Foojay Podcast #35: Dublin JUG

Once a month in this podcast, we talk about the history of a Java User Group and the people behind it.

Today, we are traveling to Dublin to learn more about its Java community!

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Podcast (audio only)

Links

https://dubjug.org/

https://www.linkedin.com/groups/8513472/

https://www.facebook.com/groups/dubjug/

https://twitter.com/dubjug

https://www.youtube.com/@dubjug/videos?view=0&sort=dd&shelf_id=0

Guest: Barry Alistair

https://twitter.com/BarryAlistair

https://www.linkedin.com/in/barryalistair/ 

Podcast Host: Frank Delporte

https://foojay.social/@frankdelporte

https://twitter.com/FrankDelporte

Content

00:00 Introduction
00:47 History of the Dublin JUG
04:42 Motivation to organise the JUG
07:31 Playing trumpet as a side effect…
– Hornplayer: Maarten Mulders: https://ti.to/dublin-java-user-group/feb-2023-java-champion-maarten-mulders 
08:40 Only one bad memory (and it’s not Gerrit)
– Dr. Evil: https://jamesbond.fandom.com/wiki/Parodies_%26_Imitations?file=Dr._Evil_%28Austin_Powers%29.png 
11:41 Reason to invite conference speakers
14:29 Attracting new speakers, the goal for 2024
16:06 Impact of Covid on the Dublin Java community
23:01 Getting back to normal gradually…
24:39 Plans for 2024
26:33 “Don’t speak to the people you already know”
29:43 Call out to people who want to start a JUG
30:35 Cooperation with other Irish JUGs
31:50 Conclusions

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