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Past Events (418)
September 9Sunday
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Java Specialists Symposium
September 9, 2012 to September 14, 2012 – Greece Thank you for showing interest in the Java Specialists Symposium 2012. September is one of the best times to visit the stunning Island of Crete. The weather is warm, but not too hot. It is not as bus… Organized by Heinz Kabutz | Type: conference
September 3Monday
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JCertif 2012
September 3, 2012 to September 9, 2012 – Congo (Republic of Congo) Organized by Max Bonbhel and colleagues | Type: conference
August 23Thursday
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OrlandoJUG
August 23, 2012 from 6pm to 9pm – DeVry Univ Join us at OrlandoJUG tonight. We'll have pizza and conversation, then an interactive discussion that you all can participate in. Tonights meeting focuses on the future of the web - both programmat… Organized by Michael Levin | Type: meeting
August 8Wednesday
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GatorJUG August Meeting
August 8, 2012 from 6pm to 9pm – Santa Fe College Building S room 326 Thanks to our new member from Tunisia,Manel for permission to use this photo. Greetings, GatorJUG! This month we'll talk about OSCON 2012. I ran into Clint Collins of GatorLUG there. Clint and I… Organized by Michael Levin | Type: meeting
July 26Thursday
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OrlandoJUG
July 26, 2012 from 6pm to 9pm – DeVry University, Room 114 Hello OrlandoJUG! Tonight is our monthly OJUG meeting. I'm just back from a very exciting conference called OSCON - the O'Reilly Open Source Conference in Portland, OR. I'm going to go over what I… Organized by Michael Levin | Type: meeting
July 25Wednesday
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SunJUG - Sarasota :: Continuous Deployment
July 25, 2012 from 6pm to 9pm – Community Foundation of Sarasota Hello, Codetown! This last minute announcement comes to you because I just got a reminder about tonight's meeting. Looks like a superior meeting, not only because of the presentation, but also becaus… Organized by Steve Goldsmith | Type: meeting
July 16Monday
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OSCON
July 16, 2012 to July 20, 2012 – Oregon Convention Center Organized by OSCON | Type: conference
July 11Wednesday
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Web Standards Playground (Tampa)
July 11, 2012 from 6pm to 8pm – International Academy of Design & Technology (IADT) - Tampa Hey guys, Kevin Hoyt from Adobe is speaking tomorrow night -- http://www.meetup.com/BarCampTampaBay/events/68694002/ (RSVP) Description: Join Adobe Developer Evangelist Kevin Hoyt for a hands-on wal… Organized by Adobe | Type: meetup
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GatorJUG
July 11, 2012 from 6pm to 9pm – TBA - Open to suggestions! Howdy, GatorJUG - Yep, it's July and it's hhhot. We're caught up in the summer doldrums to some extent and we just didn't plan anything for this month. Never fear, though! Feast your eyes on the ag… Organized by Michael Levin | Type: potentialmeeting
June 28Thursday
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OrlandoJUG June
June 28, 2012 from 6pm to 9pm – DeVry rm 106 Hello OrlandoJUG folks! Join us for an Open Spaces meeting this month, hosted by your JUG Leader, Mike. Open Spaces is a style of meeting in which everyone gets the chance to contribute. Mike has ha… Organized by Michael Levin | Type: meeting
Happy 10th year, JCertif!
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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 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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