Day 4 at the Java Posse Roundup: Wrapping it up for 2012

On the final day of the Roundup for 2012, Gunnar Hillert, who organizes DevNexus in Atlanta, suggested that he and I convene a session on

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Five Reasons the MVP Summit was Awesome

At the start of March, I was fortunate enough to follow up my awesome time at the Java Posse Roundup with an equally awesome time at Microsoft’s MVP Summit. It was my first time at a Summit, so much like the Roundup, I didn’t know what to expect. In the end, it was every bit [...]

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Five Reasons the Java Posse Roundup was Awesome (from a “.NET guy”)

I recently had the opportunity to attend the Java Posse Roundup, a small open spaces conference put on by the Java Posse and Bruce Eckel. I have mostly focused on the .NET stack professionally, and while I work hard to avoid being a zealot, I still expected to be a .NET outcast in a world [...]

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Finally: a CodeMash trip report (and some upcoming community events too)

Finally starting to feel a bit human after CodeMash.  While I scaled back my volunteer time this year, SRT was still pretty busy at the conference this year, with scaling up to a Platinum sponsorship and MobiMash! But I found a lot of time to atte…

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Another Java Posse Roundup comes to a close

Well, I've been here in Crested Butte since Sunday afternoon, for the 3rd Java Posse Roundup. It's been an amazing experience, as always.  I blogged earlier in the week about how this conference evolves to match the interests of the attend…

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Alternative Languages on the JVM at the Java Posse Roundup

The Java Posse Roundup conference continues to evolve to meet the interests of the attendees. This year, the first day was an optional day,  with groups coding on alternate languages on the JVM.  Groups formed to share their collective knowle…

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