Tech-Ed South Africa 2008 Photos

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 ...

Silverlight 2 Beta 2 now available

Saturday, June 7th, 2008

Microsoft earlier this week announced at Tech-Ed North America 2008 that Microsoft Silverlight 2 beta 2 will be available for download this week. The new Silverlight 2 beta 2 control updates the version number from 2.0.30226.2 to 2.0.30523.6. This release is expected to break compatibility with Silverlight 2 ...

South African Communities on Virtual Tech-Ed

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 ...

Tech-Ed 2007 day 3

Wednesday, October 24th, 2007

Its honestly amazing how time flies when you are at Tech-Ed. I found that day three just flew past in comparison to day two; I suppose it has to do with the sheer number of sessions I attended. The first talk worth mentioning today was one by Angus Logan where ...

Tech-Ed 2007 day 2

Monday, October 22nd, 2007

Today the sessions started bright and early at 08h00 which is way too early if it was work but strangely enough I found myself downstairs devouring the buffet breakfast just after 07h00. I missed attending a few sessions that I would have liked to have attended purely due to logistical ...

Tech-Ed 2007 day 1

Sunday, October 21st, 2007

Its the end of day 1 of Tech-Ed 2007 South Africa and I must say it is what I expected it to be. Apparently there are almost 2000 delegates here this year which is an impressive improvement over the 1600 delegates last year and the most delegates at any ...