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This is one of those completely self-serving posts that are always uncomfortable for me to write - but as much as the Donald Trump annoys me he does make a good point when he says “Toot your own horn, because no one else will”.

So - I need to put on my PR hat for a moment.

Packt Publishing is the publisher of a number of technical and software books -and this year they also ran a CMS Award event designed to recognize content management solutions within the open source community. As part of that award event they also choose “MVPs” from within the community, and I was choosen as the MVP for ExpressionEngine.

Honestly, I was completely unaware of this event - and award - until informed of it via Twitter.  I’m quite humbled by being on that list - especially since most of the other people chosen are the CMS developers (you know, the really smart people that actually solve the challenges vs. just telling others how stuff works..)

However - it’s very nice to be recognized for work that’s already very rewarding and a great deal of fun besides.  My thanks to whoever took the time to submit my name as a nomination.

Comments are closed, but you can read the comments other people left.

1. Nathan Smith on October 28, 2008

   Congrats! I totally agree that you are an MVP in the EE community. But, why is ExpressionEngine listed as “open source” when it’s a retail product?

2. Boyink (Author) on October 28, 2008

   That was my first question as well Nathan - but then I decided I was making it a gift horse moment…

3. Peter on October 28, 2008

   Congratulations Mike, you’ve earned it!

4. Deron Sizemore on October 28, 2008

   Congratulations Michael! I agree, you’re definitely an EE MVP, so you deserved this award. ;)

5. Richard Angstmann on October 29, 2008

   Wow! Nice one Mike. The fact that you have helped so many people, plus the fact that you really do go in-depth with your tutorials, definitely makes you an MVP.  I’m not sure what being an MVP means, but hey, it sounds good!  Congratulations!

6. Deron Sizemore on October 29, 2008

   @Richard: MVP = Most Valuable Player

7. Olivia on October 29, 2008

   Congratulations, Mike! I wish you the very best, and continued well-deserved success, Blessings, Olivia

8. Kevin on October 30, 2008

   Mike,

   Train-EE also got mentioned today at:

   http://www.smashingmagazine.com/2008/10/29/expressionengine-developers-toolbox/

9. Boyink (Author) on October 30, 2008

   Thanks Kevin - it was hard not to notice the spike in Train-ee traffic..;)

   Thanks all for your comments!

10. Ty (tzmedia) on November 01, 2008

    Hey Dude,
      I’ll have to confess, I for one put you up for a nomination, that was before, Leslie Camacho informed me EE isn’t considered open source. Is there something he doesn’t know, or something Packt isn’t quite up on?

    Sincerely though I’m sure I wrote something nice, and you do bring alot to the developer community.
    -ty
    PS: I think that’s another one you owe me. :)

11. Boyink (Author) on November 01, 2008

    Ah - I wondered.  Thanks!

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