# Foojay Podcast #6: Welcome to Foojay!

> Let's look back and what has happened on Foojay during the last 2,5 years and talk to some of the people behind the project.

- URL: https://foojay.io/today/foojay-podcast-6/
- Published: 2022-10-24
- Authors: A N M Bazlur Rahman, Frank Delporte, Geertjan Wielenga, Roy Wasse
- Categories: Foojay, Podcast


In this episode of the Foojay Podcast, we want to give you a look behind the **curtains of Foojay.io**.

The very first post on the website dates from **April 25th in 2020,** and it was by Geertjan Wielenga.

Let's look back and what has happened on Foojay during the **2,5 years** since that first post, and talk to some of the **people** behind the project.

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## Podcast Apps

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* [Spotify](https://open.spotify.com/show/6CpTfgn9LirzJGAtc4ICdQ)
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* And most others...

## Guests

* [**Geertjan Wielenga**](https://twitter.com/GeertjanW) (Azul)
* [**A N M Bazlur Rahman**](https://twitter.com/bazlur_rahman) (Contrast Security)
* [**Roy Wasse**](https://twitter.com/roywasse) (OpenValue)

## Podcast host

* [**Frank Delporte**](https://twitter.com/FrankDelporte) (Azul)

## Content

0'00 Short intro and music  

0'15 Introduction about Foojay.io  

0'38 Introduction of the guests and host  

1'35 What is Foojay all about?  

3'00 About the Foojay content and contributors  

5'40 About the Foojay Slack - <https://foojay.io/today/join-slack-com-t-foojay-signup/>  

6'50 How to submit content to Foojay - <https://foojay.io/today/how-to-submit-your-next-article-on-foojay-io/>  

10'40 How writing on Foojay could lead to a new job  

13'25 Why OpenValue is contributing to Foojay  

15'30 Foojay is a website controlled by the people who contribute to it  

16'10 About the advisory board - <https://foojay.io/board/>   

19'28 The role of the moderator   

21'06 Foojay wants to be a network builder within the Java community  

23'00 About the additional functionalities in the Foojay WordPress system  

23'40 All the activities related to Foojay, e.g. JConf  

24'40 Certification program, an upcoming feature in Foojay  

32'25 Other plans for the near future: forum, improved calendar, event information,...  

36'00 Going broader, everything related to OpenJVM  

36'20 About the Java community  

36'55 Foojay wants to keep things simple  

38'08 Call to more companies to join the Advisory Board  

38'30 Join Foojay to make new friends!