It’s that time of the year again. I was walking down the streets of Amsterdam last night and everybody was sitting outside. It’s the first hot day of the year and that’s when everybody gets out of their houses and starts drinking beer in the streets.

Java Meetup
It reminded that I still had to pick a date for the next Java Meetup. Last two editions were pretty successful, although the bar I picked the last time was kind of small and we got kicked out because of some private party that started at 10 or something. Anyway:

The next Amsterdam Java Meetup
is scheduled for June 30th
Location: to be announced
Time: 6pm

I still have to find a good location that will hold 50+ people without having to reserve anything. Please don’t hesitate to take anyone with you that’s faintly familiar with the term Java. After having a beer or two, it doesn’t matter anymore whether or not you know the difference between a public and private method anyway. No technical presentations, just a drink with some fellow Java developers. The first couple of rounds are free (yes, free as in beer), so don’t be late. Check back here later on for the location.

You can leave a comment here if you want to join, but just dropping by is okay too.

SpringOne update
In somewhat more than a month, Interface21 and BeJUG are hosting SpringOne, a conference targeted at J2EE developers with numerous big names in the industry giving interesting talks. Today we had some good news, both Google and GigaSpaces confirmed their sponsorship. Other sponsors include Chess IT, Symantec and BEA. Let’s hope they have some nice goodies to give away ;-).