Build 2016 - The Freebies

This year it was hoped that since there would be no hardware giveaways that the number of giveaways around and about the conference would go up as well. Well we weren't disappointed. The number of competitions to win freebies was high with surface books and phones on offer. Hour competitions were run on twitter by Microsoft dev and there was even a student only twitter competition. To aid in our competition every student was given a branded selfie sticks to show how much fun we were having there. Though unfortunately I didn't win any hardware we managed to walk away with a lot of other cool freebies such as..

This cool looking Visual Studio lunchbox which came with a handy multi tool keying, Visual Studio socks and a Visual Studio wrist band. I fully intend on taking this into uni to make those on my course jealous.

Game of Thrones/Star Wars planning poker cards. If planning poker wasn't fun enough for you already then using these are sure to make it an even more joyous experience.

Enough clothes to last a lifetime. Another Visual Studio/Game of Thrones themed freebie this time in the form of a T-Shirt with a Kanban board as the design featuring such  tasks as under planning Arya has to complete revenge. Warning before looking closer said shirt does include spoilers.... And so many pairs of socks. Say what you will but I've never had a pair of Microsoft socks that weren't comfy. And yes that means I have had them before.

Niamh really managed to nab some swag in the form of cushions, posters, stickers, sweets and so many more things including an odd squishy brain...