UX Australia – Canberra 26-28 August

The first ever UX Australia Conference is coming up in August in Canberra. Donna, Steve, Andrew and Danielle have a great line-up of speakers from Australia and overseas. Oh, and me. I’m doing 3 presentations (gulp!): 1. Pre-conference Workshop: Interaction Design Studio This Half-day workshop focuses on building skills generating and critiquing ...
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Remix Australia Lonely Planet Surface Demo

The Lonely Planet Surface application that Amnesia Razorfish showed at Remix has been generating heaps of interest, so I’m pleased to say that the videos are finally online for your viewing pleasure. First check out the Lonely Planet keynote demo (around 7.5 minutes): Then for more detail on designing for touch and multitouch, and for the back st...
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Thank You and Farewell from Finula Crowe as I venture out beyond Microsoft, you guys rock!!

Dear Developer Community!  This will be my final blog post as Developer Marketing Manager at Microsoft.  I want to THANK YOU for keeping me honest and for all your support and feedback over the years (6 years!).  Some of you I have met having launched at least 3 versions of Visual Studio and built the REMIX Australia brand, some not...
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REMIX09: Thank You

REMIX09 happened last Thursday at Star city and by the feedback (twitter) I’ve seen so far, it went off with a bang. Thank you to all that attended, it’s you guys that give us the energy to do it every year. This year marked the single largest audience of any aussie REMIX crowd, and thus [...]
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Wacom offers for Remix Australia attendees

Remix Australia is on tomorrow, and Wacom are offering some great deals on Intuos3 tablets. Check them out at the Wacom stand. Microsoft Partner and Remix sponsor Wacom to offer limited number of heavily discounted professional graphics tablets exclusively for Remix attendees. The Intuos3 professional graphics tablet (as used during Lord Of The R...
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Microsoft and Web 2.0 Stuff

Like Michael Rees, Kathryn Greenhill asked me to list "web 2.0" things that Microsoft has available to provide some balance to a Murdoch University event. By web 2.0, Kathryn meant: "To me, Microsoft plays really well in the large corporate ap space and is very good at that ... but if I want to show people about the conversation, re-mix, open acce...
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And the Winners of the Tickets to REMIX are....

Folks, thanks for sharing your reasons for wanting to go to REMIX09!  Basically I thought you all had a good reason (particularly if you are prepared to fly from Melbourne!).  So, for all of you who posted your reason before 5pm today, you've won your place!  Andrew Pascoe, Kevin Collins, Edge, Andrew (the SQL guy!), "ysivaram", phi...
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Win one of 5 free tickets to the best show in town next week: REMIX09 Sydney 11th June!

Hello Ladies and Gentlemen!  REMIX09 is just a week away and we are delighted to see so much support for it again this year - even in these tough economic times we will welcome almost 100 more delegates than last year's sell-out show :-)  Anyway, if you've checked out REMIX but still found it difficult to justify paying the $199 to come ...
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REMIX09 Networking Event will be held "at the pub" : Oscars in Pyrmont

Hey guys, my Dad always said that the best meetings are held in the pub - but then again, he would say that as he is a Publican!  But, that aside, I think there is a lot of truth to that whether you enjoy a drink or a lemonade.  So, we've booked Oscars, a neat bar/restaurant around the corner from REMIX venue, Star City for a few drinks ...
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Remix Australia 09 – Register now!

REMIX 09 – The Next Web Now, registration is open now! – check out the action packed agenda. June 11 Sydney, Star City Casino. Register now to get the earlybird! - jorke  
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