MVP = SPAM?
Wow, the MVP Announcements are out. Lots of nice folks and friends have become members of what I call the "Microsoft House of Representatives" or more commonly known as the Microsoft Most Valuable Professional (MVP) Program.
Here's what Microsoft says about MVPs:
- Recognized: Microsoft MVPs are acknowledged by peers and also by Microsoft for their active participation in Microsoft technical communities around the globe.
- Credible: Microsoft MVPs have demonstrated practical expertise providing the highest quality information and content.
- Accessible: Microsoft MVPs are active technical community leaders sharing their experience with peers.
Recognized? Yes, I'd know DonXml if I was behind him in line. (Which I was in NYC recently going into a dive bar)
Credible? Yes, Sam Gentile knows C#, my friends.
Accessible? Jeff Julian and John Bristowe are on MSN Messenger enough to be considered officially accessible.
I was poking around my never read SPAM folder, which contained 1002 emails this evening and found this:
"It is with great excitement that I can inform you that you have been awarded as a MVP in ASP.NET for your community contributions in the past year."
Well, holy crap and happy birthday! Good thing I'm not the MVP for Outlook, because Outlook said this good news was SPAM.
Thanks to whoever nominated me. As a fiscally conservative ASP.NET developer, I promise to vote my conscience during the caucuses. :)
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Maybe you should add the MVP email address as a trusted sender in Outlook. :)
It reminds me of stories I've heard about people who won the lottery, but didn't realize it until finding an old ticket in some dusty drawer somewhere, pulling it out, reading it, matching it to the winning numbers for the date, and realizing the goodness.
Way to go, mister.
And, if I remember correctly, MVPs get a special watch. Does this mean you're going to have two watchband tan lines on your arm this summer?
Or is the MVP watch going to have to duke it out with the dork watch to see which one is going to get the place of honor?
There can be only one, Scott.
Congrats Scott, we'll have to have you back in NYC in August when it's 103 degrees....
My award e-mail from this past October didn't get put in my spam folder; maybe it's only fitting that it *didn't*, considering I'm an Outlook MVP!
Actually, I got the award box in the day, and didn't see the e-mail until the evening, so I was quite surprised!
It was only thanks to the other to-be MVP for that product asking me if I'd received a message that I knew what might have happened and he was able to get MS to send the message again.
Welcome !
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