Via Robert Scoble’s weblog I read a post of a Tablet PC MVP that thinks he sucks as an MVP. Somehow, I felt identified.

First, here’s a copy of the post. I took the liberty of reformat it a little.

I’m a Tablet MVP, and I’m no good at it. Serious; but let me take a step back. This was my 1st (probably last) time to be an MVP. My opinion is that there are couple ways to become one.

1. Answer newsgroup questions, create your own FAQ and answer the same old questions over and over again, because people don’t know how (or are too lazy) to search newsgroups using groups.google.com. I believe this is the primary way to become one; same goes for listservs and web forums, but less so.
2. Run a poodle. By 'poodle', I mean portal. Keep it updated with new article links, run a discussion forum, etc... This seems to be the newer way to become one.
3. Early adopter. This is how I got it. Wrote the only articles about developing for tablets when the SDK first came out, over a year ago. So when you are one of the few public developers, they basically have no choice but to pick you :) ...

And now why I suck: when I am working, I’m under NDA, and don’t get to make that code public; not to mention I’ve had no professional work with Tablets. So I can only talk about the stuff I do on my off hours. And if I’m going to code for fun, I’m going to code whatever I want. This has me jumping around to many different technologies. So my varied interests aren't likely to fit any pigeonhole. Foresaw this happening when I was asked if I would accept being an MVP. Technically, accepting an MVP award is based on past work only, and nothing else is expected of you ... but I don’t think that is really the case. Now what is probably going to happen is that the award will expire, and then I’ll get some new ideas, and start cranking out Tablet articles again :)

Well, may be I suck to because:

1. Lately I don’t answer too many questions in the mailing list I’m subscribed on. Newsgroups? Nope. I don't even open Outlook Express for reading newsgroups.
2. I don run a poodle, portal, o whatever name you chose. I just have my blog.
3. I’m not a early adopter (even when I really wish to be one).
4. I’m an MVP for VB. However my knowledge of VB is limited to VB6- because I prefer C# than VB.NET. And, since I don’t do code anymore, I not so good with C# either. At least no so good to be a .NET MVP or a C# MVP.

However, if I compare myself with the list of main attributes (Recognized, Credible and Accessible) of an MVP (listed on the MVP Program Web Site) I don’t feel too bad. Anyway, I’m going to do my best. Ah! And I’m going to learn .NET no matter what the cost.

PS. Please, forgive my no-so-good English. This is another thing I should work in.