2002 Pocket PC Community Outstanding Achievement Awards [Archive]

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Jason Dunn

10-24-2002, 04:42 PM

<a href="http://www.pocketpcmag.com/Jan03/winners.asp">http://www.pocketpcmag.com/Jan03/winners.asp</a> At the Pocket PC Summit last year, I was surprised to receive an award for "Pocket PC Community Outstanding Achievement" along with Chris De Hererra, Dale Coffing, and Derek Brown. This year, along the other deserving winners, is our very own Ed Hansberry! Give it up for Ed and the MVPs! Woo hoo! :D (sounds like a 50's doo-wap group, doesn't it? "Ed and the MVPs") "These annual awards are given to individuals and their organizations whose extraordinary contributions benefits the entire Pocket PC Community. • Ed Hansberry, as the representative of all MVPs, for their ongoing assistance to Pocket PC users online. • Cindy Box and the HP Smart Handhelds team, who have sold over 2 million iPAQs. • Beth Goza of Microsoft for her tireless work evangelizing the platform. • Mark Winstanley and John Tidwell for bringing together the community at Pocket PC Summit."

Jonathon Watkins

10-24-2002, 05:01 PM

WELL Done ED!!! :way to go: I always enjoy your articles & input. Keep up the good work!

(By the way - the fancy emoticons aren't displaying correctly - any ideas?)

scottmag

10-24-2002, 05:10 PM

Wow. Congrats, Ed.

I jokingly dubbed you EdBot because of your rapid fire postings over at another PDA site, but I had no idea you were performing a valuable service.

8O

Congratulations on being recognized for your community-building efforts.

Scott

vincentsiaw

10-24-2002, 05:15 PM

congrats to this site team :D keep it up man !

Kevin Tea

10-24-2002, 05:16 PM

Ed

Congrats. Considering some of the s**t and aggravation you suffer on the PocketPC usegroup, this is a well earned award for you and the other guys.

Hope the hangover isn't too bad :?

Ed Hansberry

10-24-2002, 05:39 PM

Wow. Congrats, Ed.

Congratulations on being recognized for your community-building efforts.
Thanks Scott and everyone else. I had no clue I'd won or was even under consideration 'til Jason pinged me this morning with the announcement. :D Yeah, I spend even more time in the .pocketpc* newsgroups on MS's NNTP server than I spend on the web and PPCT, and that is pure help. Well, 95% help and some banter. :lol:

scottmag

10-24-2002, 07:59 PM

Steven Cedrone

10-24-2002, 08:13 PM

Congrats Ed!!!

Where do you find the time :wink:

Jonathon Watkins

10-24-2002, 10:26 PM

Yeah, I spend even more time in the .pocketpc* newsgroups on MS's NNTP server than I spend on the web and PPCT, and that is pure help. Well, 95% help and some banter. :lol:

What's the address? Sounds interesting.

WillyG

10-25-2002, 12:59 AM

Finally my turn in the line of congratulators.
Well-earned Ed :!: keep it up

Certified Optimist

10-25-2002, 03:09 AM

Congratultations Ed! :D

Nice to see that good work (done for free as well) gets rewarded!

Paragon

10-26-2002, 01:07 AM

Congratulations Ed!

To have your efforts standout in a group such as the Mobile Device MVPs is no easy task.

I think it is very easy for the rest of us to forget, or not even realize the important part all of the MVPs play in the PPC community. Not only do you guys give so much of your personal time helping people solve their problems so they can have a more positive experience with their PPCs, you guys are our voice with Microsoft, and all the hardware, and software developers out there. Many of you are the ones these people go to when they want to know what the average user want and needs in a device or piece of software. Most of us probably have no idea of the countless frustrated hours many of you spend beta testing software so that a developer can bring a good solid product to market that has features in it that the real everyday user needs and wants.

The MVPs provide a very important link in the community.

THANK YOU!

Dave