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Past Events (417)
December 15Sunday
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JaxJUG Holiday Party
December 15, 2013 from 5pm to 8pm – Sneakers Hey all, So it looks like the time has changed to Monday from 5-8pm at Sneakers sports grille and bar. This was the only time they had available so we went ahead and locked it down. As previously men… Organized by Lee | Type: party
December 14Saturday
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CodeRetreat
December 14, 2013 all day – Many Cities Find out more about the Coderetreat Community Network. Coderetreat is a day-long, intensive practice event, focusing on the fundamentals of software development and design. By providing developers t… Organized by Code Retreat | Type: conference
December 11Wednesday
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SunJUG Brew Night
December 11, 2013 from 6:30pm to 10pm – World of Beer Sarasota December's topic will be beer and general tech talk! Come join us for a couple beers on Wednesday, December 11th, 2013 at World of Beer Sarasota (map) starting at 6:30PM. To get an idea of head cou… Organized by Chris Schaefer | Type: social
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OrlandoJUG
December 11, 2013 from 6pm to 9pm – Sarasota The SUNJug is having a brew night 12/11/. Consider driving out to Sarasota and meeting some like minded people. I hear Chris is a brew master. http://www.sunjug.org/2013/december Rideshare. Here a… Organized by Michael Levin | Type: meeting
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GatorJUG
December 11, 2013 from 6pm to 9pm – TBA Check the most recent discussion in GatorJUG Town for details. Organized by Michael Levin | Type: meeting
December 2Monday
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I/ITSEC 2013
December 2, 2013 at 6pm to December 5, 2013 at 7pm – Orlando The Interservice/Industry Training, Simulation and Education Conference (I/ITSEC)promotes cooperation among the Armed Services, Industry, Academia and various Government agencies in pursuit of impro… Organized by | Type: conference
November 19Tuesday
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AITP-NCFL November Dinner Presentation
November 19, 2013 from 6pm to 8:30pm – UF Hilton Your local chapter of AITP, the Association of Information Technology Professionals, will host its next dinner and presentation on Tuesday, November 19, at the UF Hilton. We would love to have you j… Organized by Michael Lucas | Type: dinner, presentation
November 16Saturday
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Barcamp Deland
November 16, 2013 from 9am to 5pm – Downtown Deland What is BarCamp Deland? BarCamp Deland is an ad-hoc unconference event centered around technology. It aims to bring people together from different backgrounds like web-design, photography, graphic… Organized by | Type: meeting
November 15Friday
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OpenSUSE Summit
November 15, 2013 to November 17, 2013 – Disney’s Coronado Springs Resort Organized by | Type: conference
November 14Thursday
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OrlandoJUG :: Intro to Spring Batch
November 14, 2013 from 6pm to 8pm – DeVry University Join us for a presentation entitled "Introduction to Spring Batch" with Chris Schaefer. In this presentation we will take a high level look at the Spring Batch project. This presentation is ideal fo… Organized by Michael Levin | Type: meeting
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