Monday, July 12, 2010 at 08:11PM 
Just to prove we went there…
Took number one daughter to Flamingo Land today, as a birthday treat. It is a theme park near Malton in Yorkshire and it is great. Some big scary rides and a really nice zoo. If you’ve not been it is well worth the trip. Much closer than Alton Tours and just as much fun.
Life Sunday, July 11, 2010 at 07:08PM 
Some of the audience. There is another picture on my Flickr site.
Many thanks to everyone who came along yesterday to our open day. It was great fun and you were a lovely audience. I’m sorry I had to zoom of after my talk. I would have loved to stay around and chat, but I’ve been away for a week and I had to go home and sort a few things out. If you have any questions about the department please get in touch.
Life Saturday, July 10, 2010 at 07:38PM 
We found this phone in our dressing room at the Warsaw Opera house. The design and style are fantastic. But I think on balance I’d rather have a Windows Phone.
One statement by Jon Perera on Thursday got the biggest cheer of the night. All the students who attended the competition, in all the teams, are getting free Windows Phone 7 developer devices as soon as they become available. Bearing in mind he had just given two real devices to the winners of the Imagine Cup Windows Phone RockStar competition I reckon this will be quite soon. Must find out how I can get hold of a device myself….
Friday, July 9, 2010 at 07:32PM Flew back from Poland today. Very sorry to leave, but at least I don’t have much jetlag when I get home. Thanks Microsoft for setting up such an amazing competition.
Everybody liked my Lego watch. Get yours from the Lego store.
Whenever I go through Schipol airport I always take a picture of the Seafood bar. I love the organisation and colours. There was someone buying stuff this time.
Thursday, July 8, 2010 at 10:30PM 
Opening the ceremony with some Polish Traditional Dancers.
Imagine Cup awards night tonight. Great fun. The evening started with some dancing and then we got down to business.
Jon Perera opening the evening. There were lots of awards, and loads of happy teams crowding the stage with their flags.
Jas Sandu with the Interoperability Award winners. I helped to judge this one. Excellent entries, with a worthy winner from Jamaica.
Then it was time to announce the Software Development winners. These were the names all the judges have worked so hard to find.
Here are the top three. Well done Thailand, Serbia and New Zealand. For a full list of all the winners and links to their project details you can go here.
Then it was time to announce where the competition was going to be based in 2011.
I’ve hidden a clue to the venue for next competition somewhere in this picture. See if you can find it.
Yep, it’s USA, New York to be exact. And we had a very familiar face give us all a welcome to Imagine Cup 2011.
Michelle Obama, First Lady of the United States of America, reckons it is a good idea for you all to take part next year. And so do I. You can sign up and look at the shiny new Imagine Cup website here.
I’d like to thank Microsoft for setting up and running this fantastic competition that brings so much to competitors and judges alike. People ask me why Microsoft spend so much effort on this competition. I have to answer that I don’t really know. But I’m really glad that they do.
