The EduGeek Christmas Message 2016

We’re here, the last week of work for 2016 is finally upon us and we here at EduGeek have no doubt that you are either currently running around trying to sort out final bits of work, barricaded in your offices sobbing into a half empty tin of Quality Streets or preparing the survival bunker for 2017.

Or you could simply be spending your time explaining to staff that having 1000 kids all hammering the internet means that no one gets any kind of decent bandwidth

So to ease you out of the year and into the Christmas holidays all that remains is for us to say, once more, a big ‘Thank you’ to you all.

And what a year it’s been (politics aside!) with BETT, our conf at the National Space Centre, ISTE in Denver and now deep in preparation for BETT 2017. It really does feel this year like it flew by quicker than we could keep up and next year in the computing world should be even more epic.

From the Windows 10 Creators Update (watch out for a piece on this in early Jan) in which Microsoft and their partners are going 3D in a BIG way.Gaming too will be massive next year, with Nintendo, Microsoft and Sony all looking to bring out new consoles by the end of the year, not to mention that a whole raft of 3D VR devices being released by Microsoft partners in the first half of the year for Windows 10 machines.

These are also supposed to be very affordable too (you may want to put in a last minute request to Santa for compatible hardware though!).

We shall wait with baited breath.

So, and without further ado, just let us take a few lines to thank the following people:

• The Mods. Without whom the forums would resemble the special circle of hell reserved for IT types. Trust me when I say they do far more than you can see and know about and for which we are eternally grateful
  
• Our sponsors and advertisers without whom we could not keep EduGeek running. Without their participation we simply would not be able to keep the site free to use
  
• And last, but by no means least, you, our members. You make EduGeek. Without your participation millions (and yes, we really mean millions) of techies wouldn’t get the help they so desperately need from the excellent advice you give. On a daily basis you make us (admins and mods alike) laugh, gnash our teeth, go ‘Hmmm’ and on the odd occasion find our offices have got suddenly ‘dusty’. For that, we thank you all.
  

So, have a great Christmas, unwind, indulge in your favourite Christmas foods, drinks and pastimes and we’ll hopefully see lots of you at BETT in London at the end of Jan.

Oh, and if you get something very cool for Christmas, please let us all know!

Happy Christmas from all of us here at EduGeek