Word: allard
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...driving this thing? More than anybody else it's a manic, shaven-headed character named J Allard. (Yes, it's just the one letter.) In 1993, as a 25-year-old wunderkind Microsoftie, Allard wrote an 11-page memo that almost single-handedly persuaded Gates that maybe personal computers should be able to connect to something known as the Internet. Now a 36-year- old V.P., Allard is one of the few people who can get the Microsoft juggernaut to change direction; he's known as one of the "Baby Bills," the company's young up-and-comers, and Gates...
...first problems Allard had to solve was what the new Xbox would look like. It's not a trivial question. The old Xbox is large and forbidding, a matte black and poisonous green plastic crate the size of a VCR. Perfect for hard-core gamers, maybe, but if Microsoft wanted to grow its audience, Allard knew the new Xbox had to look kinder and gentler. The goal was a design that was welcoming but not wimpy, that snagged the soccer moms and NASCAR dads and Britney girls--without losing the Halo boys...
...whim, I e-mailed Harvard softball coach Jenny Allard and politely invited myself to participate in the team’s next practice...
...Allard is her 11th season at the helm of the Crimson, meaning I was the first in over a decade to have the ingenuity or gall to offer to spend my late afternoon over on Soldiers Field in Allston running drills with the Harvard softball team. Meaning I was on exactly the right track...
...note went on, Allard generously consented, adding that the workout would be optional, short, and generally low-key. The team was still recovering, physically and mentally, from a rigorous 17-day span that saw the squad play 18 games and its Ivy League title hopes ignited, and then dashed...