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Please sign the official “Bring Sara Ford to TechEd Australia” petition!

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Petition is here: https://twtpoll.com/iuz95p and closes Aug 5.

When I was 3 years old, I invented the “Koala bear game.” You hide the Koala bear behind your back, then run up to the adults asking them “guess what i’ve got behind my back?” I played night after night after night, until I discovered this thing called “memory.” The next time when the adults answered “your Koala bear”, I said “nope, i got a flashlight.” It was absolutely the funniest thing I had ever encountered in my life.

It’s my childhood dream to visit the homeland of the Koala’s, even more so now that Hurricane Katrina destroyed my childhood bear. =( If you sign the petition to send me to TechEd Australia, I will in return give you the best presentation on the Visual Studio IDE you’ve ever seen. But, don’t take my word for it. In the words of one attendee from TechEd North America 2008, “I laughed, I cried, It was better than cats!”

Yes, in that clip, i’m actually reading Tip 1.1 from the Visual Studio Tips book to the Firefox fox and the Mono monkey to make you a little jealous. (Microsoft should get into the stuff animal business.)

Here’s the petition again: https://twtpoll.com/iuz95p Please sign it, and make my childhood dream come true! I don’t know how many votes i need, but i need to prove my worth. So please vote for me. (I so feel like i’m on American idol.)

My heartfelt thanks to Catherine Eibner, a Dynamics Developer Evangelist, for making this petition happen! Couldn’t have done it without you!

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Comments

  • Anonymous
    July 28, 2009
    So, going with the "I won a competition amongst many of our rivals for you" isn't good enough to get you whatever you want? Clearly whoever's responsible for this undervalues plastic guitar controller skills.

  • Anonymous
    July 28, 2009
    Go, Sara, Go! ... to Australia!!!

  • Anonymous
    July 28, 2009
    Signed. Provided you come back to The Netherlands as well!

  • Anonymous
    July 28, 2009
    Gee, just get on the airplane and go. I've been there 9 times in the last 10 years. It isn't that expensive. There is a major airfare war going on right now between LA and Sydney. I normally fly from Honolulu to Sydney, although that is more expensive.

  • Anonymous
    July 28, 2009
    I'll only sign if you also get me a ticket to go :P

  • Anonymous
    July 28, 2009
    will only sign the petition if you correct the "koala bear" comment. THEY AINT BEARS!

  • Anonymous
    July 29, 2009
    Sure Sara, I personally consider you one of the best software testers among Microsoft team. You certainly deserve it.

  • Anonymous
    July 30, 2009
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  • Anonymous
    July 30, 2009
    @TheCPUWizard It's only a 2 week trip. I'm definitely not relocating to AUS... although, maybe after i visit there, i will want to stay =D @J Red: I had no idea. i'm such a tourist. I will remove the word "bear" from any future statements. But, my childhood teddy bear was called "Koala bear" so i don't know if i can change that one =D