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May 2011 Blog Posts (7)
Africa Mobilizes and Java 7 too!
Africa is mobiizing to help communities all over gain useful software development skills. Today, we met to discuss conferences planned all over the continent in 2011. We also talked about Java 7. We discussed http://jcertif.com/ the Congo conference and largest software meetup in Africa. Max Bonbhel is the organizer and… Continue
Added by Michael Levin on May 26, 2011 at 9:00am — No Comments
People's Guide to Contracting
I've started a handbook called "The People's Guide to Contracting". It's a work in progress, so you can check here from time to time if you want to see it grow. Here's what I've written so far:
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ContinueAdded by Michael Levin on May 24, 2011 at 2:34pm — No Comments
Codetown is on Facebook
Added by Michael Levin on May 20, 2011 at 2:38pm — No Comments
Notes from JCertif
Added by Michael Levin on May 20, 2011 at 2:00pm — No Comments
Office, Flash & JAVA w/Chrome browser, PDF Reader on a Virtual PC
Have any of you seen this:
"Now with ★ CHROME Browser and JAVA ★ support! Imagine having a computer inside your iPhone or iPad, with full-featured Office suite, copy and paste and a PC-class browser? Now you can! AlwaysOnPC is your own personal ‘virtual PC’ where can run FireFox or Chrome browsers with FLASH and JAVA (no full-motion and sound yet), a full…
ContinueAdded by Michael Levin on May 17, 2011 at 7:32am — No Comments
Drupal Case Study - Dahon Bikes
Added by Michael Levin on May 14, 2011 at 3:34am — No Comments
Open Source Bridge and Social Networks
Open Source Bridge is coming! And, it's in Portland, which is a huge bonus. I wrote about it here: http://www.jroller.com/Sandymountster/entry/enhancing_your_website_with_social in my blog.
I attended OSB's first conference and gave a talk on Web2.0.…
ContinueAdded by Michael Levin on May 11, 2011 at 8:01am — No Comments
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