Q: Please tell us a little about yourself.

 A: My name is Macdonald Robinson. I am a Web Developer / Web Applications Developer currently residing in Calgary, Alberta. 

 Q: Why did you decide to participate in this coding competition in particular?

A:  Besides providing me with a way to showcase my talents as a developer, it also pushes me to think of innovative ideas and work with cutting edge technologies to create valuable applications.  I think competitions  like these are essential to moving technology forward.

Q: What do you hope to gain from your participation?

A: Being able to participate in a competition which is supported by Microsoft is such an honor. Just to be able to state that you participated in a competitionon such as this, on a resume, moves you towards the front of the herd.

 Q: What prompted you to pick this specific project?

 A: I have always been the type of developer that was not satisfied simply by creating an application- but have always been the type to create frameworks and CMS systems. This project, which is a perfect mix of a framework with a CMS system, showcases my skills as a developer.

Q: What kinds of technologies will you be using?  Are you using Azure or IIS?

 A: The application will use the following technologies: C# ASP .NET 4, Entity Framework, MSSQL Server, Telerik Controls, XHTML, CSS, Javascript, RSS, XML, JSON, IIS.

 Q: If you win, how will you spend the 10k?

 A:  I will invest it.

 Q: Anything else you want to say?

 A: Just wanted to thank the team for coming up with this compatition.

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About Julia Stowell

Julia Stowell is the Open Source Community and Marketing Manager at Microsoft Canada. Julia loves both people and technology and is thrilled to be able to combine the two in her professional life. She works with open source communities around Canada, focusing on projects that bring the world of open source and Microsoft together. Prior to joining Microsoft, Julia studied at Thunderbird School of Global Management where she earned an MBA focusing on international business and marketing. Her interest in open source began in graduate school where she wrote a business plan for an open source training provider. In her spare time she loves to travel, play soccer and is an avid skier. She's also a dancing queen so if you're up for it challenge her to a dance-off.

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