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Open Source Bridge - Call for Proposals ends very soon!

Open Source Bridge is a new conference for developers working with open source technologies and for people interested in

learning the open source way. You have until 11:59pm PDT on March 29th (Monday) to send your proposals.

OSB is a volunteer run, non… Continue

Added by Michael Levin on March 28, 2010 at 4:00pm — No Comments

Google Summer of Code

If you are a college student interested in Open Source software, now is

the time to get involved.

http://code.google.com/soc/

Each year, Google offers students the opportunity to spend their summer

coding on open source projects. You propose a project, and if selected,

you're assigned a mentor and provided a $4500 stipend. It is… Continue

Added by Michael Levin on March 26, 2010 at 11:14am — No Comments

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Why CodeTown? In 1994, I heard some programmers asking a question about something they couldn't seem to figure out. I had no idea what the answer was myself. I posted the question on the internet. Moments later, I got a reply from Australia. I told the programmers the answer. It solved a big problem in our group. They told the department manager. I got called in for a meeting with the manager. I had no idea why. I sat down, a bit nervous. The manager and his ass't manager were both there in the… Continue

Added by Michael Levin on March 25, 2010 at 6:48am — No Comments

Who Broke the Build?

Thanks to Aaron Houston of Adobe for sending…

Added by Michael Levin on March 16, 2010 at 1:39pm — 1 Comment

JavaOne CFP extended for 48 hours

Been asked to pass this along:

"Folks,

Just in case daylight savings time got the best of you this weekend, we have extended the

JavaOne Call for Papers by 48 hours. If you have not yet submitted a topic or have

additional ideas, you have until 11:59pm Pacific Time on Tuesday, March 16th to get your

abstracts in. Keep the submissions coming—this is looking to be the best JavaOne…

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Added by Michael Levin on March 15, 2010 at 7:30pm — No Comments

JavaOne Call for Papers ends today

http://java.sun.com/javaone/: "The 2010 conference will once again bring together the global Java technical community for a week of education, debate and exchange. This year, the conference curriculum is going back to its roots –– 100% Java

technology and the related ecosystem. JavaOne conference speakers

receive a Full Conference pass and the respect of… Continue

Added by Michael Levin on March 14, 2010 at 11:46am — No Comments

Recap - GatorJUG Grails Talk with Joshua Davis

The GatorJUG Grails recap is here.

If you missed Joshua Davis's Grails presentation, he'll give a similar talk at the upcoming OrlandoJUG. Join the OrlandoJUG group… Continue

Added by Michael Levin on March 13, 2010 at 10:30am — No Comments

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