Yesterday, I’ve been talking on Java messaging at the Philly Java User’s group. Up till yesterday, I was sure that NYC has the best JUG, but now I’m not so sure…

I was pleasantly surprised to see more than a 100 members gathered in a large corporate cafeteria equipped with multiple TV monitors mirroring my PowerPoint slides. I brought a box of JDJ magazines, the group leader Dave Fecak has started with raffling off a dozen of free O’Reilly books, and then was my turn. I really enjoyed talking to this audience. After talking in front of many groups, I can feel when people appreciate/understand/participate in the talk. Let me tell you: Philadelphia has top notch Java professionals! And my kudos to Dave for promoting Java, finding speakers, sponsors and bringing so many people together. Here ‘s the feedback I’ve received from Dave: “Yakov, I just wanted to say thanks for taking the time to come and present to our group – the feedback I have received so far has been very good and I expect I will get much more in the coming
days. Someone already said you were the ‘best ever’ and we’ve had about
30 meetings in our 5 years! “.

Now I’m also thinking of creating yet another Java Users Group either in NYC or in NJ. If someone is willing to be a sponsor (for now, just a meeting room and a projector) please let me know (yakov@weekendwithexperts.com). I’m a big proponent of Java Users Groups and would like to contribute even more.