Agenda from our 27 October 2010 meeting, including links to news and events.

1. SBTUG
27 October 2010
Craig Bailey www.craigbailey.net @craigbailey

2. SBTUG 27 October 2010
5:45pm – Doors open
6:00pm – Welcome & Intro – Craig Bailey
6:15pm – News – Nick Rayner
6:30pm – Silverlight for Business – Chris Anderson
7:15pm – Pizza Break
7:30pm – Prototyping – Jodie Miners
8:30pm – Finish

3. #sbtug Thank Youz
• @christhecoder
• @jodiem
• @aussienick
• @sbtug
• @CADbloke
• @coatsy
• @KathyHughesMVP
• @craigbailey

4. Quick survey
• Who’s here for the first time?
• Who’s using Silverlight currently?
• How many business owners/analysts?
• How many developers?

5. Your Questions
• What would you like covered tonight?
– Mention your burning questions upfront

6. New Facebook Page
• Moving from our Facebook Group to a new
Facebook Page
• www.facebook.com/SBTUG
• Please ‘Like’ us

7. SBTUG 2010
24 November 2010
Venture Capital and Government Grants
Probably…
Virtualisation Smackdown – Next Year?

8. Sponsor SBTUG?
• Links to you from the site
• And newsletters
• Mentions on the night
• Just cover the pizza cost ($80-$300)
• Chat to me if you are interested

9. Cost
If you want pizza & drinks...
• $10 donation
(Speakers eat free)

10. Events
• 28 Oct - The Social Network
• 29 Oct – PDC Keynote at 3am or 9am #pdcau
microsoftpdc.com
• 06 Nov – Office DevCon
• 09 Nov – SydMo – iPhone 4 v WinP7 v Android v Blackberry
• 16 Nov - Post PDC Roadshow
• 20-21 Nov – CodeCampOz
• 23 Nov – Yow (Brisbane, Melbourne)

11. Photos
• #sbtug

12. Tech News
• (Nick Rayner is sick…) 
• Google Instant
• Click Fraud rate is up
• PayPal micropayment system
• Facebook data export
• Facebook commenting system improves
• Firesheep (Firefox Hacking plugin). See also
HTTPS Everywhere for protection
• Tablet PCs continue to get trotted out…

13. Quick Poll
• Which language is used in your company?
– Microsoft (.NET or C/C++)
– Apple (C/C++)
– PHP
– Java
– Other

14. Microsoft News
• Windows Phone 7
• Office 365
• Ray Ozzie leaves, and Reflects
• Internet Explorer 9 Beta
• Bing integrates with Facebook
“Let there be no doubt that the big shifts occurring over the next five years ensure that this will absolutely be a
time of great opportunity for those who put past technologies & successes into perspective, and envision all
the transformational value that can be offered moving forward to individuals, businesses, governments and
society. It’s the dawn of a new day – the sun having now arisen on a world of continuous services and
connected devices.”

15. EMDG
• Export Market Development Grant

16. 4 Companies 2 Rule the World
• Microsoft: Desktop - Windows + Office + Servers
• Apple: Mobile Advertising
• Google: Search + Web Advertising
• Facebook: Social connection + Social Advertising
• Note: Advertising is inversely proportional to Privacy
– Google is terrible, Facebook is getting bad, watch Apple closely...
(From my April 2010 Slides)

17. 5 Companies 2 Rule the World
• Microsoft: Desktop - Windows + Office + Servers
• Apple: Subscriptions + Mobile Advertising
• Google: Search + Web Advertising
• Facebook: Social connection + Social Advertising
• Amazon: Delivery
• Note: Advertising is inversely proportional to Privacy
– Google is terrible, Facebook is getting bad, watch Apple closely...

18. Amazon
• AWS tiers
• Self-publishing
• Kindle reach
• App stores
• Micro-hosting (EC2 micro instances)
• Lending

19. Amazon’s biggest problem
• They are still very US centric

20. The Push to Paid
• Paying for information
– Time = Money
• Getting paid for information
– Saving time = money

21. Tools & Resources
• SEObook ($300/month)
• SEOmoz ($99/month)
• PPCblog ($179/month)
• Raven ($99/month)
• GigaOM Pro ($179/year)
• iPad (News sources, Magazines, Tools)
• Also, Accounting/Invoicing/PM related…

23. SBTUG 27 October 2010
5:45pm – Doors open
6:00pm – Welcome & Intro – Craig Bailey
6:15pm – News – Nick Rayner
6:30pm – Silverlight for Business – Chris Anderson
7:15pm – Pizza Break
7:30pm – Prototyping – Jodie Miners
8:30pm – Finish

24. Silverlight for Business
Over to Chris