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<body>Josh Bloch always has fun with these<br><br>Carl<br>> fyi<br>> <br>> ________________________________<br>> From: Kristen Hofstetter [mailto:khofstetter@google.com]<br>> Sent: Wednesday, June 20, 2007 3:41 PM<br>> To: Jared Roberts<br>> Subject: Google's Josh Bloch - Java Puzzlers TechTalk<br>> <br>> <br>> Google Pittsburgh presents our second annual Java Puzzlers TechTalk<br>> with Josh Bloch!<br>> <br>> When: Thursday, June 28th, 5:30 pm- 7:30 pm (Doors open at 5:30pm,<br>> talk starts at 6pm)<br>> <br>> Where: 4720 Forbes Avenue, Lower Level of the Collaborative Innovation<br>> Center (details below)<br>> <br>> Josh Bloch presents yet another installment in the continuing saga of<br>> Java Puzzlers, consisting of eight more programming puzzles for your<br>> entertainment and enlightenment. The game show format keeps you on<br>> your toes while the puzzles teach you about the subtleties of the Java<br>> programming language and its core libraries. Anyone with a working<br>> knowledge of the language will be able to understand the puzzles, but<br>> even the most seasoned veterans will be challenged. The lessons you<br>> take from this session are directly applicable to your programs and<br>> designs. Some of the jokes may even be funny.<br>> <br>> Bio: Joshua Bloch is Chief Java Architect at Google, author of the<br>> bestselling, Jolt Award-winning "Effective Java" (Addison-Wesley,<br>> 2001), and coauthor of "Java Puzzlers: Traps, Pitfalls, and Corner<br>> Cases" (Addison-Wesley, 2005). He was previously a Distinguished<br>> Engineer at Sun Microsystems, where he led the design and<br>> implementation of numerous Java platform features including JDK 5.0<br>> language enhancements and the Java Collections Framework. He holds a<br>> Ph.D. in Computer Science from Carnegie-Mellon University and a B.S.<br>> in Computer Science from Columbia.<br>> <br>> Details: The Collaborative Innovation Center has an internal parking<br>> garage accessible from Neville Avenue (intersection of 5th Ave and<br>> Neville); another option includes parking at the Carnegie Museum and<br>> then walking across the bridge towards the CMU campus.<br>> <br>> Directions to the Collaborative Innovation Center:<br>> http://www.cs.cmu.edu/~awm/cic<br>> <br>> Light refreshment to be served. Space is limited, so registration<br>> prior to the event is required. Please confirm your seat by emailing<br>> us: rsvp-pit@google.com<br>> <br>> We look forward to seeing you there!<br>> -Your friends at Google<br><br /><hr />Make every IM count. Download Windows Live Messenger and join the i’m Initiative now. It’s free. <a href='http://im.live.com/messenger/im/home/?source=TAGWL_June07' target='_new'>Make it count!</a></body>
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