One of the apps that can be useful when demoing and generally seeing what’s going on in the HoloLens is the companion app. The problem it seems for those of us in Australia and presumably other non-US countries is once … Continued
DDD Brisbane is done and dusted for another year. After 5 years at QUT this year we grew yet again and took on a new venue. The lovely Advanced Engineering Building at UQ. At 6:30 this crew started arriving to … Continued
After getting a real HoloLens I thought the best thing was to take it out into the world to meet some real people. Normally I’d spend some time to put together a nice presentation. I hadn’t had time so I … Continued
After playing with the emulator for awhile I finally caved and bought a real device. While doing the initial setup I got stuck at the network connection screen. At first I thought this was due to the hotel internet needing … Continued
I booked us a rental car so we could go to Humberstone for the morning. The Thrifty was a few blocks away and we picked up our little car. It’s manual (neither of us has driven a manual for almost … Continued
After a good sleep-in after yesterday’s long bus trip we went for a wander around the town and to look for some lunch. There’s a long ‘boardwalk’ along the coast. There’s a bunch of construction going on all along here … Continued
Today we say goodbye to the canyons and desert as it is our bus trip to Iquique. We arrived nice and early at the bus stop at San Pedro de Atacama. The bus arrived, we put our luggage on, … Continued
Sleep-in after yesterday. Tomorrow we head off but not till 9:30pm and have to check out at 12 so we’re trying to find options to keep us amused. Then I notice we could get an alternate bus but it’s not … Continued
Today was a long day. We did a big tour of some of the main sites. First main stop was at the old bell tower and we saw the nun from the church across the road climb the ladder and … Continued
Saturday morning we had a bit of a sleep in after lots of travel it starts to catch up with you. We have the biggest bed I’ve ever seen. It’s like sleeping in a bed by yourself the other person … Continued
This morning we were feeling a bit drained from 3 days being tossed around a 4WD and we had a big journey ahead so we slept in, found the 24h House channel and generally chilled. In the afternoon we said … Continued
Monday we started our 3 day tour of some of the volcanoes in Ecuador. After a late start due to communication issues we drive to Antisana. First up is a hike – walking at this altitude really hurts and you … Continued
Last night we went for a bit of a wander for dinner. The place seemed eerily abandoned. The police had started taping a few of the cross streets off for some reason. Found a steak place that we had to … Continued
We went in search of high places in Quito. It’s not hard when you’re already at 2800m but we wanted a good look at the city. We’re near old town which has a lot of old buildings and most of … Continued
This morning had a fairly early start with a 6am taxi, a ferry to Baltra, a bus to the airport and a flight to Quito. Annoyingly you “have” to be at the airport 90 mins before the flight even though … Continued
After sitting around on a boat for a week doing sweet FA I thought it was a good idea to go for a bit of a ride while we had the chance. We’d spotted a bike hire place whose bikes … Continued
This morning we woke to rain, so rolled back over and waited for our 8am breakfast to be delivered. After a few hours the sun came out so we decided to go for a stroll to Tortuga Bay. After a … Continued
Up for 6am start today for our last trip of the cruise to North Seymour. Here we’re on the hunt for Blue Footed Boobies, which we found a few nice specimens that sat fairly still while we took photos … Continued
This morning starts with a zodiac cruise of the shore of Santiago island. We’re in search of Blue Footed Boobies but alas none to be found. There are however, quite a few nesting pelicans. There’s a juvenile hawk that for … Continued
This morning we visit a new island – Fernandina. The zodiac driver is quite skilled at navigating us through the shallow rock to land on the concrete platform. Here lives the largest population of marine iguanas. The rocks are literally … Continued
This morning I’m sleeping with the help of some cold and flu one of the other passengers had. The real stuff is so effective and so annoying that it’s almost impossible to get at home. John goes out on the … Continued
Today I’m feeling worse so I pretty much sleep the entire day. John goes to the island in the morning to visit yet another breeding center. This one has lots and lots of babies. It’s almost surprising there’s any of … Continued
Today we’re on the most populated of the islands – Santa Cruz. We spend the morning at the Charles Darwin Foundation and breeding center. There’s some massive guys here but the pens and the light aren’t so great. We wander … Continued
Today I’ve woken up with a head cold. I think weeks of battling people at work and on the bus coughing on me, long travel and probably the cold snorkel tipped me over the edge. Still not terrible, I load … Continued
Today we head out on our 8 day boat trip around the islands. We get a nice sleepin and wander into town. Have one last meal at our regular food place and look for a long sleeve shirt for John. … Continued
Today we set sail early to do the 360 tour of San Cristobal. I was keen to check out Kicker Rock as it’s supposed to have heaps of sharks at snorkel depth. We motor on for awhile, pretty much the … Continued
This morning we woke to rain. That annoying type of rain that isn’t pouring but enough to be annoying, especially when we were supposed to be going riding. We headed over the bike shop, had a chat and decided we … Continued
Flight 4 of 11. After yesterdays’ mega journey, today’s plane ride of 2 hours seemed short. Last night we stayed at Air Suites which is really close to the airport. It was a bit of an odd experience in that … Continued
Today was a long day of travel. There were border security strikes at all international terminals today and we only had 1 hour to get from our domestic flight to international in Sydney so I got it moved. Meant an … Continued
We’re doing a bit of travelling over the next month. We’ll be visiting Ecuador and Northern Chile. Always keen to meet some local devs to if you’re in those areas let us know so we can say hi!