Make Web Not War – Microsoft Conference

Posted by Chris Brooker on June 10, 2009; This entry is filed under ASP.net, Application Development, Educational, Technology, Toronto.
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Today is Make Web Not War an event hosted by Microsoft Canada at the Ted Rogers School of Management. First, I must say this is a beautiful building. Large, clean, bright with big atriums and tables outside. School was never like this when I attended.

I did get here a little late but I did make it in time for David Crow’s keynote presentation. W00t!

As a side-note, I’ve never heard MS say “WordPress” so many times. Very kewl.

I shot a great deal of video so far and it will better tell the rest of the story. Once I have a chance to review and edit the footage. I’m just going to post images I have taken.

img_0085One of the atriums with tables and a Tim Horton’s Express. Microsoft provided coffee and breakfast, so I didn’t have to visit it. Win!

img_0077Breakfast: coffee black and a blueberry scone. Yum. That device is for real time voting. Kewl. We used it a bit, but we also just raised our hands. Twitter was also in full force.

img_0078David Crow just starting his keynote. Very kewl stadium class room. I’ve only seen these things on TV. So awesome. One problem is there were very few plugs. Laptop #Fail. Yes, that’s a Mac in the lower left-hand corner. This is Make Web Not War we’re all welcome. Macs, Linux, Windows all co-mingling. The blue mat is for a boxing throw down later in the day.

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img_0082Yes, this is a nice buidling. More to come!

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  • Hey Chris,

    Thanks for the props on the keynote. When I arrived there were a few power bars, I dropped my stuff near one of the strips (I forgot to charge my phone), one of the Ryerson A/V people removed everything before I could even plug in. Not sure if it wasn't on the work order, or we didn't pay for it, or what. I agree this was a huge pain-in-the-ass. Fortunately for me, I just dropped my laptops and phone off at registration and charged them. I will make sure that we fix this going forward.

    I hope you had a good time.
  • Hey David!,

    Actually, I had a great time at the Make Web Not War event. Unfortuanately a bunch of work problems came up and I had to run out of the auditorium to make some phone calls and look at some servers At which time I was to plug in. When I came back I strategically sat next to one of the plugs :). I really need my next laptop to have a 12hour battery. On a side note the Ryerson Wifi was blocking RDP, I’m glad I brought my Bell card.

    One of the best MS events I’ve been to.
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