TechEd Africa – The Pre Event Post

Wed, 05 Aug 2009 16:47:56 GMT

So it’s 1830hr in Durban South Africa and today was the last day for TechEd Africa for 2009. This was my first TechEd for this year and the second time I’ve spoken at TechEd South Africa.

Before I give you links to the demo code I’m going to bore you with some photos of my trip down the Zambezi last week. There’s actually quite a story behind it that you can read all about over at the Intergen Blog.

Chris’ 365 Days of Crocs Challenge – To Support KidsCan charity

Thu, 08 Jan 2009 20:45:53 GMT

So I’ve decided to have a bit of fun with the yellow crocs this year. I’m aiming to wear my Yellow Crocs EVERY SINGLE DAY for the whole year. I’ve worn them every day to date.

I’ll be keeping a bit of a log and taking some photographs of the the Crocs in far away places around the globe- they’re going to India, China, the USA and Canada this month and Hong Kong, Singapore, Australia and India next month.

I’m looking for ‘sponsors’ to pledge some money to the challenge. I’ll match every donation up to $500 total. The money will be going to KidsCan.

If you hadn’t seen the news one of my companies had a bit of trouble donating money to KidsCan recently… so this is a good way to help them get some more charity. It’s also kinda appropriate because KidsCan is all about making sure that underprivileged children get the necessities like good footwear… and no one can deny that Crocs are the ultimate in everyday footwear! They’ve been kayaking down the Zambezi river and they’ve been out for dinner in high class restaurants in Los Angeles and Seattle. I’m pretty sure I wore them to work almost every day last year too!

So… pledge away in the comments… come on… it’s a good cause and your donation is worth double.

The Crocs at Sulphur Point in Rotorua

A bit about me and my yellow crocs

So in case you don’t follow with my madness, I have for many years strived to use brightly coloured footwear as a bit of a personal branding statement. When I was running my former company Kognition it was Red shoes and with the the acquisition of Kognition by Intergen I even announced doing the deal with a new pair of yellow shoes :-)

Since then I’ve decided to make Yellow Crocs my staple footwear. I’ve worn them to events around the world and they travelled on almost every continent (not yet been to South America or Antarctica!).

Everyone at Intergen, from the MD down, is crazy about Yellow and what better way to spread that enthusiasm than with the most practical, wear em everywhere, footwear on the planet!

Syringe.Net.Nz - 365 Days of Crocs

TechEd Africa – The Pre Event Post

Chris’ 365 Days of Crocs Challenge – To Support KidsCan charity