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Saturday, March 28, 2009 1:07 AM

1 Month in

This week was one of wrap up and preparation. The end of Q3 for our financial year, preparing for a strong Q4, and all the next financial year planning that’s about to come crashing down, and that’s not to mention TechEd09 . Huge things planned there.
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Friday, March 13, 2009 11:54 AM

Smackdown Crew goes Bald

Rick “Mad-eye Murdoch” Anderson and I, “Colonel Hannibal” from the Aussie “Mobile Smackdown” crew, are about to become bald. We’re participating in the Leukaemia Foundation’s annual “Shave for a Cure” at 12pm today in the office. You can join the team
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Tuesday, March 03, 2009 10:56 PM

Counting the cost…

The thing about cycling to work, no matter the justifications, is that you actually have to get home again. There were times today that I seriously considered just taking the bike on the train, but I’m glad I didn’t So like any beginner at something,
Posted by Rog42 | 2 Comments
Tuesday, March 03, 2009 11:01 AM

3 Good Reasons

Over the last year or so, I’ve been considering cycling to work, and this morning made the first run. Whew. There are 3 reasons which led to this momentous outcome: Drop the spare tire . Yep, I’ve been up and down with weight, and of course consistent
Posted by Rog42 | 3 Comments
Sunday, September 07, 2008 5:05 PM

TE08: Support from our partners

TechEd is a huge undertaking, and there is no way we could be successful without the support of our partners. Today I got to see the impact of that again first hand. I was invited to address the Readify Annual Kick-off as their guest speaker. During my
Posted by Rog42 | 21 Comments
Saturday, August 02, 2008 12:02 AM

Announcement: New Academic Evangelist in Australia!!

It's been a little while in coming, but I'm very pleased to announce that we have a new Academic Developer Evangelist in Australia. After a rigorous recruiting process, on Monday I offered the role to Andrew Parsons , which he accepted. He popped into
Posted by Rog42 | 4 Comments
Friday, July 25, 2008 2:34 AM

Hammertime

You've heard about it! I''ve mentioned Hammertime, our boxercise training that has helped me lose 15kgs to date. Well here's a short video of what we do, and some of the crazy people that do it with me. See you there? R 42 Technorati Tags: Rog42 , Hammertime
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Wednesday, July 09, 2008 4:23 AM

IC08: Team SOAK from Australia win the coveted Imagine Cup

Last week David, Long, Dimaz, and Ed, were four ordinary University Students, from four regular Australian Universities. But these four students are far from ordinary. They won the Imagine Cup! Already there have been press briefings, video interviews,
Posted by Rog42 | 2 Comments
Tuesday, July 08, 2008 12:05 PM

IC08: Imagine Cup 2008 - Will Team SOAK win a place?

They presented well. They were creative, clear, and compelling. They were funny, and yet discussed one of the most serious problems facing Australia, and the world, today - efficient water handling in agriculture. But were Team SOAK good enough? The competition
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Monday, July 07, 2008 9:54 PM

IC08: Imagine Cup 2008 Update – Team SOAK through to Finals!!

Team SOAK is winning hearts and minds here in Paris. To date they’ve delivered their presentation some 3 times in the various rounds of competition. Our first goal was to get through the two heats of round one, to be announced as one of 12 teams in the
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Sunday, July 06, 2008 3:54 AM

IC08: Imagine Cup Software Design Semi-Finalists Announced

This has to be the best and worst video I’ve ever shot. Best because of the jubilation and extreme emotion (and this is just the first round)!! Worst relates to the quality. Turns out that the Samsung phone, with it’s itsy-bitsy little mic, just isn’t
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Saturday, July 05, 2008 10:16 AM

IC08: Imagine Cup 2008 – Day 1

Today was, as they say, a hard working day. One of those days when you focus and get into flow, and if you could, would lose track of time. Which is to say I’m totally knackered right now. Today the competition started. For those in the Software Design
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Friday, July 04, 2008 10:32 AM

IC08: Imagine Cup 2008 – Day Zero

We’ll we all made it to Paris. I got in last night, and Karo arrived with most of the Australian Winners, Team SOAK this morning. Unfortunately, due to a visa mixup, Dimaz will only be arriving on Friday morning – probably a little too late, not to mention
Posted by Rog42 | 1 Comments
Tuesday, June 03, 2008 1:49 AM

Demos Happen {Here} - Sliverlight Streaming Upgrade

Those interested in entering the Demos Happen {Here} Competition all know that a condition of entry is to post your video to http://sliverlight.live.com Our original intent was to enable everyone to stream their video on their own blog, and feature it
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Monday, June 02, 2008 11:55 PM

R42 New Tech - Suunto T6 Training Watch

It seems I have a raft of "new tech" in my life to blog about, none more timely than my new Suunto T6 Training Watch . As you know I've been "changing my ways" and introducing exercise into my life (again) (-ish). Well it wasn't going
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