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Imagine Cup UK - The winners story
27 August 08 10:28 AM | markjo | 3 Comments   
It seems like a lifetime ago that we held the Imagine Cup UK finals in London and over 150 students, partners and press came together to see what the competition was all about and how students were helping to fight climate change. Ben and Dominic won Read More...
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Imagine Cup Short Films online
14 August 08 10:49 AM | markjo | 1 Comments   
One of the most exciting parts of the Imagine Cup worldwide finals each year (I've done 3 now) is the showing of the Short Film category. The teams have a simple brief, make a kick arse short film during the WW finals using the surrounding city as your Read More...
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Solving BIG problems with software? Get ready for Imagine Cup 2009
23 July 08 02:15 PM | markjo | 1 Comments   
It will not be long before I start talking all about Imagine Cup 2009 and the plans we have locally in the UK and at the global competition level. And it's looking better than ever! I did attend the Imagine Cup Paris finals, but failed miserably at blogging Read More...
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Heading to Paris for Imagine Cup...
24 June 08 11:50 AM | markjo | 1 Comments   
Joe Wilson's Pre-Kick Off: Imagine Cup 2008 Paris I'll be there from 3 - 6 July with the 3 teams from the UK. According to Joe "Tom Cruise" Wilson it will be the only place to be this summer! Can't wait. And I'm travelling from the uber-cool Read More...
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Achieve what you can imagine
10 June 08 01:21 PM | markjo | 1 Comments   
We had this really slick video created to explain the Imagine Cup. It is now up on Channel 8 and I would encourage you to take 60 seconds to watch it. MarkT, my big UK boss, recently said in a presentation "beware the teenager in their bedroom" Read More...
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Game Development Imagine Cup in the UK
29 April 08 11:34 AM | markjo | 1 Comments   
This stuff is just too cool! Can't wait to see what the UK finalists come up with and how many get through to Paris! Hat tip to Mr Ed who is working with the teams in the run up to the finals to make sure they have all the right MS resources. Video: Drizzl Read More...
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Great advice for Imagine Cup competitors
26 April 08 09:23 PM | markjo | 0 Comments   
Pitching Your Idea Some great advice from Philip (MS) and Perry, a marketing professor in the US, for Software Design competitors. This is great advice for UK competitors as they pull together their submissions for sending in on the 15th May. The UK finalists Read More...
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Imagine Cup competitors - where are they now? Channel 8 videos online
25 March 08 05:17 PM | markjo | 1 Comments   
My first two videos on Channel 8 are now online. Yes, I do sound that weird (that's Northern Irish people for you) and talk a lot. But these guys all have done incredibly well out of the Imagine Cup and our student programs and their stories are worth Read More...
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Imagine Cup Day on 5th June 2008 - Celebrating the best in UK student talent
20 March 08 10:49 AM | markjo | 0 Comments   
It's been a busy couple of months for the Imagine Cup and we have a good 200-odd students fighting it out for great prizes and the opportunity to travel to Paris (in style) to compete at the worldwide finals. And to celebrate the best year for the Imagine Read More...
Bill Gates at Stanford on Channel 8
21 February 08 03:14 PM | markjo | 0 Comments   
The Bill Gates Stanford Speech Covers DreamSpark, Imagine Cup, Innovation, power of software and students Read More...
Dell Regeneration/Graffiti Contest winners announced.
09 February 08 11:43 PM | markjo | 1 Comments   
This is a great contest, very similar to this year's theme in the Imagine Cup and the Interface Design contest (we have a couple of entries in from the UK this year!). Very inspiring! "As I blogged earlier this week, the 150 entries with the most Read More...
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Where are they now? Imagine Cup 2004 and 2005 Competitor - Luke Smith
13 December 07 06:24 PM | markjo | 1 Comments   
Luke Smith was a competitor back in 2004 and also a Microsoft Student Partner. I caught up with him recently to hear his thoughts on life since the Imagine Cup. He's gone on to do lots of interesting things including working at a cool mobile sports service Read More...
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innerworkings - Train your developers to code (properly)
07 December 07 11:12 AM | markjo | 4 Comments   
I spent some time talking to Bob and the guys at innerworkings about their product and service - it is a developer training interface which integrates directly with Visual Studio and gives developers (ones that write code for a living rather than students) Read More...
Where are they now? Imagine Cup 2004 Winner - Andy Grieves
06 December 07 02:01 PM | markjo | 1 Comments   
This is the first in a series of videos and email interviews with former competitors in the Imagine Cup here in the UK. A very common question we receive is "What happens to former winners and competitors?" and whether the Imagine Cup has had Read More...
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How to get your students registered for the Imagine Cup
08 November 07 01:19 PM | markjo | 1 Comments   
We've received a lot of positive feedback from our faculty contacts about the Imagine Cup this year. Just to recap why it's such a great year : More competition focus in the UK including great prizes Easier to get involved in the Software Design (just Read More...
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