I was sent an email this morning by Brian Keller (the technical evangelist for VSTS at Microsoft) informing me that Soma Somasegar (the Vice President of the developer division at Microsoft) had included a quote I made about VS2008 while working with the Orcas TAP in his latest blog entry.
Needless to say I found this beyond awesome and I couldn’t be more appreciative of Soma for including not only me but MethodFactory in his list of success stories. It just goes to show you that Microsoft gives credit to companies that want to provide feedback and be involved in new technologies.
Anyone who hasn’t had the pleasure of being involved in a TAP, or other related Microsoft program, should definitely reach out to see what involvement you and your company might be able to have.
Microsoft is much friendlier and more transparent than I think a lot of people give them credit for. If you’ve ever complained about how something in .NET works, or a bug in Visual Studio, what better way to resolve your concerns than by expressing them directly yourself. They genuinely love to hear from passionate people with good ideas.
Just think, if a fool like me could do it, imagine what really smart people could bring to the table? 
- Don’t let the last couple non-technical related posts fool you. Stay tuned in the coming days/weeks for lots of juicy .NET/software development related posts as that will be the focus of ths blog. I’ve just been trying to build up some cool content quickly to acclimate the new setup.
- I hope Kansas loses to Missouri tonight
Let it be known that I did call the Kansas upset this evening. Chase Daniels is just too damn good.
If anyone is unfamiliar with The Perry Bible Fellowship (The PBF) comic strip series then you need to check it out right now. No it isn’t religious at all, the name is meant to be somewhat of a misnomer/joke. Anyways I’ve been a zealous reader of the strip for years and the writer (Nicholas Gurewhitch) finally got a collection of his comics published. For people that live in cool cities (like Seattle) this comic is actually printed in their local newspapers. For the rest of us we just have to subscribe to the RSS feed to enjoy the latest editions.
The best part about Nicholas’ comics is that there are always hidden meanings so you end up spending a couple minutes trying to figure out exactly what he was thinking (unless you get it right away).
Here is an example of one of his newer strips:
There are a ton at his site that will provide you with lots of enjoyment for hours
So I just recently switched blogging engines (and web hosts for that matter) and am pretty happy with the new setup. Hopefully starting from here on out I’ll be really regular with the posts.
I’d like to thank Damien Guard for giving me the inspiration to use Redoable
