August 2009 Blog Posts (5)

GatorJUG Talk in Rich User Interfaces a Success

James Ward of Adobe Software gave a brilliant talk last night at the Gainesville Java User Group. We met at beautiful Santa Fe College north of town. Just walking across campus was a pleasant experience with the tall trees and Spanish moss draping from their branches.



Prior to the meeting, James and I dropped by the… Continue

Added by Michael Levin on August 27, 2009 at 8:00am — No Comments

Flex Jam in Orlando with James Ward



(photos by Mike Levin - click to see photo album)



The Flex Jam with James Ward and company is going well! Will we see you for James's Flex talks at tomorrow night's… Continue

Added by Michael Levin on August 25, 2009 at 4:00pm — 1 Comment

SeneJUG July '09 - Scrum Presentation



The Senejug July meeting featured a presentation on Scrum.



Read the rest here, in SeneJUG Town and participate in the discussion, if you… Continue

Added by Michael Levin on August 21, 2009 at 6:00pm — No Comments

The Definitive Guide to Jython

Jim Baker, Josh Juneau, Leo Soto, Frank Wierzbicki and Victor Ng have just announced that The Definitive Guide to Jython

is available for pre-order!



Read the rest… Continue

Added by Michael Levin on August 19, 2009 at 5:40pm — No Comments

Code to Live or Live to Code?

Lamine Ba, co-chairman of the SeneJUG, is a talented developer and businessman. Work hard, play hard!

Read the rest here, in SeneJUG…

Added by Michael Levin on August 19, 2009 at 4:38pm — No Comments

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