On December 10, 2008, Linda and I did a BOF at Devoxx. BOF came from the phrase Birds of a feather flock together. BOFs are perfect for gathering a group of people who care about a certain topic. At our BOF, about 30 women and a few guys gathered to hear about Duchess and to [...]

As I mentioned in my own blog-post I’am the lucky one who won the free devoxx tickets, Yay! I also wrote in the same post:
I’am a bit behind on the recap though
I made lots of notes and decided to write some posts about the most interesting session I attended, this will include:
XP loops, [...]

Hello Duchesses,
This 4rd Duchess newsletter is to announce our upcoming events, general announcements and recap our past events.
Table of Contents

Event: Duchess dinner after J-Fall - November 12, 2008
Event: Duchess Talk at Devoxx - December 10, 2008
Announcement: One free Devoxx pass (university + conference) - December 8-12, 2008
Event: Introduction to Agile by Michael Franken (AgileHolland) - [...]

Clara and Linda will give a presentation at Devoxx in Antwerp about Duchess and the issues involving women in IT. Last time we did this at the Benelux jBoss meeting, it turned into a nice discussion. So if you’re going to Devoxx, please drop by.
More info on the Devoxx site at http://devoxx.com/display/JV08/BOF+Day+3.

http://www.javoxx.org/display/JV08/Home
JavaPolis? Javoxx? Devoxx! Does it need any more explanation? It’s the largest Java Convention in Europe. Two days of university sessions, three days of conference. The biggest hotshots of the community come to either talk or just sniff around. And you can be there as well.
Duchess (i.e. Clara and Linda) will probably give a BOF [...]