Thursday 25 October 2007

IT Carrers Fair

I know its a bit short notice but today there is a Carrers fair at the G-Mex Centre, Manchester.

All the large IT corperations will be there for a chance for you to speak with the employees and to get more of an idea of what it is like to work for an IT company.

So if your looking for a year placement or a graduate oppertunity head down to the G-Mex and see if any of the jobs take your fancy.

Friday 19 October 2007

Imagine Cup

"Imagine a world where technology enables a more sustainable environment for all"

This is the slogan for this years Imagine Cup and with the enviroment being a key buzzword at the moment what better than to hold an event focusing on how we as developers can help create a better enviroment.

Check out the latest blog post on Mint Source to learn more about the imagine cup. One of the prizes which I am really stoked about is the opportunity to go to Redmond and follow the Popfly group.

Also if your up for a challange and want your university to be known as the best take the online quiz. Come on MMU!!

Re-Inspiration Tour

The Inspiration Tour will be heading back to MMU in the new year to re-do the event which suffered from technical difficulties last time round.

The new date for the event is

Thursday 24th Jan, 11-2 in C0.14.
This will be in the John Dolton building so easy enough for all computing students to get to.
An advertising campaign will be lauched a few weeks before the event so everyone is aware of event.

Thursday 18 October 2007

Imagine Cup Website

With the 2007 Imagine Cup competition finished it is now time for everyone to get signed up and involoved with next years competition.
The UK website for the IC has just been launched and can be found at:
Make sure you head over and take a look, there is also some cool competitions with the chance to win an Xbox 360.
If you have not yet registered for the IC then register on the main site which is:
There will be more excitement and news to come in the next couple of months, so go sign up and start thinking about what sections you will be entering.

Sunday 7 October 2007

Channel 8: Scott Guthrie Interview

I previously posted a video of Kevin and myself interview Scott Guthrie at MIX:UK, this video has now been put up on th Channel 8 website, the link is:

http://channel8.msdn.com/Posts/Microsoft-Student-Partners-with-Scott-Guthrie-at-MixUK/

Thanks to everyone who has helped get the video on Channel 8 and a big thank you to Scott.

Wednesday 3 October 2007

Inspiration Tour??

The Inspiration Tour kicked off today and where better to start it than right here in Manchester! However after some major technical difficulties the event started to look gloomy. Ed and Ben encoundted technical problem with the projector and were only able to use the project for about 15 minutes, which left the rest of the event being presented without any demos or slides.

However all is not bad news, we have been asured that the Inspiration Tour will return to Manchester and give a fully fledged event. Possibly starting and ending the tour Manchester.