Microsoft MVP Award
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So far the new year is starting off on the right foot. I woke up this morning to an email this morning from Microsoft letting me know that I received the 2008 Microsoft MVP Award in Visual Developer - Visual C#. Thanks for all you have done over the last year to help me achieve this!
Scott. —In just two days, tomorrow will be yesterday. —Hey, hey, hey. Don't be mean. We don't have to be mean because, remember, no matter where you go, there you are. - Buckaroo Banzai
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Since you brought it up and this was your year. Is there a particular experience along the path that lead to this award that sticks out for you? Some event or question where you not only shared knowledge but learned a fair bit in the process? If nothing jumps out no worries just thought I'd ask to make the thread more interesting than just an announcement. If it's a good thread it needs some character or character building so pony-up!!! :-D
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So far the new year is starting off on the right foot. I woke up this morning to an email this morning from Microsoft letting me know that I received the 2008 Microsoft MVP Award in Visual Developer - Visual C#. Thanks for all you have done over the last year to help me achieve this!
Scott. —In just two days, tomorrow will be yesterday. —Hey, hey, hey. Don't be mean. We don't have to be mean because, remember, no matter where you go, there you are. - Buckaroo Banzai
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So far the new year is starting off on the right foot. I woke up this morning to an email this morning from Microsoft letting me know that I received the 2008 Microsoft MVP Award in Visual Developer - Visual C#. Thanks for all you have done over the last year to help me achieve this!
Scott. —In just two days, tomorrow will be yesterday. —Hey, hey, hey. Don't be mean. We don't have to be mean because, remember, no matter where you go, there you are. - Buckaroo Banzai
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Scott Dorman wrote:
I woke up this morning to an email this morning from Microsoft letting me know that I received the 2008 Microsoft MVP Award in Visual Developer - Visual C#.
Congrats! Me too! Marc
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So far the new year is starting off on the right foot. I woke up this morning to an email this morning from Microsoft letting me know that I received the 2008 Microsoft MVP Award in Visual Developer - Visual C#. Thanks for all you have done over the last year to help me achieve this!
Scott. —In just two days, tomorrow will be yesterday. —Hey, hey, hey. Don't be mean. We don't have to be mean because, remember, no matter where you go, there you are. - Buckaroo Banzai
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Excellent. Congrats, Scott!
Tech, life, family, faith: Give me a visit. I'm currently blogging about: Relative Moralism and Pseudo-tolerance Rhetoric The apostle Paul, modernly speaking: Epistles of Paul Judah Himango
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Since you brought it up and this was your year. Is there a particular experience along the path that lead to this award that sticks out for you? Some event or question where you not only shared knowledge but learned a fair bit in the process? If nothing jumps out no worries just thought I'd ask to make the thread more interesting than just an announcement. If it's a good thread it needs some character or character building so pony-up!!! :-D
Thanks! I guess the experience that most sticks out for me was the first time I presented at a technical conference. I made the mistake of submitting a Birds-of-a-Feather topic for Microsoft TechEd 2007 and much to my surprise, it was selected as a conference session. When I arrived to moderate the session I realized that there were close to 100 people attending. It was definately a crash-course in presenting and forced me to get over any fears I had about public speaking. After that, everything else has seemed easier. :)
Scott. —In just two days, tomorrow will be yesterday. —Hey, hey, hey. Don't be mean. We don't have to be mean because, remember, no matter where you go, there you are. - Buckaroo Banzai
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Thanks!
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Scott Dorman wrote:
I woke up this morning to an email this morning from Microsoft letting me know that I received the 2008 Microsoft MVP Award in Visual Developer - Visual C#.
Congrats! Me too! Marc
Thanks and congratulations, too! You certainly deserve it.
Scott. —In just two days, tomorrow will be yesterday. —Hey, hey, hey. Don't be mean. We don't have to be mean because, remember, no matter where you go, there you are. - Buckaroo Banzai
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Excellent. Congrats, Scott!
Tech, life, family, faith: Give me a visit. I'm currently blogging about: Relative Moralism and Pseudo-tolerance Rhetoric The apostle Paul, modernly speaking: Epistles of Paul Judah Himango
Thanks Judah!
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So far the new year is starting off on the right foot. I woke up this morning to an email this morning from Microsoft letting me know that I received the 2008 Microsoft MVP Award in Visual Developer - Visual C#. Thanks for all you have done over the last year to help me achieve this!
Scott. —In just two days, tomorrow will be yesterday. —Hey, hey, hey. Don't be mean. We don't have to be mean because, remember, no matter where you go, there you are. - Buckaroo Banzai
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I'd love to see one of the Microsoft MVPs compose an article of appropriate length that summarized what they felt they needed to do in order to be recognized as an MVP. I'd also like to know (in the article) if being an MVP was something you set out to accomplish or if the recognition just happened and you were unaware of the possibility of such recognition all the way along. The road to MVP is know small feat. I know a few closely and they seem to have dedicated themselves (like monks) to serving others and when the recognition of MVP is handed out it truly is a hard-fought accomplishment to those who have earned it. My understanding is that you put about as much work into becoming an MVP as you would spend in one year of college at full-time status. So TOOTING MY HORN FOR YOU and Clifton! Great Job!!!
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Scott Dorman wrote:
I woke up this morning to an email this morning from Microsoft letting me know that I received the 2008 Microsoft MVP Award in Visual Developer - Visual C#.
Congrats! Me too! Marc
Congrats Marc but if that didn't happen I would have been surprised. The fact it did happen is the natural progression of events that prove a predictable outcome is waiting at the end. Congrats on your extremely hard work and you are very well deserving of the public recognition such a feat brings. Great job! Nicely done and I think the CP community has to feel pretty good that a lot of the MS MVPs call this place home.:rose::rose::rose: Usually when I think of cornerstone members here I kind of lump you and CG into the that category as being two guys (and yes there are many, many others) who keep this place a location of *premium* content. WOOT!!!:cool:
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I'd love to see one of the Microsoft MVPs compose an article of appropriate length that summarized what they felt they needed to do in order to be recognized as an MVP. I'd also like to know (in the article) if being an MVP was something you set out to accomplish or if the recognition just happened and you were unaware of the possibility of such recognition all the way along. The road to MVP is know small feat. I know a few closely and they seem to have dedicated themselves (like monks) to serving others and when the recognition of MVP is handed out it truly is a hard-fought accomplishment to those who have earned it. My understanding is that you put about as much work into becoming an MVP as you would spend in one year of college at full-time status. So TOOTING MY HORN FOR YOU and Clifton! Great Job!!!
Hmmm...an article would be interesting. For me, I was nominated about 9 months ago based on my blog and my activity here on CP. It was certainly not something I had set out to become nor was I expecting it. Once I found out I was nominated it was definately a lot of work both online and offline to make it through the process.
Scott. —In just two days, tomorrow will be yesterday. —Hey, hey, hey. Don't be mean. We don't have to be mean because, remember, no matter where you go, there you are. - Buckaroo Banzai
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Scott Dorman wrote:
I woke up this morning to an email this morning from Microsoft letting me know that I received the 2008 Microsoft MVP Award in Visual Developer - Visual C#.
Congrats! Me too! Marc
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So far the new year is starting off on the right foot. I woke up this morning to an email this morning from Microsoft letting me know that I received the 2008 Microsoft MVP Award in Visual Developer - Visual C#. Thanks for all you have done over the last year to help me achieve this!
Scott. —In just two days, tomorrow will be yesterday. —Hey, hey, hey. Don't be mean. We don't have to be mean because, remember, no matter where you go, there you are. - Buckaroo Banzai
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Well congratulations! :D Now that's something to start a new year with! I have to say, I'm a bit jealous, but then again, I haven't been active in the community that much this year (or any of the previous years TBH ;p) But this year I will take a more positive and active role and see if I can rope in an MVP award come 2009 :) Again congratulations!
"Programming today is a race between software engineers striving to build bigger and better idiot-proof programs, and the Universe trying to produce bigger and better idiots. So far, the Universe is winning." - Rick Cook "There is no wealth like knowledge, no poverty like ignorance." Ali ibn Abi Talib "Animadvertistine, ubicumque stes, fumum recta in faciem ferri?"
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Scott Dorman wrote:
I woke up this morning to an email this morning from Microsoft letting me know that I received the 2008 Microsoft MVP Award in Visual Developer - Visual C#.
Congrats! Me too! Marc
Awesome! That is so super-ultra-mega cool! Congratulations and the whole she-bang Marc, you certainly deserve it! Now I'm envious of Scott and you! :laugh: Congratulations :cool:
"Programming today is a race between software engineers striving to build bigger and better idiot-proof programs, and the Universe trying to produce bigger and better idiots. So far, the Universe is winning." - Rick Cook "There is no wealth like knowledge, no poverty like ignorance." Ali ibn Abi Talib "Animadvertistine, ubicumque stes, fumum recta in faciem ferri?"
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Well congratulations! :D Now that's something to start a new year with! I have to say, I'm a bit jealous, but then again, I haven't been active in the community that much this year (or any of the previous years TBH ;p) But this year I will take a more positive and active role and see if I can rope in an MVP award come 2009 :) Again congratulations!
"Programming today is a race between software engineers striving to build bigger and better idiot-proof programs, and the Universe trying to produce bigger and better idiots. So far, the Universe is winning." - Rick Cook "There is no wealth like knowledge, no poverty like ignorance." Ali ibn Abi Talib "Animadvertistine, ubicumque stes, fumum recta in faciem ferri?"
Thanks! I didn't start becoming really active until 2007, and the first half of the year was all online stuff. The trick for me was to become involved in both online and offline communities. Good luck with it for next year.
Scott. —In just two days, tomorrow will be yesterday. —Hey, hey, hey. Don't be mean. We don't have to be mean because, remember, no matter where you go, there you are. - Buckaroo Banzai
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Thanks! I didn't start becoming really active until 2007, and the first half of the year was all online stuff. The trick for me was to become involved in both online and offline communities. Good luck with it for next year.
Scott. —In just two days, tomorrow will be yesterday. —Hey, hey, hey. Don't be mean. We don't have to be mean because, remember, no matter where you go, there you are. - Buckaroo Banzai
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Scott Dorman wrote:
he trick for me was to become involved in both online and offline communities
Ah yes, see, the local offline community ought to be dismantled, hacked into pieces and then re-created from scratch. And Jordan is too small to create an alternate group. I guess it'll have to wait till I'm out of here for the offline part, but I'll definitely work hard on the online part :-\
"Programming today is a race between software engineers striving to build bigger and better idiot-proof programs, and the Universe trying to produce bigger and better idiots. So far, the Universe is winning." - Rick Cook "There is no wealth like knowledge, no poverty like ignorance." Ali ibn Abi Talib "Animadvertistine, ubicumque stes, fumum recta in faciem ferri?"
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Scott Dorman wrote:
he trick for me was to become involved in both online and offline communities
Ah yes, see, the local offline community ought to be dismantled, hacked into pieces and then re-created from scratch. And Jordan is too small to create an alternate group. I guess it'll have to wait till I'm out of here for the offline part, but I'll definitely work hard on the online part :-\
"Programming today is a race between software engineers striving to build bigger and better idiot-proof programs, and the Universe trying to produce bigger and better idiots. So far, the Universe is winning." - Rick Cook "There is no wealth like knowledge, no poverty like ignorance." Ali ibn Abi Talib "Animadvertistine, ubicumque stes, fumum recta in faciem ferri?"
Mustafa Ismail Mustafa wrote:
Ah yes, see, the local offline community ought to be dismantled, hacked into pieces and then re-created from scratch. And Jordan is too small to create an alternate group. I guess it'll have to wait till I'm out of here for the offline part, but I'll definitely work hard on the online part
You could always become involved in the group and try to change/fix the problems that you see. Fortunately there are communities like CP that make the online involvement a bit easier.
Scott. —In just two days, tomorrow will be yesterday. —Hey, hey, hey. Don't be mean. We don't have to be mean because, remember, no matter where you go, there you are. - Buckaroo Banzai
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Scott Dorman wrote:
I woke up this morning to an email this morning from Microsoft letting me know that I received the 2008 Microsoft MVP Award in Visual Developer - Visual C#.
Congrats! Me too! Marc
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So far the new year is starting off on the right foot. I woke up this morning to an email this morning from Microsoft letting me know that I received the 2008 Microsoft MVP Award in Visual Developer - Visual C#. Thanks for all you have done over the last year to help me achieve this!
Scott. —In just two days, tomorrow will be yesterday. —Hey, hey, hey. Don't be mean. We don't have to be mean because, remember, no matter where you go, there you are. - Buckaroo Banzai
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Congrats Scott!
Why is common sense not common? Never argue with an idiot. They will drag you down to their level where they are an expert. Sometimes it takes a lot of work to be lazy Individuality is fine, as long as we do it together - F. Burns
Thanks Wes.
Scott. —In just two days, tomorrow will be yesterday. —Hey, hey, hey. Don't be mean. We don't have to be mean because, remember, no matter where you go, there you are. - Buckaroo Banzai
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