Tech Talk Blog : A skirt on the outskirts

Wednesday, 4 July 2007 11:06 AM Lorraine

A skirt on the outskirts - have you seen this girl?

Hello everyone, my name is Lorraine Young and I am the third and final of Frank's guest bloggers. I represent the many thousands of women who are widowed by the Tech.Ed event for nearly one week each year, not to mention the many nights of preparation and networking before the event where my husband disappears into the IM, Email and Twitter void.

Well - they say if you can't beat them - join them and so I have!

For the last three years I have been pseudo-attending Tech.Ed and will be doing so again this year. In truth I have never made a single session, however I have always had a blast of a time joining in with the various Tech.Ed festivities. In previous years I have been at the pub the night before Tech.Ed kicks off and each night during the event. I can usually be found hanging around the building after sessions keen for a chat and a mingle. I have always made it along to the Tech.Ed party and am a big fan of the Scooby Doo ghost train! I have also managed to make my way back to the odd Microsoft dinner party or social gathering.

This year we are back in Brisbane which is definitely a favourite for a Melbournian as I can split my day time between catching up with the dev world, and the other Tech.Ed widows as well as hopefully enjoying some sunshine.

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# We're in ur TechTalkBlogs Talkin' about ur TechEd

Wednesday, 4 July 2007 8:15 PM by frankarr - an aussie microsoft blogger

Our 3 guest editors on TechTalkBlogs have all signed in Bronwen - A hello in my guest editor role Elaine

# We're in ur TechTalkBlogs Talkin' about ur TechEd

Wednesday, 4 July 2007 8:54 PM by Noticias externas

Our 3 guest editors on TechTalkBlogs have all signed in Bronwen - A hello in my guest editor role Elaine

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About Lorraine

I am a founding member of the DotNetNuke Core Team and a member of the DNN Help Project team. I began my IT career in 1999 when I co-founded a web development company with my husband and Philip Beadle. After discovering the fledgling IBuySpy Portal application (which later evolved to become DotNetNuke) we changed the direction of our company to work exclusively in the DNN space. The success of this stategy lead to the company being sold in 2005. I am the author of the first "DotNetNuke For Dummies" book as well as DNN Online Help. I hold a Bachelor of Arts in Professional Writing and Literature and a Post Graduate diploma in Orientation and Mobility - which is teaching orientation skills and providing white or long cane training to vision impaired adults and children. I currently work part time as the Readify Communications Manager as well as doing some DNN consultancy work.