Mastodawn

Java is over 30 years old – and still feels alive. #JCON USA @ #IBMTechXchange showed that the heart of #Java is its people. @richard Fichtner tells the story behind the sessions, faces, and friendships.

Full article: https://javapro.io/2025/12/24/code-collaboration-community/

@jcon_conference #JCON2025 #IBM

JAVAPRO Jan 16

Want to grow your Java career beyond code? #Community, visibility, and real connections matter more than ever. @richard Fichtner on how #JCON USA turned #IBMTechXchange into a true #Java home.

#JavaCareers @jcon_conference #JCON2025 @IBM #IBM

JAVAPRO Dec 27

#Java isn’t just surviving – it’s connecting worlds. At #JCON USA inside #IBMTechXchange, #Community-driven Java met enterprise scale. @RichardFichtner reports why this collaboration felt authentic, not corporate.

Worth a read: https://javapro.io/2025/12/24/code-collaboration-community/

#JCON2025 @jcon_conference

Richard Fichtner Oct 15

Last week at JCON USA @ IBM TechXchange, I had the chance to talk about Java User Groups (JUG) and share the stage with my friend Bruno Souza.

There is a JUG near you. Check out this map: https://dev.java/community/jugs/ and join a JUG!

#IBMTechXchange

Elizabeth K. Joseph Oct 14

There were a lot of fun things about #IBMTechXchange 2025 last week, but one of my favorites was our "Doom Takeover" at the Monday evening expo hall party. Instead of running our demos, I just had people logging into an IBM #LinuxONE #mainframe and playing Freedoom over VNC #Doom 😁

Working on documentation for a whole matrix of support (client vs. server OSes), stay tuned!

dalelane Oct 11

One of the neat new ideas from #IBMTechXchange this year was that we got water bottles with a Blockbusters-style grid of hexagons on it. Each activity at the event gave a different sticker - so the encouragement to explore was customizing a bottle instead of ticking off items on a list.

dalelane Oct 10

I made the most out of being in Orlando for #IBMTechXchange and stayed on an extra day - which I'm spending in the Kennedy Space Center.

I'm so glad I did - the tech and engineering is seriously impressive, but the pervasive sense of ambition and determination here is kind of inspiring.

Ivar Grimstad Oct 10

Starting the journey home after #IBMTechXchange

MCO ✈️ ATL ✈️ CPH

Ivar Grimstad Oct 9

IBM TechXchange 2025 is a wrap! It was a great event with the Java track organized by JCON. Read about it here

#JakartaEE #EclipseFoundation #IBMTechXchange #runWithJakartaEE

https://www.agilejava.eu/2025/10/10/ibm-techxchange-2025/

IBM TechXChange 2025

This was my second time speaking at IBM TechXchange. First time was at the inaugural event in 2023 located in Las Vegas with around 2000 attendees. At this year’s event in Orlando, it had gro…

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dalelane Oct 9

My work at #IBMTechXchange is complete! I gave four presentations, spoke on four panel discussions, ran a few instructor-led labs, had a dozen formal organised customer meetings and countless other informal meetings. It's been a great, but exhausting week! https://dalelane.co.uk/blog/?p=5659