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Microsoft BizSpark

After discussions with Sydney Windows User Group informing them about my plans to test and trial Azure for a CMS solution i had running on Linux, I was informed about http://www.microsoft.com/bizspark/ . I was pointed in the direction of Catherine Eibner who was able to answer any questions I had, and yes she also had me signed up. Basically you get Support from Microsoft and also exposure through Start-up promotion websites and access to Microsoft…

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OLPC Australia

So to cut a long story short OLPC Australia project has gone through various formations. Its current formation is to assist 400,000 XO’s across Australia in five years specifically in rural and remote areas. Please see http://www.laptop.org.au/vision/overview I started doing work on this project with Pia and Jeff Waugh on OLPC Friends in 2008. So it was a pleasure for me to take on a role of Project Management and Development for the web solutions…

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Microsoft Azure BizSpark Camp

I attended the Biz Start-up Camp April 12/13 2010. This was my birthday weekend but it is not unlike me to do something geeky. This was a great experience to be able to play with and see Azure SQL and PHP. My friend Erle attended with me and we presented our concept at the end of the camp. Having access to the technical support team was great. We created some basic connectors in PHP for…

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Sydney Mobile User Group

So the Digi Girlz day was held at Microsoft Australia with great success. The day started with a keynote from Sarah Vaughun about what her experience was like in high school university and that first job and how she ended up in a top role in IT. After the key note the girls broke up into teams and circulated the rooms. I was located in the round table room and held discussions with students on…

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