0815 – Keynote started. Good work to the GCECC staff for getting everyone in quickly.
0817 – Welcome by Colin Tim
0819 – 2500 Delegates, 400 people could not make it on the waiting list, lots of Tech.Ed virgins this year (50% New), Increase in # of women (over 200), 27 Delegated from Overseas (only 1/2 are Kiwis)
Favourite Names… 57 John’s, 62 Peters, 63 Pauls, 99 Davids, 13 Colins
0821 – Colin speaks about GFC and current conditions.

From the Twitter feed…

Business business business blah blah blah nothing about community at the keynote of teched…. Not impressed < #auteched

Noting the warm glowing warming glow of many Netbooks, handsets & iPhones in the audience…

Massive screen at #auteched. Impressed!

#auteched Keynote – Next Speaker Please!

Colin Timm content good, jokes bad. Moral = sales guys are not comedians. > *Nods*

0833 – Welcome Paul Lamb from HP
Plugs the Netbook, Talk about GFC

From the Twitter Feed…

I wonder if this #auteched #keynote was done with Apple Keynote…

0837 – Shifting the balance – 30% Innovation, 70% Maintenance
0840 – Looking at the pillars of capability – Technology, Manageability, Organisation, Governance

From the Twitter feed…

#auteched wheres the wow?

#auteched is not really a business / pre-sales audience, *yawn*

Interesting comparing this to last years keynot 08 cloud computing, 09 a business focus #auteched

0842 – Thanks to Paul @ HP and HP for sponsoring the Event.

0843  - I’m a PC takes to the stage… A whole new branding! … Q to the audience.. Are you going to be proud to be a Windows 7 PC??? We are back baby!

0844 – Welcome Alistair Speirs and Lee Hickin (Office Productivity Specialists)

Demo Time… Microsoft Online Services (and the username is wrong! )

Lee speaks about the migration from physical in to the cloud. Migrate from Exchange, Competition Product or even Online Free Email Services (Gmail, Hotmail, Yahoo)

0851 – Alistair speaks about Office 2010 – Send an electric shock to a developer…. :S

• New ignore function for Reply All…
• Meeting requests show a preview in the request.
• “Visual Voicemail” in your inbox.
• Powerpoint 2010… make it rock?? (Ed note… will it be better than Keynote??)
• More image editing capabilities.
• More compatible… cross platform compatibility

0857 – Thanks Alistair and Lee

Next up… the developers – Welcome Sarah Ford … “I have waited my entire life to say these words… Hello Australia”

• Codeplex – now hosting over 11,000 projects.
• 382 tips written online about Visual Studio 2008
• Can move code pages out on to their own screens (dual screens )
• VisualStudioGaller.com – Image Gallery Plugin for VS
• #autechedsession // Hello #auteched Keynote from Visual Studio
• Sketchflow – have a look

Final words… Australia You Rock!

0908 – Sarah Vaughan & Nick Hode (Childhood Photos…. Arrgggghh)

Classroom photo time But First… A small disclaimer from the legal department….Leave, Hold Notebook Over Face or assume the brace position. – The lights come up and the photos begin! (Music Lady Gaga – Paparazzi)

0913 – Australia generated more internet traffic downloading Windows 7 than the Obama speech!

0914 – Windows 7 Demo (and a stool for Sarah to stand on….)

• Show Desktop tool
• Federated Search – Emails, Files, etc etc
• Open Search Standard – XML Connectors for Federated Search
• Look out for the Windows 7 champions (Bright Orange T-Shirts!)
• BitLocker to go – Secure your USB Key!
• Problem Step Recorder (record what’s on your screen and email it to your IT Department)

0923 – Welcome to the Stage Jorke Odolphi.

• Jorke shows forklift video (available on TechedBackstage.net)
• Speaks about the deployment process

Thanks Jorke!

0926 – Sarah shows Touch and Multi-Touch – Very Cool!

Thanks Sarah!

0930 – Colin takes the stage to wrap up.