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Congrats to UC’s Team APA - 2007 Aus Imagine Cup Winners

27 Jun 2007 · 1 Comment

The winning team from the University of Canberra

Congratulation to Team APA from the University of Canberra (Philip Allan Haines, Ngoc Thuy Duong Khuu, Van Tieu-Vinh, Ping Li and mentor Dr Dat Tran) for winning the 2007 Australia Imagine Cup Finals. That’s victory, two years in a row for UC! They will be representing Australia on an all expense paid trip (well, almost) in the WW Finals in Seoul, Korea!

Check out Now the Blind can Program (err, should it be ‘code’) .NET to find what give Team APA the final edge in a very tight competition.

Not to fret if you have missed on this year’s finals! There are lots of time to start preparing for next year’s competition. The 2008 Worldwide Imagine Cup Finals will be held in Paris, France (article dated 14 Jun 07) and the theme is certainly close to my heart - “Imagine a world where technology enables a sustainable environment.”

Related link:
University of Canberra are going to the Imagine Cup world finals - again. (Aus IC Blog)

PS: Nick, you have certainly raised the execution of Imagine Cup Finals to a new level. Well done, I’m proud of you! Can’t await to follow up on your Mix in the Campus execution (Think MTV Google vs Microsoft employee death match!).

Now, I wonder who are the inaugural Kiwi reps for this year’s WW Imagine Cup Finals?

Categories: .NET Framework · Academia · Australia · Compete · Evangelism · Imagine Cup · Melbourne · Microsoft · Software Development · Teaching · Technology · Visual Studio · auremix07

The latest jobs blarney comes out in the wash - a tale of changing job conditions

27 Jun 2007 · 1 Comment

We have all heard about Gen Y, the 18-26 crowd, can’t be trusted with a proper job until they have grown up. They are too selfish, flighty, too lacking in loyalty, and too egocentric to handle.

But is it the young people who have changed so much, or is it the job market?

The latest jobs blarney comes out in the wash (Opinion, SMH)

Categories: Australia · Careers · Life