Steve Holstad's "the bright lights"

"Just because your voice reaches halfway around the world doesn't mean you are wiser than when it reached only to the end of the bar." - Edward R. Murrow
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Microsoft Discussion Groups

As Clarity continues to grow, we've refocused on becoming more openly involved in the tech community.  I happened to start leafing through Microsoft's Discussion Forums, looking for an answer, and two hours later I was still there, addicted, answering questions for new .NET developers.  I know this group is not breaking news, but I think its important for us to get involved in communities like this...there are a TON of folks out there struggling to learn how to use the .NET framework and its languages.  What better way for us to learn new things and develop some partnerships than by helping out less experienced programmers in a public forum?  (and yes, some kids looking for an easy solution for their mid-term project).

In the short time I was there, I had already started to notice who the lead posters were, why not have some of those leaders be us?

On rereading this, it sounds a little Jerry McGuire-ish, so tomorrow I'll be the guy in the office, grabbing our .NET vodka bottle, and yelling "who's coming with me?"  Judging by the happy hour photos, apparently a lot of you.

Posted: Aug 24 2005, 12:13 AM by sholstad | with 1 comment(s)
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admin said:

Good idea, Steve, another good spot is http://www.asp.net/forums/ It can get addicting and time consuming though. For awhile a few years back I was hovering in the top 25-50 posters on the ASP.NET Forums, but I had a job where I could do a bit of that at work. It's a big time commitment, but sometimes you get nominated to an MVP. Microsoft tends to look more at their own newsgroups for that than the forums sites though for some reason.
# August 24, 2005 9:04 AM