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I’ve just managed to secure the last details of the upcoming Faculty Training Day Roadshow and can breathe a sigh of relief. But, if you’re an educator and want to get a handle on some cool technologies so you can use it to teach your students, or to
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In just over 2 weeks, Microsoft Australia will be hosting a free technical academic day on the Gold Coast. Since this is my baby, I thought I’d better actually write something about it here and not just email and twitter. :) Here’s the official spiel:
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OK, I’m biased. You don’t need to tell me. But regardless of what you think, the Australian team for Software Design absolutely did indeed rock their presentation. Every time I’ve seen them they’ve been better than the last, but seriously – they were
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Wow, this is easily the most epic event I’ve ever been involved in. If you’re following my twitter feed ( @mrandypuppy ) you’ll know that I’ve been using words like “awesome”, “cool” and “wow” a lot as well as a bunch of exclamation marks. I’m conscious
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So there is plenty of talk about Google being the best search engine out there, but with some pretty amazing improvements recently made to Live Search, and now particularly the launch of Bing, our new “decision” engine, it’s really time to see if Google
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I love my job. Sorry if you’ve heard me say that before, but I do. And it’s for moments like these. I got to tell the five teams who made it to the Australian Finals of the Imagine Cup that they had indeed succeeded in Round 1 and would be presenting
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COOL! We’re on the final approach for Imagine Cup 2009 and I’m happy to announce that we’ll be holding the local finals for Australia on the evening of the May 27th. The top teams who have entered the Software Design category go head to head with some
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Tech•Ed 2009 Australia is just four months away and we’re now looking for speakers. If you’d like to speak at Microsoft’s premier technical conference, held this year on the Gold Coast, you’ll need to get in quick as the tracks will be finalised over
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11 June 2009 Star City, Sydney REMIX AUSTRALIA Nothing more to be said, really. Remix is Microsoft Australia’s leading conference about what’s on the horizon for both developers and designers and if you’re involved in either of these industries you should
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(almost) Completely ripped off from Andrew Coates’ blog… We’ve got a few seats left for some more great free training in Sydney next week – 19-21 May, this time on VS2010 and .NET 4.0. If you're interested in attending please email Shuk Chan . Day 1 Visual
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So I’ve been hard at work getting this organised and it’s finally happening. The only scary thing is that the Melbourne day is next Monday! Less than a week away. Which means registrations have to happen in the next few days . Spaces are limited and we’re
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That’s right - as revealed today in the official Windows Mobile blog, students enrolled in DreamSpark will have the Marketplace registration fee waived, allowing them to build their mobile apps quickly, and bring them to market. Since students often have
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Microsoft certifications add cred to your claims when you’re going for a job, so why not give it a go and sit a certification exam for one of the dozens of certifications you’ve got to choose from? What, you don’t want to spend the dosh on an exam that
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UPDATE: All of these have been allocated. I'll respond to everyone who contacted me, but I received way more than six, so apologies if you miss out. Hey guys and gals, I know I’ve been a bit slack about blogging over the past couple of weeks so as a kind
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Imagine Cup is the world’s biggest technology competition for students and you can be a part of it. Check out this week’s podcast which is all about Imagine Cup, including an interview with David Burela, one of the winners of this year’s Imagine Cup.
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