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Microspotting

                                 

If I can break away from my Billg Rick-rolls and future cafeteria tour-stop planning for just one minute, I'd like to point people over to the Microspotting blog created by Ariel Meadow Stallings in an effort to dispel the preconceptions of Microsoft as the evil company. In essence, she took a bit more serious (i.e. professional, visually pleasing, management endorsed, actual content) road than I did with this BlueBadgeMojo blog (to each their own). Of course, I was instantly a fan of the site, and am a regular reader...but got caught up in the whole end of year cycle + vacation and haven't read through my NewsGator clippings for a month, and saw that Ariel is giving away swag for shout-outs to her blog.

C'mon people, how could I walk away from the allure of free swag? Saddle me up, Ariel! Oh yeah, and maybe you'd like to join our next cafeteria tour stop. What is next, anyway? The new West Campus buildings? The MEC Leadership Team keep telling me I need to make an official visit to Cafe A, which kind of breaks the model. But as it is a Microsoft mainstay, it might be a good filler until one of the new buildings are completed. Hmmmm....decisions, decisions...

Jim Adams Fan Club 2.0

                                    

I thought it appropriate to introduce readers of Blue Badge Mojo to our plans to expand what has been, to date, an internal group -- the Jim Adams Fan Club. Who is Jim Adams, you ask? Jim is a guy across the hall who was unlucky enough to have his coworkers find his picture out on the intranet, and to have that same picture plastered across t-shirts and mugs and baby wear via www.cafepress.com/jimadams

(actually, Jim has a great sense of humor about all of it)

In honor of the club expansion (with Redmond Campus and Redmond Town Center Chapters), we're making May 1st the official Jim Adams Appreciation Day, and ask everyone to show their support by wearing your favorite Jim Adams paraphernalia, or some kind of obnoxious Hawaiian shirt.

And for all Microsofties, we invite you to join the official Jim Adams DL. And if you are interested in starting a chapter within your building, please drop us a line.

New Shirt Design

Inspired by our visit to building 86 this week. You have to watch the video to catch the reference. The design is available on shirts, mugs, and baby wear -- which you can pick up on our CafePress site with all of the other tasty nuggets. Enjoy.

Update: Ok, I couldn't resist. This design is funny on many levels. Of course, all of those levels are at the Elementary School level....but I can live with that.

MSCT2k6 Opens on Cafe Press!

That's right, folks, you can now purchase memorabilia from our shop. Unlike charities where your hard earned cash goes straight into the pockets of people who actually need your help, any money earned from the sale of these t-shirts, stickers, buttons, and other swell items goes straight into our pockets! That's right! So buy them for your friends and family. Buy 4 or 5 -- don't be shy. They make great stocking stuffers, too!

Go to http://www.cafepress.com/msct2k6 right now! Consume! It'll make you feel better, honest.