We have had a great time this week, and thank you to everyone whom attended. This Macquarie sign is from the top of their new “activity-based” building at Shelley St. For those who missed out, it’s not like any other office buildings you’ve ever seen before. Keep an eye out for when SUITS runs another one of these extraordinary visits again perhaps next year!

I want to take this opportunity to thank Will from Google, Robyn from Atlassian and Larissa from our sponsor Optiver whom have worked with me throughout the time leading up. A special thanks goes to Anna from Macquarie because she has made our visit possible even at such short notice! They have put in so much effect to make this all possible, and it’s easy for this effort to go unnoticed.

I promised to make the photos available, and here it is after the break. I’ve only included low-res photos here, but feel free to click through to get to the full quality photos. The links and resources are also after the break.

Feedback. I’d love to know what you thought about this event. Send me an email with any thoughts or comments, in particular:

1. What did you get out of the day?
2. Which parts did you like best (and/or didn’t like), and why?
3. How can we make this event even better for next time?

Slides from the morning Google visit: http://sl.im/3axv

Some user groups:

• Sydney Google Technology User Group
  Next meeting on 6 Oct 09 @ Google
  Twitter: @sydney_gtug
• Google Wave Sydney User Group
  Meets @ Google
  Twitter: #gwsug
• SyPy (Sydney Python User Group)
  Meets @ Google
• Sydney Java User Group (SJUG)
  Next meeting on 8 Oct 09 @ Atlassian HQ

So last week we had our second Console Gaming Night and this week we had our second LAN Gaming night for the semester. Both went off really well and everyone involved surely had excellent fun. The Console Gaming Night was definitely a success as usual, we managed to bring along an Xbox 360, a Wii, A Nintendo 64, An Xbox and Guitar Hero for Mac. The LAN Night had our usual suite of LAN Games including Starcraft, Worms World Party, Tremulous, Open Arena and Enemy Territory. Watch this space because both these events will get bigger as the semester moves on. We are looking to spend some extra money on games for our LAN night, you’ll hear about this. Not to mention that next Console Night will have more games, more consoles and will hopefully be even more fun.

So I really don’t need to say much more about these events. I’ll leave you with a bunch of photos from the Console Night of two weeks ago.

See you next week at our AGM!

Intense Guitar Hero

Excited about the Xbox

Delicious Pizza and Pide Arrives

Sushi

Pizza is Delicious

Intense expression

Smile

Some Xbox360 Action

Guitar Hero Rock Out!

Room From Above

Strange Kids

Whats in her hands?

Intense Super Smash Melee Battle

Delicious Wii Controllers are Suprisingly Nutritious

Greg has an Camera

Thanks go to Karmen for these photos!