Archive for the ‘Community’ Category
Friday, November 27th, 2009
On Wednesday night a bunch of geeks, nerds and wannabe geeks packed into the upstairs section of Primi Piatti in The Design Quarter Fourways for the final 27dinner of 2009. This time there were no formal talks just lots of socialising and some really awesome grub. It also proved ...
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Friday, December 5th, 2008
Scott Hanselman is a well known blogger and owns the podcast Hanselminutes. He works for Microsoft as a DevDiv Community Liaison and he has offered to spend some of his vacation time with the SA Developer .NET community. He will be in Johannesburg on the evening of Monday ...
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Friday, November 28th, 2008
Last night a couple of us gathered for the final Johannesburg 27dinner for 2008, namely 27-31 Jozi. I think Garsen’s Cappello restaurant has got to be the best venue for the 27dinner as we have it exclusively to ourselves. No rowdy drunkards to compete with the speaker anymore. The presentation ...
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Monday, November 17th, 2008
I just realised today that I hadn’t published the photos from the last Johannesburg 27dinner. Whoops. You can find all of them over here.
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Monday, August 11th, 2008
This year Tech-Ed South Africa was held in Durban, South Africa’s playground, and I managed to snap a few photographs with my new Sony DSLR-A350 camera. The event started off as per usual with a bit of a show by some talented dancers and some sexy ladies in ...
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Wednesday, July 30th, 2008
Last night I attended the Johannesburg 27dinner and as usual I took too many photos. All in all there were three talks presented by Kate Elphick, Jason Hobbs and Charl Norman. Unfortunately the restaurant patrons upstairs made it very difficult for people at the back of the restaurant to ...
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Friday, June 20th, 2008
Just a quick reminder that there is still space available for the SA Developer .NET session Silverlight 2 with Brad Abrams. Please take a moment and RSVP over here on the forum thread.
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Friday, May 30th, 2008
Yes you heard it here first! Brad Abrams, the man, the legend, is coming to South Africa and is taking time out of his busy schedule for SA Developer .NET events in Johannesburg and Cape Town. Before you ask how I can speak so highly of the man, take ...
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Sunday, May 25th, 2008
Microsoft is hosting a Saturday morning event for speakers in the Gauteng region to come and show what they are passionate about. Currently there are 5 out of 10 speaker slots filled, so why not put your name down and present something you're passionate about for a mere 20 minute ...
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Tuesday, January 15th, 2008
A couple of us local community enthusiasts quickly put together a last minute idea for a Fish Bowl video at Tech-Ed 2007 South Africa last year. The video finally went live on the site today. You can watch it by clicking here. Thanks to Hilton, Nicholas and Willie for ...
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