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Anniversaries

by davidcrow

Today is my 1 year anniversary at Microsoft Canada. I’m guessing there are a lot of unhappy gamblers in the pool. It’s been a fun year. May and June are always full of surprises and changes, fortunately this year the changes were much less scary and exciting. Less scary.  Anybody remember DemoCampToronto6? Unfortunately I don’t, it has been 2 years since the infamous BarCampER where I had the misfortune of having a heart attack. So I look forward to making it through May without any surprises.

And it’s been 1 year since I joined Microsoft. Can you believe it? Hopefully you didn’t loose too much money on the pool.

The Year in Review

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I attended a lot of conferences and events this past year. It felt like I was on the road a lot.I had a great time meeting people, hearing about what you were building and your mixed reactions to Microsoft. Some very positive. Others much more negative. I shouldn’t be surprised at the distribution of reactions and responses, but I think I was most surprised by the positive. I hadn’t really expected to become the public face of Microsoft Canada at many of the events. And I’m pretty sure that providing real-time bourbon-fueled support wasn’t in my employment contract, but apparently if you buy me bourbon I’ll provide substandard support. I haven’t spent a lot of time in the Microsoft ecosystem but I’ve been introduced to great people like John Bristowe, Mack Male, Derek Hatchard, Colin Bowern, Mark Arteaga and others across Canada. I continued to meet folks in the *Camp sphere including Vincent & Phillipe, Patrick Lor, Cam Linke and others. And best of all, I keep getting to see my friends and acquaintances around the country (you know who you are).

Places to Go, People to See

  • EnergizeIT 2007
  • Expression Product Launch
  • FooCamp 2007
  • DemoCampToronto14
  • Expression around the Clock
  • FSOSS 2007
  • CMA Digital Marketing Conference
  • DemoCampToronto15
  • Adaptive Path’s UX Intensive
  • UX Meetup in Edmonton
  • CanUX
  • DemoCampCalgary5
  • DemoCampToronto16
  • IT World Canada – 12 steps to stellar software design
  • Founders & Funders Toronto
  • StartupCampMontreal
  • blogTO’s – Toronto’s Best Web and Tech Evangelist
  • blogTO’s – Toronto’s Best Unconference
  • DemoCampToronto17
  • Financial Post – DemoCamp warms up to Toronto Tech Crowd
  • Interactive Content Exchange 08
  • Mix08
  • South by Southwest Interactive
  • Experience Tech 08
  • Flash in the Can
  • Canadian Innovation Exchange
  • OCE Discovery 08
  • StartupCampMontreal
  • Founders & Funders Montreal
  • MeshU and Mesh
  • EnergizeIT 2008

Community Participation

Jon Udell asked that we hold off evaluating his joining Microsoft:

Wait until the evidence is in, then decide for yourself. I’ve been in this game for a long time. I think my record of pragmatism and agnosticism speaks for itself…

Well it’s now been a year. And I want to know what you think? Good? Bad? Otherwise?

What can I do to make the next year awesome for you? the community?

Posted on June 4, 2008 Filed Under: Articles, Community 2.0, Evangelism, Events Tagged With: anniversaries, davidcrow, Microsoft

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