Mystifying Valley

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VENUE HAS NOW CHANGED TO HOTEL MAYA, KL

https://developerleague.celcom.com.my

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The briefing events for LED Challenge will be taking place next week from Monday to Thursday ( 22nd to 25th September 2008), 12pm to 4.30pm at Celcom HQ. Microsoft and Cradle Funds will be there to speak as well.

Come for this event if you want to know more about the contest. To register, please email developerleague@celcom.com.my

Remix Malaysia was launched in LUCT on Tuesday. Sweats was paid off when you know it’s a great event.   Here’s to share with you some of the event snippets which have taken place that day.

Thanks to Yutz for her wonderful DSLR camera for capturing these photos.

Few hundred industry designers, web developers, web strategists, lecturers and university students came all the way to Cyberjaya to witness Remix and the official launch of Microsoft Expression 2.

The venue was called ” Hall of Fame” and it looked very grand. We were very impressed as we don’t get to do many red carpet events here. There were beating of drums performance when the VIP arrived and all guests were given a stub of fresh orchid pinned by their hot chic lecturer, indeed a bonus for the folks. :P

The awesome speakers have struck their audience with awe and you know why? Simply because their demos were way cool! Especially the “deep zoom” technology used in http://memorabilia.hardrock.com/, it gives the world a whole new perspective of prezzo formatting.

Next time if you are doing a presentation and want to jolly impress your audience with their jaws dropped like the picture above, ditch powerpoint and use Deep Zoom by Silverlight!

Launch gambit of Microsoft Expression 2

Noticed we were all in black? That’s the LUCT dresscode and we folks respected that.

With Arturo after the event.

From left: John, Tang, Chia Yee and Yu Tsing

That’s the Power of People!

See also:

http://blogs.msdn.com/malaysia/archive/2008/05/28/snippets-from-remix-essentials.aspx

I’ve been going to LUCT for quite a bit in the past two weeks for work. Sigh… it’s going to be a very hectic week ahead for me. Might even have to sacrifice the weekend to clear some backlog. Therefore, might not be posting much for these few days.

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Before the planning of the event, never knew this university is so cool and groovy.   
 

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They have their own hair salon, film and audio production studio and their cafe ambience and quality is on par with Starbucks/ Coffeebean.
 
 
 

 
 
 
Even Mel Gibson came to LUCT to launch something that I can’t remember
 

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This car model is done by one of their student. Impressive!
  
Anyway if you are a web designer or developer or strategist, come join us at this event.
 
 
Click here for more information: http://www.microsoft.com/malaysia/events/remix  
 

Windows Server 2008, SQL Server 2008 and Visual Studio 2008 will be launching on 8th April 2008 at Kuala Lumpur Convention Center. THe US Launch be starting next week, tickets in LA & New York have already sold out. 

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If you are in Malaysia and looking forward to be part of this gargantuan launch, what are you still waiting for?

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Book yourself a seat now!

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This is a long overdue entry as I was  simply too lazy to collate so many pictures from various sources on that night. The gathering was held at Citron Café in Bangsar a month ago. The venue was beautifully chosen as the yellow dim light & ivory curtain makes its ambience very cozy & romantic. The entire bungalow converted restaurant was booked just for the event which makes the gathering even more intimate for these 50 aspiring women from the IT industry of all walks of life.

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Citron café is a semi fine dining restaurant by nature, but if you are thinking of taking up the whole place it’s suitable for informal events, engagement party, birthday, full moon party and the like.

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Actually, I’ve stopped being sociable for a long time - and I mean participating in social events. I think it was during last year Christmas timeframe where my colleague, Yu Tsing sold me this idea to set up a support group & gather all the women in IT industry and do something fun together. 

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Interesting as it sounds, GORGEOUS GEEK - women nowadays are getting more & more independent both physically & financially;  gender equality can be even more widely seen across the IT industry  and yet how do they really juggle between work & personal life and making sure it’s always balanced?

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The group VISION is to inspire IT girl geeks to identify and realize their full potential while achieving a balanced lifestyle. 
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The Managing Director of Microsoft & SAP, Yasmin Mahmood & Anne Abraham respectively, were the special guests that night to share their experience which made the night really fruitful. Indeed, power puff girls are not borned overnight.

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I’m so glad that I made it to this gathering despite having another event the very next day. 

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If you are a woman from the IT industry and are interested to join us as the Gorgeous Geek, feel free to email:

my gorgeousgeeks@gmail.com, my.gorgeousgeeks@live.com

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Facebook Group: http://www.facebook.com/group.php?gid=8126582593 

Gorgeous geek website: http://mygorgeousgeeks.blogspot.com/

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Citron Café address:
80 Lorong Maarof, Bangsar, 59000 Kuala Lumpur - Tel: (603) - 2284 8420

Microsoft Visual Studio 2008 Technical Preview - One of the most exciting events will unfold tomorrow. Come and have a sneak peek into what’s the latest version of  Visual Studio all about with all the coolest technologies in trend.

If you have already registered, great. Make sure you’ll be there on time. Due to such overwhelming response, we had to close off registration a week prior to the event and even that, there are a list of people on the waitlist.