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Started this discussion. Last reply by Michael Levin Feb 15, 2016.
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- Need to be part of the Gatorjug group in Gainesville.
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- Mike
I would like to point students in Facebook to the Gatorjug area here, but the info on the Gatorjug group was last updated on Dec. 22. Can you put a new time stamp on it by adding info about the next upcoming meeting?
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Buzzword Bingo
Posted on February 23, 2012 at 9:17am 1 Comment 1 Like
James Ward gave a great presentation on Heroku. The server of choice for Facebook developement. He commented on some attendees not being familiar with all the buzzwords he used. So we thought of a Buzzword Bingo game.
I think having a handout with the most common buzzwords especially any the speaker is likely to use would be useful. I have always thought having a handout about the speaker and topic would be a good idea. I have never had the time to actually create such a useful…
ContinueHappy 10th year, JCertif!
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