We’ve had a last minute change to tonight’s meeting. Unfortunately Mitch Denny has had to pull out (due to illness), but in his place Richard Banks will be presenting. His session will be covering Agile Project Management. Richard is a Principal Consultant at Readify and a Certified Scrum Master. Full details are available on the SBTUG site here. (Note: my session on the 2008 Stack...
This Wednesday 30 April 2008 at the Sydney Business & Technology User Group (SBTUG) we’ve got another great meeting organised. This month: The Evolution of Enterprise Software Development presented by Mitch Denny. When: This Wed 30 April 2008 Time: 6pm (until approx 8:30pm) Where: Microsoft, North Ryde Contact: Craig Bailey : 0413 489 388 Cost: Free (Pizza all provided) Plus: Prize:...
I’m heading home from the US of A today, which sees me arrive back in Sydney (hopefully) on Thursday morning 24 April. CodeCampOz The next day I head down to Wagga for CodeCampOz. That finishes up on Sunday (27 April) and I fly back to Sydney that night. Elcom On Monday I’m back in the office, ready to start spreading the good news to the team (within NDA guidelines of course –...
This Wednesday we’ve got another great Sydney Business & Technology User Group (SBTUG) lined up. This month: Unified Communications: What is it, and why does it matter? Presented by Craig Pringle. When: This Wed 26 March 2008 Time: 6pm (until approx 8:30pm) Where: Microsoft, North Ryde Contact: Craig Bailey : 0413 489 388 Cost: Free (Pizza all provided) Sessions Craig Pringle (Unified...
We’ve been working on a new site for SBTUG. Check it out here. The new site is a Wiki and allows anyone to make changes (simple registration required). The aim over the coming months is to build into a much more community driven site (to date it has been static and updated by me once a month). But there’s so many smart, generous people in the group who have useful stuff to share that...
Another monster meeting at SBTUG this month. Presentations Our first presentation has Mike Culver (Amazon Evangelist) talking about Amazon Web Services. Come along and learn how more than a quarter of a million developers are taking advantage of building applications on the back of Amazon's infrastructure. Following Mike will be Steve Riley, Senior Security Strategist with Microsoft, talking...
Last year the wonderful Laurel Papworth blew us away at SBTUG with a presentation on Social networking. In the course of her presentation she mentioned the whole mesh network concept (eg Meraki). I truly had tingles down my spine when I heard about the concept. Thanks to Laurel for this post in which she highlights the news of mesh networks coming to Sydney real soon. See Technorati Tags: Mesh...
[UPDATE: Fixed the News file link] We had an excellent start to the year, with Cecelia Haddad taking us through Public Relations (PR) and Peter Ward covering the new features in SQL Server 2008 with a focus on those giving the most business value. Here’s some links and contact details. Cecelia Haddad: Marketing Elements Peter Ward: WardyIT Here’s the Tech News presentation with all...
Only two weeks until The Sydney Business & Technology User Group (SBTUG) kicks off for 2008. And what a great return meeting we have lined up. Business On the business side of things, Cecelia Haddad will be giving us an overview of PR. The whole public relations side of business is a mystery to many, so this session will be especially relevant for business owners. Cecelia has more than 15...
Is it half way through January already? That must mean it’s time for user groups to start up again! And what a great bunch of sessions they’ve got coming up this month. Here’s a few to get you excited: Tue 15 – Readify RDN: Agile programming, SQL Server Reporting Services Tue 15 – SharePoint UG: Site Collections and their owners Wed 16 – .NET UG: Best Practices...