Ed Fries worked on Excel and Word at Microsoft. That was, before leading the development of the first Xbox video game console.

RI Podcast 19 discusses the relationship between hardware / software and life after Microsoft. Topics include the 3DO and Sega connection to the first Xbox; better understanding design processes to better understand product development; and the creative side of microelectronics.

Ed Fries Wordpress Blog: https://edfries.wordpress.com/

Atari 2600 Programming: http://www.atariage.com/2600/programming/

https://atariage.com/store/index.php?l=product_detail&p=998

Direct X: https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/DirectX

DICE: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=l3-zKcmyvPw

CHM https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=0XllTdSi5hY

3D Printing: http://old.seattletimes.com/html/businesstechnology/2004064617_fries11.html

https://venturebeat.com/2016/05/30/microsoft-games-pioneer-ed-fries-spends-three-months-fixing-gotcha-the-first-color-arcade-game/

Matt Chat: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=ZTFcWb_cWRo ; https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=Od_kGGW-Xq4 ; https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=YkTIE2EHfpY ; https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=S9zjOTz0enI