Send Bil to PDC

This morning is special. It's special because I'm on my knees to the SharePoint blogging community (and anyone else who stumbled on this blog after googling for "contest"). The good geeks over at Channel 9 are sending some lucky nerd to this years Professional Developers Conference through a simple contest and I want to be that nerd. This blog post is my plea for you to send me to PDC. Why? Why send this lowly MVP to PDC and not say someone else who doesn't gripe about not going to TechEd every day of the event?

It's not like I'm asking to be sent to Tibet for an all-expense paid vacation as a yak herder. This years PDC is in Los Angeles. No, PDC is no TechEd. It does not have the glitz, the traffic, the smog, the shopping malls or the proximity of Disney World, not to mention a comparable number of television channels. Yet PDC is like the Willy Wonka of IT. With it's hands on experience with the next version of SharePoint (hopefully), in-depth talks on the future of portals, and long all-night drinking sessions that touch on the very nature of Information Technology. How can you not send me there, at least to live vicariously through my blog entries that I'll surely post.

Think of the precendent if you don't send Bil to PDC. The next time some Fortune 500 mega-conglomerate denies a geeks desire to seek knowledge and share wisdom, the IT organization will be left with no appeal. "Remember Bil" they'll say.

My promise to the world, should you send me to PDC, is simple.

• Daily updated photos of what's happening including anything so embarassing it will be blogged about for years to come
• At least one morning where I'm hung over and have to give a presentation or speak publically and don't come off looking like a complete idiot
• An in-depth interview in the PDC garage where you provide the questions with someone so close to SharePoint that we can only call him "Deep Throat"
• A blog-by-blog posting several times throughout the day on the magical goings on and what I step in when it comes to SharePoint, development, and IT
• A live demonstration of my Whack-A-Fitz concept
• An answer to the age old question. Boxers or Briefs?

So please, for the love of all that is managed code, send me to PDC. Click on the link below to do this. Really. Just one click. That's all.