Comments on: Microsoft MVPs: NDA + Twitter = Yammer http://www.brentozar.com/archive/2009/11/microsoft-mvps-nda-twitter-yammer/ Your technology pain-relief experts. Wed, 08 Feb 2012 16:37:59 +0000 hourly 1 http://wordpress.org/?v=3.3.1 By: Michael J Swart http://www.brentozar.com/archive/2009/11/microsoft-mvps-nda-twitter-yammer/comment-page-1/#comment-14786 Michael J Swart Mon, 23 Nov 2009 18:08:11 +0000 http://www.brentozar.com/?p=6054#comment-14786 Toeing the line of Brent Ozar's pledge #1 <a href="http://www.brentozar.com/archive/2009/10/im-a-microsoft-mvp-no-seriously-this-time/" rel="nofollow">I will never use the term NDA in public.</a> (hah!) Toeing the line of Brent Ozar’s pledge #1
I will never use the term NDA in public.
(hah!)

]]> By: Joel Coehoorn http://www.brentozar.com/archive/2009/11/microsoft-mvps-nda-twitter-yammer/comment-page-1/#comment-14780 Joel Coehoorn Mon, 23 Nov 2009 13:39:26 +0000 http://www.brentozar.com/?p=6054#comment-14780 Maybe something where you have to sign in with the private newsgroup credentials... Maybe something where you have to sign in with the private newsgroup credentials…

]]> By: Aaron Bertrand http://www.brentozar.com/archive/2009/11/microsoft-mvps-nda-twitter-yammer/comment-page-1/#comment-14779 Aaron Bertrand Mon, 23 Nov 2009 13:29:15 +0000 http://www.brentozar.com/?p=6054#comment-14779 One complication with screen-scraping is that presence / visibility in the online MVP directory is voluntary. Several MVPs (well, I know of at least one) elects to *not* be visible in any shape or form in the online directory. One complication with screen-scraping is that presence / visibility in the online MVP directory is voluntary. Several MVPs (well, I know of at least one) elects to *not* be visible in any shape or form in the online directory.

]]> By: Jamie Thomson http://www.brentozar.com/archive/2009/11/microsoft-mvps-nda-twitter-yammer/comment-page-1/#comment-14778 Jamie Thomson Mon, 23 Nov 2009 13:15:35 +0000 http://www.brentozar.com/?p=6054#comment-14778 Hey Brent, Yeah, I completely agree. There was a semi-attempt to do this about a year ago using Windows Live Groups but it was unworkable due to constraints inherent in that service. It made complete sense (to me anyway) to use a service that every MVP already has an account for (cos every MVP has a Windows Live ID) so it was a shame that it didn't work out. Here's hoping that the new MVP website (which is currently in development) gets something like this. At the summit 2 years ago every MVP was invited to a brainstorming session about the new site which I went to but unfortunately only about 10 people turned up and there were more MVP leads there than actual MVPs. I put forward on that occasion that there needed to be better collaborative solutions in place for MVPs than the newsgroups so I'm keeping my fingers crossed. One that doesn't rely on screen-scraping (eurgh)! I've argued for a long time that there needs to be some sort of Active-Directory-type-service-in-the-cloud which allows someone to define users and then groups of users and (this is the important bit) allows permissions from 3rd-party services to be federated to those groups. I think I blogged about it once, yeah, here it is: http://jamiethomson.spaces.live.com/blog/cns!550F681DAD532637!3074.entry -Jamie Hey Brent,
Yeah, I completely agree. There was a semi-attempt to do this about a year ago using Windows Live Groups but it was unworkable due to constraints inherent in that service. It made complete sense (to me anyway) to use a service that every MVP already has an account for (cos every MVP has a Windows Live ID) so it was a shame that it didn’t work out.

Here’s hoping that the new MVP website (which is currently in development) gets something like this. At the summit 2 years ago every MVP was invited to a brainstorming session about the new site which I went to but unfortunately only about 10 people turned up and there were more MVP leads there than actual MVPs. I put forward on that occasion that there needed to be better collaborative solutions in place for MVPs than the newsgroups so I’m keeping my fingers crossed. One that doesn’t rely on screen-scraping (eurgh)!

I’ve argued for a long time that there needs to be some sort of Active-Directory-type-service-in-the-cloud which allows someone to define users and then groups of users and (this is the important bit) allows permissions from 3rd-party services to be federated to those groups. I think I blogged about it once, yeah, here it is: http://jamiethomson.spaces.live.com/blog/cns!550F681DAD532637!3074.entry

-Jamie

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