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GatorJUG meeting
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Time: February 13, 2013 from 6:30pm to 9pm
Location: Santafe Campus, Building S, Room S-316
Street: 3000 NW 83rd street
City/Town: Gainesville, FL
Website or Map: http://www.sfcollege.edu/cent…
Phone: http://www.codetown.us/profile/DanLackey37
Event Type: gatorjug
Organized By: Dan Lackey
Latest Activity: Feb 13, 2013
Event Description
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 a computer consulting company. Mike will also talk about what skills are hot now and what he thinks will be the hot technologies of the future. His company’s website is: http://www.cambridgeweb.ie/.
Mike was honored with the Java Champion designation last year.
Hosted by Gainesville’s Java User Group, GatorJUG. Please RSVP here. More info at http://www.gatorjug.org/ and here at http://www.codetown.us/group/gatorjugtown
The meeting will be held at Santa Fe College in room S-317 Feb 13th, from 6:30 till 9:00 PM. It is on the third floor of the S building next to the book store.
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