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Java Spotlight Episode 150: James Gosling on Java

Interview with James Gosling, father of Java and Java Champion, on the history of Java, his work at Liquid Robotics, Netbeans, the future of Java and what he sees as the next revolutionary trend in the computer industry.

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Added by Michael Levin on October 31, 2013 at 11:23am — No Comments

Healthcare Secretary Sibelius discusses Healthcare.gov

Here's more on the www.healthcare.gov website issues:

From the NYTimes:

"Kathleen Sebelius, the health and human services secretary, gave an opening statement at a House hearing on the troubled rollout of HealthCare.gov."

Here's a link to a video about what to watch for in the proceedings: …

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Added by Michael Levin on October 31, 2013 at 7:46am — No Comments

JavaOne 2013 Sessions

60 or so sessions are now available with more to come:



http://www.oracle.com/javaone/sessions/index.html



Thanks to Joe for the link (Jaxjug)…

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Added by Michael Levin on October 31, 2013 at 6:30am — No Comments

What's Up With www.healthcare.gov?

Healthcare.gov - What's up with it? Yes, the politics are interesting, but from a software development perspective, the SDLC and issues with www.healthcare.gov are fascinating! Check out the interview with John…

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Added by Michael Levin on October 25, 2013 at 5:00am — No Comments

vJUG: One small step for JUGs, one giant leap for JUG-kind

What's the problem?



I love community, networking and interactions with other geeks, that's why I married one! :) The greatest thing about Java User Groups (JUGs) isn't just the great content, but also the close knit community, the beers and chatting/networking with like-minded geeks talking tech and sharing ideas. I’m an active leader of the LJC (London JUG) and speak at events as well as organiser for the LJC Open Conference (Happening this Nov 23rd ;) ). I've actually… Continue

Added by Simon Maple on October 11, 2013 at 10:00am — 4 Comments

iSummit - Orlando

I'll attend the iSummit in Orlando, FL tomorrow along with Lamine Ba. Lots of local industry experts will present. It looks to be an informative, fun event. Stay tuned and I'll update this blog with info. …

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Added by Michael Levin on September 30, 2013 at 11:37am — No Comments

Call for Papers - M4D 2014 - April 8-9, Dakar, Senegal

Please find below the Call For Papers and information about the 4th International Conference on Mobile Communication for Development http://m4d2014.net. It is coming to Dakar in 2014!

Best,

Dr. Christelle Scharff for…

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Added by Michael Levin on September 9, 2013 at 10:00am — No Comments

JCertif 2013 - Call For Papers

Hi JUG Leaders and Java Champions,

We invite you to share your experiences in development with the industry and the Java Community in Africa by submitting a proposalfor this far from the « classic » event at info@jcertif.com !



JCertif
 is a mix of technical session, training, life experience and a bit of an adventure !
The…
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Added by Michael Levin on August 6, 2013 at 5:02pm — No Comments

Follow the OSCON fun online!

I'm at OSCON and even of you can't be here, you can follow along online at http://www.oscon.com/oscon2013
Let me hear from you. I'll try and follow up on any questions you have.

Talk soon!

Blog on your Codetown blog!

Have fun and invite some friends!

All the best from Portland...


Mike

Added by Michael Levin on July 23, 2013 at 11:17am — No Comments

OSCON Discount Codes for User Group members

Celebrating its 15 anniversary, the O'Reilly Open Source Convention (OSCON) happens July 22-26, 2013 at the Oregon Convention Center in Portland. OSCON is the must-attend gathering of the best and brightest minds in technology. It offers five immersive days of all things open source—new and innovative projects, major enterprise-wide deployments, and—from icons of the open source movement—deep perspective on where we've been and where we're headed. OSCON features 200 sessions covering 18… Continue

Added by Michael Levin on July 17, 2013 at 9:55am — No Comments

Swampcast features Jonathan Schwartz, former Sun CEO

Join Michael Levin in this video interview with Jonathan Schwartz, former Sun Microsystems CEO. Jonathan discusses his tenure at Sun Microsystems and his current role as CEO of a startup called Carezone. He describes Carezone as a tool that compares to Facebook and LinkedIn, but is aimed toward private circles like family. He also discusses web…

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Added by Michael Levin on April 20, 2013 at 12:30am — 1 Comment

Future Internet Architecture Meeting & Webinar

CISE invites you to attend an information meeting and webinar to announce and answer questions concerning its recently released solicitation, Future Internet Architecture-Next Phase (FIA-NP: NSF 13-538) on Monday, February 11, 2013, 1:00 PM to 2:30 PM EDT. You must register at …

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Added by Michael Levin on February 9, 2013 at 7:53am — No Comments

Responsive Web Design? What's that? - Exploring NODE.JS

It may not  adhere to the strict Java format of OJUG but was quite useful in learning more of the growing tools available to the web based developer.



Jackie Gleason answered this and unlocked other mysteries when he explained what NODE.JS was about.  Including a demo where he started a .js server, Jackie showed us how to set up an Express Project Layout worked starting with NPM and yielding to his own  "Hello World" page.  He continued by showing us how document styled db could be…

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Added by Mike Bivins on February 1, 2013 at 11:13am — No Comments

Info from my presentation on Node.JS

Hey everyone, 

 

Thanks again for making it out last night sorry I had to run so quick. The slides from the presentation are located here...

 

Slides

 

And here is the code example we used...

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Added by Jackie Gleason on February 1, 2013 at 9:30am — 5 Comments

OSCON Call for Speakers

OSCON 2013
Call for Speakers Is Open for OSCON 2013

We're looking for speakers to be part of the program for the 15th edition of OSCON, happening July 22-26, 2013, in Portland, Oregon. If you have a new idea, a better way to do something, an interesting and instructive case study (battle scars optional), or the desire to pass on your hard-won knowledge, submit a proposal to lead sessions or tutorials.

Added by Michael Levin on January 25, 2013 at 6:45pm — No Comments

Nighthacking Tour with Java Evangelist Stephen Chin

From Jan 25th to Feb 7th Stephen Chin will be traveling across the Nordic countries and doing live video streaming of the journey. Along the way he will visit user groups, interview interesting folks, and hack on open source projects. The last stop will be at Jfokus 2013.…

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Added by Michael Levin on January 23, 2013 at 9:00am — No Comments

FLEX goes to Apache

Not familiar with FLEX but this article has some interesting info on it.  Another tool in the web developer's toolbox?

http://www.eweek.com/developer/apache-software-foundation-delivers-flex-as-top-level-project/?kc=EWKNLLIN01222013STR2

Added by Mike Bivins on January 22, 2013 at 12:02pm — No Comments

Is the next big thing already here?

Create or innovate. What does East know about West? A lot. We speak different languages, even use different alphabets. No problem, says Samsung. Samsung's ad dep't makes it clear, even funny. Hilarious!

Economic models are different, too. Like polar extremes. One gives you everything you need in exchange for your time. The other promises you everything you…

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Added by Michael Levin on January 22, 2013 at 7:30am — No Comments

Oracle Security Update (Java)

Oracle Security Update CVE-2013-0422
An Oracle Security Alert was issued today.  To learn more about the alert please refer to the following link.…
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Added by Michael Levin on January 14, 2013 at 1:30pm — No Comments

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