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ICT Enthusiast and photographer.

By - Darren Straight

Tech-Ed 2007 Keynote Opening with Back To The Future Spoof/Parody

Microsoft executive Bob Muglia’s appearance at the company’s Tech-Ed 2007 conference this week began with an elaborate video starring actor Christopher Lloyd in his role as Doc Brown from the “Back to the Future” series, taking Muglia back in time to save him from a disastrous keynote address.  The video is now available online, and you can watch it here!

By - Darren Straight

Microsoft WhyWillYouWorkHere.com

I was just reading my feeds and noticed (thanks Dare) that Microsoft have a new recruiting website called WhyWillYouWorkHere.com, in which they feature a video containing various comments from various Microsoft employees (one of course being Dare ;)) about working at Microsoft, more explicitly with the Microsoft Online Business Group (i.e. Windows Live and MSN). MSN and Windows Live deliver the most

By - Darren Straight

Microsoft Academic Insight Event June 2007

Hey Computer Science tutors, I’ve just noticed that Academic Connection (part of the The Microsoft UK Academic Team) and DevelopMentor have parterned up to invite you all to join them at the Microsoft Academic Insight Event June 2007, for two days of technical education and discussion, designed to help you better understand and teach Microsoft .NET 3.0 and ASP.NET 2.0. And guess what