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Past Events (418)
February 8Wednesday
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Gatorjug
February 8, 2017 from 6pm to 8:30pm – Santa Fe College, S-317 Let's catch up and see what's new in our software development world. This will be a casual meeting. We will meet at our favorite spot: Santa Fe College, Building S, room 317. Right next to the bookst… Organized by Michael Levin and Dan Lackey | Type: jug
October 27Thursday
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OrlandoJUG - Jython
October 27, 2016 from 6pm to 8pm – TBA Stay tuned as plans firm up...Jim Baker, Jython guy is hoping to join us in the Fall. What's Jython? It's Python on the Java Virtual Machine (JVM). Jim's the Jython guru. He's given great talks in th… Organized by Michael Levin | Type: meeting
October 12Wednesday
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GatorJug - Jython
October 12, 2016 from 6pm to 8pm – TBA Stay tuned as plans firm up...Jim Baker, Jython guy is hoping to join us in the Fall. What's Jython? It's Python on the Java Virtual Machine (JVM). Jim's the Jython guru. He's given great talks in th… Organized by Michael Levin | Type: meeting
June 23Thursday
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Open Source Bridge
June 23, 2016 to June 26, 2016 – The Eliot Center Open Source Bridge is an annual conference in Portland, OR focused on building open source community and citizenship through four days of technical talks, hacking sessions, and collaboration opportun… Organized by Stumptown Syndicate PO Box 28398 Portland, OR 97228 | Type: conference
June 15Wednesday
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June 15, 2006: 3-D Printing Open House; Houston, TX (Free!)
June 15, 2016 from 5pm to 7pm – 3D Manufacturing HQ Houston-based Re:3D is making 3-D printers that are big -- really big: their Gigabot printers (the largest has a build area of 269,040 cubic cm) aren't meant for desktop hobbyists, but they're priced… Organized by Re:3D | Type: open house
June 4Saturday
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Jun 4, 2016: Nat'l Day of Civic Hacking, Orlando (& Elsewhere!)
June 4, 2016 from 8:30am to 6pm – The Exchange Building (1st floor) Late notice being better than none at all, note that tomorrow is the National Day of Civic Hacking for 2016, and Orlando's taking part. So if you're in or near Orlando, you can show up to work on… Organized by Code For Orlando | Type: hackathon
May 24Tuesday
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AITP-NCFL May Presentation: Blain Barton on "Microsoft and DevOps"
May 24, 2016 from 5:30pm to 8pm – Gainesville Health and Fitness Center Conference Room Cost is $10 (cash or check only please) and includes light refreshments. Please see the meeting flyer for full details. RSVP today by sending an email to reserve@aitp-ncfl.org. Hope to see you ther… Organized by AITP North Central Florida Chapter | Type: presentaiton
May 16Monday
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OSCON
May 16, 2016 to May 19, 2016 – Austin Once considered a radical upstart, open source has moved from disruption to default. Its methods and culture commoditized the technologies that drove the Internet revolution and transformed the pra… Organized by Oreilly Media | Type: conference
April 13Wednesday
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GatorJUG ::: April
April 13, 2016 from 6pm to 8pm – First Magnitude Brewing Company Good news! Ben King (Keep It Simple Tech) keeps an eye on his app....on his watch. His company, Keep It Simple Tech launched app ABC, Always Be in Contact recently. It's cool! Try it out. How d… Organized by Michael Levin | Type: jug
March 24Thursday
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OrlandoJUG - Predicting the Stock Market with Genetic Programming:
March 24, 2016 from 6pm to 8pm – PowerDMS @ Church St Station Hello OrlandoJUG! This month we have Dave Moskowitz in from Sarasota for a fascinating talk. Here's the abstract for the presentation. There is a possibility of massive amounts of pizza! Genet… Organized by Michael Levin | Type: meeting
Happy 10th year, JCertif!
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