Laughs for your summer vacation

27 Things Only Developers Will Find Funny:
http://www.buzzfeed.com/lukelewis/28-things-only-developers-will-find-funny

Win a free pass to Oracle Open World at Java One Conference

The Oracle Academy is conducting a drawing for students to win a free pass to Oracle Open World and Java One in San Francisco, which takes place September 22-26.

Oracle Open World and Java One is Oracle's premiere annual conference for technical professionals to meet and learn the latest trends in IT.  Here is the link to the drawing:
https://academy.oracle.com/pls/html/f?p=31000:92:0::::P92_EVENT_DRAWING_ID:9358

Design Thinking Workshop at SAP Labs

Are you a developer?  Are you a Computer Science, Mathematics, or Statistics major?  Are you a techie interested in Big Data, Analytics, or Data Visualization?   If so, SAP would like to invite you to a Design Thinking Workshop at SAP Labs in Palo Alto (3475 Deer Creek Avenue) on Monday, July 15, 2013, from 10am until 1pm (lunch will be served).  The goal of the workshop is to understand and address some of the branding issues that SAP has with young developers.  You will be interviewed at the event and contacted during the following weeks to validate the prototypes that were created during the workshop.  Your valuable input will help SAP define programs, events, and other offerings for developers like you.

If interested, please send an email to Gigi Read (gigi.read@sap.com) or Hester Hilbrecht (hester.hilbrecht@sap.com).