Oh, you.

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trikah@microsoft.com — Mon, 29 Sep 2008 18:07:42 GMT

PS WJ and Wesc thanks for the nice words

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trikah@microsoft.com — Mon, 29 Sep 2008 18:00:31 GMT

I just posted some pictures here, Mats: http://blogs.msdn.com/trika/archive/2008/09/04/just-had-a-tim-tam.aspx. It's not particularly exciting - but there you have it. Sorry we never got to meet in person!

WJ, I'm not at all camera shy, actually. I love pictures and being in them! I'm pictures-all-over-the-internet shy, is what it is. How about that!!!

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Wesc — Mon, 29 Sep 2008 17:56:22 GMT

Trika's in a few stills on some of the mcp live meeting recordings too, iirc.

But this pic's all about the great smile. It's one of those infectious smiles that de-crankifies people even before they've had their coffee. Thanks for the gander, Warwick.

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Warwick James — Sun, 28 Sep 2008 07:07:15 GMT

Trika is notoriously shy of the camera, yet here we have a picture, so you can put a lovely smiling face to the name -

http://flickr.com/photos/8040495@N04/2266896415/in/set-72157603917460285/

;)

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Mats from Sweden — Sat, 27 Sep 2008 16:55:43 GMT

Oh, just by the way, for those of us that have never seen you. Would you please post a picture of your face?

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Mats — Sat, 27 Sep 2008 16:53:30 GMT

I cant believe it. I take a two week vacation and when I get back I learn that the world has changed?

Thank you so very much Trika. I have really enjoyed reading your blog, and attend the live meetings. This blog is AFAIK the only truly entertaining (read "sticky") blog on msdn space. I will continue reading the msl blog instead, but I will miss reading your entries.

Best of luck, and thanks!

/Mats from Sweden

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.rev [askthemct.com] — Fri, 26 Sep 2008 21:52:44 GMT

I knew it was more than 2 years. I was making a joke. :)

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Wesc — Fri, 26 Sep 2008 02:43:18 GMT

No.

Never mind what I said in the Oh Dear post. As god-emperor of mankind, I forbid it. A black ops assault team has been mobilized from my secret underground HQ.

I have spoken.

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Benjamin S — Tue, 23 Sep 2008 22:54:09 GMT

I should have met the famous Trika at TechEd when I had the chance. Good luck at your new position, and knock on a few heads to make sure we're informed!

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Julian — Tue, 23 Sep 2008 19:12:22 GMT

So..MS had a talented person with personality as the face of MCP for some time now, and they're losing yet another talented front-person. It happens.

But for me...I was at an impasse trying to figure out which path, I'm taking your leaving as a sign: I'm taking my MCITP:EA and holding it for awhile, and switching gears and going CCIE for my next cert. In my network architect roles I've never pursued any "architect" certs, maybe after CCIE I'll return and see if MCP program properly got the workplace to value the MCM/MCA certs (of which a ton of money are required to pursue). Honestly, come on, how can these certs become a touchstone for the network-architecture areas of the MCP program, when changes like this are occurring? It will be up to MS to really keep this program as interesting as you have Trikah. You took info from various disjoined areas in the MCP program and compiled it on one blog, and you had a flair for explaining things in a helluva fun way. Nobody else had done that since I got my first MCP in 1998. So your way of getting the word out on certs WILL be missed. :(

For now, I'll be over at Cisco's edu page for awhile finishing that IE cert, watching with curiosity and hoping the MCP program continues to extend value to their network arch related certs, and finds someone with personality and energy to deliver the info on cert changes, etc.