Wednesday Apr 08, 2009
Earlier this week, I blogged about the Java FX Coding Challenge and special categories for students. Today, I'm happy to promote another great opportunity that has opened up for student developers.
Jazoon09 is a great Java developer event and will take place in Zurich, Switzerland from 22 to 25 June 2009. Jazoon Rookie is billed as Europe's first Young Java Developer Speaker's Competition. Students compete for the opportunity to deliver a 20 minute technical talk at Jazoon09 with their conference fees and travel expenses paid via the competition.
To enter the competition, students must record a part of their talk on video and submit it by 23 April 2009. The top 3 Jazoon Rookies will be invited to Jazoon'09, where they present their
20 minutes talk and compete for the Jazoon Rookie Cup.
Special thanks to the conference organizers for extending the Jazoon Rookie submission deadline.
Wednesday Oct 29, 2008
Sun announced the Open Source University Meetup (OSUM - pronounced "awesome") today at EduCause so I thought I'd share a few thoughts with you. If you're interested in an audio version, you can check the OSUM segment on Sun News Radio.
OSUM is a global community of students that are passionate about Free and Open Source Software (FOSS) and how it is Changing (Y) Our World. Before you ask, this is not a typo. We say that FOSS can Change Your World because it opens up great new opportunities for student learning, collaboration and career advancement. We say it can Change Our World because FOSS promotes digital freedoms, opportunities and innovation that benefits our global community. Hence, Change (Y) Our World. We call it a ‘Meet-up to encourage collaboration between student groups to create an even stronger open source community. I'll be blogging later on the Change (Y) Our World theme.
The OSUM Community lives online and on hundreds of university campuses around the world. These OSUM Clubs work to educate students about the benefits of FOSS. OSUM Clubs typically conduct monthly meetings through which they provide technical demonstrations of open source software and conduct hands-on labs and student projects. They also inform students about about free students resources such as the Sun Academic Initiative (SAI) which offers online web courses so that students can get trained and certified to prepare them for new careers in the IT industry.
The OSUM Community is also a social networking site that enables all of the OSUM Clubs to connect with tens of thousand student developers to learn, share and collaborate as a community. OSUM members also have fun making friends with other coders with the same passion for FOSS.
All students coders are invited to join this global social networking community and connect to thousands of students from around the world. Just go to osum.sun.com, register and get started with Changing (Y) Our World.
Tuesday Oct 28, 2008
Nuestra Comunidad OSUM sigue creciendo en todo el mundo! Hoy, me complace reconocer OSUM dos nuevos Clubes en Chile que se han sumado al Club Siglos- OSUM clubes con 100 o más miembros. El OSUM Clubes en la Universidad Técnica Federico Santa María y la Universidad de Concepción superó cada uno de los 100 miembros marca el día de hoy.
Como ustedes saben, es nuestra tradición en la Comunidad OSUM de adjudicación de la primera OSUM Club en cada país que se une al Club Siglo con una Pizza Meetup (Fiesta) para celebrar este importante ocasión. En este caso, hemos tenido dos OSUM Clubes de Chile llegar a los 100 miembros de marca dentro de una hora el uno del otro. Por lo tanto, Sun se complace de conceder OSUM cada Club con una Fiesta de Pizza.
Gran trabajo Universidad Tecnica Federico Santa y la Universidad de Concepción OSUM. Que se diviertan en su Pizza Party!
Saludos,
Gary
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Our OSUM Community continues to grow around the world! Today, I am pleased to recognize two new OSUM Clubs in Chile that have joined the Century Club - OSUM Clubs with 100 or more members. The OSUM Clubs at the Universidad Tecnica Federico Santa Maria and the Universidad de Concepción each surpassed the 100 member mark today.
As you know, it is our tradition in the OSUM Community to award the first OSUM Club in each country that joins the Century Club with a Pizza Meetup (Party) to celebrate this important milestone. In this case, we had two OSUM Clubs from Chile reach the 100 member mark within an hour of each other. Therefore, Sun is pleased to award each OSUM Club with a Pizza Party.
Great job Universidad Tecnica Federico Santa and Universidad de Concepción OSUM. Have fun at your Pizza Party!
Saludos,
Gary
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