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663 days ago
HI all Although this blog died in the wake of the beast that was 'Mix On Campus', I'm still getting the odd message via the contact details here. If you're interested in keeping up to date with what we (Microsoft Australia) are doing with universities, please subscribe to http://blogs.msdn.com/msozacademic. It's updated every few days with stuff on what I've been doing, what MS are doing and competitions for students and elcturers alike. The Mix On Campus blog will be revived in the new academic year when we start planning more "Mix-style" events. Apart from that, hope all of your holidays are going well and you're about ready to go back for semester 1, 2008 :D Nick
733 days ago
Brisbane Mix On Campus is been and done , and I have to say, I was really happy with how things unfolded (as were people who attended, apparently, based on the eval forms we got - what a relief!). We had 150 people turn up to QUT, and the vibe was great, as were the speakers. Strong speaker performances by Nick Hodge and Ashley Angel and Chriss Saad from Faraday Media seemed to kep the crowd particularly enthralled - check the photos. I'll also have video of the speaker sessions up soon enough, so watch this space. The Melbourne 'Mix On Campus' coming up on Monday (26th), and we have some great news - we've got what we think is the world's first official demo of XNA Games Studio 2.0 beta (released earlier this week) delivered by Australia's leading XNA guru, Glenn Wilson. We've also got free Red Bull, plus all the usual stuff like xbox demo's, giveaways, good speaker content. Honestly, Brisbane was fun, but I think Melbourne is going to be twice as good. Call it a gut ...
755 days ago
Are there big guns coming? Well, there's no Bill Gates on the bill, but we got some guys who are probably just as impressive. There's been a number of people asking me about the speaker schedule, and I've been holding off for as long as possible because there are still 2 gentlemen who I am yet to finally confirm. But what they hey, we may as give you an idea of what you're signing up for, right?. Brisbane - 20th Melbourne - 26th Sydney - 30th 9am Registration Registration Registration 10am Welcome - Nick Ellery Welcome - Nick Ellery Welcome - Nick Ellery 10.10am Opening Keynote -"The Future of the Web" Bryn Giles - AIMIA / Qantm Opening Keynote - "The Future of the Web" Simon Goodrich - AIMIA / Portable Film Festival Opening Keynote - "The Future of the Web" Debra Symons - AIMIA / Alcatel Lucent Australasia 11.00am Microsoft's ...
756 days ago
I love freebies... I really do. I have the speaker schedule nearly ready to publish (just have to confirm two more speakers - we've got some AWESOME speakers coming) but in the meantime I wanted to talk about the prizes we're giving out at Mix On Campus, because if I weren't working for Microsoft and I was coming along to the event, I'd want to know about the free stuff I can get my mitts on . First up, everyone who comes along gets a showbag with a whole bunch of swag in it. On top of that we've got some killer prizes to give away on the day/s. Here's a list of what I've got to give away in each city: - 1 Xbox 360 (yep, 1 per city, meaning 3 total) - Project Gotham Racing Hooded Sweats - Copies of Vista Ultimate (i.e. the one with Fax & Scan, Remote Desktop capability and Windows Media Centre - sweet) - Microsoft LifeCam vx-3000's - A massive jar of jelly beans (yeh, that's right, I'm taking it back to primary school fund-raiser tactics and having a ...
