I had a distinct pleasure of catching up with Russ Fustino of Toolshed fame who is the new amazing community leader for GrapeCity while I was at TechEd11 I was invited by Microsoft to help with Microsoft Expression Blend booth (more on that).
Check out the entire blog post and video:
GrapeCity Russ Cam Episode #8 (Video) / TechEd Atlanta 2011 – Part 2 (blog)
Scott Hanselman, Microsoft Principal Web Community Architect, Mary Jo Foley, author of the “All About Microsoft” Blog on ZD NET , Colin Blakey, influential from Sarasota Florida, Microsoft's Dale Coffing at the Phone 7 booth and Nikita Polyakov, who recently was awarded ‘MVP of the Year’.


Nikita Polyakov, recipient of 2011 MVP of the Year Award.
I got the very first MVP of the Year Award in Windows Phone 7 Developer category. This award is only awarded to two select Microsoft MVPs for each category, each year. I am extremely flattered to have received this recognition. Thank you to the community who drives me to contribute and participate. No community, no MVP, no Nikita. Thank you.
I also had a great pleasure of getting my copy of the .NET Gurus can cook! signed in person.
Are you a user group leader? Do you need a few copies for your user group?
Email cookbook@grapecity.com to request copies and give them away as swag or use as a fund raiser for their group.
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