Youth Movement

1:09 PM Cafeteria, building 26: Lunch. Corriero is discussing a girl she met on the plane last night who attends snowboarding school in Vermont but who is home in Seattle visiting her parents. The girl has invited Corriero to attend a power-yoga class with her. "It's good meeting people," Corriero comments. She ponders having a party for all of the people she and Furdyk have met since coming to Microsoft. "Not, like, a cheesy party," she explains. "A gathering."

1:50 PM Conference room, building 18: Furdyk, Corriero, and Morrison are regrouping. Of Purcell, Corriero says, "He's great! He's amazing!" She cannot, however, recall his name. "Does Kevin rock?" Morrison asks. Then she answers her own question: "Kevin rocks!"

2:24 PM Conference room, building 18: Furdyk and Corriero are meeting with Shawn McMichael, a group product manager in the PocketPC division. The pair will use the PocketPC for the next few weeks and report back on what they like and don't like about it. This meeting serves as a brain dump during which McMichael talks for 95% of the time. Furdyk, it turns out, has already researched the product extensively. Everyone is impressed.

3:45 PM Furdyk and Corriero's offices, building 18: Furdyk and Corriero are camping out in their offices, preparing for a presentation two days from now in which they will discuss the findings of recent Net Generation focus groups that they've led.

6:35 PM Chez Furdyk and Corriero: The pair arrives home -- home being a four-bedroom house overlooking Lake Sammamish. "When we first looked at it, I was freaking out," Corriero says. "We had this disposable camera, and I have all of these pictures of me jumping around from room to room." The house is about 20 feet from the water. It is mostly empty. Furdyk and Corriero put on a Pearl Jam CD and pad around in their socks eating cereal.

8:30 PM Gameworks arcade, downtown Seattle: Furdyk and Corriero are gearing up for an evening of video gaming. FC writer takes one look at pulsating screens and bolts to grab a burrito -- and some sleep.