Yesterday evening, August 25th, was the 2nd SMBiT Professionals Tech.Ed Dinner held at Sage Restaurant on the Gold Coast. Attended well by members of the SMBiT Professional Association from all parts of Australia, it certainly shows the power of a nation wide IT Professional Association that has committed Members who are dedicated to furthering the [...]
The SMBiT Professionals dinner is happening again this year at Tech.Ed after the great success of the event last year. If you’re yet to RSVP, please email me ASAP so that we can extend the booking should we need to. Details Where: Sage Restaurant Time: From 7pm to when we get kicked out Address: 5/20 [...]
Yesterday at teh Keynote for TechEd 2010 Australia, one of the coolest things was the Kinnect demo on the Xbox360. Now this has nothing to do with IT infrastructure what so ever – but you’ve got to admit it is pretty darn cool. Check out the videos below. The first one shows how it works [...]
TechEd Australia is off an running now. One of the things I’ve learnt over time is that when you are in a place for any length of time, the way to make it feel like home is to get a few things that help make it easier for you… and they can save a few [...]
Yes, as pointed out by Corey Hynes, I now own a MacBook – but it does run Windows 7 Ultimate! You see, I used to own a Dell XPS M1530, nice machine, it took some rough treatment (see below), but I didn’t survive my fall back in June 2008. So RIP Dell XPS M1530, and [...]
Well you’ve all heard or seen the movie Freddie Got Fingered from 2001. Well last Night Rosemary Stark, Microsoft Product Manager for Windows Servers decided to play with my dinner when it landed in front of her and she thought it might be fun to poke at it only to realise, it wasn’t hers…… Apologies [...]
Last night we had a relaxed dinner at the Sage Restaurant. Food was yummy and the company was great. Many had the chance to meet Rosemary Stark – the Aussie Windows Server product manager which includes SBS and EBS. Keira McIntosh (our SBSC PAL) was there too trying to connect with other SBSers from interstate [...]
Well what a great start to Microsoft Tech.Ed 2009. They have re-arranged the expo hall from the usual layout here at the Gold Coast Convention & Expo Centre and spaced it out to give exhibitors more space. 4 Microsoft Quadrants in the expo hall with a large Microsoft Stand in the middle with the exhibitors [...]
In fear of being completely shamed, Wayne Small has fled Microsoft Tech.Ed 2008 without stepping up to the challenge of having a Battle of the Posse with Steve Riley. So, what are the totals after this whole week of shenanigans? Well Wayne put the call out to the community, and the community certainly responded. Wayne [...]
