Seems like this month (and more specifically this week) has been a week FULL of MS events and SADev socials, and has generally been a really good time! In the last month we've had DevDays 2004, MSDN Whiteboard WalkIn Sessions, Microsoft m{ Tenpin Bowling, Microsoft m{ Unplugged Sessions... and the SADev meeting in Durbs will be held on 1 July (please diarise)!
Last night we had the Microsoft Unplugged Sessions dinner at Primi Piatti (which seems to be the restaurant of choice in all the cities). It went really well and we got to meet a lot of other Durban developers and see what they were up to. There was a lot of really constructive feedback on all things Microsoft, so we should be seeing some changes in the near future. For the first time, a lot of the guys got to chat to Microsoft directly about areas where they're unhappy as far as events, products, support, community, etc. goes.
It was an excellent networking opportunity as well, and it looks like a lot of cool stuff will be happening with SADev over the next few months (and beyond).
Thanks to Kaylash (and Microsoft) for hosting the event! It was a really good idea and I think we should try organise these more often (maybe once every 8 months) or establish a means of communication via SADev to get feedback like this on a slightly more regular basis.