Comments on: Microsoft to run sweaty obese man beauty contest on Craggy Island

By: Dave Jeffery

Dave Jeffery — Fri, 18 Apr 2008 01:17:28 +0000

In the poster frame for the video linked above it looks like Ballmer is wearing nipple clamps with tassels.
How disappointed was I to find out that they were only microphones?

By: Damien

Damien — Wed, 16 Apr 2008 12:11:45 +0000

The Max Clifford type in my head said if you pushed the Ted linkages more you’d get a great deal more coverage. A Fr. Ted themed tech conference. Oh yeah. Tea?

By: Clare Dillon

Clare Dillon — Wed, 16 Apr 2008 11:09:52 +0000

Well there were calls for me to brush off my old leprechaun outfit – but unfortunately I am away out of the country. Very disappointed!! I actually booked around the original provisional date and then they moved it bang smack into the middle my holidays!

And I was really looking forward to it – I’ve (shamefully) never been to the Aran Islands…

We’ve been trying to convince Martha to go as Mrs. Doyle though…

By: Damien

Damien — Wed, 16 Apr 2008 11:04:09 +0000

Clare is it true you are going to dress up as that dancing priest?

By: Clare Dillon

Clare Dillon — Wed, 16 Apr 2008 10:59:40 +0000

Ooh – my favourite inspirational internal training!

But – just to clarify – the DDD event is not a Microsoft event. It is all being organised and run by the folks down in the Galway Microsoft Technology User Group (http://gamtug.spaces.live.com) in collaboration with the NextGen UK User Group (who help organise the DDD events in the UK). We are sponsoring it however…

The UK MS community are sending over loads of their most popular speakers (quite a few Fr Ted fans, as you can probably tell) – so there is a huge number of sessions to choose from and each session should have a pretty small crowd so folks can have productive discussions.

The DDD events over in the UK get 100s of developers attending and sell out (well, book up, they are all free) in hours – if this first one in Galway is half as successful, we’re hoping Ireland will be put regularly on their schedule!

Anyhow – looks like a pretty fun weekend either way (if you’re into coding and whatnot ! And if there is going to be a beauty contest – I hope they broadcast it!!

By: Green Ink

Green Ink — Wed, 16 Apr 2008 10:59:12 +0000

Dougal talks. Brilliant