Glancing thru the blogs I noticed that Peter Da Vanzo has just reported in from Seattle. Although he says he probably has said enough already, for you see, Peter is one of the invitees to the MSN Search Champ Camp.Thinking about what might be going on there reminded me of a similar experience I had years ago when I subjected myself to some Microsoft testing. Kind of a strange experience.
I wound up being sent to a room with a computer sitting on a table and they shut the door behind me. Then the voice over the speaker instructed me what to do. Lo and behold I was looking at Windows 95 for the very first time.
Most of the time the voice would say "Will you please tell us what you are doing?". They wanted me to think out loud. I think I was instructed to think out loud on more than one occasion -- possibly several times. Okay maybe over twenty times.
I was like a kid in a candy shop. Back then, Windows 95 was absolutely an amazing thing to see -- compared to Win 3.11 for Workgroups. I wasn't really expecting to see something like this. I only came here for the free software they promised me.
I distinctly remember forgetting about the free software and not wanting to leave. Then the voice came again, "Thank you, you can go now". I think it was about the third time that the voice said that I could leave ... maybe the fourth ... when I finally had to leave.
So I wonder what kind of room they will stick the Search Champs in? Will they be asked to leave too? Do they get little chocolate mints on their mousepads?
Back to reality now. This second MSN Tech Preview going on and off lately -- could this be the Search Champs sitting in one of those little rooms? Possibly. "Will you please tell us what you are searching for Mr. Da Vanzo"?
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