The odd ramblings of a geek pretending to not be "all grown up"
We <3 Games – We’ve begun!
We’ve officially kicked off the We <3 Games weekend up here in Rochester and it’s an unbelievable...
Author: Andrew Parsons Date: 02/11/2011
Game and Phone Camp – NYC – Feb25-27
As promised – another game and phone camp is headed to New York City – this time at Pace University....
Author: Andrew Parsons Date: 02/09/2011
Imagine Cup Game Design Live Meetings Are Go
As promised, we have some live meetings coming up where you get the opportunity to ask me questions...
Author: Andrew Parsons Date: 02/07/2011
Introducing the Game Design Sub-Captains
So. I had this great idea twelve months ago. Let’s create separate tracks of competition...
Author: Andrew Parsons Date: 02/02/2011
Imagine Cup Game Design Live Meetings
Over the next few weeks, besides me running around with Imagine Cup workshops all over New York and...
Author: Andrew Parsons Date: 01/27/2011
Build a game in 48 hours – win a Kinect or Windows Phone 7
Microsoft and Rochester Institute of Technology have teamed up to bring the We <3 Games to...
Author: Andrew Parsons Date: 01/12/2011
Learn to build your own games for Xbox 360 and Windows Phone 7
SOLD OUT! We are currently trying to secure some more spots for this weekend, and since it proved so...
Author: Andrew Parsons Date: 01/12/2011
PODCAST: Imagine Cup Workshops and more…
Finally got around to resurrecting my work podcast (not to be confused with my gaming podcast which...
Author: Andrew Parsons Date: 12/17/2010
Game Design: The Tools You Need
In my last blog post about Imagine Cup, I mentioned that we provide you all the tools you need to...
Author: Andrew Parsons Date: 12/04/2010
Upstate New York Road Trip – November 2010
I’m in my first month here as the Academic Developer Evangelist of New York, and I’m already on the...
Author: Andrew Parsons Date: 11/10/2010
And the other three finalists were…
Time flies when you’re either having fun, or head down trying to hold on as life takes you on...
Author: Andrew Parsons Date: 08/11/2010
TechEd 2010 Student Pass: Life is good for technology students
Life is good for technology students Free food. Prizes. Info on how to get Microsoft software for...
Author: Andrew Parsons Date: 07/29/2010
Kotaku's View: IC2010 Game Design Finalists
Just a quick post today to link to Kotaku's preview articles on the finalists for Imagine Cup 2010...
Author: Andrew Parsons Date: 07/21/2010
Microsoft Shares Access to Top Talent
One of the programs I look after at Microsoft Australia is Students To Business. This initiative...
Author: Andrew Parsons Date: 04/06/2010
Internships at Microsoft for Aussie students – be quick!
Unfortunately I don’t have time this morning to do my usual practice of rewriting this news into my...
Author: Andrew Parsons Date: 02/02/2010
Faculty Training Days just around the corner!
I’ve just managed to secure the last details of the upcoming Faculty Training Day Roadshow and can...
Author: Andrew Parsons Date: 10/02/2009
Free Academic Day – September 8 – Last Chance to book!
In just over 2 weeks, Microsoft Australia will be hosting a free technical academic day on the Gold...
Author: Andrew Parsons Date: 08/23/2009
The Aussies Rocked
OK, I’m biased. You don’t need to tell me. But regardless of what you think, the Australian team for...
Author: Andrew Parsons Date: 07/05/2009
The “Search Taste Test” – do you really know the difference?
So there is plenty of talk about Google being the best search engine out there, but with some pretty...
Author: Andrew Parsons Date: 06/09/2009
Finalists for National Imagine Cup Announced
I love my job. Sorry if you’ve heard me say that before, but I do. And it’s for moments like these....
Author: Andrew Parsons Date: 05/17/2009
Wanna speak at Tech.Ed Australia? Let us know!
Tech•Ed 2009 Australia is just four months away and we’re now looking for speakers. If you’d like to...
Author: Andrew Parsons Date: 05/13/2009
Remix the Mix
11 June 2009 Star City, Sydney REMIX AUSTRALIA Nothing more to be said, really. Remix is Microsoft...
Author: Andrew Parsons Date: 05/13/2009
Free training in Sydney May 19-21. Visual Studio 2010 and .NET Framework 4.0
(almost) Completely ripped off from Andrew Coates’ blog… We’ve got a few seats left for some more...
Author: Andrew Parsons Date: 05/13/2009
Free Faculty Training
So I’ve been hard at work getting this organised and it’s finally happening. The only scary thing is...
Author: Andrew Parsons Date: 03/23/2009
DreamSpark Students get an advantage on the Windows Mobile Marketplace
That’s right - as revealed today in the official Windows Mobile blog, students enrolled in...
Author: Andrew Parsons Date: 03/12/2009
Get certified – start your year off on the right foot.
Microsoft certifications add cred to your claims when you’re going for a job, so why not give it a...
Author: Andrew Parsons Date: 01/21/2009