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The end of the month is sort of light on tech events in Ann Arbor, but STILL there are things to do within driving distance! PyOhio is going on in Columbus, Ohio on Saturday July 26. It's a free event, and includes talks, open spaces, lightning talks, and poster sessions. If you're planning to...

Last week, James Ward (Adobe), Josh Holmes (Microsoft), and Bruce Eckel (well, Bruce Eckel!) conducted a Rich Internet Application Jam at our office. This was NOT a competitive event. Rather, in the spirit of CodeMash, people came together to learn about competing technologies in a cooperative manner...

Today was the first day for the Rich Internet Application Jam, being held at SRT Solutions' offices. James Ward (Adobe) and Bruce Eckel are here, working side-by-side with people who are in various stages of learning Flex and Josh Holmes (Microsoft) is here representing Silverlight and working with...

Ah, a new month and more tech events in Ann Arbor. All meetings are free and open to the public. SRT is happy to say that we will be hosting several of these meetings in our new office, at 206 S. Fifth, Suite 200. That's at the corner of Fifth and Washington, directly above the Linux Box. Entrance...

Upcoming Events Outside of Michigan Anyone who has read this blog knows that I am a huge fan of Open Spaces events. In particular, I've really enjoyed the Open Spaces events that Bruce Eckel has offered, in Crested Butte, Colorado. In about a week, you could travel to Crested Butte (about a 5 hr...

I’m still trying to finish up my blog from my visit to Microsoft last week (and from the Michigan Celebration of Women in Computing over the weekend), but I wanted to make sure that I mentioned the busy week that we’re having in Ann Arbor this week. James Ward, Flex evangelist from Adobe...

Cool swag Is it rude to brag about the swag at a conference? Ah, well, I’m gonna do it anyhow. Next year, I’m convinced that the Java Posse Roundup 2008 will sell out during the early bird registration period, and it won’t be just for the swag. But it was cool swag. Cenqua and Google...

Friday, March 9 Friday was the final day for the Java Posse Roundup. We had 2 regularly scheduled sessions followed by a final session which included everyone. For the first session of the day, I attended a session on JNI, convened by Josh Marinacci of Sun. A major part of the discussion centered around...

Java Posse Roundup After Hours In addition to the daytime (morning) sessions, we’ve been getting together in the evenings. Someone suggested lightning talks in the evenings, and posted a signup sheet. 8-10 talks per night were quickly filled up. The evening talks were a mix of technical and non...

Well, the CodeMash conference has come and gone. Ah, all of that planning and now it’s over. How will I spend my days if I don’t have to help plan and publicize this event? Maybe I’ll actually get some work done (and see my kids)! The conference was very cool. One problem in helping...