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I read an interesting blog post on Ed Burnette's Dev Connection this morning. Google says that Android (the libraries, the core platform components) will be open-sourced 100%. Ed talked to several Google employees last week at the Google I/O conference in San Francisco. You can read Ed's entire...

Well, it's not A gPhone. But it IS a free SDK for anyone who wants to develop applications for mobile phones. AND they're asking for input from developers that they will use to further develop their product. The SDK will apparently be available on November 12! They have developed a new mobile...

It's the first full week of the month, so lots o' user group meetings going on. There's a Ruby User Group meeting in Ann Arbor tonight, Monday August 6 . It's from 7:00-8:30 pm on the University of Michigan campus, 1670 CSE. Details at their website: http://rubymi.org Tomorrow (Tuesday...

Registration is now open for the 2nd Google Tech Talk in Ann Arbor. If you missed out on registering for the Python User Group/AACS Tech Talk, then register early for this one. Google Ann Arbor is excited to host a special tech talk event in tandem with the Ann Arbor Java User Group. Join us for food...

Registration is now closed Google closed registration for the joint meeting of the AACS and MichiPUG after registrations maxed out around 90. We're going to have a full house for Russell Whitaker's talk on Python Test Driven Development. I'm thrilled at the turnout and I sincerely hope that...

Details still coming Google has announced 2 different Tech Talks to be held in the Ann Arbor area in the next few weeks. Both meetings will be held at the Google offices in Ann Arbor and registration is required because seating is limited, but both events will be free and open to the public. Google is...

Some on schedule, some on holiday delay First, who IS meeting. Then, who ISN'T. The Michigan Python User Group is forging ahead with a meeting this week. On Thursday, July 5, MichiPUG will meet at Arbor Networks , where Mark Ramm will talk about what to look for in TurboGears 2.0 (unreleased and...

Thursday, June 7 at 7 pm For the June meeting (June 7 at 7PM, at Arbor Networks ), Carsten Haese will be giving a talk on Python's DBAPI. The DBAPI is like Java's JDBC. It's a database independent way to connect to databases and run queries. Arbor Networks is at: 220 East Huron Street, 6th...

No, you didn't stumble on Bill's blog accidentally. Really, I'm going to Redmond! I’m heading off to Redmond on Sunday. Yes, Redmond. No, I do not typically develop on the Microsoft platform (at least not recently), but that’s the point of this conference. This is a conference...

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...