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May 20, 2020 05:40 pm
Original Link: https://www.theverge.com/2020/5/20/21264755/microsoft-build-2020-keynote-easter-eggs-secret-messages-scott-hanselman
Microsoft hid lots of secret nerdy messages to devs in its Build stream
If you tuned into Microsoft’s Build developer keynote yesterday, one of the things you may have seen was a mysterious “RGV2cw” 3D-printed object on the shelf behind CEO Satya Nadella. It was part of many Easter eggs hidden throughout Microsoft’s Build stream, spelling out “devs” in Base64 format.
The shelf also had little Easter eggs hidden away, including an 8-inch floppy disc, an original Microsoft cap, the GitHub Octocat mascot, and even a Gold Master CD-ROM that Microsoft used to use for shipping final software to PC makers.
As Build moved on from Nadella’s opening remarks to Scott Hanselman, a partner program manager at Microsoft, the Easter eggs ramped up. With most of Microsoft’s employees working from home and streaming from...
Original Link: https://www.theverge.com/2020/5/20/21264755/microsoft-build-2020-keynote-easter-eggs-secret-messages-scott-hanselman
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