Heroes Happen Launch - Adelaide
We're in Adelaide, and it's HOT, HOT, HOT!!! Not only with the launch, but also the weather. 11th consecutive day of +35 deg C temperatures. Walking outside is like peering into a furnace. The summer that Sydney missed.
Those of you following our exploits will know that I was down to deliver the Keynote Demo this morning. This is my first time, Sydney and Melbourne, being handled by Michael Leworthy.
So how did it go?
Well, I discovered just how much there was to get into the demos, in an amazingly short time. The time pressure is intense. All the whole, not only do you have to navigate through multiple technologies, but describe the features and benefits all the while. I'd not anticipated quite how hard it is to pronounce 2008 repetitively (Windows Server 2008, Visual Studio 2008, SQL Server 2008).
I took over from Martin Gregory, our Director for Server and tools, and took the audience through 3 separate demos.
Spectacularly, my Silverlight demo failed and drew a laugh from the crowd. It turned out later that I just needed to open a new window and refresh the page. Ho hum.
Overall, I had a ball, and am really looking forward to our Perth launch next week.
Some photos (before others put their derogatory captions on them)
By the way, to answer my challenge on Twitter, this is the first waistcoat in my collection. The one made for my wedding.
What about Perth?
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