Jakub Korab

Category: jug

  • If we can do this, anything is possible

    Holy cow. We did it! Three months ago a couple of guys in a bar were talking about how cool it would be to do a Java conference in Dublin. Many sleepless nights and countless emails later, 350 people attended the inaugural IJTC! The response was overwhelming. We had a world class lineup, the logistics…

  • Opening night

    Yesterday’s event worked out really well. We had about 100 people in the theater take part in opening evening. My welcome speech was nothing to be worried about – I forgot half of what I was going to say, but that’s OK – it just gives me some opening words this morning. Joel’s keynote presentation…

  • Tonight is the night!

    I am about to head off to the IJTC. It’s an incredible feeling to know that we have managed to put together a conference in only 3 months! We are expecting well over 200 delegates this evening, and even though I am MCing the event this evening, I am not in the least bit nervous.…

  • More IJTC speaker confirmations

    Just received word this evening that another couple of big speakers have confirmed for the Irish Java Technologies Conference. It is a fantastic feeling when everything come together and falls into place 🙂 We are going to be put on a fantastic conference programme here in Dublin and I think people are going to be…

  • IJTC Update

    Having formally started inviting individual speakers for the ITJC last week we have been absolutely amazed at the response. What seemed as one of the major challenges for us upfront, has really turned out to be a nice surprise! The response has been fantastic and our speaker slots are filling up quickly, with presentations on…

  • The Dublin JUG is gone from Meetup.com… to Dubjug.org!

    I just stepped down as organizer of the Dublin JUG on meetup.com, thereby setting it on a path to automatic deletion. It has been a great trip, and I hope that the JUG will continue to receive the same sort of support as we move to our new home at dubjug.org I’m feeling kind of…

  • New Dublin JUG site coming soon

    Coinciding with our work on the IJTC conference, scheduled for early November, the Dublin JUG will soon be moving off Meetup. This is in order to provide a more complete service to our group members, such as blog rolls, wiki, conference content and group planning. New logo, site, content… An exciting and busy time. Watch…

  • Announcing the Irish Java Technologies Conference

    In early November, the Dublin Java Users Group along with IrishDev will be hosting the first of what I hope will be many major Java events here in Dublin. The one day Irish Java Technologies Conference aims to deliver the same caliber of content as the larger Java conferences, with an Irish slant, right to…

  • Upcoming Events at the Dublin JUG

    At Tuesday’s regular monthly JUG meetup, I put forward some ideas of the sort of stuff that I’m going to be pushing in order to make the JUG more valuable to our members. Master classes – a 2-3 hour session for 20 people max that explains how to use one technology properly. Eg. how to…

  • Dublin JUG June Meetup Synopsis

    So you wanted to know what exactly gets covered at the Dublin JUG meetups? Here's a quick, edited stream of collective consciousness from last night: JBoss guys doing talk in London – Mark Proctor, JBoss Rules.Sun Microsystems HQ might be an idea for presentations. Topics that might be covered in a Rules, JBoss, Hibernate, Spring..Net…