3 days 3 time zones
on my way to the airport heading to los angelos for teched 2009. this makes it officially 3 time zones in 3 days.
on my way to the airport heading to los angelos for teched 2009. this makes it officially 3 time zones in 3 days.
with mother’s day approaching tomorrow, moms should check out real live moms powered by windows live. it allows moms to connect with other moms and share ideas, pictures, scrapbooks, and stay in touch with friends and family.
i will be heading out to teched tomorrow afternoon to to chat it up about azure. if you are one of the thousands expected to be there, stop by the windows azure booth and say hi.
if you are not going to be there you can follow all the announcements and chatter on twitter.
i am at riapalooza and just learned of this cool site, reactee, from my buddy anthony. essentially, it allows you to choose up to 3 keywords that you have printed on a t-shirt that people can then txt 41411 and have a sms message sent to them of your choosing. genius. what will your message say?
since i just mentioned the enterprise developer conference, it is also important to mention that you will have an opportunity to make a difference while you are there (or online… see below). i will be lingering around the igive table next to registration next week so make sure you stop by and say “hi”. this is something i am very passionate about (more about that on a separate blog post).
here is information on igive:
What is iGive?
The iGive campaigns are a way for Microsoft to “give back” to the communities that we live in and serve. It is part of the overall corporate citizenship pillar of key initiatives that we all embrace as part of our work at Microsoft. Every donor receives an iGive shirt.
Fields of Life
Fields of Life is assisting in making a change for the many vulnerable children in Africa – It could be said that the greatest tragedy is the lack of education. Given an opportunity to go to school, these children develop skills that could enable them to break out of the cycle of poverty and hardship. That’s where Fields of Life with your partnership can help out. Education is one of the many areas where we seek to help these children.
Welcomed support from Microsoft staff over the years resulted in funding many projects such as a classroom for deaf, an extension to another school to facilitate an extra 200 students and most recently a computer room in northern Uganda where many students are recovering from the aftermath of the ravages of war. In addition to this, many of my colleagues sponsor children to enable them to get an education which will give them a better start in life! A hand up is better than a hand out!!
How can you help ?
Visit our website www.fieldsoflife.com and see where you can assist. You can make a donation (www.fieldsoflife.com/donate.php) and if you are a Microsoft employee this can be matched via the Matching Gifts Program Give. Thanks for your time and thoughts. Please print out your donation acknowledgement in exchange for an iGive limited edition shirt. (As supply lasts).
What makes the iGive shirt so special (why would I want one)?
It’s Microsoft like you have never seen it! The front of shirt has real Swarovski crystal gems forming the special iGive formula for the charity of choice. Celebrate diversity for yourself or a special female in your life. These shirts are limited edition, so be the first to collect each in the series!
if you haven’t signed up for the enterprise developer conference in new york city then… well… you are out of luck because it is officially sold out! the good news is that the conference will be streamed beginning may 5 at http://entdevcon.com and will be available for viewing up to a year later. pretty sweet, huh?!?
there are also an ancillary events featured at the conference like the women leaders of wall street panel where you can hear outstanding accomplishments by female executives.
i will be there chatting it up about user experience design, social media, and cloud computing so make sure you hit me up if you are attending in person. also, you can track what is going down on twitter by searching #EntDevCon
here is some official “about” stuff:
Please join us for the 7th annual Microsoft Enterprise Developer and Industry Solutions Conference 2009 where you will hear directly from Microsoft’s customers and partners about their innovative solutions and how they have transformed their business by improving productivity, delivering solutions on time and under budget, scaling with Cloud Computing and streamlining their business processes with collaboration and workflow. Solutions from the Financial Services, Health & Life Sciences, Manufacturing and Media industries will be showcased featuring Visual Studio, SharePoint, Silverlight and Windows Azure. This two day event will be held in New York City on May 5th and 6th.