--- title: Byebye 2009, welcome 2010! | daily.dev description: A personal year-in-review blog post recapping 2009 activities: top blog posts, open-source contributions (PHPExcel, PHPLinq, PHPPowerPoint, Windows Azure SDK... canonical: https://daily.dev/posts/byebye-2009-welcome-2010--syigcwiok twitter:card: summary_large_image twitter:site: @dailydotdev og:type: website og:site_name: daily.dev og:title: Byebye 2009, welcome 2010! | daily.dev og:description: A personal year-in-review blog post recapping 2009 activities: top blog posts, open-source contributions (PHPExcel, PHPLinq, PHPPowerPoint, Windows Azure SDK... og:url: https://daily.dev/posts/byebye-2009-welcome-2010--syigcwiok og:image: https://api.daily.dev/og/posts/SyigCwiok.png og:image:alt: Byebye 2009, welcome 2010! og:image:width: 1200 og:image:height: 630 og:locale: en --- > ## Documentation Index > Fetch the complete documentation index at: https://daily.dev/llms.txt > Use this file to discover all available pages before exploring further. # Byebye 2009, welcome 2010! **[Maarten Balliauw](https://daily.dev/sources/maartenballiauw)** · 8 min read · 0 upvotes · 0 comments ## Summary A personal year-in-review blog post recapping 2009 activities: top blog posts, open-source contributions (PHPExcel, PHPLinq, PHPPowerPoint, Windows Azure SDK for PHP, ASP.NET MVC SiteMap Provider, TwitterMatic), a list of conference presentations on ASP.NET MVC and Windows Azure, co-founding the Azure User Group Belgium, publishing a book on ASP.NET MVC 1.0, becoming a Microsoft MVP for ASP.NET, and travel for work. 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