We have had a great time this week, and thank you to everyone whom attended. This Macquarie sign is from the top of their new “activity-based†building at Shelley St. For those who missed out, it’s not like any other office buildings you’ve ever seen before. Keep an eye out for when SUITS runs another one of these extraordinary visits again perhaps next year!
I want to take this opportunity to thank Will from Google, Robyn from Atlassian and Larissa from our sponsor Optiver whom have worked with me throughout the time leading up. A special thanks goes to Anna from Macquarie because she has made our visit possible even at such short notice! They have put in so much effect to make this all possible, and it’s easy for this effort to go unnoticed.
I promised to make the photos available, and here it is after the break. I’ve only included low-res photos here, but feel free to click through to get to the full quality photos. The links and resources are also after the break.
Feedback. I’d love to know what you thought about this event. Send me an email with any thoughts or comments, in particular:
- What did you get out of the day?
- Which parts did you like best (and/or didn’t like), and why?
- How can we make this event even better for next time?
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What were those marketing folks thinking? Seriously, this got me jumpy. I think many other telecommunications engineers would be jumpy at this naming too.
AT&T, a US telecommunications provider, recently announced a product called “3G MicroCell†that promises better signal strength at 3G data speeds. Essentially, it’s a wireless access point that plugs into the internet but instead of giving out WiFi, it gives out mobile phone signals. It’s the US way of fixing their rather patchy mobile service.
While people think that it is magic that gives full bars of mobile phone reception with the product, it’s actually worth noting that the concept has been around for a while. What’s more, this strategy for cellular expansion is actually called called “femtocellâ€. That’s right, not micro-, not nano-, not pico- but femto-.
To clarify things a bit, the reason why calling this a “MicroCell†is bad is because a microcell is actually almost like a regular mobile phone cell tower (except it’s smaller and has less range) that is put in places where calls tend to be congested in order to give it a bit more capacity. The thing that plugs into your home broadband is way too small to be even considered being called a microcell.
I know it’s a while after TechEd finished, but they’re now available on my Flickr!
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It’s that time of the year folks! Sydney University IT Society held its fourth Annual General Meeting tonight to elect the executive team for the period from the rest of the year to roughly the same time next year. This is the night that decides the future of SUITS.
So it means I’ll be retiring from my current position as Industry Liaison, and I won’t be running for another position this year. Why? I would like to see more participation from the fresh recruits, and one way is to give a sense of ownership. I’ve been an executive of the Computer Science Undergraduate Society (CSUS), which in 2007 unified and merged with two other societies, and have been an executive since.
Anyway, I’m going to reveal the newly elected executives before it even gets out onto their website!
- President: Stephen Merity
- Vice President: Aaron Cowie
- Treasurer: Adam Petrovic
- Secretary: Karmen Chong
- Events coordinator: James Alexander
- Public relations: Simon Mattes
- Industry Liaison: Adam Gawronski
- Undergraduate representative: Luke Anderson
- Postgraduate Rep:
- IT Officer: Greg Darke
Yes, the IT society actually needs IT infrastructure support. That’s why there’s a dedicated position just to take care of servers and all things technical.
3 Oct 2009 20:05 | 
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