Well, it's a new year of fun and excitement, and time to get back into the Java! So, a few thoughts: (1) Who is in the office, and who is not? More specifically, who is able to attend the Java discussions, and who would like to, but can't? We're still planning for Thursday lunchtime meetings, every second week. (2) The next topic needs a speaker! We may have already lined one up at the last meeting, but if we did, I've forgotten who it was. Would Rob (or someone else with The Book) please let us know what the next topic is titled? If we don't have a volunteer speaker, someone will be chosen at random (heh heh). (3) We started this group with the following goals: (i) to learn about Java, and (ii) to become certified in it. Now, it's become clear that most of us only think about the whole Java thing for about an hour and a half each fortnight, which is a bit sad, really. So, maybe we need new approaches to this stuff. One suggestion is that we look into that java robot war thing that was around a little while back. The idea there is that people code up their own little robots, then pit them against one another in a server environment. Programming and gratuitous violence - what more could you want? Anyway, let's get the ball rolling again! - - - Sven Abrahamsson Senior Consultant Collaborative Solutions Team Dialog Information Technology 8 Gardner Close, Milton, Qld, 4064 Phone: 3247 1000 Mobile: 0402 067 220 Email: sven_abrahamsson@xxxxxxxxxxxxx ========================= Dialog JIG! Mailing List: To subscribe/unsubscribe send an email to dialogjig-request@xxxxxxxxxxxxx with 'subscribe' or 'unsubscribe' in the Subject field. List Archive: //www.freelists.org/archives/dialogjig/ FAQ: email dialogjig-request@xxxxxxxxxxxxx with 'faq' in the subject field