Tech Ed 2012 New Zealand Keynote

Tech Ed is the largest technology conference that takes place in New Zealand every year with over 2,000 attendees. You can view all the videos from the event at http://channel9.msdn.com/Events/TechE...

Jer Thorp
Data Artist in Residence | New York Times

Jer Thorp is an artist and educator from Vancouver, Canada, currently living in New York. Coming from a background in genetics, his digital art practice explores the many-folded boundaries between science, data, art, and culture. Recently, his work has been featured by The Guardian, Scientific American, The New Yorker, and Popular Science. Thorp's award-winning software-based work has been exhibited in Europe, Asia, North America, South America, including in the Museum of Modern Art in Manhattan. Jer has over a decade of teaching experience, in Langara College's Electronic Media Design Program, at the Vancouver Film school, and as an artist-in-residence at the Emily Carr University of Art and Design. Recently, he has presented at Carnegie Mellon's School of Art, at the National Academies in Washington, and at IBM's Center for Social Software in Cambridge. He is currently Data Artist in Residence at the New York Times, and is an adjunct Professor in New York University's ITP program. Jer is a member of the World Economic Forum's Global Agenda Council on Design Innovation.


Paul Thurrott
Blogger, Author, Podcaster, News Editor | Windows IT Pro Magazine

The author of over 20 books, Paul Thurrott is a technology analyst at Windows IT Pro and the editor of the SuperSite for Windows. In addition to his daily contributions to the SuperSite, he writes a daily Windows news and information newsletter called WinInfo, a weekly editorial for Windows IT Pro UPDATE, and a monthly column for Windows IT Pro Magazine. He also co-hosts two highly-rated technology podcasts, Windows Weekly with Leo Laporte and Mary Jo Foley, and What The Tech with Andrew Zarian. You can follow Paul's exploits on Twitter at @thurrott.

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