Java is the most exciting and dynamic software development platform on this planet. The lingua franca of the software industry, dynamic languages, rich multimedia, awesome scalability, desktop, server and mobile and embedded. We want to encourage and help the next generation of Ireland's programmers by working together with colleges to provide students with insight into the Java ecosystem and perspectives on life after school. Students, lecturers, come down to the JUG meetup next and have a chat to us about how we can help, or email me at jakub dot korab at dubjug dot dot org (remove redundant dots :) ). This month we will be doing heaps of giveaways from JavaOne as well as drawing a signed copy of "Effective Java" by Java Champion and all round nice guy Joshua Bloch. Know anyone in college in Dublin who might be interested? Pass it on!