{"id":98625,"date":"2018-04-30T07:00:00","date_gmt":"2018-04-30T21:00:00","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/blogs.msdn.microsoft.com\/oldnewthing\/?p=98625"},"modified":"2019-03-13T00:46:38","modified_gmt":"2019-03-13T07:46:38","slug":"20180430-00","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/devblogs.microsoft.com\/oldnewthing\/20180430-00\/?p=98625","title":{"rendered":"I don’t know how I managed to be presenting at the same conference as Dona Sarkar"},"content":{"rendered":"

Dona Sarkar<\/a> is an aspiring fashion designer, a fashion blogger, a book author<\/a>, and head of the Windows Insiders program<\/a>. <\/p>\n

She’s also way cooler than I will ever be. Here’s her proposed title slide for one of her presentations at the Build 2018 conference<\/a>.¹ <\/p>\n

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OKAY! Finally making progress on our #MSBuild<\/a> talk #1 pic.twitter.com\/9q4ork4pzZ<\/a><\/p>\n

— Dona Sarkar (@donasarkar) April 27, 2018<\/a><\/p><\/blockquote>\n

Maybe if I hang out with her enough, some of the cool will rub off. <\/p>\n

On the other hand, in Mary Jo Foley’s preview coverage of Build 2018<\/a>, she called out four speakers: The three keynote speakers, and me<\/a>. <\/p>\n

So like no pressure or anything. <\/p>\n

The event organizers instructed the speakers to upload a photo and brief biography, with the note: “Your biography should be 150 words or less (including spaces).” <\/p>\n

“Including spaces”? What does that even mean? <\/p>\n

I didn’t count the spaces. They appeared to accept the biography anyway. <\/p>\n

¹ Thankfully no longer styled as \/\/build\/<\/a>, though the three slashes are still present in the conference logo design. <\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"

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