I just finished with the first episode of Microsoft’s Be The Next Employee reality webshow. It was much better than I had hoped it would be! There was drama, action, a good level of geekiness, and a healthy dose of Buck Woody (blog | @buckwoody). I think most shows could use a visit from Buck. … Read more
In case you haven’t heard yet, Microsoft is having a contest to find their next employee. Starting July 24th you can watch the webshow and root for one of four finalists to win a chance to work at Microsoft. I was recently contacted by Microsoft and asked if I would write a review for each episode. … Read more
Have you heard about or seen the Born to Learn blog from MS Learning? Did you know that Microsoft certifications are celebrating their twentieth anniversary this year? That’s one year older than Jonathan Kehayias (blog | @SQLPoolboy)! Tomorrow at 9AM ET I am taking part in a tweetchat with MS Learning where we want to help promote the new … Read more
What if you threw a house party and nobody came? You’d feel pretty sad, I’m sure. OK, what if you threw a house party for 20 people except those 20 people told all their friends about the party and 45 people showed up causing your neighbors to call the cops and shut the party down … Read more
Don’t give up on Microsoft Connect. The process is not perfect but it can (and often does) work.
Next week I will be attending the 2012 Microsoft MVP Summit. This will be my third Summit but it feels like my first because there are going to be a lot of new faces there for the first time. That’s why I wanted to take the time to remind everyone that the MVP Summit is essentially … Read more
