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Allard Watch: J Gets A New Job
Posted by Luke Plunkett at 9:30 PM on June 30, 2008
We miss J Allard! Real bad. We miss pudgy Allard, we even miss HD Allard. It was bad enough when he stopped hanging around the Xbox guys and was welcomed to the social, but over the past few months, he hasn't even been doing that anymore. He's just...faded away, without a trace. We were getting worried. Worried sick. But it's OK! J's popped up with a new job, and a new job title. One as aWeSome and eXtreme as J himself: Chief Experience Officer. As Microsoft's CXO (yes, a real title), Allard will be "responsible for the technical architecture and user experiences related to products and services of the Entertainment and Devices (E&D) division". Not really sure that means, but in a perfect world, it'll mean he's back at E3 this year.
J Allard gets a new job [ZDNet, thanks Marc!]
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Reetesh
Posted 10:35 PM 30/6/08
I wonder how he looks now, maybe he will come with a BuzzCut this E3? :P
Reetesh
Islandkiwi
Posted 10:25 PM 30/6/08
@everybest: ???? It says Microsoft.
It will be nice to see Allard again, but I'm wondering if this makes him stalkable again...maybe Kotaku's unhealthy fascination with Allard is over?
What am I thinking, of course it's not. This guy wore dreads to satisfy a bet. Allard, you had us at hello.
Islandkiwi
everybest
Posted 9:45 PM 30/6/08
Oh, I see. CXO of Microsoft. Couldn't find what company until I read the link.
everybest
Exor
Posted 9:44 PM 30/6/08
don't they generally just call that Senior ________
Exor
bluesquareapple
Posted 11:05 PM 30/6/08
That sounds like a horrible job with the failure rates of the 360 hardware..
bluesquareapple
insane_cobra
Posted 10:44 PM 30/6/08
It's weird, but I... do miss him? Kind of? Hopefully seeing him again will be fun in an embarrassing, yet not too embarrassing manner.
insane_cobra
Luke Plunkett
Posted 11:16 PM 30/6/08
@Reetesh: That pics from his brand new corporate portrait. He looks...older.
Luke Plunkett
Jellocakes
Posted 12:17 AM 1/7/08
I'd class this as a good thing in general, UI's and user experience is something Microsoft just doesn't get and Allard is one of the few at Microsoft who do. So hopefully he will be able to push MS in the right direction in creating a better user experience for all it's products from windows to the xbox.
Jellocakes
Rask
Posted 12:09 AM 1/7/08
Sounds almost like J's job is going to be working towards integrating the experiences of the 360, the Zune and anything else E&D does into one big, ball of cohesive awesome.
J - first order of business - Merging the Zune and Xbox Live Marketplaces.
Rask
asTer0id
Posted 1:25 AM 1/7/08
UX, sounds like he will deal with the tech architecture, user experience (interface and flow) and make all their Entertainment devices work seamlessly with each other. Fun stuff. Can i get a job? :)
asTer0id
GorbyGipper
Posted 1:21 AM 1/7/08
Complaints about the 100 user limit on your friends list? Hell, whenever I manage to hit 40 or so I clear off a bunch of people that I don't actually know. Sure, it's kinda cool to be able to play with developer x or whoever, but I really just want a friends list to keep track of my...wait for it...friends.
What I wouldn't mind, though, is a tiered friends list. Put your actual friends, family, co-workers, etc in one list with one list of settings for alerts, information sharing, etc. In a second tier, throw in all those faceless people who were pretty fun to play with but ultimately mean nothing to you...The filler folks that you need for even teams who meet the rigid standards of being 1) online at the time and 2) not total assholes. No notifications, not even on the primary list, just in a back-up directory of folks that seem okay.
I couldn't imagine the number of annoying alerts, spam messages, etc I'd get with 100 friends.
GorbyGipper
Pixelantes Anonymous
Posted 1:04 AM 1/7/08
So he's the dude I should send my complaints about the 100 person limit on the friends list and horrible XBLM interface now?
Pixelantes Anonymous
red
Posted 3:12 AM 1/7/08
we love you jallard come back to usssss
red
Reetesh
Posted 5:14 AM 1/7/08
@Luke Plunkett: Nooooo, how will he appeal to all us young and hip people? I dont think he has those ear rings even.... no?
Reetesh
.endejas.
Posted 9:15 AM 1/7/08
GIANT ALLARD FACE
I've missed him..
.endejas.