Lucas Moffitt

Hey Guys,

Remix is one of Australia’s premier Web Technology events held by Microsoft. This year, there is a fantastic opportunity at Remix for some students to get on board with special projects. The guys in charge would like to see the community, including students, work on special projects leading up to Remix and present them at the event.

This is a great opportunity get some industry experience and get your name or brand out there

In Michael’s words:

“Think, what crazy cool and amazing stuff would you love to see as part of the REMIX experience… on location, during the event, post the event, on the site, on the social medias, the sky’s the limit.”

There’s more info on Michael’s blog. Please read here http://delicategeniusblog.com/?p=902

Lucas

Today marks the launch of yet another great offer for Students!

I’ve promoted the It’s Not Cheating program before where you can purchase a copy of Office Ultimate 2007 for only $75AUD just because you’re a student.

Well you’re in luck. If you purchase a copy of Office 2007 between 5th of March 2010 and the 30th of September 2010 you’ll receive a free copy of Office 2010 when it’s available.

That is Pants Off Amazing!.

Soooooo… Don’t sit there, go get it! http://www.itsnotcheating.com.au

P.s If you’re as excited as I about this then you can get some posters or handouts by sending me an Email! Lucas.Moffitt [@] Student.Partners.com.au!

Everyone likes something that is simple. But people often get confused as to what’s simple and what’s hard, often without even looking at it.

Laurence Moroney takes the seemingly difficult and turns it into Lego blocks that even the most confused developers can understand.

“Introducing Microsoft Silverlight 3” makes it easy.

With his help and this book you can:

• Create your first simple sites
• Build applications that run out of the browser
• Use XAML to render, scale, and animate graphics on-screen
• Work with Silverlight Tools for Visual Studio
• Explore core and advanced controls—and build your own
• Exploit new graphics support—3-D effects, H.264 video, GPU acceleration
• Experiment with media, ink, DeepZoom, and Photosynth
• Access data services to build connected applications
• Dynamically add content using Ruby and Python
• Manage Silverlight applications from ASP.NET–based servers
• Learn how to deliver DRM-protected video content

This book is best aimed at those who are new to Silverlight and are interested in learning about what it is and how it works, those if you who are seasoned professionals most probably wont take anything away from it.

I personally think sketchflow is the greatest invention since sliced bread. But that may just be me.

Regardless of that it’s a great way to get into Silverlight 3 and the cool new features of Expression Studio (Available to Students for free by the way @ Dreamspark)

Lucas

Hey Guys,

We’re pushing hard with the Imagine Cup registrations, for those of you who signed up on my laptop today, Thankyou

for those of you who didn’t you don’t have to miss out!

Send me an email to Lucas.Moffitt [@] student-partners.com.au and copy in the following information (I put some in already to help out the lazy ones in the crowd!).

• Name: Your Name Goes Here!
• Email Address: You@Yourmumssite.com
• Preferred Language: English
• Happy to receive emails about the Imagine Cup, Microsoft Events (Including MSP Events)? YES
• Is it cool to send you emails from our partners? YES
• University You’re at: The University of Newcastle

Done! Numbers for this are incredibly important to Elise and Myself so please take the time to sign up!

Keep in mind that this is NOT forming a team. This is just an expression of interest so we can send you stuff about the Imagine Cup! and the Email address you submit does NOT have to be your university one!

Peace.

Lucas.

Hey Guys

Great turn out at the BIT orientation and the lunch BBQ. Sorry if we weren’t able to speak to all of you, you all had so many questions

If you didn’t get a handout (We ran out sorry Thought 500 would have been enough!) here’s a copy you can have all to yourself!

I know several of you were going to email me with specific questions please feel free Lucas.Moffitt [@] student-partners.com.au

Make sure you checkout the facebook group

Keep checking this site for the freebies and information on our next events.

Photo’s to come soon!

Lucas.

Hey Guys

I’ll be floating around the University involved in BIT Orientation activities next Tuesday. You’ll see me running an install fest, handing out freebies and answering any questions you might have. Microsoft in general, Windows 7, Windows Phone, MSDNAA, Dreamspark, Imagine Cup etc.

I’ll also be giving a small talk to all of you who decide to come along, it looks to be a fun morning the University has planned.

I will be giving out some software and some smaller freebies on the day but i encourage you all to come along to hear about some of the awesome stuff we’ve got planned for 2010.

In the next few days I’ll update you on the main event for this term along with where to watch for the secret announcement that has even myself rather excited!

Look forward to seeing you all then

Lucas.

A Real World Experience like No Other. As an intern or Fulltim’er at Microsoft, you’ll have real responsibility, real work, and real opportunities to jumpstart your career. (You’ll get paid, too!) It’s an experience you’ll never find in a classroom. You’ll be given manageable assignments that you can complete while you’re here, and your efforts will likely take shape in Microsoft products—or be used by Microsoft teams—long after you return to school. And imagine millions of customers, not to mention your classmates, seeing your work! Some interns even parlay their experience into a job offer.

An Opportunity to Shine. Our employees make a real difference. Not by filing paperwork or running errands, but by developing real products. Here, you’ll run your own projects and put your skills to work. This is why our internship program is one of the most successful in the industry. You’ll learn more in 12 weeks than you would in a whole school year. It’s the kind of work that gets noticed by millions of people all over the world. Kind of redefines the whole concept of internships, don’t you think?

“An internship allowed me to identify areas in which I needed to grow and helped to validate that I am working in the right field.”  – John, Software Development Lead, Windows Server Performance

Current Internship and Fulltime opportunities with Microsoft:

1) Software Design Engineer (SDE) Intern or Fulltime

Work at the Core of Every Product We Build
This internship is where the fun begins for code gurus like you. As a hands-on Software Design Engineer intern, you’ll learn how to make decisions about design and feature implementation, using your mastery of technical tools to help make a product vision a reality. If you would like to write code and design efficient data structures and algorithms to develop next-generation applications or operating systems, listen up. This internship shows you how SDEs bring products to life by working with Program Managers to ensure strong design and Software Design Engineers in Test to ensure quality through testing. Ultimately for the SDE, it’s your code that turns concepts into new technologies and services.

Qualifications:

• · Fluency in C/C++/C# and a passion for writing quality code using computer science fundamentals
• · Ability to derive creative and innovative solutions by thinking "outside the box"
• · Ability to solve complex problems, sometimes by testing and debugging code
• · Expertise in feature definition, design, and feasibility
• · Demonstrated skill in estimating development time
• · Be available to relocate to our corporate headquarters in Redmond, Washington, U.S.A for a 12 week internship (Microsoft Corporation pays all costs associated with relocation)
• · Functional level English Language skills, written and spoken requirement

2) Software Design Engineer in Test (SDET) Intern or Fulltime

Discover Life on the Last Line of Defense
As an intern Software Design Engineer in Test (SDET), you’ll own it, break it, fix it, and own it again. You’ll ensure a product’s quality by making sure it performs as users expect it to. Part of the fun is how creative you can be devising ways to manipulate, crush, and sabotage software into submission—while creating innovative testing technologies along the way. Ultimately, as an SDET intern it’s your input that can help make the difference between joy and frustration for the customers. Since you’re keen on how things work, and making them work better, you’ll work hand in hand with the Program Managers and Software Design Engineers to design, develop, and maintain automation systems for use in development and testing cycles. Using the tools you create, you’ll help pour over source code for trouble spots, debugging and isolating problems, and executing creative tests to find new bugs while regression testing recent fixes.

Qualifications:

• · Fluency in C/C++/C#/VB.NET and experience designing and developing tool architecture
• · Ability to solve complex problems and write automation systems and device drivers
• · Ability to author test plans and cases, conduct security and stress tests, and debug at source level after identifying, investigating, and prioritizing bugs
• · Demonstrated skills in negotiation and conflict management
• · Demonstrated interest in customer advocacy derived from a holistic understanding of the product from the code level to delivery
• · Be available to relocate to our corporate headquarters in Redmond, Washington, U.S.A for a 12 week internship (Microsoft Corporation pays all costs associated with relocation and helps with housing)
• · Functional level English Language skills, written and spoken requirement

Whatever position you choose, you’ll make a real impact in the dynamic world of product development at Microsoft. All intern positions are12 weeks and located in the United States at our corporate headquarters in Redmond, Washington. All fulltime positions are located in the United States.

Send Us Your Resume
Submitting a resume is the only way to get to the next stage of consideration, the interview. Our recruiting team travels to Australia regularly to meet bright and enthusiastic people like you, and we look forward to receiving your resume. Here are a few things to keep in mind when you are updating your resume to send to us:

• · Clearly state your graduation date, degree/major and the university are attending
• · Specify your technical skills (including programming languages and other development tools you know well), project details (both within university and at any jobs or internships you have held), and technologies you have used on those projects
• · Describe your role in the projects that you worked on, and what you personally achieved
• · Provide an active e-mail address, physical address, and current phone number where we can reach you

If interested, please send your resume by the 15^th of February

to: lisabar@microsoft.com

A recruiter will review it, and if interested will set up a phone interview as a first step. And, by the way, we have many positions available, so if there is someone else you think we should know about; please share this information with them.

If we invite you to interview, we will cover your travel expenses. If you receive an offer, we will cover costs for visa processing and provide help with relocation. Microsoft is an equal opportunity employer and supports workforce diversity.

Thanks to my friends at MSPress i have a copy of Microsoft SQL Server 2008: Step By Step by Mike Hotek to give away. I wrote a review a while back on it which you can find here

The conditions are simple. Post your name in the comments section, at 9pm Monday the first of February 2010, I’ll use a random number generator to pick a winner. simple as that.

You also must be a student or faculty member at the University of Newcastle, TAFE or a local High school and must provide proof before you can claim it

Goodluck!

Lucas

Hey Guys

This weekend I attended the XNA game camp in Wollongong with Elise, it was a great event and turned out to be quite disappointing to find out that a further 10 people from Newcastle University were registered but didn’t show.

You guys missed out on some fantastic opportunities to meet with the most highly skilled XNA developers in Australia and win a whole heap of fantastic prizes just for rocking up!

Pictures for the event can be found here: http://www.facebook.com/album.php?aid=131819&id=563877919&l=439509ea85

While I’m here, the MSP program is still open to applications, if you’re interested head over to www.student-partners.com and have a look.

Lucas

I get asked every now and again about what exactly it is. and sometimes it can be hard to explain (or understand, I’m not too sure where the problem lies!).

Out Hawaiian shirt wearing Aussie friend Frank Arrigo at PDC takes us around and shows us exactly what the cloud is!

This isn’t my Video, it’s Franks! Show him some love and checkout his twitter