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Mark Brown @markjbrown.com · 06/05/2025

If you're going to Microsoft BUILD come learn how to build multi-agent apps using Semantic Kernel in C# or LangGraph in Python at our hands-on-lab. build.microsoft.com/en-US/sessio... There's another earlier delivery as well.

Learn to build multi-agent apps at our hands-on-lab at MS BUILD.

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Mark Brown @markjbrown.com · 29/01/2025

Enjoying Tet with a Vietnamese salted cream iced coffee. Great way to start the new year.

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Mark Brown @markjbrown.com · 19/12/2024

Embeddings are at the heart of how an LLM works. But understanding how they work is hard. To help, I created a simple Python Notebook that takes an array of words and plots them in a 3D graph to show how the compare in a multi-dimensional space. Feel free to check out. github.com/AzureCosmosD...

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Mark Brown @markjbrown.com · 04/12/2024

I made it by 2 minutes. They were yelling at me like it was my fault. The lack of awareness for what it's like transiting this airport is hilarious 😂

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Mark Brown @markjbrown.com · 04/12/2024

I am once again in CDG and ONCE AGAIN something completely stupid is keeping me from making my connection. This time they won't let us leave the jet way after getting off the plane. No explanation given.

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Mark Brown @markjbrown.com · 02/12/2024

Made it through CDG. I really dislike this airport but it does smell nice in places.

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Mark Brown @markjbrown.com · 24/11/2024

I left #msignite early last week due to a bad wind storm here in Seattle. No power for four days. Lots of down trees. Here's just a few. Many got much worse and still people in my neighborhood without power nearly 6 days later. So inviting some over for dinner and to do laundry.

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Mark Brown @markjbrown.com · 19/11/2024

Cool vantage point to see the show floor at #MSIgnite

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Mark Brown @markjbrown.com · 18/11/2024

Rehearsal for my session with Toyota in their durable multi-agent AI system they built using Azure Cosmos DB Be sure to check out BRK117 on Wednesday at #MSIgnite

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Mark Brown @markjbrown.com · 18/11/2024

Things all getting set up for tomorrow. #MSIgnite

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Mark Brown @markjbrown.com · 18/11/2024

We got swag! 😎 At #MSIgnite and want “extra exclusive swag? Find a PeerSpot rep near our Azure Cosmos DB booth, give a review of Cosmos, and we’ll gift you earbuds!

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Mark Brown @markjbrown.com · 18/11/2024

5am workout to get my energy and start #MSIgnite right.

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Mark Brown @markjbrown.com · 18/11/2024

Played tourist today here in Chicago. Tomorrow, rehearsals and, you know, work. #MSIgnite

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Mark Brown @markjbrown.com · 18/11/2024

Played tourist today here in Chicago. Tomorrow, rehearsals and, you know, work. #MSIgnite

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Mark Brown @markjbrown.com · 15/11/2024

Join me at #MSIGNITE next week to discover how Toyota Motor Corporation is revolutionizing car design with a multi-agent AI system powered by #AzureCosmosDB and #AzureOpenAIService. ignite.microsoft.com/en-US/sessio...

Toyota and Durable Multi-Agent AI systems at Microsoft IGNITE, session code BRK117

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Mark Brown @markjbrown.com · 15/11/2024

We recently launched a Samples Gallery for Azure Cosmos DB. azurecosmosdb.github.io/gallery/ Nearly 100 GitHub samples, docs, videos, blog posts and more. A central hub for Cosmos content for you to discover and use. If you have cool Cosmos samples, you'd like us to add, let us know.

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Mark Brown @markjbrown.com · 06/11/2024

Pre-keynote selfie with Asad Khan. Going to show how to implement a Semantic Cache using @AzureCosmosDB #PASSDataSummit

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Mark Brown @markjbrown.com · 24/03/2024

Come see myself and @jamescodella at @MSFabricconf on Tuesday 11:30. Learn about building Generative AI apps.

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Mark Brown @markjbrown.com · 16/02/2024

Awesome trip to Japan this week. Met lots of customers and community to share the vector search features and massive scale that make RAG pattern and chat history so good with @AzureCosmosDB We have so much more good stuff coming this Spring. Will be back soon to share more.

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Mark Brown @markjbrown.com · 13/02/2024

Early evening with Mt Fuji in the distance.

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Mark Brown @markjbrown.com · 11/02/2024

Ready for my upcoming trip.

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Mark Brown @markjbrown.com · 31/10/2023

I really like our new buildings on MS campus and the new cafeteria is also really great. But it's probably a bit too much to expect $26 for this sandwich and juice.

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Mark Brown @markjbrown.com · 19/10/2023

Enjoying the last 70+ degree day in Seattle for a long time. Welcome darkness my old friend.

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Mark Brown @markjbrown.com · 16/10/2023

I wonder if there is a Visual FoxPro conference room?

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Mark Brown @markjbrown.com · 16/10/2023

Moments before giving a presentation to customers I open the pouch for my slide clicker and discover this.

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Mark Brown @markjbrown.com · 19/08/2023

I guess Blue sky thinks this is porn?

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Mark Brown @markjbrown.com · 01/08/2023

Final meal in Vietnam. Sliced pork upper left. 6 different types of fried pork upper right, then fried tofu and rice noodles. Dipping sauce of fermented tofu with birdseye chilis (HOT) 🥵 with some cucumber slices for something cool to eat. SO DAMN GOOD!!! btw, cost about $2.

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Mark Brown @markjbrown.com · 31/07/2023

How I'm spending the last days of my time off in Vietnam. Back home soon. Then some major life changes soon after that. More on that later.

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Mark Brown @markjbrown.com · 31/07/2023

I'm just gonna not update this app so it stays Twitter. Wonder how long that will work.

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Mark Brown @markjbrown.com · 22/07/2023

Enjoying some amazing ốc or snails (and clams). Vietnamese are passionate about this stuff and easy to see why. The flavors are amazing. It's the perfect drinking food.

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Mark Brown @markjbrown.com · 15/07/2023

The best way to eat mango when drinking in Vietnam? Dip it in this combination of salt, dried plum and birdseye chili 🌶️🔥. Unexpected flavor EXPLOSION 💥💥💥 Definitely makes you want to drink more 🍺🍺🍺.

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Mark Brown @markjbrown.com · 15/07/2023

Noodle soup tends to be something people in the US and Europe eat for dinner. In Vietnam it's also typically what you'd eat for breakfast. Just look at this stuff! Check out the broth close up. See all those fat bubbles? Just glorious stuff.

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Mark Brown @markjbrown.com · 14/07/2023

Every watermelon I've had on vacation has been amazing. Had almost forgotten what a 🍉 should look & taste like. When I was a kid they looked like this. Go to a grocery store in the US today they're big, but look pale and have zero taste. Why can't we have 🍉 like these?

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Mark Brown @markjbrown.com · 03/07/2023

Finally got some street food. All of this, which fed 5 of us, plus 4 fresh squeezed sugar cane juice and a beer (for me) for about $15. Words just can't describe how good this stuff is.

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Mark Brown @markjbrown.com · 02/07/2023

Hey @CoxComm am trying to pay my bill while I'm out of the country. Unfortunately, you've given me no way for me to do anything without talking to a human. There's better ways to do this.

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Mark Brown @markjbrown.com · 01/07/2023

Spending some vacation testing a RAG Pattern Sample using @AzureCosmosDB, @OpenAI and #CognitiveSearch. The code is partially built from a prototype I developed over 3 months. Normally wouldn't spend vacation this way. Too much riding to let slide. Will share when ready.

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Mark Brown @markjbrown.com · 29/06/2023

The flora in Vietnam is very pretty. It's also pretty hot and humid too 😁

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Mark Brown @markjbrown.com · 26/06/2023

Enjoying some native fruits in SE Asia including Mangosteen, Coconut and Sugar Cane. All three picked directly from ground or tree. You can find this stuff in the US but it's insanely expensive and not nearly as good. Must come to the source 🙂

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Mark Brown @markjbrown.com · 24/06/2023

Visited a Buddhist Temple that also serves as an orphanage for about 200 children. This place is magical.

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Mark Brown @markjbrown.com · 23/06/2023

Vacation officially underway. No better way to start than a cafe with tables sunk into a huge koi pond.

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Mark Brown @markjbrown.com · 22/06/2023

Love these native Korean flavors.

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Mark Brown @markjbrown.com · 22/06/2023

Pro tip if you ever travel transit through Seoul with a long layover and your connection is in Terminal 1. Wait as long as possible to go there. It's terrible. This was the only food place that still had food available.

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