It is with great pleasure that I introduce the guest judges who'll
assist me in awarding the
Free
Stuff we've got on the table.
Meet ...
John Crupi and...
Dan Malks.
These are my judges, together with .
Deepak
Alur (who's an honorary judge).
Pop quiz: What do these three guys have in common?
A. They hold membership to that exclusive and tightly-knit community of
techno celebs who are my close personal friends
B. They co-authored
Core
J2EE Patterns
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"This book is essential for J2EE developers
and has helped reinvigorate the patterns movement."
- Martin Fowler, Chief Scientist,
ThoughtWorks
(Read the Foreword)
"... It's just like having a team of experts sitting at your
side."
- Grady Booch, Chief Scientist, Rational Software
Corporation
(Read the Foreword)
"...This book will have a significant impact on your
organization!"
- Terry Bone, J2EE Frameworks and Services
Manager, Ford Financial (Read more...)
Read more expert opinions...
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C. They've been cast in the re-make of
The Three Amigos
D. All of the above
I asked these techno celebs extraordinaire(s) to carefully review the r
esponses
to last week's Friday Free Stuff and pick a winner.
They chose Alex,
who wins our spectacular prize package!
Alex's
winning
comment:
I'd really like the
package because I think I deserve the perk, being that I'm currently
"stuck" in Africa (more preciously in Luanda/Angola) setting up the
national electronic payment system (for ATMs & POSs) on Sun
hardware, I've even convinced the board in purchasing a dozen Sun Rays
for monitoring /helpdesk purposes. The package would make my work here
all the worth while! :-)
A national electronic payment system on
Sun hardware and
Sun Rays for monitoring -- that's all
the judges (and
Sun
Ray Girl) need to hear to get things going in the right direction.
Congratulations, Alex!
You win!!
Now wasn't there something about a brand promise....
Oh yeah! Free Stuff is the brand promise of
MaryMaryQuiteContrary so
everybody who posted to
last
week's Friday Free Stuff gets....
a pen!
So that closes that one out...
Tomorrow we're going to have a super-spectacular Friday Free Stuff,
people.
Don't get your hopes up. I think
the
Puzzleris still on vacation.
But I'm trying to talk Jami into modeling something we'll be giving
away...
And I think we're going to be delivering on the brand promise big
time...
just to give you something to think about...
shift. reload.
kiss, kiss!
mary
