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What is an MVP Anyway?

Posted on 16 April 2007 by


I have often asked myself this question. A small attempt to define them has been made here. Even this effort has, I think, has fallen short. As I touched upon it in my Smartphone Thoughts post, I am convinced the MVP is an evil secret society trying to direct the lives of all of us geeky people. Much like Mobius, the other secret society, they use indirect methods to control and fool us. They may not have the black helicopters, but I wouldn’t take the aluminum foil off my head just yet. The robes and hoods are only the beginning. Meeting in caves and other hidden places, they plot out our destiny and fondle devices that the rest of us unwashed have to wait a few more months to see.

MVP Logo

It is time to start a resistance movement. I propose a new secret organization to fight this! We must act fast, as there are already secret society members among us. Clinton and Brandon are both MVPs and Mobians (isn’t that sick? :) ). The Mobians Judie, Larry and Jenneth will surely unite with them to destroy us!

Are you with me?

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Jerry Raia is a full time Airline Captain when he is not playing with all the latest gadgets he can get his hands on. He is also a Certified Flight Instructor (CFI-AIM). His primary interests are with Smartphones and more recently, Photography. He was a Unix programmer in the 1980s and wrote assembly for HP proprietary handhelds like the HP71B. His interest in handheld devices led to being a beta tester for Windows CE (Pegasus), the first incarnation of the Windows Mobile operating system. He is also a Contributing Editor on Smartphone Thoughts. Jerry’s interest in handheld computing goes all the way back to the HP25 calculator that came out in the mid 1970s and was one of the first programmable calculators.

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  • wcrocker

    We do have black helicopters.

    Warner Crocker
    Microsoft MVP – Tablet PC

  • http://www.clintonfitch.com Clinton Fitch

    and secret sleeper cells of gophers….

  • http://www.palmislife.com Larry Liaw

    I am here with you, Jerry! :P

  • http://www.magnusson.ca/blog.html Chris Magnusson

    Power to the non-MVPs/non-Mobians! :p

  • http://www.jerryraia.com Jerry Raia

    Solidarity!! Hey wait, Larry is one of them! Show me the secret handshake!

  • http://www.palmislife.com Larry Liaw

    I am innocent, truly! :(

    OK Jerry, if you do insist, here it is (the “handshake”)…

    http://www.engadget.com/media/2006/01/mac_intel_handshake.jpg

  • http://www.jerryraia.com Jerry Raia

    I knew it! :)