So today I had a series of four meetings, but on reflection I realised that I had taken notes for each in a different way: Meeting One – on my tablet, in portrait mode, in OneNote, written with the stylus Meeting Two – on my tablet, in landscape mode...

Not sure if you knew already, but PhotoSynth finally got released about a month ago. I’ve been dying to try it out properly and this afternoon I had a chance to give it a go. As I was wandering about Downtown Park in the centre of Bellevue here in Washington...

Microsoft Australia are looking for the ultimate software gun – think you’ve got what it takes? Prove it. On October 8th, at 8.08am, the DEVSTA competition launches to find Australia’s brightest coder (you don’t have to be a professional – you just need...

Carrying on from my last post about the multicultural flavour of the MSP Student Summit, here’s the video I took in the coach this morning. Two familiar faces plus a bunch more people from all over the world. So cool.  

Well, here we are in the middle of day two and I’ve finally got more than a few seconds to write up yesterday’s experience. It was an absolutely full-on day – 6.30am start and a 11pm finish (originally scheduled to go to midnight but the students got...

As I mentioned in a previous post, Student Daze is a Summit for MSPs from around the world. This morning we caught a shuttle (with very dark tinted windows) over to the Redmond campus for a day of amazing sessions. In just this one shuttle of 8 or so...

Just to make it easy on myself, I've been twittering through the sessions little tidbits of info. You can follow me on www.twitter.com/mrandypuppy . Alternatively, search for the #studentdaze tag (here's a direct link: http://search.twitter.com/search...

The cool guys at Microsoft HQ decided it would be a good idea to celebrate the MSP (Microsoft Student Partner) program by inviting a small number from all over the world to come together for the first Student Daze MSP Summit. This two day conference is...

At our Student Day earlier this week, we launched the Students To Business program for Australia. Students To Business, or S2B as it’s commonly known internally, is a new community initiative aimed at linking university students nearing completion of...

Well, Student Day has been and gone, and I must say, it absolutely rocked. The high school morning session was overflowing with kids from all years (more than a thousand of them!) keen to hear about just what the “now” Microsoft is all about and why they...

Well, after months of planning by some very brilliant people like Karo Esmaili and Roger Lawrence , and a mad dash over the past week by the whole team, Student Day is almost here. And man, what a day it's gonna be! Joe Wilson, the top dude for Academic...