Jamie Taylor

@gaprogman.com

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Technology consultant & fractional CTO specializing in .NET architecture & security. Former Microsoft MVP | Host of The Modern .NET Show | Open source contributor

An email from Microsoft's MVP programme saying that my annual review has been declined; meaning I'm no longer an MVP for Developer Technologies.
A thank you card from Greenhead College in Huddersfield. The card reads (top to bottom): > Step Into Your > Future Week > Thank you > For giving up your time to > support out Students
The stats table from https://dotnetcore.show/press-kit. Key values include: - 1,285,555 aggregate listens - 33,400 total hours listened - 18.373 listeners on spotify
Five Disc Golf discs laid out on a desk. The discs are (left to right) red, a vibrant green, white, orange, and black. Each disc has different text, they read (left to right) "The Count", "The Dutchess", "The Duke", "The Barron", "The Barron".
A top down view of a navy blue table top. Arranged on the table top are a number of different stickers which relate to Umbraco. Some are the Umbraco logo (a white U shape on a blue background), some have the legendary "Love is in the cloud", and some read "Umbramazing" There are white pens and a few 3 pin power sockets on the table, too.
A close up of a pumpkin, ready for carving. However someone has written the following on it, in sharpie, "AWS US-EAST-1".
Close up of a name badge, pinned above the breast pocket of a grey suit. The name badge is off white and reads: (top row) "The Times, The Sunday Times, Charles Stanley Wealth Management" (middle row) "Jamie Taylor" (bottom row) "RJJ Software, AI Consultancy"
A used copy of "CLR via C#, fourth edition" by Jeffery Richter sits on a black desktop, next to a red desk mat. On the desk mat sits a coaster with a recreation of the PAL region box art for the PlayStation game "Resident Evil" (originally released on 1996). There is also a laptop visible in the right-hand corner of the image, but we cannot most of it.
An iPhone 16 sits on a black desk, with a Hiby 41 digital audio player sitting on top of it. The iPhone has a white trim around the device bezel, whereas the R1 has an orange trim. The R1 is around 30% of the physical size of the iPhone it is sitting on. The photo is taken looking down on the devices and desktop.
A snippet of the episode release schedule for The Modern .NET Show, shoing that there are already four episodes ready for release. Episodes are uploaded and ready for the following dates: - Sept 12, 2025 - Sept 26, 2025 - Oct 10, 2025 - Oct 24, 2025
Card reads: "Five Towns Brewery. Shadow of a Giant. Milk Chocolate Stout. and 8%." It is a yellow card with black text and a large orange butterfly in the centre. The card is placed on the beer tap handle, and is the focus of the image.
"Also this episode was f#%cking excellent. So much in there, that I reckon I'll get you on RTP to talk about empathy, and stuff for podcasters. Your unique angle! ☺️"
The image shows a scrabble board with words spelled out using letter tiles. The words that are chosen highlight positive and motivational themes. At the top, the word 'TEAM' is completed with three double-letter tiles, making it the longest word across that row. Below it, the word 'SUCCESS' follows, with a similar number of tiles. On the left side, the word 'LEAD' is visible. The letters on the board vary in color, with blue, green, red, yellow, and orange being used. The background of the image is not clearly visible due to the focus on the crossword puzzle. There are no people or other significant objects within the frame of the photograph.
The image shows a scrabble board with words spelled out using letter tiles. The words that are chosen highlight positive and motivational themes. At the top, the word 'TEAM' is completed with three double-letter tiles, making it the longest word across that row. Below it, the word 'SUCCESS' follows, with a similar number of tiles. On the left side, the word 'LEAD' is visible. The letters on the board vary in color, with blue, green, red, yellow, and orange being used. The background of the image is not clearly visible due to the focus on the crossword puzzle. There are no people or other significant objects within the frame of the photograph.
The image shows a scrabble board with words spelled out using letter tiles. The words that are chosen highlight positive and motivational themes. At the top, the word 'TEAM' is completed with three double-letter tiles, making it the longest word across that row. Below it, the word 'SUCCESS' follows, with a similar number of tiles. On the left side, the word 'LEAD' is visible. The letters on the board vary in color, with blue, green, red, yellow, and orange being used. The background of the image is not clearly visible due to the focus on the crossword puzzle. There are no people or other significant objects within the frame of the photograph.
The image displays a screenshot of an email notification. The email has a subject line that reads "MVP Communities" and is from someone named "Jamie Taylor." It congratulates the recipient on their achievements, specifically being in the top 1% of MVPs for the Microsoft Most Valuable Professionals program.