Category: Miscellaneous

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

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

I've always been told that the question of what's under Dick Kusleika's hat was under NDA... now I know why...

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

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

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

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

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

Well, according to the Vista desktop gadget that I have installed, (shown below,) it's only 4 1/2 days until the MVP summit. Somehow, in that time, I still need to finish up a bunch of stuff at work, pack, and

Yesterday, I posted about crazy things I've seen in resume cover letters. This time around, I thought I'd share how I actually review the resumes and candidates themselves. If you are looking for a job, maybe there will be some