Steve Ballmer gave one of four back-to-back keynotes on Day 4 of MVP Summit 2009. Everyone in the room felt energetic. The day was packed with tech sessions, and now it’s over.
Steve has so much energy that a 16-year-old would feel older in the same room. Steve walked in and took over the whole session with charm. I wish I could share more, but the NDA stops me. It was explicitly said that we could take and publish photographs, so I’m publishing them here.
After one of the best keynotes, all the Indian MVPs met again for one last get-together at this summit. We expect to meet again next year. It’s great that I met some of the best technology gurus from my own country.
Brad MacGhee hosted a special dinner for MVPs, and 15 MVPs attended. It was excellent, but again the NDA stops me from sharing details. Brad is a good listener and calmly noted down my suggestions, requests and questions. I’m sharing a photo of the event here, and I’ll remove it if anybody objects.
I was fortunate to meet Arnie Rowland today as well. Arnie is a nice person. I’m impressed by Arnie’s writing and active participation in the MSDN forums, so I felt a little shy about approaching. Arnie was friendly and came over to me right away.
Arnie gave me good advice on how to improve my skills and contribute more to MSDN along with SQLAuthority.com. Arnie also explained why encouraging new community members matters. One of them will be a future MVP.
I begin my journey to Canada in the next four hours. I’m looking forward to meeting some SQL geeks in Toronto.
Here’s my travel itinerary so far:
- Feb 27, 2009: Departing Ahmedabad to Mumbai
- Feb 28, 2009: Departing Mumbai to Seattle Sheraton Hotel
- March 1, 2009: Day 1 at MVP Summit
- March 2, 2009: Day 2 at MVP Summit
- March 3, 2009: Day 3 at MVP Summit
- March 4, 2009: Day 4 at MVP Summit
- March 5, 2009: Departing Seattle to Toronto
- March 6, 2009: Tech User Group Meeting, Markham, Canada
- March 7, 2009: Departing Toronto to Mumbai
- March 8, 2009: Missing day due to crossing the International Date Line
- March 9, 2009: Arriving in Ahmedabad
More from MVP Summit 2009
- Announcement: MVP Global Summit 2009 in Seattle and Redmond
- The journey begins
- Database industry discussion from London Airport to Sheraton Seattle
- Day 0: About Pinal Dave
- Day 1: Summit welcome and keynotes
- Day 2: Most contributing MVP of the year
- Day 3: Party day and SQL celebrity photos
- Day 4: Keynote of Steve Ballmer (this post)
- South Asian MVPs at Global MVP Summit 2009
- Complete wrapup of the Microsoft MVP Summit 2009 trip
- Video interview published online
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