Announcement (experiment): ANZ Virtual beer o'clock - this Friday

[Kai Koenig]

Hey all,

sorry for the cross posting... this is to announce some sort of a weird

experiment in the Adobe-space in ANZ :-) Even if one's not deeply 

involved with Adobe technologies like ColdFusion or Flash/Flex,

anyone is welcome to join this experiment.

This Friday from 4pm NZ time on, we're having a virtual beer o'clock 

via Connect. The idea came up after Kay Smoljak in Perth was 

complaining on Twitter about being the only person in her 3-person

home office to actually having had a beer.

So for all people working from home, always missing out when it

comes to beer o'clock, but also freelancers, contractors, bosses, 

employees, join if you like. 

The room URL is:

http://connectpro53389065.acrobat.com/beeroclock/

For people who've never used Connect before - you basically just need

the Flash Player on your machine. This Connect server is US-based,

so I can't really predict if and how the server is going to cope - but let's

give it a try, some testing I've done was quite promising.

There's no program, just chit-chat, using the webcam, chat to other

people etc. If anyone wants to, people can show some cool stuff 

they've been doing during the week via screen sharing but there's

no formal presentation or anything.

As said, I'll open the room around 4 pm NZ time and it will stay 

open until late to let our famous foreign Aussie friends join us

whenever it pleases them.

Hope to see many of you,

Kai

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Kai Koenig - Ventego Creative Ltd

ph: +64 4 476 6781 - mob: +64 21 928 365 /  +61 450 132 117

web: http://www.ventego-creative.co.nz

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[Barry Beattie]

it takes a New Zealander** to roll up his sleeves, do the hard yards and show how stuff *should* be done.

well done sir.
b

(me: hangs head in shame and hopes when next they meet Aussies can beat the Kiwi's at cricket to save *some* face)








** and one who willingly made the choice to immigrate to one of the most beautiful places on Earth

[Kay Smoljak]

Perhaps true, but it took an Aussie complaining about beer to make it happen :)

--
Kay Smoljak
business: www.cleverstarfish.com
coldfusion: kay.smoljak.com
personal: enterthegoatlady.com | heapsbad.com

[Kai Koenig]

So what does all that tell us about Aussies and German-born New Zealanders then :)

[Kay Smoljak]

Actually, considering I am of German extraction, I think it says more
about Germans and beer than anything else :)

[Kai Koenig]

Prost! :)

[Barry Beattie]

it means that, buoyed by the success the New Zealand company Lion
Nathan has with owning Australian icon beer brands like XXXX (Qld's
Fourex), Swan, Emu, Tooheys, West End, Southwark and many more....

... New Zealanders *own* beer'o'clock!

of course ... just a gentle reminder for you Kiwi's not to go down the
path of "Today Australia, tomorrow the world"...

... http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=8AIppqNePdM&NR=1

[David Harris]

Speaking of Lion Nathan, did you install the widget I made yet?
huh?
have you?
huh? huh!?
http://www.summitlager.co.nz/widget.html