http://blogs.msdn.com/markjo/archive/tags/Blogging/default.aspxTags: Bloggingen-GBCommunityServer 2.1 SP1 (Build: 61025.2)http://blogs.msdn.com/markjo/archive/2007/10/15/blogging-contest-win-1200-and-more.aspxMon, 15 Oct 2007 11:38:09 GMT91d46819-8472-40ad-a661-2c78acb4018c:5459929markjo1http://blogs.msdn.com/markjo/comments/5459929.aspxhttp://blogs.msdn.com/markjo/commentrss.aspx?PostID=5459929<p><a href="http://markjohnston.members.winisp.net/BlogImages/Bloggingcontestwin1200andmore_8769/image.png"><img style="margin: 0px" height="295" alt="image" src="http://markjohnston.members.winisp.net/BlogImages/Bloggingcontestwin1200andmore_8769/image_thumb.png" width="186" align="right" border="0"></a>&nbsp; "<strong>On your blog site, describe how you will use Office Ultimate 2007 to excel in your academic studies"</strong></p> <p>If you are a UK student and want to spread the word about the <a href="http://www.theultimatesteal.co.uk/?cid=101">great £38.95 offer for Office 2007</a>, then this is a great way to go about doing that. </p> <p>On offer as prizes:</p> <p><strong>PRIZES</strong> <ul> <li><br>Grand Prize. A (£1200 GBP) credit to book a vacation for you and a guest to the Spring Break Getaway destination of your choice. <li><br>First Prize. A (£500) American Express gift card <li><br>Second Prize. An Xbox 360® Elite console (ERV £299.99)</li></ul> <p>When this competition was run last year in Australia there were some very creative entries - <a href="http://www.headlessmoron.com/legomovie.php">check out this entry using Lego</a>!</p> <p>If you want to share your blog posts please feel free to track/pingback or leave a comment here. </p> <p><a href="http://www.theultimatesteal.co.uk/blog_contest.aspx">The Ultimate Steal: Blogging contest</a></p><img src="http://blogs.msdn.com/aggbug.aspx?PostID=5459929" width="1" height="1">StudentBloggingSoftwarehttp://blogs.msdn.com/markjo/archive/2007/08/21/a-little-blog-redirection.aspxTue, 21 Aug 2007 22:41:07 GMT91d46819-8472-40ad-a661-2c78acb4018c:4498454markjo1http://blogs.msdn.com/markjo/comments/4498454.aspxhttp://blogs.msdn.com/markjo/commentrss.aspx?PostID=4498454<p>I've been umming and ahhing about what to do with this now that I have changed roles and no longer getting to spend all my time with the fun world of Silverlight and WPF. I've had some great experiences and decent traffic through my blog, especially around Silvelright (<a href="http://blogs.msdn.com/markjo/archive/2007/07/30/6-silverlight-screencasts-msdn-nuggets.aspx">6 Silverlight screen casts</a> has been popular :-))</p> <p><a href="http://markjohnston.members.winisp.net/BlogImages/Alittleblogredirection_122D8/righturn.jpg" atomicselection="true"><img style="margin: 0px 20px 0px 0px" alt="righturn" src="http://markjohnston.members.winisp.net/BlogImages/Alittleblogredirection_122D8/righturn_thumb.jpg" align="left" border="0"></a> But now my job is so much more varied and a lot less technical (but trust me I'm never losing my passion for it) I need to move this blog in&nbsp;a different direction. I've always had an eclectic interest in technology and hopefully this will give me plenty to talk about. </p> <p>There are so many good things going on right now in the MS/tech/student space&nbsp;and that's where this blog is going:</p> <ul> <li><a href="http://www.imaginecup.com">Imagine Cup</a>: expect lots of technology stories about this year's competition, theme (the environment) and previous competitors stories <li><a href="http://ideas.live.com">Windows Live</a> <li><a href="http://www.windowsvistablog.com">Windows Vista</a> and consumer stuff: <li>Silverlight and general web dev <li><a href="http://www.facebook.com">Facebook</a>: from a marketers and end-user point of view</li></ul> <p>Thanks to <a href="http://blogs.msdn.com/stevecla01">Mr Clayton</a> for the nudge in the right direction for this post!</p> <p>(I don't blame any of my 3 readers for hitting the unsubscribe button, point your add browser to either of <a href="http://mtaulty.com/CommunityServer/blogs/mike_taultys_blog/archive/2007/08/13/9584.aspx">Mike T's</a> or <a href="http://blogs.msdn.com/mikeormond/archive/2007/08/21/silverlight-1-1-projects-running-from-filesystem.aspx">Mike O's</a>&nbsp;or some of the <a href="http://silverlight.net/blogs/silverlightcommunity/">many Silverlight.net blogs</a>&nbsp;and you'll get your Silverlight fix)</p><img src="http://blogs.msdn.com/aggbug.aspx?PostID=4498454" width="1" height="1">PersonalBlogging