Link Logger
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Re: Off to Microsoft MVP Summit
said by dave  :It was fixed! The only fix that was on is that MSeng owes us big time for buying all the losing tickets so he could win the ultimate Microsoft swag.
Blake
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pcdebb
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wow, sounds like fun. maybe one day in my future life i will graduate to attend something like this 
just picturing the atmosphere, I feel like it's one huge "geekfest" lol
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Steve
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Yorba Linda, CA
| reply to Steve
Morning all, feeling fine after my 6AM wakeup call
It was a tiring day, and we didn't really do anything. I flew in at around noon, got to campus at around two. I met my Microsoft buddy Eric, and made the rounds of the conference center. All the MVP Leads (Microsoft folks who manage the various product/technology areas) were there, as well as some MS software demonstartions, but there weren't any that I was particularly interested in.
During this couple of hours, they had food out for us, and by far the most interesting thing was the fountain of chocolate. Five tiers or so tall, chocolate poured out the top and showered its way down, and we dipped marshmallows, strawberries, and other things into the cascading chocolate. It was very cool.
We got bussed over to Qwest Field for dinner, but this was a Keystone Cops operation. They apologized and said it wouldn't happen again: Microsoft has some fantastic event planners who really know how to run something like this.
As a side note: there are around 3000 MVPs, but not all of them are here - I think that we're at maybe 1700 or so. That's still a lot of people to corral.
I had customer issues this morning so am running late: I gotta catch my bus. Will try to post later.
Steve
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dave
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| reply to CrazyM
said by CrazyM : And the winner was MSeng It was fixed! You can tell that from the first two letters of MSeng 's name! |
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SoonerAl
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|  reply to CrazyM
Wells Fargo Club at Qwest Field | 
The view |
Here are a couple of pictures of the Wells Fargo Club at Qwest field. These were taken before the crowd arrived...
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CrazyM
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Link Logger
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Calgary, AB
·Shaw
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Well today's $64,000 question would be 'where's the bus?' And I'm sure you will hear about that from just about everyone here, but for one place we were going to we waited almost a hour for a bus and then took a cab, but then of course that turned into an adventure all its own and I'll wait to tell that story in court, but needless to say me and another fellow were more then just a little late for the regional diner tonight, which by the way was a great BBR reunion and of course a BBR person was the big winner tonight, but I'll let him tell that story.
This morning I went to the Museum of Flight as I heard it was pretty good and the number and range of aircraft is impressive, which it truly was. They have a couple of my favorite aircraft, SR-71 Blackbird (what can you say about this aircraft as everything about it is either beautiful and/or amazing), A-4 Skyhawk (nimble little bugger with a big punch), F-4 Phantom (proof if you put big enough engines on a brick, it will fly or the best way to convert JP4 to a lot of noise and smoke) and the concord (what a way to fly). Tons of other aircraft in a really nice setting as you can get much closer to them then say at the Smithsonian. The part I wasn't expecting was the history and the Boeing story which was most interesting and very well done. If you get the chance and are an aviation buff, then I would really recommend the trip. There was one little adventure coming back, but lets just say it was typical of the transportation issues we seem to be having here and leave it at that.
Today was just registration and the regional diners, so nothing much to report, except lots of old acquaintances where renewed and new ones made. This is not the place to be shy or reserved as there are far too many interesting people to meet. Every person here has earned their battle stars/scars and is willing to share their experiences and a good laugh. So you meet all sorts of people with different skill sets and from different countries, backgrounds, etc which opens your eyes to different issues, solutions, tools, etc which is great. Microsoft is a huge company with lots of products and it really shows when you meet all sorts of MVP's. Whats amazing is security is actually a large group as I think there are now over 90 security MVPs (little over 20 are here, but we still miss CJ).
Again have I mentioned exactly how much I hate wireless networks at hotels, hello potential victims. I met one fellow this morning in the lobby and I don't know if he was an MVP or not but we had a great conversation about wireless networks as this guy really knew his stuff about existing standards and where future standards were going and why, so needless to say I came away from that chance encounter a little wiser. The big advantage to the impending N standard is the ability to focus beams, so for example in an aircraft it would reduce the reflection off the sides of the aircraft which are currently a huge issue with the current omni-directional standards. We also talked bit about what is after N, which was very interesting as the sine wave could be in trouble as they are thinking of moving to spike type transmissions so power can be much lower, but effectiveness much higher as noise isn't as big a factor. It was obvious that this guy was connected and involved and very interesting.
Breakfast is at the Hotels tomorrow, but who the h3ll has breakfast at 6:00am (OK Steve is one of those sick and demented morning people), as I thought I was doing good to be up at 8:30am this morning to go to the Museum. I'm usually just going to bed at 6:00 am, so this week is going to kill me.
OK I'm not the official photographer anymore as the only thing that is official is my JasJar sucks when taking pictures and other people here have much better cameras so I'll leave picture taking to them, but attached are some pics from the Museum (which I took with my other camera). The other thing I found out today is Blake is way to big to get into an F-18 cockpit as apparently all those pilots are little skinny guys.
CJ I took a picture of the Apollo Command Module 007 that your Dad likely knows very well .
Blake
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SoonerAl
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|  reply to Steve
MS Conference Center | 
Registration | 
More registration | 
Product & Services Exp |
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PapaDos
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| reply to dave
Don't cry dave , you are my favorite "MVP leftover"... 
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dave
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*sobs into kleenex* |
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jig
join:2001-01-05
Hacienda Heights, CA | reply to Steve
it will be interesting to see how/if the mvps respond to the seeming collateral issues with vista/hd-dvd. and what kind of mention there is of open document. |
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dp
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| reply to Steve
said by Steve :It's been my custom to post routine status reports of the stuff we are allowed to write about... Thanks for keeping us up to date on the happenings, it's appreciated.
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jaykaykay
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I always like to read the postings from this meeting even though I am not as active as I was on the Security Forum any more. It's always helpful to know what's going on in the world outside my own.
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DonnaB
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Looking forward for anything that we can hear from you guys!
and I second Janie.. Thank you guys for the heads-up!
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CalamityJane
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said by SoonerAl :I understand signs on the MS campus mention about 3000 or so are scheduled to attend... Wow!  That's more than twice as many as last year!!(I think last year was something like 1300)
Thanks for keeping us updated here, guys
@SnowyOne ...I am still laughing so hard at the beginning of that Seattle photo thread. Your insert of photo was priceless LOL
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SoonerAl
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| reply to Steve
said by Steve :Well, it's that time of year again: a handful of us Microsoft MVPs are trekking to Redmond for the Global MVP Summit starting tomorrow; I understand signs on the MS campus mention about 3000 or so are scheduled to attend...
I'm off in a few hours, staying at the Hyatt in Bellevue...:)
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Link Logger
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| reply to Steve
I'm here at the Crowne Plaza and tomorrow some of us are starting the day off with a quick tour in the morning of the Museum of Flight ( »www.museumofflight.org ) before heading over for the Conference Registration. Anyone else want to join us as we plan to be there as the doors open at 10:00 am.
I've got my camera and so I'll see what sort of shots I can get and post.
Steve I'm about a block or so away from you.
Have I told anyone how much I hate wireless hotel networks?
Anyone know where I can get an external antenna or a 2511 network card and have it shipped to me same day (ie same-day-courier from somewhere in Seattle to the hotel)?
Thanks
Blake
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SnowyOne
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| reply to Steve
Steve good try, but you forget who your dealing with here. The most relevant post ever made in this forum (or for that matter any forum, anywhere) was the 4th reply in this thread that you so ineptly pretend to have forgotten.
Have a blast!
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Steve
I'm a PC, so shut up
Consultant
join:2001-03-10
Yorba Linda, CA
| Well, it's that time of year again: a handful of us Microsoft MVPs are trekking to Redmond for the Global MVP Summit starting tomorrow; it's customary for the BBR MVPs going (or not going) to check in here. I'm in the Security track.
It's been my custom to post routine status reports of the stuff we are allowed to write about, and Link Logger has been our cameraman: Blake, are you going?
Previous threads about the Security-only Summit last year to give a hint about what to expect:
»Microsoft MVP SecuritySummit thread
»SecSummit notes for Wednesday
»SecSummit notes for Thursday
I'm staying at the Renaissance: arriving tomorrow, leaving Saturday. Gonna be a busy time, hoping to give lots of details info (even more hoping they have new cool stuff to tell us). I really hope they finally get off the time about the MS Antispyware enterprise version.
MVPs: check in here!
Steve
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