Category: Miscellaneous

MVP Summit 2008 – The trip home

For the last time, we were up at 6AM again, this time to catch the ferry home. Boarding was pretty uneventful, really, but part way home we got a message... 5 inches of snow at my inlaws. (They only live

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MVP Summit 2008 – Friday

Officially, the summit was over.  But we'd booked an extra day, and a few of the Excel guys were still around. We got up at 7AM, for breakfast at Lowell's at 8AM.  (Really slept in!)  Strangely, I never took any

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MVP Summit 2008 – Thursday

Another day, another 6AM rising for breakfast.  This time it was at the Washington State Trade and Convention Centre, and the breakfast was pretty good.  A full buffet that actually had fruit at it.  The only complaint I have, cause

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MVP Summit 2008 – Wednesday

Another early morning, another hotel breakfast.  This time eggs in a bagel, with a muffin and an apple.  Again, something to be desired, really. After another bus ride out to Redmond, they threw us in to a session with a

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MVP Summit 2008 – Tuesday

Tuesday again dawned too bright and early. Breakfast was at the hotels this year, which was nice in one regard. Last year they bussed us out to the MS Campus for breakfast, which meant that you were waiting over an

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MVP Summit 2008 – Monday

The day dawned bright and early, and we headed down to Lowell's for breakfast. The funny part about it was that Niek Otten had declared the previous night that last year's breakfast at Lowell's was the best breakfast he had

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MVP Summit 2008 – Sunday

Now that I'm home, it's time to try and catch up on the blog posts that I should have made last week. So, as promised, we spent a pretty lazy Sunday morning. Robert and I met up and headed off

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I’m in Seattle

Yesterday was an event filled day, but I'm finally here... We started off our morning at 7AM, heading out to a plant and tree sale in Qualicum. Twice per year, a (semi) local nursery has a huge sale, with plants

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2008 MVP Summit Stats

I received the following from Scott Vallee with Airfoil PR; a PR firm working on Microsoft's behalf.  (Thanks Scott!) We thought you might be interested in some quick facts about the MVP Summit, the program and the impact the MVP

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