Category: jug

I think it’s fair to say that I have worked in a few places during my time in IT. The same issues, problems, discussions seem to pop up all the time. One of my biggest annoyances is that the moment a dependency is added into a development project, it’s cast in concrete. Getting rid of…

Ahmed Hashim from the Egypt JUG wrote an excellent post a while back about how to run a successful JUG. Great post, I'll probably use it as a checklist. http://egjug.org/hashimblog/2006/10/14/how-to-make-a-successful-java-user-group/ Since posting last week on the name change I have been approached with offers of sponsorship, as well as help from other JUGs. Greatly appreciated.

The people have spoken. The Dublin Java Meetup Group is now officially changing its name to the Dublin Java Users Group. I’ve been going over ideas for pushing the JUG ahead over the coming months. So far pie in the sky stuff, but you have to have an agenda:– meetups (of course – the forum…

Over the coming months I’m going to be relaunching the Java Meetup that I organize. Hopefully rebranding it to a JUG will get a few more eyeballs on the group’s activities as it expands from a monthly drinks and discussion format. Some of the ideas I’m hoping to try out are coding workshops and perhaps…