From a623a00a55acf6e796bf9e7a14a35d1b5e251070 Mon Sep 17 00:00:00 2001 From: Sean Killeen Date: Sat, 7 Sep 2024 15:09:42 -0400 Subject: [PATCH 1/4] =?UTF-8?q?Create=20Blog=20=E2=80=9C2024-09-07-feature?= =?UTF-8?q?d-on-microsoft-learn-contributor-stories=E2=80=9D?= MIME-Version: 1.0 Content-Type: text/plain; charset=UTF-8 Content-Transfer-Encoding: 8bit --- ...-on-microsoft-learn-contributor-stories.md | 24 +++++++++++++++++++ 1 file changed, 24 insertions(+) create mode 100644 _posts/2024-09-07-featured-on-microsoft-learn-contributor-stories.md diff --git a/_posts/2024-09-07-featured-on-microsoft-learn-contributor-stories.md b/_posts/2024-09-07-featured-on-microsoft-learn-contributor-stories.md new file mode 100644 index 00000000..d5c29314 --- /dev/null +++ b/_posts/2024-09-07-featured-on-microsoft-learn-contributor-stories.md @@ -0,0 +1,24 @@ +--- +title: Featured on Microsoft Learn Contributor Stories! +comments: true +tags: + - OSS + - dotnet + - docs +date: 2024-09-07 15:09 -0400 +--- +Microsoft was kind enough to [feature me in a Microsoft Learn Contributor Story](https://techcommunity.microsoft.com/t5/microsoft-developer-community/contributor-stories-sean-killeen/ba-p/4170139)! + +This came about because Microsoft employee Randolph West nominated me. They appreciated the work I had done on finding some typos in the SQL Server documentation. + +I think this is a great example of how even little things[^1] can make an impact, and how contributing to OSS isn't just code. + +It went down like this: + +* Randolph asked if anyone has noticed any typos in the SQL server documentation. +* I realized that the docs are OSS, so I could create a fork and run `cSpell` on them. So I did that. +* I found 54 inconsistencies affecting 31 articles, and was able to pass them on. + +This made the impact that Randolph was looking for, and they were happy enough with that impact to nominate me, which came as a very pleasant surprise. + +Don't forget that small contributions can still make an impact, and that OSS isn't just code. From 42e13391d7841977ec5917747f3f8b97af34017b Mon Sep 17 00:00:00 2001 From: Sean Killeen Date: Sat, 7 Sep 2024 15:11:15 -0400 Subject: [PATCH 2/4] =?UTF-8?q?Update=20Blog=20=E2=80=9C2024-09-07-feature?= =?UTF-8?q?d-on-microsoft-learn-contributor-stories=E2=80=9D?= MIME-Version: 1.0 Content-Type: text/plain; charset=UTF-8 Content-Transfer-Encoding: 8bit --- ...024-09-07-featured-on-microsoft-learn-contributor-stories.md | 2 +- 1 file changed, 1 insertion(+), 1 deletion(-) diff --git a/_posts/2024-09-07-featured-on-microsoft-learn-contributor-stories.md b/_posts/2024-09-07-featured-on-microsoft-learn-contributor-stories.md index d5c29314..5cce7ba0 100644 --- a/_posts/2024-09-07-featured-on-microsoft-learn-contributor-stories.md +++ b/_posts/2024-09-07-featured-on-microsoft-learn-contributor-stories.md @@ -7,7 +7,7 @@ tags: - docs date: 2024-09-07 15:09 -0400 --- -Microsoft was kind enough to [feature me in a Microsoft Learn Contributor Story](https://techcommunity.microsoft.com/t5/microsoft-developer-community/contributor-stories-sean-killeen/ba-p/4170139)! +Microsoft was kind enough to [feature me in a Microsoft Learn Contributor Story](https://aka.ms/contributor-stories/sean-killeen)! This came about because Microsoft employee Randolph West nominated me. They appreciated the work I had done on finding some typos in the SQL Server documentation. From 69e7ba3ae4f2f2f43e7daa032f6254793c7909e3 Mon Sep 17 00:00:00 2001 From: Sean Killeen Date: Sat, 7 Sep 2024 15:11:41 -0400 Subject: [PATCH 3/4] =?UTF-8?q?Update=20Blog=20=E2=80=9C2024-09-07-feature?= =?UTF-8?q?d-on-microsoft-learn-contributor-stories=E2=80=9D?= MIME-Version: 1.0 Content-Type: text/plain; charset=UTF-8 Content-Transfer-Encoding: 8bit --- ...2024-09-07-featured-on-microsoft-learn-contributor-stories.md | 1 + 1 file changed, 1 insertion(+) diff --git a/_posts/2024-09-07-featured-on-microsoft-learn-contributor-stories.md b/_posts/2024-09-07-featured-on-microsoft-learn-contributor-stories.md index 5cce7ba0..f73eee10 100644 --- a/_posts/2024-09-07-featured-on-microsoft-learn-contributor-stories.md +++ b/_posts/2024-09-07-featured-on-microsoft-learn-contributor-stories.md @@ -5,6 +5,7 @@ tags: - OSS - dotnet - docs + - recognition date: 2024-09-07 15:09 -0400 --- Microsoft was kind enough to [feature me in a Microsoft Learn Contributor Story](https://aka.ms/contributor-stories/sean-killeen)! From 56d4b139413b659bb55a921f31a03ca852b3108b Mon Sep 17 00:00:00 2001 From: Sean Killeen Date: Sat, 7 Sep 2024 15:43:45 -0400 Subject: [PATCH 4/4] =?UTF-8?q?Update=20Blog=20=E2=80=9C2024-09-07-feature?= =?UTF-8?q?d-on-microsoft-learn-contributor-stories=E2=80=9D?= MIME-Version: 1.0 Content-Type: text/plain; charset=UTF-8 Content-Transfer-Encoding: 8bit --- ...024-09-07-featured-on-microsoft-learn-contributor-stories.md | 2 ++ 1 file changed, 2 insertions(+) diff --git a/_posts/2024-09-07-featured-on-microsoft-learn-contributor-stories.md b/_posts/2024-09-07-featured-on-microsoft-learn-contributor-stories.md index f73eee10..abb5d615 100644 --- a/_posts/2024-09-07-featured-on-microsoft-learn-contributor-stories.md +++ b/_posts/2024-09-07-featured-on-microsoft-learn-contributor-stories.md @@ -23,3 +23,5 @@ It went down like this: This made the impact that Randolph was looking for, and they were happy enough with that impact to nominate me, which came as a very pleasant surprise. Don't forget that small contributions can still make an impact, and that OSS isn't just code. + +[^1]: "There are no small parts; only small actors." -Konstantin Stanislavski