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SBTUG: Social Networking and Chocolate

November 5, 2009Community
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If you’re like me, then you probably cringe when you see people referring to themselves as a ‘social media strategist’.
And if they point to Gary Vaynerchuk as their main example of why you too should embrace social media then I really despair. Too often it seems, we’re told of the wonderful success stories, with [...]

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Search Engine Optimisation (SEO) at SBTUG

September 25, 2009Community
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Next Wednesday (Sep 30) at SBTUG we’re lucky to have Kristin Rohan from SassySEO along to give us a Beginners Guide to SEO For Business.  Make sure you RSVP here.
It kicks off at 6pm next Wed 30 Sep at Microsoft, North Ryde (full details and map here). (We ask for a [...]

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CodePlex.org versus CodePlex.com

September 21, 2009Community
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At one time in the not-too-distant past, the mention of ‘open source’ carried a stigma with it. Perhaps an inkling that it was not high quality. Or managed by socially inept geeks. Or not well supported.
But those days are long gone, and the adoption of open-source in the enterprise is high. And while this in [...]

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SBTUG – Wed 24 June 2009 – Visual Studio 2010, Customer Feedback, Google Wave

June 22, 2009Community
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I love the Sydney developer community. Really I do. Here’s why…
I’d previously organized a speaker for SBTUG tomorrow night, but he had to pull out (due to valid work travel reasons). This was two weeks ago. Then I got sick for a week and a bit, so it wasn’t until late last week I [...]

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Sydney Windows User Group covers Windows 7 and Touch

May 19, 2009Community
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Last Wednesday (13 May 2009) we had the first meeting of the newly formed (reformed?) Sydney Windows User Group (SWUG). Nick Rayner and I are leading the group, although to be fair Nick is doing 90% of the work. He’s the initiative, drive and main organizer.
And doing a fantastic job I must say. The [...]

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Virtual Earth Developer Contest

March 15, 2009Community

Over on the ViaWindowsLive site they’re running a Virtual Earth contest. Simply submit an article or video about something cool you’re doing with Virtual Earth and you’re in the running.
You get a T-shirt just for entering (assuming your entry is valid , and there are a bunch of other prizes if yours is up [...]

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SBTUG: Wed 28 Jan 2009 – SharePoint, Windows 7 and Touch

January 25, 2009Community

[Ooops! Forgot to post this on my own blog (but it’s over on the new SBTUG blog - and while you’re there let me know what you think of the revamped SBTUG site).]
Quick details: The Sydney Business & Technology User Group
When: Wed 28 January 2009

Time: 6pm (until approx 8:30pm)
Where: Microsoft, North Ryde
Contact: [...]

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Team System Web site clean up

December 12, 2008Community

I’ve always liked how the Team System team work hard to provide details on what they’re up to. This is becoming more the norm on Microsoft assets (just check out the great job Beth Massi has been doing on the VSTO site for example), and so I shouldn’t be surprised to see just how serious [...]

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Office Development with VS Dev Center – the home of VSTO

November 21, 2008Community

Thanks to Beth Massi for alerting us to this – the Office Development with Visual Studio Developer Center has been launched. This is where the http://msdn.com/vsto URL will now take you to.
[This isn’t to be confused with the Office Developer Center (another excellent resource by the way), since that is open to all office development [...]

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Live Services Jumpstart – Sydney – Dec 8 and 9

November 20, 2008Community

There’s only a few spots left for the Live Services Jumpstart in Sydney.
It’s an intensive technical training session on Microsoft’s consumer web platform technologies. It’s being run by James McCutcheon and Dr Neil Roodyn (two of my new work colleagues at nsquared) and covers more than 20 technical sessions, hands-on labs and the opportunity to [...]

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Melbourne Silverlight Designer and Developer Network

November 20, 2008Community

I’ve seen a few posts about this lately (eg Kordsi, Coatsy, Jordsy, sorry couldn’t resistsy), and with good reason – it looks like a really exciting new user group (or ‘network’ to be more correct).
Here’s the Silverlight Designer and Developer Network (SDDN) website, which tells you their first meeting is next Thursday 27 Nov (held [...]

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SBTUG: Next Wed 26 Nov 2008 – Steve Herzberg, Craig Bailey, EOY Party!

November 19, 2008Community

Quick details:
When: Wed 26 November 2008

Time: 6pm (until approx 8:30pm)
Where: Microsoft, North Ryde
Contact: Craig Bailey : 0413 489 388
Cost: Free (Pizza + Drinkies + Nibblies all provided)
More details: www.sbtug.com

 
Yes, that’s right it’s almost Christmas (only 34 days till the consumer frenzy dies down… and then resumes with New Year [...]

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Steve Ballmer rocks da house in Sydney – invites

October 22, 2008Community

You probably already know that Steve Ballmer is coming to Sydney next month – Thursday 6 November from 3pm to be precise. If not, then check out this site.
I’m fortunate enough to have a few invites to the event (yes, it is invite only at this stage). If you’d like to attend simply drop me [...]

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SBTUG: Next Wed 29 Oct 2008 – SQL Server 2008 explained

October 22, 2008Community

Next Wednesday 29 October 2008 we’ve got a special SQL Server 2008 night at the Sydney Business & Technology User Group (SBTUG).
That means we’ve got Justin King, Omar Besiso and Geoff Orr talking about different aspects of SQL Server 2008. The focus is on covering high level benefits (ie there won’t be much in depth [...]

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Office DevCon – 15-16 November 2008 – Sydney, Australia

October 15, 2008Community

Yes, Office DevCon is on again. Here’s the details:
Office DevCon is an annual community-driven conference that allows Microsoft Office developers and power users to come together in one location to hear expert speakers present on a wide range of Microsoft Office-related topics.
Come along and discover how to do things you never knew you could do [...]

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Web Directions South – Day 2

October 5, 2008Community

Another interesting day. I caught up with Michael Kordahi and had a play on the Surface. Oh, and yes I’ve ordered one for the Elcom conference room – should be turning up any decade now
Keynote (Jeffrey Veen)
The opening keynote by Jeff was good. Data is overwhelming, and analysing it can be an art-form. [...]

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Web Directions South – Day 1

October 5, 2008Community

[NOTE: I wrote this post and the next over a week ago. But I wanted to hold off posting them until I’d had a little bit of time to reflect.]
I had the pleasure of attending Web Directions South today – my first time.

It’s interesting to compare it to TechEd from a few weeks ago [...]

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Sydney ALT.NET User Group review #altnetsyd

September 29, 2008Community

I went along to the Sydney ALT.NET User group tonight, and was well rewarded.
This was the kickoff meeting for the group and was an excellent start to what is sure to be an extremely useful gathering each month.
Richard Banks was MC for the night, and started with news. I was pleased to hear good discussion [...]

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COMMUNITY: Upcoming User Groups in Sydney

September 14, 2008Community

I love the weather in September. Warm, breezy and the days are getting longer. The cold and dark of winter is gone and it’s time to come out and party a bit. Which is why its a perfect time to start attending all the great User Groups around Sydney again.
Here’s a quick rundown of the [...]

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Corneliu – Anti-spam email encoding tool

August 2, 2008Community

I’ve been meaning to blog link this for ages, because I use it all the time but always have to go searching for the URL…
So here it is, Corneliu’s most excellently helpful Anti-spam email encoding tool. Put in your email address and it’ll return a nice encoded one that most spam bots won’t recognise (sure [...]

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