Raymond Chen
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Raymond Chen is a well-known developer on the Windows Shell team at Microsoft. Since joining Microsoft in 1992, Chen has worked on OS/2, Windows 95, DirectX, and later versions of Windows. Outside of Microsoft, he is known for his articles on Windows programming. He is a popular speaker at Microsoft PDCs and other conferences. He is also known for his dry humor and his custom of wearing suits at work[1].
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[edit] Writings
Chen's blog, primarily aimed at software developers, focuses on the history of Windows programming and his own experience in ensuring its backwards compatibility. He is noted for his Psychic Debugging (example) articles, as well as two useful types of thought experiments in software design: "Imagine if this were possible" and "What if two programs did this?" [2].
Chen also authors the Windows Confidential column for Microsoft's TechNet Magazine, which explores similar subject matter.
[edit] Books
In 2005 he contributed an essay[3] to the book:
- The Best Software Writing I, edited by Joel Spolsky, Apress, Jun 2005. ISBN 1590595009.
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Addison-Wesley has listed [4] a book Chen has written on Windows:
- The Old New Thing: Practical Development Throughout the Evolution of Windows, Raymond Chen, Addison Wesley, Dec 15, 2006. ISBN 0321440307
[edit] Hobbies
His computer-unrelated hobbies, as described in his blog, include knitting, cooking, classical music, bicycling, and learning multiple foreign languages (Swedish, German, and Mandarin Chinese).
Before his career at Microsoft and lasting even into 1995, Raymond Chen identified himself as "just another Linux hacker" in his Usenet sig. He is listed in the Linux kernel CREDITS file as "Author of Configure script".
[edit] References
- ^ Brockschmidt, Kraig. Mystic Microsoft. Chen is not named here but has confirmed on his blog that he is the developer in question.
- ^ See the External Links for his presentation at PDC05.
- ^ "Why Not Just Block the Apps That Rely on Undocumented Behavior?", adapted from his blog.
- ^ See the Addison-Wesley site for more information.
[edit] External links
- Raymond Chen's Blog: The Old New Thing
- Official Raymond Chen page on Addison-Wesley's Website
- Psychic Debugging example
- Video of Chen's presentation at PDC05
- Microsoft PDC 05 site
