FRY UP: Tales of Tech.Ed

Separated at birth?

Tech.Ed 2010 in Tweets

DAY ONE

theinsaneone: The insane number of presenters using MacBook Pros is very fulfilling. #tenz

farhansattar: Can someone turn the heating on in NZ Rm 2 #tenz

NZCoderGuy: Stil no sign of redbull :-( #tenz

nathanm: @NZCoderGuy redbull girls here in the lunchtimes and also back on Wednesday morning #tenz

clinnell: People who don't walk on escalators are lazy #tenz

smrtgirl: One awesome thing about #tenz - no queue for the ladies room! :)

animalnz: the 80's called....they want their shit music back #tenz

animalnz: oh snap it's Prince...is this the best warehouse music cd you could get?? #tenz

slugster_123: using an iPad at TechEd is like batting for the other team. #tenz #nugget

Maz1968: Om nom nom sugary afternoon tea at TechEd 2010 #tenz

seeby: Is at #tenz and is amazed that I could build windows ph7 apps without any programming knowledge

animalnz: some dude was falling asleep next to me in the sky city theater...better not start drooling #tenz

slugster_123: silverlight can embed flash - take that all you flash nazis! Can u feel the BURN??!!! #tenz #nugget

animalnz: How come Aussie got the hot meter maids and we get dudes with massive gut's?? #tenz


DAY TWO

dufos: Right. Ready for another of drinking from the firehose of geekly knowledge at TechEdNZ #tenz

djmc: So many presenters using MacBooks with Windows 7 here #tenz

snwman: #tenz if your phone has an annoying ringtone you should learn to shut it the hell up when in session.

venzann: Upgrading applications on my laptop 4 hours before my #tenz session. What could possibly go wrong?

WebAsh: Us #tenz attendees aren't like that! RT @jeremybank: lmao RT @davidfarrier: not wearing deodorant today. attending tech ed.

jeffa36: Having brekkie with @rockyh at Denny's in Auckland...isn't this somewhere you end up?...#tenz

NZCoderGuy: Interest there are a few #xero guys sitting in the talk from the #myob guys. #tenz :)

nzben: Turns out @davidfarrier is far too skinny and hip to blend in at Tech.Ed #tenz

jourdant: Don't leave "Microsoft Confidential" on your slides. #tenz #nugget

Dave_Fellows: $37 for cooked breakfast at hotel this morning - ouch. Fortunately for MS I went for the "cheaper" $27 bowl of cereal - bargain :) #tenz

markw_nz: Thinking about ditching lunch at #tenz and grabbing Wendys - the lunch queues are ridiculous

djmc: Interesting there is a shift of developers being designers and designers being developers. Designopers as one session said #tenz

venzann: number song from The Electric Company playing at #tenz

farhansattar: Still no sign of the "red bull girls" at #tenz #autechheads

thiago_bagua: I guess free energy drinks was too much for this year's budget? #tenz

griffinator: Crown Plaza seats just as uncomfortable as last year #tenz #numb

jacquesjbotha: Watching people fall asleep in presentations is always funny. #tenz

BrianFoose: Running windows phone 7 on the iPhone 4. It's not bad... #tenz

phernacki: OH "Inception taught us that if you run a VM inside a VM inside a VM inside a VM, things get really slow." #tenz


DAY THREE

benkepes: Best way to wake up after a big #tenz party? A 14km run along the #Auckland waterfront. #nice #virtuous

scottbartley: Sausage rolls for morning tea at the Tech Ed sausage fest. Synergies. #tenz

nzben: O/H In #tenz speaker room: "I was talking to the hotel cleaner, and she mentioned your room"

tathamoddie: Oh dear. Nudity in the #tenz speaker room.

jamanda: #tenz very crowded in marketplace. Should've worn platforms.

benkepes: Not entirely comfortable that the "future of web apps" panel has been hijacked by a .net rocks event.... #misleading #tenz

hilsdb: Hmmmm....according to Twitter everything is going on in the #tenz Speaker Room......how come it's surprise to all of us IN the Speaker Room?

jamanda: #tenz - this shld be gd. @cauld & cklug coding sesh. Bring on the geekfest.

jamanda: #tenz #nugget - @cauld "maybe I've missed my breakpoint." @cklug "That's what SHE said." Ouch! LOL

nzregs: OMG #Dynamics #CRM 2011 does <censored> and <censored> and has a new <censored> <censored>!!! can't wait! #tenz #msdyncrm

lanceanz: Home sweet home after a great #tenz 2010. Thanks everyone who made it such a good one.


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