The setting: Boston Convention Center for Microsoft TechEd 2006… 15,000 people… Keynote Address with Mary Lynn Rajskub (from the show 24)… I’m in the red polo…

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Yeah… What are the odds?

1. #1 I got up on stage
2. #2 I hammed it up
3. #3 Me and the other dude were both from Minneapolis…

The things you don’t really see are:

1:13 - I make a comment about my “good side” 1:36 - Asked if I could read the tellaprompter 3:40 - I made a move on Mary Lynn 4:44 - I get my own hug… ham it up there Jake.

Do I end up looking like a dork? Yes… but name another developer who could do that in front of that many of his peers :)

Read the complete post at http://www.thoughtstoblog.com/articles/2008/2/5/remembering-teched-2006