Jobs: Maxson Pugovsky, Online Marketing Manager at Microsoft Ukrainian

Today we offer to your attention the story Maxson Pugovskogo, online marketing, "Microsoft Ukraine". We left the big story in which you learn about how to set up workers Mestre employee of this company, home ecosystem recreation and content consumption. Along with "their" services, Maxon uses a lot of interesting services and programs, and even the iPad;) Happy reading!

What do you do in your work?

I've been doing, "Microsoft Ukraine" online marketing: to manage the site Microsoft.ua and Ukrainian Microsoft Web projects, and coordinates Marketing in social media. I was also involved in the launch and promotion in Ukraine Internet Explorer 9That is so "Love" readers Lifehacker.ru, Although I think that most of it has not even tried, as judged by previous versions, in comparison with which to make a giant step forward. Also, sometimes I read training on digital media for journalists and marketing experts, I advise on the SMM, speaking at a conference on the Internet sphere.

From my past experience of Ukrainian readers might remember LH InternetUA paper journal, in which I was the editor in chief in 2007, and also holding BarCamp and minikempov, starting with the first in the CIS barcamp Blogcamp CIS & Baltics 2007, which I organized together with friends.

And yes, Maxson - a real name in the passport and it is written. This used to be my nickname on the Internet, then journalistic pseudonym, in the end, I decided to change the name officially.

How does your workplace?

I have two jobs - in fact at work and at home.

My workplace in the office:

Here's what my corner "Open Space":

Sometimes, in order to focus and no distractions, I'm going to work in one of the many meeting rooms, that we are called based on exotic locales: Bali, Guam, Taimyr, etc. That's inside look Borneo:

My desktop at home:

I love to the table was a lot of space and a minimum of unnecessary things, physically can not stand clutter and trash bills. To the left of the monitor you can see the cork board. She collage of photographs and postcards, images for the visualization of desires, and 10 days ago, there lived a calendar, "the 30-day challenge" - to get up at 6 am every day (as long as it turns out).

What hardware are using?

In Microsoft I asked for more powerful computer, and the system administrator gave me out of the park laptops HP Compaq 8510w. Rather powerful (it was on the Call of Duty: Black Ops), and with a large 17-inch monitor, but heavy. On my desk is still worth an additional 17-inch HP monitor. I recently gave up on the job landline phone and went to a telecommunications platform Lync (of which below), so be sure to working tool - USB-headset Jabra.
Of iron home I deliberately chose only the laptop and mouse. model laptop ASUS U33JcTrimmed bamboo, I prefer the comparative ease, power and beautiful design. The Microsoft Wireless Notebook Presenter Mouse 8000 mouse clicker integrated presentation and laser pointer. I use it both at home and at work.

Use a 22-inch monitor and a wireless keyboard from a set of Acer Notebook Upgrade Kit to expand the capabilities of a notebook. The kit also includes a docking station with speakers and a bunch of ports, but I never made it to work correctly. Therefore, USB-speakers and receivers Logitech keyboard and mouse signals are connected via noname USB-hub. Outside pictures left IFIs Canon Pixma MP610 - at home, though rarely used, but very useful thing.

In another room, with the Sony TV, in a web of wires live modem and Wi-Fi access point, defoltovye model supplied by the ISP. Before Xbox 360 New hand reaching once a month. The Xbox Live service is my geymerteg maxonUA.

Mobile phone me HTC 7 Mozart with Windows Phone 7. Most of all I like the phone book contacts, which pulls information from Facebook, Twitter, LinkedIn and Windows Live. I'm not a very active user of smartphones - Play with the settings and installing the application may be only the first month after the purchase / receipt of the phone. Regularly of additional applications I only use Twitter client Seesmic. The rest of the required functions in the phone were originally.

What software and web services you are using?

On your computer has Windows 7 Enterprise. The most commonly used basic program from the Microsoft Office 2010 suite: Word, Excel, PowerPoint, OneNote and especially Outlook (their own, in addition to the Outlook, and intensive use at home). Outlook - is love and hate =) Hate because it's only a working tool, in which our employees live literally. One look of the program sets up a working mood, and immediately begin to think about the objectives and planned affairs. And love, because the tool is extremely user-friendly, with a lot of chips to be productive. To understand the beauty of this program in the organization of your Exchange mail server must be set up, then they will be seen and colleagues calendars, and employment status, and will be able to reserve intercoms, etc. If you need to check your work e-mail from your home computer, I use Outlook Web App - Web access to your account on the Exchange server, repeating interface of Outlook.

From office suite also note OneNote - for me this is the best note-book. Twice seriously I tried to move to Evernote, but it is not appropriate tagging system - you need to write it was structured and placed on shelves.
About six months ago we have introduced in the office Lync - a platform for unified communications. Lync client provides both instant messaging and online conferencing, and telephony - calls to my business landline number I accept the computer.

At Microsoft, probably, like any large corporation, a lot of internal applications and tools available through the intranet. Most of our applications are built on SharePoint, its own platform to create internal and external sites. In SharePoint a lot of features that let you configure anything from the file storage and document management to blogging, wikis, and calendars. Therefore, we use SharePoint intensively. The tasks for our web-contractor, the Kiev office of "Lebedev studio"I put through Basecamp - for specific tasks and small projects is very convenient. When web development very often have to take screenshots with annotations, for several months with the help of screen grab Greenshot.

home computer

At home laptop I have is a native Windows 7 Home Premium. Perhaps the main program - Internet Explorer 9, as most of the information is now stored and processed in the "cloud." I think that half of the time on the computer, and even more, I'll see it in the browser.

While working at Microsoft, I always try to use our products, if we have a presence in this niche. One of my favorite Microsoft programs - it Windows Live Mesh, Of a package of free software - Windows Live Essentials. Live Mesh sync my personal files between computers via the online storage SkyDrive. From WLE package also often I use viewer and editor for Windows Live Photo Gallery photos. More complex editing is performed in the image Paint. NET.

List of other most useful programs on my PC:

KeePass - The program for storing passwords. Maybe, LastPass more convenient, but I use KeePass for several years and yet not want to spend time on the migration.

Microsoft Security Essentials - free antivirus for licensed Windows.

Skype - the only instant messenger on your home PC, the contacts I have a little bit - I do not like when distracted.

SumatraPDF - a small viewer PDF-files.

Zune, VLC Media Player and Windows Media Player play whatever is played.

7-Zip - universal archiver.

That's what I use of web services (It is noteworthy that all of them more, and local programs over time, less and less):

Personal e-mail - the most important online services. I use Hotmail web interface - the actual email and a little calendar, as well as synchronize contacts. It is very convenient that the service can be integrated with Facebook and LinkedIn, so that in a separate calendar shows days Birthday friends, and on the phone with Windows Phone 7 contacts loaded photos and additional data from Facebook. Another Microsoft service in my arsenal - Online Storage SkyDrive files (available 25 GB, but the maximum of 100 MB file size).

Social services for me the most important LinkedIn and Twitter. By the way, Twi - a rare service that is more convenient to use by the local client instead of a web-based interface. It's better TweetDeck I could not see anything. Twitter - my main source of news.

On Facebook I have closed to foreign account where I communicate only with those with whom you sign offline. The most interesting thing in the Facebook for me personally - this is a closed group for a very narrow circle of friends. But time in the FB I spend quite a lot, because the "Microsoft Ukraine" in the social network a few pages, for which I care - for example, our flagship Microsoft Ukraine page.

My blog Maxon.com.ua posted on Posterous, but I am disappointed with their development vector towards Posterous Spaces, probably will return to WordPress. In the summer I began to publish in Tumblr short notes and references, designed primarily for herself. So far, the service is very pleasant.

Recently I discovered WunderlistThanks LH - hooked for references, I read the original review of the service. For personal affairs is ideal (previously used Excel a file). I began to use at work, but there are more problems and they are complicated - may try doit.imFrom which the first consideration declined in favor of Wunderlist.

On September 1, once again I began to conduct home accounting. If previous attempts to take his debit with the credit in the universal Excel, but now with the help of service HomeMoney. Sometimes I add articles Read it laterBut before reading the case rarely comes. often I use Yandex. Cards and Yandex. dictionaries.

rival firms

Of the products Microsoft's core competitors in the market konsyumerskom I use the iPad and google Reader. The tablet has got me from my wife that in the three months after the purchase did not find use for an intermediary between a laptop and a smartphone. On the iPad I play and consume information from online. Death of RSS, which many say, in my opinion, is exaggerated. In Google Reader, I signed up for a couple of dozens of blogs, mostly personal, that are rarely updated. Subscribe to resources such as TechCrunch and Mashable via RSS useless - a week typed hundreds of unread items.

Is there a place paper in your office?

I have a paper diary Moleskine, which start planning weeks and days. And a personal diary'm in Moleskine. At work also I use notepad for quick recording mikrozadach (write a letter, something specified), as well as the schematic outline of Web pages and sites.

Is there a dream configuration?

Now I miss only tablet on Windows 8. I sit on the Microsoft ecosystem, and iTunes with "kviktaymami" and "Bonjour", which he is for a pull, I do not need, but you have to put the iPad use.
A dream no configuration, because the "features" technology is not important to me - what's the difference, how many gigahertz processor and megabytes of memory. I'm important "of benefits" - that was easy to carry laptop, will be able to play games with good graphics, etc. I look at gigahertz only the time of purchase, comparing different models to choose for my money the most advanced technology, which will be comfortable to work the next 3 of the year. The configuration of your home nouta I forgot a month after purchase.
I hope that someone will read to the end and learned a couple of new tools, because it seems to me that such an article more interesting to write than to read =)

Maxson online: @ max0n, maxon.com.ua, Tumblr.