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May 2006 - Posts

• JavaOne 2006 - Day 4: Roundup

  Guess you must be wondering what Afterdark was like? It was nice, although less spectacular than I hoped for. The Mythbusters didn't do any insane things, like blowing up cement trucks. That was a pity. The t-shirt hurling compo was fun though with a Read More... Posted Saturday, May 20, 2006 12:23 AM by berte | 1 Comments

• JavaOne 2006 - Day 3: Busting myths...

  Ah well the conference is now also taking its toll upon me when I woke up this morning. But the thoughts of another long and interesting conference day ahead including the Afterdark Bash alleviated some of the scars. The Mythbusters, who have their own Read More... Posted Friday, May 19, 2006 7:24 AM by berte | 0 Comments

• JavaOne 2006 - Day 2: Madhouse...

  The Wednesday morning General Session is by Oracle. Oracle did a good show, you got to give 'em that. The story is rather convincing, but wait 'till you get to work with their software in real life. At least that is my personal opinion, but I encourage Read More... Posted Thursday, May 18, 2006 8:33 PM by berte | 0 Comments

• JavaOne 2006 - Meeting James Gosling

  Here's a quick picture of the roundtable we did with James Gosling, about half an hour ago. More on that, and a full conference day 2 report will follow later. Gotta run... Read More... Posted Wednesday, May 17, 2006 10:57 PM by berte | 0 Comments

• JavaOne 2006 - Day 1: Keynotes, pre-enrollment...and Mary

  Here we are...JavaOne 2006, day 1... Opening, as always, by John Gage. Some cliches, like the 'everybody is a Brazilian'-thing, but catchy. Off to the real stuff. Some guest appearances on stage; Ed Zander from Motorola and Marc Fleury (JBoss) wearing Read More... Posted Wednesday, May 17, 2006 8:36 AM by berte | 0 Comments

• JavaOne 2006 - Day 0: Pre Conference

  A little late, but better later than never. I've had some problems getting a wireless connection. The hotel I'm staying in houses so many Java geeks this week that the maximum amount of wireless connections is easily reached. I guess the same thing goes Read More... Posted Wednesday, May 17, 2006 7:46 AM by berte | 0 Comments

• Promotion!

  About two days ago I was appointed by Klaasjan Tukker (JUG lead) to serve in the NL-JUG Executive Committee. My first 'offical' act was to help judge the session proposals for the upcoming J-Spring 2006 conference. Tough job considering the large amount Read More... Posted Friday, May 12, 2006 11:39 AM by berte | 1 Comments

• JavaOne 2006 - Schedule Builder follow up...

  Location information in Schedule Builder is available as we speak. So repeat the whole procedure mentioned in the previous post to update your personal (vCal) schedule with location and room information. I also received a contribution from David Cooper: Read More... Posted Friday, May 12, 2006 10:22 AM by berte | 0 Comments