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Past Events (418)
May 29Wednesday
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EdTech in Orlando: TeachLivE & LearnEverywhere
May 29, 2013 from 7pm to 9pm – Envy Labs Did you know that Orlando is home to some amazing EdTech products and startups? This month we'll be featuring two products that are poised to make some significant headway in improving education. Thi… Organized by Gregg Pollack & Christine | Type: meetup
May 23Thursday
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OrlandoJUG ::: OPEN SPACES MEETING
May 23, 2013 from 6pm to 9pm – DeVry University Join us for an Open Spaces meeting this month, hosted by your JUG Leader, Michael Levin.Open Spaces is a style of meeting in which everyone gets the chance to contribute. Mike has had many meaningful… Organized by Michael Levin | Type: meeting
April 25Thursday
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OrlandoJUG ::: Open Spaces Meeting
April 25, 2013 from 6pm to 9pm – DeVry University Join us for an Open Spaces meeting this month, hosted by your JUG Leader, Michael Levin. Open Spaces is a style of meeting in which everyone gets the chance to contribute. Mike has had many meaningfu… Organized by Michael Levin | Type: meeting
April 10Wednesday
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Gatorjug
April 10, 2013 from 6pm to 7pm – The Bike Preserve Join us at the Bike Preserve for an open spaces meeting! Everyone can participate: http://en.m.wikipedia.org/wiki/Open-space_technology This meeting is sponsored by Cambridge Web Design, Inc ::: Wo… Organized by Michael Levin | Type: meeting
March 28Thursday
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OrlandoJUG
March 28, 2013 from 6pm to 9pm – DeVry U Hello OrlandoJUG, This month, March, we have a special very talented developer for our monthly meeting. Curtis McMillen will be our speaker. TITLE Why mock when Arquillian rocks?! ABSTRACT Unit tes… Organized by Michael Levin | Type: meeting
March 13Wednesday
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GatorJUG
March 13, 2013 from 6pm to 9pm – SantaFe College Hello GatorJUG, This month, March, we have the pleasure of another presentation from a special very talented developer for our monthly meeting. Curtis McMillan will be our speaker. TITLE Why mock wh… Organized by Michael Levin | Type: meeting
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33rd Degree Conference (Warsaw)
March 13, 2013 to March 15, 2013 – Hotel Gromada Warszawa Airport Organized by Grzegorz Duda | Type: conference
March 6Wednesday
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Meet Obama's Social Media Team
March 6, 2013 from 4pm to 6pm – Atlas How technology, analytics & social networking helped secure a reelection: . Meet the social media engineering team that helped reelect Obama 4-6 p.m. Wednesday, March 6, downstairs ATLAS Black Bo… Organized by CS Colloquia | Type: meeting
February 26Tuesday
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Google Developer Group (GDG) Gainesville - Introduction to Yeoman
February 26, 2013 from 7pm to 9:30pm – Santa Fe Center for Innovation and Economic Development Please join Luis Garcia and Andy Martin as they give an introduction to Yeoman. This will be an exercise-based workshop approach, so please bring a laptop! You must register here: https://developers… Organized by Dan Trevino | Type: developer
February 13Wednesday
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GatorJUG meeting
February 13, 2013 from 6:30pm to 9pm – Santafe Campus, Building S, Room S-316 Come visit with other programmers, listen to Michael Levin. Mike's an experienced programmer, small business owner and computer consultant. He will speak about owning a small business and how to run… Organized by Dan Lackey | Type: gatorjug
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By Sergio De SimoneBenchmarking Beyond the Application Layer: How Uber Evaluates Infrastructure Changes and Cloud Skus
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By Leela KumiliPresentation: Changing Power Dynamics: What Senior Engineers Can Learn From Junior Engineers
Beth Anderson discusses the "power distance index" and its critical role in communication. Using the Korean Air Flight 801 tragedy as a case study, she explains the dangers of hierarchy-driven silence. She shares actionable frameworks for building the 4 stages of psychological safety, implementing reverse mentoring, and using PRs as tools for knowledge sharing rather than gatekeeping.
By Beth AndersonPodcast: Effective Mentorship and Remote Team Culture with Gilad Shoham
In this podcast, Shane Hastie, Lead Editor for Culture & Methods, spoke to Gilad Shoham about building effective mentorship relationships, leading fully distributed teams and the evolving role of developers in an AI-augmented future.
By Gilad ShohamBeyond Win Rates: How Spotify Quantifies Learning in Product Experiments
Spotify has introduced the Experiments with Learning (EwL) metric on top of its Confidence experimentation platform to measure how many tests deliver decision-ready insights, not just how many “win.” EwL captures both the quantity and quality of learning across product teams, helping them make faster, smarter product decisions at scale. The outcome must support one action: ship, abort, or iterate.
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