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NightHacking Tour
The Road to Devoxx - Oct 29 to Nov 11 2012
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From 10/29 to 11/11 I will be traveling across Europe via motorcycle and doing live video streaming of the journey. Along the way I will visit user groups, interviewing interesting folks, and hack on open source projects. The last stop will be the Devoxx conference in Belgium, which is the most influential Java conference in the world!
Join me for the journey by watching the live stream in 3 easy steps:
- Click “Join Crowd” on the UStream Channel Page to get notified when we are live
- Come back here or to the NightHacking UStream Channel to watch the free live feed
- Interact with me and folks I am hacking with via twitter using hashtag #nighthacking
This is my website: http://steveonjava.com/nighthacking/
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Happy 10th year, JCertif!
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Created by Michael Levin Dec 18, 2008 at 6:56pm. Last updated by Michael Levin May 4, 2018.
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