Mark Johnston's Blog : Software

Microsoft Student Technology Day Videos Online - SteveB and more industry/MSFT greats

markjo — Fri, 21 Nov 2008 15:49:35 GMT

On 1 October 2008, Microsoft CEO, Steve Ballmer and a host of industry professionals discussed the next generation of computer science innovations with more than 300 students and lecturers from across the UK - the event was the Student Technology Day.

The videos are now all online in glorious Silverlight. And I've embedded the big man here, he was on fire that day:

The videos:

There is embed code on the site for you to put the videos on your blog/site/etc - Student Technology Day

Enjoy!

XNA Creators Club codes in MSDN AA now

markjo — Wed, 07 May 2008 12:31:49 GMT

Andy has posted about XNA CC codes going into MSDN AA - great news if you are teaching games programming (or want to) and want to get your students building games on Windows and Xbox 360.

XNA Creators Club Codes are now in MSDN AA!

The Ultimate Steal...or Office for £38.95 is now available to university staff as well

markjo — Mon, 07 Apr 2008 18:57:36 GMT

There is only a little while left to get your copy of Office Ultimate for £38.95 if you are a university student studying in the UK. And the good news is that Lee and Ray over in the Education team have opened it up to staff as well!!

The Further Education blog has the detail on Ts&Cs, etc

To purchase please visit the Ultimate Steal UK web site

New Expression Community launched

markjo — Tue, 18 Mar 2008 14:36:45 GMT

It has all the usual gubbins you would expect from a community site with news, blogs, forums, training, links and more for anyone interested in the Expression product set and looking for information or inspiration

http://expression.microsoft.com

Loving Windows Live OneCare

markjo — Tue, 18 Mar 2008 14:29:44 GMT

Video: Microsoft Windows Live OneCare

I'm only a day late for Paddy's day (disappointing for someone that heralds from Northern Ireland) so thought this was worth posting - http://www.getgreenstaygreen.com/

I've been using OneCare on my home machines for about 4 months now and love it. I've just set it up on my parents and sisters machines as well - being their IT support, this service has made my life a lot easier!

(Hat tip to Brandon over at the Windows Experience blog for this one)

Bill Gates at Stanford on Channel 8

markjo — Thu, 21 Feb 2008 18:14:26 GMT

The Bill Gates Stanford Speech

Covers DreamSpark, Imagine Cup, Innovation, power of software and students

Blogging contest - win £1200 and more

markjo — Mon, 15 Oct 2007 11:38:09 GMT

"On your blog site, describe how you will use Office Ultimate 2007 to excel in your academic studies"

If you are a UK student and want to spread the word about the great £38.95 offer for Office 2007, then this is a great way to go about doing that.

On offer as prizes:

PRIZES

Grand Prize. A (£1200 GBP) credit to book a vacation for you and a guest to the Spring Break Getaway destination of your choice.
First Prize. A (£500) American Express gift card
Second Prize. An Xbox 360® Elite console (ERV £299.99)

When this competition was run last year in Australia there were some very creative entries - check out this entry using Lego!

If you want to share your blog posts please feel free to track/pingback or leave a comment here.

The Ultimate Steal: Blogging contest