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Last Day With OrcsWeb

Scott Forsyths WebLog — Sat, 19 May 2012 00:00:00 GMT

Its hard to believe that its been 10 years since my first day at OrcsWeb. Today is my last official day, but Ill still be close by. I have a number of ties here, including being a customer through Vaasnet. So much has changed in this time. Ten years ago I began working for OrcsWeb from Canada. Nine years ago I moved my family down here to North Carolina and assumed the role of Director of Technology. I was able to be a part of the company as it grew in staff, servers, customers, and reputation....

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How does e-shipping works on e-store?

ASP.NET Announcements — Thu, 17 May 2012 00:00:00 GMT

Hi All eCommerce Enthusiasts, Today a new version of Scalable and Complete #opensource #ASP.NET eCommerce solution ~ @AspxCommerce 1.1 is Released! Explore its extensible Fetaures and Powers http://aspxcommerce.codeplex.com/releases/87906/download/379382 Try demo: http://demo.aspxcommerce.com Try Explore: http://test2.aspxcommerce.com With Regards, Milson Munakami MSP, MCTS, MCPD...

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Not Happy With the Monochrome Visual Studio 11 Beta UI

WebLog of Ken Cox [MVP] — Tue, 03 Apr 2012 00:00:00 GMT

I cant wait for a third-party to come out with tools to return some colour to the flat, monochrome look of Visual Studio 11 (beta). What bugs me most are the icons. I feel like a newbie when I have to squint and analyze the shape of icons on the debugging toolbar just to get the one I want. (Fortunately, the meddlers didnt mess with the keyboard commands so Im not totally lost.) Not sure what usability studies told MS that bland is better. Maybe it is for most people, but not for me. Gray,...

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Thinking of a startup: start small and start now!

the telerik blogs — Mon, 02 Apr 2012 00:00:00 GMT

Over the past few months, Ive judged both the Startup Weekend and ServiceJam in Hong Kong, attended pitch nights, and spoke at some start-up networking events. Almost all aspiring entrepreneurs who I talked to at these events struggled with when was the right time to release V1 of their product. One guy even told me that he was sitting on an idea, an idea that he thinks can be bigger than Facebook, for almost 12 years waiting for patents!

My advice to each all of these entrepreneurs is the same: start small and start now. Your best bet if you are thinking about something is to just do it. Many people think that they cant do it or that their project is too big. No problem! Start small and test your theory out. Weve all heard about MVP or minimum viable product, but my advice goes even deeper: minimum viable idea (MVI).

What is a minimum viable idea? It is the smallest version of your idea that you can test and get meaningful results. If you are unsure of your idea or want to validate your idea, you have to build the minimum viable product of your minimum viable idea and compare the results against your assumptions and expectations. Then as the saying goes iterate or exit.

For example someone recently came to me with a social networking idea. They had a big grandiose plan to build their own platform with all the bells and whistles. The idea was good, but would it fly? I just dont know if their assumptions are valid. They complained that they had to wait a few months for their first MVP to be built so they can start testing and validating their assumptions. I told them why months? You can build a super small version of the idea as a Facebook app, share it with some friends/testers, and gather the results. A minimum viable ideas minimum viable Facebook app would probably take a HKU student one or two weeks to put together.

Another friend wanted to build an elaborate social media powered electronic display in a drab public place, requiring government approval. (The goal is to increase happiness as well as make some money.) What would be a MVI? Ask for permission to paint the drab public some happy colors with a painted easy to remember link for people to +1 or like or comment and display those comments as an RSS feed. No difficult software to build and a much easier conversation with the public works department. (Or maybe this can be accomplished just by buying advertisement space, no need for any approval!) The results that come back will help validate the idea!

The best way to get started is to actually get started. Go out there and find a fast, cheap, and creative way to test your idea (MVI) before you even start to think about the MVP of your true offering.

Good luck.

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MVP.Years++ ; // Thanks Microsoft

Sahil Malik - blah.winsmarts.com — Sun, 01 Apr 2012 00:00:00 GMT

SharePoint 2010 Training: more information Even though today is April fools day, it is my MVP renewal date. So, there is always the chance of thinking not being renewed as an April fools joke. Well, I get to postpone that joke one more time. It looks like, Ive been renewed again. WAHOOO!! :) Thank you Microsoft, and thank you to everyone one of you for your support and best...

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Synopsis of the Microsoft MVP Summit 2012

EggHeadCafe.com New Articles — Sun, 04 Mar 2012 00:00:00 GMT

Major features from the Microsoft MVP Summit 2012 in Redmond read more

By Peter Bromberg

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Do You Have the Passion?

Chris Love's Official Blog - Professional ASP.NET — Fri, 02 Mar 2012 00:00:00 GMT

Today is the last day of the MVP Summit. This is my fifth year being an ASP.NET MVP, and I try to squeeze every once of enjoyment I can out of the program and the Summit especially. Now that I am a seasoned veteran I spend time reflecting on things that...(read more)...

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Upcoming Presentations and Other Enterprise Mobility Stuff

Chris Love's Official Blog - Professional ASP.NET — Thu, 01 Mar 2012 00:00:00 GMT

So far this has been an exciting year and the upcoming week should be really exciting. This week I am attending the Microsoft MVP Summit in Bellevue and getting a lot of great information about the upcoming release of Visual Studio and ASP.NET. But next...(read more)...

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Lumia800 bundle unboxing

Code Climber — Thu, 01 Mar 2012 00:00:00 GMT

I wanted to buy a Nokia Lumia 800 for a while now, but since I wanted to buy it for Daniela I wanted to buy the pink magenta version, and I couldnt find it neither in Italy nor in Belgium. Since Im now in Bellevue for the MVP Summit, I decided to take advantage of a promotion done by Microsoft Store and buy the Lumia 800 bundle, which includes the Lumia 800, the Purity Monster headphones, the Play 360 speaker and the Luna Bluetooth headset, all for 899USD + taxes (984USD in WA) which is 730. If you...

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Microsoft MVP Summit, GeekGive! (3rd year for me)

peterkellner.net — Mon, 27 Feb 2012 00:00:00 GMT

For the past two years, a day before the Microsoft MVP Summit a GeekGive has been organized where about 50 or so of us all go to some location and help with community building activities. Three years ago, it was building a house with Habitat for Humanity, Last year and this year its been in [...]...

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Microsoft MVP Summit, GeekGive! (3rd year for me)

peterkellner.net — Mon, 27 Feb 2012 00:00:00 GMT

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Microsoft MVP Summit, GeekGive! (3rd year for me)

peterkellner.net — Sun, 26 Feb 2012 00:00:00 GMT

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Glenn Berry: DBA of the Day

Simple Talk — Thu, 23 Feb 2012 00:00:00 GMT

Glenn Berry works as a Database Architect at Avalara in Bainbridge Island, Washington. He is a SQL Server MVP, and has a whole collection of Microsoft certifications, including MCITP, MCDBA, MCSE, MCSD, MCAD, and MCTS. As well as working as a DBA, he is an Adjunct Faculty member at the University of Denver, where he has been teaching since 2000. He wrote chapters in the SQL Server MVP Deep Dives books as well as 'SQL Server Hardware' for Simple-Talk....

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GitHub Drinkup MVP Edition

youve been HAACKED — Thu, 23 Feb 2012 00:00:00 GMT

Next week Microsoft hosts its annual MVP Summit. So what better time for me to host my first GitHub Drinkup MVP Edition at the Tap House Grill! Not an MVP? Nonsense! You are in my book, so show up! If you are an MVP, youre still welcome to slum it with the rest of us schlubs. All the details are posted over at the GitHub Blog post. What is a Drinkup you ask? Its pretty simple. Its a meetup where we drink and share stories of valor in the face of code complexity. Or jabber on about whatever...

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Microsoft Field Evangelist: Egan, Palermo, Terkaly, Villalobos

Scott Cates WebLog — Wed, 15 Feb 2012 00:00:00 GMT

Most of you know Im pretty very well connected into Microsoft. Mostly because its been my playground for the last few decades. Ive been an MVP since 2003, and Regional Directory since 2011, and my company is an Approved Vendor with Microsoft that gives me corpnet access. Im on email list after list, and have access to too much NDA information. Im grateful to be considered a trusted resource from Corporate Vice Presidents, to Product Managers, to Regional Offices etc. Ya, ya, so whats the point?...

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Do community because you like it, not because of the incentives

Code Climber — Fri, 06 Jan 2012 00:00:00 GMT

Every time there is a MVP renewal there is always some tweet or posts from people not being re-awarded, but this New Year re-awarding cycle was different: a few vocal and prominent community members didn't get re-awarded. Most of them were MVPs because of their OSS projects, so conspiracy theories started about Microsoft dropping his support to Open Source, and the bashing game started. Contributes to the community because you like it, not because of the incentives You should contribute to the community...

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On Microsoft MVP Program

Keyvan Nayyeri — Thu, 05 Jan 2012 00:00:00 GMT

Every once in a while, Microsoft releases the list of new and renewed MVPs and usually a bunch of congratulation messages appear on social networks and blogs, and there is also some stuff against the program. This time, it's a little warmer! Despite the expectation of many people, I never received a Microsoft MVP award and was nominated only once. There have been several people who believed that I am an MVP already! I failed to gain that award that one time after nomination because I responded...

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Recognition Compensation

youve been HAACKED — Thu, 05 Jan 2012 00:00:00 GMT

Mary Poppendieck writes the following in Unjust Deserts (pdf), a paper on compensation systems (emphasis mine), There is no greater de-motivator than a reward system that is perceived to be unfair. It doesnt matter if the system is fair or not. If there is a perception of unfairness, then those who think that they have been treated unfairly will rapidly lose their motivation. Written over seven years ago, the paper is just as insightful and applicable today. For example, lets apply it...

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Silverlight MVP += 1

Laurent Duveau — Sun, 01 Jan 2012 00:00:00 GMT

Sweet first email of the year announcing that Ive just been re-awarded Most Valuable Professional (MVP) by Microsoft for Silverlight. This is my 6th year in a row as an MVP so I am very grateful! 2011 was awesome! This is the year I became Microsoft Regional Director (RD) (on April 1st). I also did lots of community events, speaking at Microsoft conferences and user groups on Silverlight, Windows Phone, LightSwitch and HTML5. I am still sharing on Twitter @LaurentDuveau. The big surprise...

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On Microsoft Community

Keyvan Nayyeri — Sun, 27 Nov 2011 00:00:00 GMT

Phil Haack wrote a post reflecting his opinions on the current status of the so-called Microsoft community (I hardly can use that name to refer to these groups of people around Microsoft products) and Rob Conery has a great reaction to that. As a victim of this community for over 15 years who has come to conclusion that he has wasted his time, I thought its time for me to step in and share my thoughts as well. But before that Id like to point out to some great comments on Phils post particularly...

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