Mix Essentials Event in South Africa in June

re: Mix Essentials Event in South Africa in June

karl1406 — Thu, 29 May 2008 21:26:38 GMT

Brad,

Someone is going to have a SUPER time!!

Does this mean we will be getting Silverlight Beta 2 around the same time?

Cheers,

Karl

re: Mix Essentials Event in South Africa in June

Paul Sainsbury — Thu, 29 May 2008 22:00:34 GMT

Hi,

I'm most unfortunately not going to be able to make it to Mix Essentials in Johannesburg. If you would like some suggestions for things to do, just let me know how long you'll be here. If you don't have lots of time to travel, you can visit the Lion Park (not too far from Microsoft's Offices in Bryanston) there's also the Lesedi Cultural Village, the Apartheid Museum in Newtown (I think), and trips to Soweto. There's also the Pilanesberg Nature Reserve about 2hrs drive away that has some great opportunity for seeing game. (And if you're there, there's a place where you get to see/pet/interact with a bunch of carnivores - I think its called Predator World - its right near Sun City and I know that a bunch the guys from our local Developer User Group visited there after one of the TechEd's and it looked awesom). If you're more into conservation, there's the De Wildt Cheetah project where you get to learn a bunch about their project to help protect Cheetahs (and you get to pet a cheetah at the end - if you make a small donation... my wife loved that)

Hope that helps. If you'd like more info, feel free to contact me via my blog, or at p a u l [at] D-i-gitaltinder.com (minus all the spaces and -'s)

From

Paul

re: Mix Essentials Event in South Africa in June

Nicole — Fri, 30 May 2008 08:25:52 GMT

I have already registered for the Cape Town event before I even got the RSS feed with this post in it.

One thing you must see is the view from the top of Table Mountain when you are down in Cape Town. It is spectacular.

re: Mix Essentials Event in South Africa in June

Rudi Grobler — Fri, 30 May 2008 09:34:10 GMT

Hi Brad...

Looking forward to seeing you live! Can't wait for the Silverlight track!

Regards,

Rudi Grobler

re: Mix Essentials Event in South Africa in June

Paul Miell — Fri, 30 May 2008 10:30:17 GMT

Hi Brad

One thing about South Africa is that things happen a little after the fact here, so it would be nice to see practical examples of how these technologies are providing actual value to different industries over there in a 1st world country. Business is increasingly putting pressure on IT to improve the business processes using technology and "wow thats cool" at conferences does not cut it anymore, I would like for example to see how Silverlight is practically making a difference over Flash etc. I am in the health industry.

Looking forward to seeing you here in Africa, hope you have fantastic stay.

re: Mix Essentials Event in South Africa in June

Theodor Kleynhans — Fri, 30 May 2008 15:57:11 GMT

Hi Brad,

I'm also looking forward to seeing you down here in Cape Town.

Like Nicole said, you should make a point of getting to the top of Table Mountain via the cable car (weather permitting). Definitely worth a visit is the wine route. If you're feeling adventurous, there's also shark-cage diving :)

It's difficult to make suggestions without knowing how long you'll be here for, but if you have (or can make) the time you should definitely try to go to the Kruger National Park for a couple of days while up there in Johannesburg.

re: Mix Essentials Event in South Africa in June

DaveP — Fri, 30 May 2008 18:45:05 GMT

Impossible to answer, I know, but will the Silverlight 2 Beta 2 components be released by then?

Silverlight 2 Beta2は６月２４日にリリースか？

ゆむかブログ — Tue, 03 Jun 2008 03:17:15 GMT

Brad Abrams : Mix Essentials Event in South Africa in June ６月２４日に南アフリカでMix Essentialsというイベントが開催されるそうですが、そこでSilverlight

re: Mix Essentials Event in South Africa in June

Hilton Giesenow — Tue, 03 Jun 2008 20:21:00 GMT

I've got a lot of RSVPs for people very excited for this event. We can't wait to have you visit us!

TechEd2008 from your Couch

Brad Abrams — Wed, 04 Jun 2008 09:02:39 GMT

Seeing on the buzz from TechEd , I am bummed not to be there... I could not justify the trip to the family

TechEd2008 from your Couch

Programming — Thu, 05 Jun 2008 23:32:07 GMT

Seeing on the buzz from TechEd , I am bummed not to be there... I could not justify the trip to the family

re: Mix Essentials Event in South Africa in June

Marco — Fri, 13 Jun 2008 07:29:17 GMT

Although I am not a programmer, I am really interested in web designing and web applications, so I will definitely be there. South Africa, in general, is a beautiful place and almost every place you go there is something new and exciting to see. I only hope I am not the youngest there.

Marco

re: Mix Essentials Event in South Africa in June

Lennie — Tue, 17 Jun 2008 09:39:59 GMT

Hi, Looking forward to meeting you :-) Table Mountain in Cape Town is worth visiting aswell as a wine route around Paarl / Wellington / Worcester if you love wine.

Lennie

lenniedg@gmail.com

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