhome » MSX video

dokhome » MSX video — Fri, 23 Nov 2007 20:34:38 +0000

[...] pretty sure we can thank Mr. T.S. Hoek for leaking this video. Although the movie’s intent was to simply capture an ordinary day in [...]

By: Channel9 interviews Julie Larson-Green, Windows UX - istartedsomething

Channel9 interviews Julie Larson-Green, Windows UX - istartedsomething — Tue, 26 Jun 2007 07:14:40 +0000

[...] people I’m keeping an eye on, Julie Larson-Green, who is taking over some of the roles Tjeerd Hoek had left behind. Having just completed the redesign efforts for the 2007 release of Office, where she’s been [...]

By: Apple introduces Leopard. The world is a better place. - istartedsomething

Apple introduces Leopard. The world is a better place. - istartedsomething — Wed, 13 Jun 2007 11:22:56 +0000

[...] on the other hand, after chatting with Tjeerd Hoek, ex-director on the Vista design team, I do know why Microsoft made the decisions it did with the [...]

By: Patent reveals Aero Glass reflections was also to change according to time of day - istartedsomething

Fri, 01 Jun 2007 15:41:39 +0000

[...] related news, these patents were filed by none other than our fanclub-idol, Tjeerd Hoek (now Frogger) amongst former MSXs Don Lindsay (now design director for Live Labs, formerly Apple [...]

By: crusher

crusher — Sun, 29 Apr 2007 09:23:00 +0000

You’re so fond of him.
I guess you are gay

By: Winston

Winston — Sun, 29 Apr 2007 02:21:45 +0000

I guess Long will either be following Tjeerd all the way to frogdesigns or he would find another person to stalk at MS.

By: newskool08

newskool08 — Sat, 28 Apr 2007 23:08:14 +0000

Hey Long, does this mean that you won’t be following him any more?

By: Ricardo Bánffy

Ricardo Bánffy — Sat, 28 Apr 2007 13:57:25 +0000

Sorry… Hitting submit too early…

Vista, Exchange and Office 2007 are designed by committee. They lack the consistence you can only achieve with a single vision. They can be huge, but not great.

By: Ricardo Bánffy

Ricardo Bánffy — Sat, 28 Apr 2007 13:51:18 +0000

@Morten

As Microsoft grew past its humble origins, each and every employee got increasingly more replaceable. I think that, by now, even Ballmer and Gates could safely retire and Wall Street (which is to say “everybody that counts”) would barely notice.

Still, this is not good for a company to be comprised of replaceable people. It starts to lose identity. Can you point the “vision” behind Vista? Or Exchange? Or Office 2007? I can’t – it’s a comitee-designed

Microsoft is fixable, but it won’t be easy.

By: Morten

Morten — Sat, 28 Apr 2007 07:55:09 +0000

@Blake Handler: I couldn’t agree more with you. There are many talented people in this business and I don’t like the evangelism around a selected few of them.

As a musician I know that you can get good by practising on one piece a long time. But to be great, you’ll have to gain more experience by exploring different pieces/genres.

It’s the same with work. I think fresh will do him good, and as stated in the article; we’re not going to loose him in the world of Windows.