Congratulations to one of our sibling teams, Live QnA, on their recent launch of major updates on their site. 

Dennis has all of the details on the QnA team space and as you may know, you can add modules to your space for “Questions I’ve Asked” and “Questions I’ve Answered” on Live QnA.  Details on these modules are also in an earlier entry on the QnA team space. 

Congrats again to the QnA team.

--Rob
Program Manager, Windows Live

We wanted to let you know that we had a small release to Spaces today.

The primary change in this release was that you can now include Messenger for the web as well as SkyDrive files in the Custom HTML module using embed codes.  

In addition, we also made some changes to the infrastructure of Spaces to make the service faster and more reliable.

We hope you enjoy the changes.   Keep giving us the feedback.  We are listening.

- Chris
Product Manager, Windows Live

Do you want to work on one of the fastest growing products using some of the hottest technologies on the web today?  Are you passionate for the web and the desire to create great new user experiences?

If you are an engineer who wants to set new grounds in innovative technology – we want you on the Windows Live Social Networking team to help design and build our next generation of social networking products.  As a member of the Social Networking team, you’ll have the opportunity to contribute significantly to the design and implementation of our worldwide products – including Windows Live Spaces, Events, and Writer – as well as collaborate closely with other Windows Live Experience teams including Hotmail and Messenger.

Check out our job descriptions here and here.   If you think you have what it takes, submit your resume online.

We want you on our team.

- The Windows Live Social Networking team.

Last week, the Windows Live Wire team posted about (PRODUCT) Red and the work they’re doing in Africa.   We wanted to share their inspiring story and the great space that the (PRODUCT) Red team created.

Jeff Dossett, an Executive Producer and General Manager at MSN, said “I can’t sing but I can climb mountains.”  He and two other elite mountaineers have formed Everest Team INSPI(RED) and are climbing  Mount Everest to build awareness of (RED), an organization designed to help eliminate AIDS in Africa.  Their team hopes to inspire individuals to passionately pursue big, bold goals.

Even if you can’t climb mountains you can follow their journey on their space.  You can show your support by adding them as a friend, signing the guestbook and sharing your own personal inspirations.

If you'd like to add a little RED to your desktop, you can download the (PRODUCT) RED Theme Pack that includes Hotmail Signatures and emoticons and winks for Messenger. And a desktop gadget is available for Windows Sidebar in Windows Vista to track the elevation of the expedition as they attempt to climb the world’s highest peak.   You can also create an alert to be notified whenever they post a new entry from Everest.

The team is currently 17,000 feet above sea level at Base Camp (1)! Let their journey inspire you to do something amazing, too.  

- Chris
Product Manager, Windows Live

First, thanks again for all of your feedback. There's nothing like receiving comments and ideas directly from some of our 115 million monthly Spaces users worldwide. 

Based on what we've heard from you, here's the latest round of changes we've made:

• You now have the ability to remove updates from specific people in the what's new area of your Spaces home page. 

At the bottom of your (signed-in) Spaces home page, you now have an “Options” link. 

Clicking “Options” will take you to a “What’s new Options” page where you can choose who of your Spaces friends and Messenger contacts show up on your home page.

• We've added back your list descriptions for all lists when they are displayed in the narrow column
• The font for custom lists is no longer bold by default
• We changed the Sponsored Results module to reflect the transition of our partnership with Kanoodle
• We've made some additional smaller changes which you won’t see but which will further improve the Spaces service

We hope you enjoy these changes.   As always, keep the feedback coming. We are listening.

- Chris
Product Manager, Windows Live