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Microsoft MVP Summit 2007

The stimulus to get back to this blog after a few months break, has been provided by my attendance last week at the MVP Summit, held in Seattle and Redmond, Washington, USA.

I am honoured to be part of Microsoft's MVP (Most Valuable Professional) program, which recognises participation in technical communities.  And then the Summit, which is an get-together of the community of these community people.

Well, with over 1700 MVPs from almost 90 countries, 1000 Micrsoft employees, 530 seminar and technical sessions during the week, and plenty of other events, it was a huge affair.

I naturally ended up spending most of my time with those in the same product group as me, i.e. Access.  What an incredible bunch of men and women.  I really learned a lot of very valuable information, one way or another.  But for me, the best part was the face-to-face contact with my colleagues, and the wonderful sense of cameraderie that springs from our common interest.

This is not the place to go into technical specifics.  I can say that I really enjoyed a function at the Boeing Museum of Flight.  I can say I was inspired by the session we had with Bill Gates.

And I can say that I am very excited to be part of the continued growth of Microsoft Access.

I have put some photos in a gallery here.  Some of the photos were taken by me, others I have borrowed.  For example, the one on this page was taken by my friend Alex Dybenko.

Tags: Microsoft+Access, Microsoft+MVP, Community

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