Summit Day 3 - Executive Day
No Pictures of Executive Sessions
Some may yet (and likely will) come of the party tonight.
Overall, I enjoyed the day. Most of the content was targeted specifically at MVPs, e.g., things to make our contributions easier, Q&A, etc.. Saw some neat new flashy stuff that's coming down the pipe, which of course is under NDA, so no specifics. The highlight was definitely Steve Ballmer's talk (and the hilarious video of him and Bill Gates as Neo (Stevo) and Morpheus, respectively). Unfortunately, it will never see the light of day (apart from the meeting today) due to licensing/distribution issues. But the other execs were also quite enjoyable, helpful, and gracious. You can get the feel of why MS is as successful as it is, being run by these folks. Thanks to all of them for taking time to spend with us.
I had lunch with Kent Sharkey (coordinator of ASP.NET and VS.NET content on msdn.com), Duncan Mackenzie (Software Design Engineer for MSDN), Darren Neimke, and others. The lunch was basically a hodge-podge of various MS employees sitting at different tables by topic/product. I say that, but it was actually quite coordinated with a map of who's at what tables and all. Food was some sort of Mexican-like dish (chicken, “party“ rice, black beans and pico de gallo, and some tasty tarts. They also had churros, but those are not my bag.
Anyhoo, we're all down for a brief respite before trudging back over to the MS campus for the MVP party...