This article was originally posted in Global Nerdy.
On Tuesday, the day that Barack Obama got sworn in as the 44th President of the United States, my 3-month probationary period at Microsoft also ended and I became a full-fledged Microsoft Developer Evangelist. I figured that if Obama could have a swearing-in ceremony to mark his official entrance into his new job, why couldn’t I?
As luck would have it, I was at the Vancouver Convention Centre to speak at Microsoft’s TechDays conference, where the Microsoft logo was projected onto the waterfall on the second floor. It made a pretty good backdrop for the ceremony, which was conducted by my fellow Developer Evangelist John Bristowe. I swore my oath on a “Techie Crunch” box, a cereal box containing the swag we gave to every attendee:
This magic moment would’ve been lost forever if it weren’t for videographer, blogger and man-about-tech Warren Frey, who was recording interviews for TechVibes and caught it for posterity. Thanks, Warren! I salute you with a filet mignon on a flaming sword!
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That's fantastic. I needed a morning laugh.
Thanks Joey, it was fun! Btw, you can check out the video with your interview at http://www.techvibes.com/blog/video-accordion-from-from-microsoft-tech-days-in-vancouver
That's good news, especially when Microsoft is now considering slashing 5% of its workforce: http://www.theglobeandmail.com/servlet/story/RTGAM.20090123.wrmicrosoft23/BNStory/Technology/home
Did you finish with "so help me Rael" something?
Neil in Ottawa: I ended with "So help me Ray Ozzie."