I Once saw a great man speak.
It was on the front lawn of the White House more than decade ago and Israeli Prime Minister Yitzhak Rabin managed to inspire me.
He talked about hope, about peace and about a new Middle-east where everyone could live and prosper together.
I wanted to say that that was truly the only time I was moved by a politician.
That changed about a three months ago when Israeli President Shimon Paras spoke at the official opening of a new Israeli Microsoft development center.
"A single man, two man, three man, can create an empire
Without firing a single cartridge,
Without oppressing a single man,
But through discovering,
Opening the windows to see the horizons of the world,
which was so closed to us,
not because the world was closed but because we were blind."
- Israeli President Shimon Paras, 2008
Why am I going to work for Microsoft on Silverlight & WPF?
It's not about money.
It isn't even about possible career advancement.
It's all about passion.
I've taken the Silverlight position from the worst possible reason - I actually believe in the technology.
Silverlight is going to change the world.
I was looking for a picture of myself passionate about something to put up here.
In this picture I'm passionate and excited about Cake, Not Silverlight & WPF.
But still, you get the point - Cake good, Silverlight & WPF even better.
It's my honest opinion that Silverlight is just plain amazing and has huge potential.
Hopefully, I could help out by making it just a bit better.