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I’m just returned from @JCreteUnconf, which is an amazing unconference about Java-related technologies in the island of (you guessed) Crete. I’ve already described my previous attendance here. Both the people and the location makes every edition of JCrete an unforgettable event. Read more here …

  I will try to briefly describe my experience from jCrete 2019 in this post with the hope you will get some good impressions of the event. It was my first time attending an unconference after so many other (mostly Java-oriented) tech conferences over the last few years. An unconference is essentially a series of discussions… Continue reading JCrete® 2019 Trip Report by Martin Toshev

Wenn man als Unterkunft eins der Zimmer in der OAC (Orthodox Academy of Crete ) gebucht hat, wacht man jeden Morgen mit einer gigantischen Aussicht direkt aufs Meer auf. Die allgegenwärtigen Zikaden schlafen noch und man hört das Meer rauschen. Um 6:30 warten auf dem Hof vor dem Zimmer die zwei Läufergruppen. Egal bei wie viel… Continue reading JCrete® 2019: Ist das jetzt Urlaub oder Arbeit? (German) by Robin de Silva Jayasinghe

UOW!! What a glorious event! Yes, that’s the feeling after attending JCrete. I was lucky enough to get a place in this select and unique unconference that happened from the 14th to the 19th of July in the beautiful island of Crete. Although I never heard of this event until some months ago when they mentioned… Continue reading JCrete® 2019: The Magical Unconference by Juan Pablo Andrés Soca

I will not be able to do JCrete justice in this simple post, because, for me, the event was overwhelming. The people present there were incredibly knowledgeable and I felt humbled many times during the sessions. Initially, it was hard to “just go talk to them”. Later, I got out of my comfort zone and… Continue reading Horia Constantin’s JCrete® 2018 Report

Last July I had the opportunity to make three of my life dreams come true. First was taking a hike to Verliga dragonlake in Pindos, Greece. The second was watching Justice live which happened during We Are Electric festival in Holland. The third and most relative to this blog was attending JCrete unconference. During my 4 year professional experience as a… Continue reading Iakovos Nomikos’ JCrete® 2018 Report

As described on the web site: An Open Spaces Conference on an Island in the Mediterranean Sea But all attendees speak about it as an “unconference” in opposition as a traditional one. What is so different? No CFP, No speakers, No pre-planned agenda, Open Space Technology usage. In practice, when you arrive to JCrete you… Continue reading Jean-Philippe Bempel’s JCrete® 2018 Report

JCrete 2018 was my first unconference ever (Check out wikipedia to learn more about what’s an unconference). I really loved it, love the spirit, the quality of unparticipants, disorganizers who work hard for almost a year to welcome us as a family members, no sponsors, everything is crowdfunded, crowdsourced, self disorganized etc I’ve been attending… Continue reading Badr Elhouari’s JCrete® 2018 Report