There’s been so much hype and so much talk revolving around Microsoft’s Live Services. Live Mesh has even made it to the keynote feature of this year’s TechEd in Sydney. So what is Live? Simply put, Windows Live is a collection of services that we use every day from Live Messenger (MSN) to Live Mail, Live Search, Live Maps, and pretty much everything else that has the word ‘Live’ in it.
What Microsoft is doing though, is more than just providing these services – they’re also making it easy for people to make use of creatively, building on top of them as a platform. But at the speed they come in, it’s pretty easy to become lost in this strange new world.
So that’s were Live Services Jumpstart 2009 come into play. It’s a FREE 2-day training session that’s coming to 11 cities around the world, dedicated to demystifying all things to do with Live Services and the hottest new Software + Services architecture.
So Sydney’s pretty lucky to be one of these 11 cities to host this event, on 8 – 9 Dec 08, 8:30am – 6:30pm, at Four Points Sheraton, Darling Harbour. Since this is the ultimate place to get free in-depth technical training, spaces are limited -Register now!
I’m talking about Atomic Live 2008. It’s a day where so many PC and Games enthusiasts come together to witness some of the most amazing feats in history. If you’re a bit of a hardware guy, then you must go to this FREE event.
I’ve already registered for it, and hope that in the unlikely event that I would actually win the 22″ LCD Monitor or PS3 as an added bonus! From previous experience at Atomic Live 2005 and 2007, it’s going to be a really good day/
Here’s the formal description of the expo:
Atomic LIVE 2008 is an all-day PC, gaming and tech fun-fest, put on for you to catch up on the latest technological innovations from global market leaders, win cool prizes play computer games, learn a little bit about the industry & leading trends, and maybe even pick up some career advice. It’s everything that makes the Atomic magazine & website so great, gathered under one roof.
So what actually happens?
Well there’s so much going on it’s nuts! There’s the grand finals of the World Gamemasters Tournament (WGT), a massive and free LAN party that’s got FarCry 2 for the very first time in Australia, cosplay, competitions including the PC speedbuilding competition, and giveaways of all shapes and sizes.
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A few days ago, I wrote about the event by Microsoft China Research and Development Group. Having attended this even today, I found that it wasn’t what I have expected it to be. I was hoping for a presentation about the role of Microsoft Research, and what MSR China does. But in fact, MSR China is a subsidiary of a much larger group called Microsoft China Research and Development, and this presentation today was more like a careers talk without any specifics. But nonetheless, it’s good to see at least 4 students from Sydney Uni turn up today. Most other people were from Macquarie Graduate School of Management though.
Anyhow, there are good points that are worth taking from today’s presentation.
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Some news just came from a reliable source – Steve Ballmer (yeah the CEO for Microsoft) is going to visit Australia – namely Sydney 
– early in November to speak to developers. I wonder if he’s going to do that Developers, Developers, Developers… speech again.
I’ve uploaded the photos taken at Student Daze onto my Flickr now, feel free to browse!
Events, Microsoft, Software | Edmund Tse | 
16 Oct 2008 20:53 | 
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