Empowering the End User : Humor

Another Nerd Test

pmaroun — Sun, 16 Sep 2007 07:55:49 GMT

I took the Nerd Analyzer a couple of weeks ago and aced that with a whopping 475 Noints (nerd-points). The Nerd Test is a little more in-depth. Wait till my wife finds out I'm a Cool Technology Geek. This test fails to address at least one category--obsessive baseball nerd/fan.

How Many "Noints" Do You Score on The Nerd Analyzer

pmaroun — Tue, 14 Aug 2007 08:06:46 GMT

How many Nerd Points (Noints) can you rack up on The Nerd Analyzer? I check-in at 475... which means I should be living in my parent's basement.

Vista, stop that!

pmaroun — Tue, 03 Jul 2007 17:11:00 GMT

A Microsoft MVP, Bill Simser, named his daughter "Vista Avalon Simser". I have a question... Is she going to be repeatedly saying "Allow or Deny"?

Congratulations Bill!

Top Ten Reasons Why I Like Working for Microsoft

pmaroun — Fri, 16 Mar 2007 19:52:00 GMT

I've been an employee of Microsoft for less than a year. My initial impressions are that I made a good career choice. Here are ten reasons why I believe this to be true. (I may revisit this in another year or so.)

I can get MS career advice from a blog post.
MS employees can make statements like this: "I'm a big Vista fan, I'm loving Office 12 and I live on my WM5 phone, but the Xbox 360 is currently the coolest thing we do. And it just keeps getting better."
When I joined, I was told that management has an open door policy. So far, this has been true in every situation that I have run across.
I get paid to be a geek (and brag about it).
I get free swag... Free stuff is always cool.
The health benefits rock.
Three degrees of email seperation... I get many questions from people internal and external to Microsoft. Many times, I don't know the answer, but all it takes is an email to get the right answer.
As a Microsoft employee, I have an empowering feeling that I can take my career wherever I want it to go. This organization has great breadth.
Kids think I'm cool because I get XBox games and accessories at a discount.
MS employees get away with placing ablue monster in their email signatures:

Under the Influence

pmaroun — Fri, 16 Mar 2007 18:58:00 GMT

I usually work best when I'm under the influence of some kind of drug. Today, it happens to be caffeine as I'm on my second Venti Latte at Starbucks. Last night, my drug of choice was Ketel One at a bar in my hotel.