Important Notice for August 2011
Community night is normally the second Tuesday of the month, however since that is a public holiday it has been moved to Monday the 15th of August!
What is community night?
For those who do not know this is a FREE event that happens monthly where a variety of user groups get together at Microsoft's offices. User groups are not influenced by Microsoft, they just use the facilities. User groups that are there on a regular basis:
- Information Worker: Technical focused SharePoint & Office
- Business User Workshops: User group that looks at the issues that face power users in enterprises. This month the understanding where a portal ends and CRM begins.
- Game Dev: One of the biggest with plenty of game developers & artists getting together.
- JavaScript: For all you JS fixes
- Mobi: My good friend Rudi Grobler hosts this group focused on mobile (iPhone, Android, Symbian and Windows Phone)
- UX: For those who understand there is more than 16 colours
- Architecture: For architects of any IT systems!
- Languages: For developers who are interested in learning the pros & cons of other languages.
- SQL: The fantastic Gail Shaw runs the best SQL user group anywhere!
There is also FREE beer, cool drinks & pizza!
Where is Microsoft’s offices?
Microsoft Bryanston Office
3012 William Nicol Drive
Bryanston
2191 Johannesburg
South Africa
Click here for map and more details.
Times?
Various user groups starts at different times. I think the first UG kicks off at 16:00 and it can run to 21:00.
However depends if you attend multiple UG, stay for passage conversation, etc…
So up to you, I have nights where I arrived after 17:30 and other times left at 18:00, no pressure!