@adpead.bsky.social
Microsoft Developer Tech MVP, IoT MVP, Azure MVP, Xamarin MVP, IoT, Architect, Elec Engineer. C#, .NET. Retro Computer Collector. Sometimes a lecturer.
Huge thanks to Asif Valley for inspiring the Future Innovation students! Packed session on AI, Microsoft solutions, cert vouchers and paths, and startup journeys—practical and energizing. Hope to host you again soon! #AI #Education #Microsoft #mvpbuzz @oncodad.bsky.social @uwconline.bsky.social
08.08.2025 12:37 — 👍 1 🔁 2 💬 0 📌 0
Honored to receive the Microsoft MVP Award for the 9th year in Dev Technologies (.NET) & also IoT—and my new award disc has officially joined the shelf! Grateful for the recognition & amazing community. Congrats to all MVPs! Here’s to another awesome year! #mvpbuzz @mvpaward.bsky.social
30.07.2025 07:47 — 👍 0 🔁 0 💬 0 📌 0
Humbled & honored to receive the
@mvpaward.bsky.social for the 9th year in Developer Technologies (.NET) & Azure IoT! Grateful for the recognition & amazing global + South African tech communities. Congrats to all MVPs! Here's to another awesome year! 🏆 #mvpbuzz #grateful #community
What an incredible end to the week! Huge thanks to @scott.hanselman.com for an inspiring, wisdom-packed session with Samsung Future innovation lab @uwconline.bsky.social students. Always grateful for your support! 🙌 #midnighttechsession #Microsoft #DotNet #MVPBuzz #InspiringTomorrowToday
11.07.2025 12:21 — 👍 5 🔁 4 💬 0 📌 0
Huge thanks to Veliswa Boya & Craig Mullins from AWS for inspiring us at the Future Innovaton Lab, University of the Western Cape ! Your insights on AWS Cloud Stack & career journeys were invaluable. Grateful for the swag and your time! 😊 #AWS #Community #Students #BeCurious @oncodad.bsky.social
30.05.2025 15:56 — 👍 1 🔁 0 💬 0 📌 0
🚨 Join us for exclusive in-person event with @richcampbell , host of .NET Rocks and RunAs Radio
🗓️ May 31st @bbdsoftware
"History of .NET" + the "Perils and Promise of AI" in a double-header session. Don't miss this chance to meet him!
Register now: www.meetup.com/cape-town-ms...
Visual Studio 2022 v17.14 is now generally available!
devblogs.microsoft.com/visualstudio...
Join CPTMSDUG on May 21st for an exciting in-person meetup! 🎉 Enjoy sessions by Abed Matini on Prompt Engineering and @mattleibow.bsky.social on Hybrid Apps. Huge thanks to Accso & @OfferZen for sponsoring! Register here: www.meetup.com/cape-town-ms... #AI #MAUI #Microsoft #Community
07.05.2025 12:01 — 👍 1 🔁 1 💬 0 📌 1
Congratulations to Argus, HairMatch, + Signvrse for securing spot in the #ImagineCup World Championship!
Truly an honor to help judge + witness these AI-powered innovations in action.
Meet teams + tune in May 19 at 8:45 AM PT during #MSBuild:
aka.ms/2025ICTop3Blog
May the 4th be with you! We celebrated Star Wars day in style by meeting Ian McDiarmid / Emperor Palpatine today at #ComicConCapeTown. 🥳🥳
So all our celebrations are complete. Re-watched all the Star Wars movies , attended ComicCon and met an icon! 😍 #darthsidious #starwars
It's #ComicConCapeTown time!!! 😎😎 🥳@ComicConCPT
03.05.2025 09:51 — 👍 1 🔁 0 💬 0 📌 0
I think we need to start making these. What do you think? 🤔
@cptmsdug #community #spike #mvpbuzz @dotnetfoundation.org #swag
Join us on April 23rd in-person!
"Unlocking Power of Integrated Analytics" with Inayeth Govender
"Future of AI and Automation: RPA vs IA vs APA" with Racheline Mouyana
Thanks to @Accso for sponsoring the venue and snacks!
REGISTER HERE: www.meetup.com/cape-town-ms...
#ai #fabric
Happy #IoTDay! Explore all the activities at iotday.org
Don't miss the presentation by @robtiffany.bsky.social on "Saving the Earth with AI + the Internet of Things" at youtu.be/h13nAtTT368 Join for an insightful session!
#mvpbuzz #iot #sustainability #environmrnent #ai
My new #mvpsummit badge has been deployed to the community shelf along with some new and awesome @MVPAward branded swag. 😎
@cptmsdug Spike has also been upgraded to "Expert status". 😊
I think I need a bigger shelf. 🤔
#spike #mvpbuzz #community #swag
Returned from an amazing trip to Seattle for the #mvpsummit. Have to admit it was a week of doing currency conversions from USD to ZAR. I can now though happily say when back in SA, a pork, beef + lamb braai for the whole family is only around 20 USD. 😎🤣@MVPAward #mvpbuzz
05.04.2025 18:34 — 👍 1 🔁 0 💬 0 📌 0
I think I need a bigger bag and there's many more days to go. 🤔😁 Thank you Microsoft Most Valuable Professional for all the #mvpbuzz branded swag this year! 😍🤗 #MVPSummit #mvpbuzz Microsoft #github #spike #developers
26.03.2025 13:49 — 👍 1 🔁 0 💬 0 📌 0
it begins!!! #mvpsummit Microsoft Most Valuable Professional #mvpbuzz
24.03.2025 17:55 — 👍 3 🔁 0 💬 0 📌 0
We have officially left the country!! 🎉🎉. Now to wait at the airport for the bus to take us on the long ride to Seattle. See you soon #mvpsummit!!! #mvpbuzz Microsoft Most Valuable Professional 😍😍 #spike
20.03.2025 14:01 — 👍 1 🔁 0 💬 0 📌 0
Almost time to set that "Out of Office" + begin the long trek around the planet to Seattle.
Excited to see everyone again, most awesome #community for a week of tech insights + geeking out! Expect a lot of posts about **redacted**!😛
See you all soon!! #MVPBuzz #MVPSummit 🥳
Contrary to popular belief, we do live in an awesome place. 😎😁
10.03.2025 14:12 — 👍 1 🔁 0 💬 0 📌 0
Final presentations at @futureinnovlab ADVANCED eXplorer AI For Good Hackathon! Well done to all who participated. 😍 #aiforgood #microsoftai #openai #azureai #github #edu #students #mvpbuzz @Oncodad
26.02.2025 15:47 — 👍 0 🔁 0 💬 0 📌 0
Exciting day at @futureinnovlab ADVANCED eXplorer AI For Good Hackathon! Witnessed fascinating ideas taking shape. Can't wait for the #ai solution presentations. 😍 #aiforgood #microsoftai #openai #azureai #github #edu #students #mvpbuzz @Oncodad
25.02.2025 06:07 — 👍 0 🔁 0 💬 0 📌 0
Day 1 of @futureinnovlab ADVANCED eXplorer AI For Good Hackathon done! Met amazing people, talked AI, .NET, and other cool tech. Can't wait for the incredible AI solutions in the coming days. @Oncodad @uwconline #AIForGood #MicrosoftAI #OpenAI #AzureAI #GitHub #Edu #MVPBuzz
22.02.2025 15:16 — 👍 0 🔁 0 💬 0 📌 0
Huge thanks to everyone who joined our "Season of AI - Season 3 Best of AI @ Ignite" meetup in Cape Town! 🎉 Shoutout to speakers Tayieb & @carikeb.bsky.social
for their awesome sessions, thanks to
@Accso for the venue & pizza! 🍕 See you next time! 😎 #AI #community #SeasonOfAI
Hello World!
16.02.2025 11:17 — 👍 0 🔁 0 💬 0 📌 0
Step 2 in turning the office into a computer museum. I'm progressing nicely getting display stands made and shelves allocated for each computer in the collection. Many more steps to follow. 😎. #retro. #ql #cpc #zxspectrum #zx81 #amstrad #z88 #128k #sinclair
08.02.2025 11:06 — 👍 0 🔁 0 💬 0 📌 0
Step 1 in turning the office into a computer museum. Many more steps to follow. 😎. Finally getting around to bring the full collection out of storage and on display. #retro. #ql #cpc #zxspectrum #zx81
08.02.2025 11:05 — 👍 0 🔁 0 💬 0 📌 0
Final round of talks is coming up. For developers, there will be @adpead.bsky.social presenting on Be an Agent of Your Creativity: Build Engaging AI Agents with Azure and .NET!
#AgentCON
