Robbie Bach, President of Microsoft’s Entertainment and Devices division, will be giving a talk at the University of Sydney on Tuesday, February 9th, 2010.
For those who do not know, the E&D division handles products like the XBOX 360, Zune, Windows phone, all of the Microsoft hardware like Keyboards + Mice, and the Surface.
I personally hope [...]

Just a reminder to everyone who registered for the XNA Game Camp in Wollongong this Friday.
Registration is open from 10:30 to 11am, but trains take ~2hrs to get there, so be sure you know what train you need.
Let me know if you are going to the camp!
 
-Michael

For those who were waiting for information on a repeat event, unfortunately I did not get enough of a response to run a second event. However if you really are interested, I have an even better alternative!
Microsoft is running a 3 day camp dedicated to XNA and the Imagine Cup at the University of [...]

AIESEC UTS, in partnership with the World’s largest Software Company [Microsoft ] is presenting information on programs that are relevant to you! Interested in a global internship or participating in the world’s premier student competition?
Then you must attend our information session to get all the details!
Find out how you can:
•             Get involved in [...]

100% certain this time, the places for the event have sold out, and whilst there may be standing room, there won’t be event bags or goodies for those who aren’t registered.
For those interested in a repeat event, as I have previously mentioned, let me know. So far I have about 3 people interested, although I [...]

Just a quick note to everyone, there are about 3 more tickets available for the event due to a slight error, so be sure to grab them if you haven’t already.
Also if it is sold out again when you get there, don’t worry, send me an email at michael@mquandt.com or use the contact host button [...]

 
Exploding Ninja Pirates, and other great love stories.
I am happy to announce the first event for Spring 2009 at UTS, sponsored by Microsoft:
XNA @ UTS 2009!
Come and learn from Luke Drumm about Microsoft XNA, and how you can use the platform to develop games easily for the Windows PC and Xbox 360 console. [...]

Hey everyone! 
It’s been a while since I made my last post, so it’s about time I got back up to date with UTSMSP.
Microsoft is holding career presentations to broadcast their Internship and Full Time positions in Microsoft for students in Business (for marketing, sales and services), and Engineering/IT (software). 
These presentations will be held in UNSW (as if not [...]

You may remember last year that I mentioned an XNA event that I was considering running with Microsoft, which eventually fell through. I did however promise that it would be resurrected in some form later this year, and I am again considering it for Spring 2009.
As I plan it with Microsoft, I do need some [...]

We’ve seen the US laptop hunter ads, and now the Windows team have brought them to Australia, and made them even better. If you listen to Nova 969 (or for our Melbourne readers, Nova 100) in the mornings from 8:30am, you will get clues to find the “Laptop Hunter” in the city. (more clues on [...]