I’ve been waiting for ages for a reason to get this…
Very pleased to be able to report that I’ve been renewed as an MVP for another year. That makes it 20 years. I’ve spent nearly a third of my life as an MVP! Thanks very much Microsoft.
I got my self a parrot kit to celebrate. As you do.
Just heard from Microsoft that I’m an MVP for another year, which is awesome. Thanks so much folks.
I’m never quite sure what it is that I keep doing to get the award. But I’ll just keep doing what I’m doing and hope that it works.
I feel terrible about this. After writing a blog post saying that I won’t be upgrading to Microsoft Windows 11 (which is looking even nicer the more I look at it) because my computer won’t run it I discover that Microsoft have renewed me as a Microsoft MVP.
Thanks so much to Microsoft for putting up with me. And there have been some very interesting chats over email between MVPs and Microsoft folks who have patiently explained the reasons why Microsoft will not be allowing machines like mine to run Windows 11. Having thought about it properly I agree with their policy. It is all about containerisation and security. What you really want is strong, hardware based, protection for your processes that the operating system can use to make sure that stuff that appears on your machine is managed in a proper way and that badly behaved code is detected and kicked off before doing any harm. The threats to vulnerable software and hardware are only going to get greater over time and if a device has flaws that make it impossible to secure you really shouldn’t be using it in the long term.
In the olden days people used to drive around in cars that had no safety features at all. These cars were perfectly good for moving you around but they were inherently dangerous to the people inside and those around them. Nowadays we don’t do that. Cars are built with crumple zones and air bags to make things safer for drivers and pedestrians. Me saying that I want to stick with my old PC because it still works is a bit like a driver saying that they are quite happy to zoom around in a car with no seatbelts and a really pointy bumper.
Maybe there is a place where systems like my existing one can be used in a secure way. Perhaps playing a server role behind a secure firewall. I’m going to look into that. I’m also going to start saving my pennies for a Windows 11 box. Rather looking forward to it now.
For every year that you are an MVP they send you a little glass disk that you can fit on a glass tower. I got my latest glass disk today. Very pleased. Thanks so much Microsoft.
Here’s a scary thought. I’ve spent more than a quarter of my life as a Microsoft MVP. Amazing. I found out today that I’ve been re-awarded again which is wonderful. Thanks very much, greatly appreciated.
I didn’t manage to get to the MVP Summit this year.
Sad face.
But I’ve just signed up to go next year.
Happy face.
I’m really looking forward to meeting up with lots of friends from around the world and apologising for being English.
I got the email this morning. I’ve been awarded as an MVP (Microsoft Most Valuable Professional) for another year. That makes 16. Scary thought: I’ve been an MVP for more than a quarter of my life. Thanks to Microsoft for seeing something useful in me that I’ve never quite managed to find myself. I’ll try to keep doing whatever it is that keeps me in the programme.
This week is the week of the MVP summit in Bellevue. And this year I’m not there. Hopefully I can get out for the next one. Have a great time folks.
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Day one of the Microsoft MVP Community event. Great fun. Interesting content on Story Telling and whole bunch of like minded folks. We're at the National Space Centre in Leicester which is a fantastic venue. Tonight we had the event dinner. With a quiz. And I was on the winning table, which was rather nice. More talks tomorrow.
Today it was just a simple matter of driving to London, running a few robot races and then back again. And it all went beautifully. The event was held at the RAF Museum in Hendon. So I put the postcode into the satnav and headed out. The journey down was smooth enough, and after a while I was all set up, with just a bit of nervousness about the network connectivity.
As it turned out, we had a few races and at least one winner.
This is one of our happy winners, with his winning robot. After the racing it was back into the car, enter another postcode (the one for home) and head back. I got into Hull just after midnight. It was great to meet up with a bunch of folks that I'd not seem for a while and talk "proper shop".
Thanks to Claire for inviting me.
I'm not sure if the proper term is "MVPness" or "MVPoscity". But any way, I've been awarded another year of it, which is very nice.
Thank you very much Microsoft.
This is what passes for MVPs on the rampage....
Today was the last day of the Microsoft MVP Summit. Tomorrow I fly home. I've just about got over the jet lag, in time for another bout when I get home. We had another day of interesting discussion and a hackathon which was great fun. Then out for dinner at the Cheesecake Factory and then packing.
It's been a great summit. I always leave these occasions with a head full of ideas for things to do and a strong desire to come back for the next one. Thanks to Microsoft for setting up such a fantastic event.
I'm really pleased that I've just been made an MVP again for another year. And this year there's been a change in that Windows Phone MVPs (which used to include me) have now been merged with the Windows Platform Development group.
So I guess that means I've finally made it onto the big screen......
Rob Miles is technology author and educator who spent many years as a lecturer in Computer Science at the University of Hull. He is also a Microsoft Developer Technologies MVP. He is into technology, teaching and photography. He is the author of the World Famous C# Yellow Book and almost as handsome as he thinks he is.
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