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.

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