Congratulations to Steve Clayton and Hugh MacLeod for driving their vision of Microsoft forward for the past year.

Steve has a history of significant events in the Blue Monster’s trip from initial cartoon to having it’s own Facebook group with 1k+ members to winning awards with a Stormhoek wine bearing it’s name. Good times.

I, myself, carry Blue Monster business cards from Street Cards and that has led to some interesting conversations with clients and prospective clients. Having the conversation has definitely led to more project closings (the good kind of closing) for me than not. The little guy has led more of my meetings into a "what do you think about this" type, than the "here’s what I can do, this is how much it will cost" type, which lets me connect more on a personal level with prospective clients. Once most people see how passionate I am about the software I’m recommending, it changes perceptions of the "big bad bully" on the block.

Here’s to a long future for the Blue Monster.

Now I just need to get my hands on a Blue Monster sticker somehow to go along with my Blue Monster Lithograph hanging over my desk.

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