It doesn't seem like nearly 6 months ago when I mentioned that instead of a JUDCon preceding Summit as we've done in the past we'd have DevNation. Since then we've been looking at when and how to organise the new JUDCon and it was getting tricky to fit it in amongst the various conferences and workshops that also dot our collective landscape. One thing that we've always prided ourselves on is that JUDCon is "By Developers For Developers" and it has its roots in various larger project face-to-face meetings where we'd invite the communities to attend, give input and maybe listen to presentations. We still have those larger project meetings but we tend not to run them in the same way - not because we don't want to, but simply because JUDCon came along and made it easier to focus these kinds of things. So if we can't have a larger JUDCon at this time of year, why not go back to the original format? This is precisely what we've done this time around with JUDCon Boston 2014. It's a one day event being hosted just after the team meeting and with a focus this time on mobile, micro-presentations and a group hacking event not to be missed! If this is a success then I'd like to see us duplicate this if possible at many more such meetings around the world. If you're in or near Boston and want to come along, see the registration page!

Onward!