The MossyBlog Times Archives 2007 - 2009 : User Groups

Brisbane Game Development User Group.

scbarnes — Tue, 06 Nov 2007 04:15:44 GMT

If you're in Brisbane Australia (thereabouts), and have a game within you just busting out, then come along to this user group. I missed the first meetup but the group are looking to build a game with some kind of collaboration for any / all that want to join in.

Brisbane boasts some interesting legends in terms of the gaming scene, and latest game from Australia (FURY) by AURAN is a testament that there are some talented folks within brisvegas.

Whom knows, the next Game Studio may well be founded by this group.

http://gamedev.meetup.com/172/

In Perth.

scbarnes — Thu, 28 Jun 2007 11:09:17 GMT

I arrived in Perth last night and spent most of this afternoon walking around for a bit of a wonder, to check out the CBD and try and absorb as much of Perth as I can (First time here).

I also had the pleasure of meeting up with some of the local User Group leads and we touched on how Microsoft could do better in this part of the region. It left me walking away with a number of ideas that I'll unpick when I get back home next week and see what can be done to do more in this part of the region.

That being said, I was impressed at how switched on these guys were, and their approach by appearance seems to be very focused around driving more awareness around Microsoft's offering through deeper community involvement.

I'm also going to be at Perth Barcamp this Saturday and looking forward to seeing what the Perth Web community has been up to in person, and it looks like a fantastic line-up. I'll be doing my rant on Silverlight and I've worked on a brand new presentation to spice it up a bit more as I got some great feedback on my Spiderman vs Batman (with Yoda) decks at WebJam.

The key for me is to have fun, relax, geek-out with some coders & designers and look at ways in which Microsoft can contribute more to the overall community.

I love my job.

An action packed 2 weeks.

scbarnes — Mon, 18 Jun 2007 05:30:29 GMT

I'm racing against the clock, getting stuff ready for the next 2-3 weeks of events etc, and there's a reason why my twitters are low.

First up, this Wednesday night, I'm walking into the Brisbane Flash Platform User Group den to give a rant on Silverlight so if you can attend, please do so!

Meeting Details: 6:30 pm - ?, Wednesday, 20th June 2007
If doors are locked, call 0414 328 902 for entry
QANTM Auditorium
QANTM House
Level 9, 138 Albert St
Brisbane City
(Opposite the "Coffee Club")
Find it on WHEREIS:
http://www.whereis.com/whereis/retrieveEmailMap.do?linkId=-;7243212240990709884

I'm also getting ready to upload some of the goodness I've been working on for some time now, with regards to Silverlight. My ambition is to have it all installed online, viewable and ready for all to view by REMIX07 in Melbourne (which is sold out!!!). I'll show a more interactive version at the WebJam next week as well (REMIX sponsored event).

Then, REMIX07 is finally approaching. We'll be in Melbourne mixing it up with the Aussie web community whom are looking to attend and seeing what Microsoft can do better, but also showcasing what Microsoft has to offer today.

Then, I'll be getting ready to jet over to Perth for Barcamp which is going to be exciting for me as I've never been to Perth firstly, and I've been wanting to meet some of the local Web folks there for quite some time, so I'm looking forward to seeing what the WA folks can do in the web world.

June: Conference, Jam, Camp & Usergroup etc.

scbarnes — Sun, 27 May 2007 13:39:00 GMT

I thought I'd post a list of events I'll be attending this month, these are subject to change based on health etc but also I'm sure I'll uncover new ones as they are discovered.

June 07 - (Sydney) WebJam Part 3, I'll be given a demo on Silverlight special ops project which is uber secret and may involve Britney Spears? (It's a joke between me and Lachlan). I hope there aren't any Adobe Staffers like the last Web Jam @ WebDU.
June 13 - (Brisbane) Coldfusion User Group. I attend these user groups as despite my Microsoft affiliation, I still do some Adobe coding (even more so now that Atlanta folks have began work on Silverlight + CFML)
June 13 - (Brisbane ) Brisbane Sharepoint User Group. Since I started to play around with Sharepoint + Silverlight, I've grown a fond attachment to Silverlight and thought it would be worthwhile to attend these for future knowledge share.
June 19 - (Brisbane) MSDN User Group (QLD). I've been bad as of late, but have made a point of going to these whenever I can make it. No excuses next month!
June 20 - (Brisbane) Flash Platform User Group were I'll be showcasing Silverlight to the Flash Platform folks, don't worry they are well guarded against my evil Microsoft powers hehehe.
June 23 - (Melbourne) ReMIX07, We are basically taking all of the goodness we liked about MIX07 and re-doing it downunder in Melbourne. It's a must see conference!
June 30 - (Perth) BarCamp. I've been absolutely keen to get over to Perth and meetup with the web folks there, so now I have the perfect excuse (I usually look for 3 reasons to travel as to not waste Microsoft's money).

If you know of any more that I should attend (future ones as well), please let me know as I'll be keen to come along and even present something if one wishes.

Tomorrow (Monday 28th May) I'll also be presenting the ARC Australian Postgraduate Award Industry Scholarship (Microsoft) at Queensland University of Technology (QUT), which I'm looking forward to.