Microsoft's chief researcher is using Microsoft?

BI Chinese station reported on July 3

In a recent interview with Lifehacker, Microsoft chief researcher Danah Boyd revealed various technology tools that she used daily, but these tools were almost never manufactured by Microsoft.

Boyd is the lead researcher at Microsoft Research. Objectively speaking, she also works in multiple industries outside of Microsoft. For example, she is also a research assistant professor at New York University and a staff member at the Harvard University Berkman Center for Internet and Society. In addition, Boyd is the founder of the Data & Society Research Institute. In addition, Boyd recently wrote a new book, "It's Complicated: The Social Lives of Networked Teens."

In this interview, Boyd talked to Life Orcker's Andy Orin about her skills at work. The following is the relevant main content.

Boyd currently uses cell phones including the iPhone. Talking about this topic, Boyd called the iPhone her current major mobile phone, but she despised the phone. However, Boyd explained: "I only use this phone, mainly because I want to use it to test my application, and I really miss my Sidekick phone."

The computers currently used by Boyd include two laptops. One is a MacBook Air laptop, the other is a Lenovo brand notebook.

In addition, Boyd also Kindle and Evernote as her work necessities. The move was puzzling because Microsoft had invested $ 300 million in Kindle's rival company Nook several years ago, while Microsoft was also actively promoting OneNote, its killer app for Evernote. Allegedly, Boyd favored the only Microsoft brand application is Outlook.

In fact, many Microsoft employees are secretly using non-Microsoft brand tools and applications, but most employees have not publicly acknowledged the matter. Just a few years ago, a Microsoft employee admitted the matter. The employee states: "I work at Microsoft and I know that many of Microsoft's employees are using Google, Macs and they are using a large number of competitors."

However, since Microsoft's new chief executive Satya Nadella took over the company a few months ago, Microsoft's policies in this area have started to loosen and employees are also able to openly talk about their favorite non-Microsoft branded tools And products. This is mainly due to Nadella does not think all non-Microsoft brand is the company's competitors, but rather that these products may just be to Microsoft to create business opportunities. (Yue Tong)