Brennan’s Blog

I was trolling the newgroups, as usual, and saw a signature that made me laugh.

John Doe
Microsoft Frontpage MVP

That is just hilarious. As you may know, the Microsoft MVP Program awards IT professionals who demonstrate certain qualities for various Microsoft technologies. I just did not consider Frontpage to be an area of mastery worthy of such praise. It is supposed to be a web design tool for use by non-technical people.

So from now on I will select from the following titles in my signature.

• Microsoft Notepad MVP
• Microsoft Calculator MVP
• Microsoft Paint MVP
• Microsoft Wordpad MVP
• Microsoft Start Menu MVP
• Microsoft Desktop Background MVP
• Microsoft Volume Control MVP

I may deserve the Volume Control title too. My sister could not get the music to play very loud on her computer until I adjusted the WAV output on her volume controls which was her problem. So I have the right skillz.

But there is one which may actually deserve a title if you can demonstrate the level of skill necessary.

• Microsoft Minefield MVP

Now I want to meet that Frontpage guy.