Student Daze – Connecting Student Partners Worldwide

Once again, I’m writing this up on a plane on my way back home. The last two days (25-26 Sep 08) has been absolutely phenomenal at Student Daze 2008 – Microsoft Student Partners Summit 2008 v1.0. Why is it called Student “Daze” rather than Student “Days”? I’m not really sure, but I think it has something to do with so many people having jet lag.

Student Daze brings a selection of MSPs around the world into Microsoft’s Headquarters at Redmond, Washington in the USA. We are given the opportunity to connect and chat to other MSPs, find out what it’s like and what’s happening in the academic scene around the world.

We also get to meet some of the greatest people from Microsoft, like Joe Wilson (again!) and Scott Guthrie, plus a sneak preview into amazing new software that’s yet to be released. Sorry, but you folks out there will need to wait until the upcoming PDC to see it. Any leaks? Well, read on for more about Popfly, Mesh, XNA, Silverlight, cloud computing and more.

Let’s get into what actually happened after the break!

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Live Mesh is open

Microsoft’s Live Mesh is a relatively new tool to keep your life in sync. These days, everyone has more than one gadget – be it a laptop, PC, Mac or mobile device(s). Live Mesh makes it so simple to use all those devices together, keeping them in sync.

Until recently, many people have signed up to participate in the tech preview program. But unfortunately, places are hard to come by and most miss out. There’s even been a website for people to ask for invitations!

But not to worry – It’s all good now. In the latest Mesh email update, Microsoft’s announced that some pretty neat ‘fixes’:

Fixes

• Raised the limit on the total number of customers we’ll allow to access the Live Mesh Tech Preview.
• Expanded availability: you can sign up directly, with no waiting list, if your country/region is the United States, United Kingdom, Australia, or New Zealand.
• Removed the limit on the number of Live Mesh invitations you have. Invite new friends and family members to the Live Mesh Tech Preview.

So definitely good news to all of us. But I guess that means the ShareMesh website is now obsolete.