As of 10 April, I've joined the architect team at
Colorado CustomWare.
This is a big change for me. A much bigger company, focused entirely on software. A team environment with lots of process in place and support structures in place. Lots and lots more interesting differences, but I only managed to get two days in the new office before heading out to Seattle... so there will be lots more interesting paradigm shifts to come.
Got to start yesterday with the VB Insider's get-together.
Then went from there to Party with Palermo.
Played pool with an Israeli C# MVP (Justin).... during which he made a comment about karma. Had to laugh... of all things I expected from this week, a conversation with an Israeli in a bar about karma wasn't on the list.
And I'm sure that won't be my only surprise this week...
Yes, I know this is old news by now.
I got renewed 1 April for another year as an MVP. Yes, I'm one of the April Fools' Day MVPs. (And this year, Microsoft let me sweat for several hours before letting me know that I had been renewed.)
This week, I'm at the MVP summit for the first time. Seventeen hundred MVPs here this year, from all over the world. Very well run, and the quality of the people -- both the MVPs and the MIcrosoft employees -- is even more impressive than I expected.
Of course, the Seattle weather is typical for this time of year -- rainy and cloudy. And it looks like it will stay that way the whole time I'm here... both for the MVP summit and the AltDotNet conference.
Yes, that's right... I get to stay for the AltDotNet conference. Gonna be a great week.