Well, so, there it is. Sun.com's new look. A project that's consumed my life for that last few months. Martin gives a pretty good overview of the changes, complete with some nice screenshots. It was an amazing effort, with numerous people involved. The launch process was also fascinating (much like air traffic patterns) - swirling seemingly countless random pieces suddenly synchronizing and lining up on the runway. There was a calm voice ticking off the launch sequence, and equally calm confirmations from various parties. "Light that candle!", and then there was the moment when a voice said "we are live" followed by a moment where everyone was hitting shift-reload. An excited "there it is!" followed by more confirmations as all those random pieces took off again and headed off to the ether. It's really more complicated that that - but you get the idea. The launch process went very well.

Someone asked me if I was nervous. No, not really. I'm surrounded by very smart people who know what they are doing. Another person remarked "you have this launch process down to a science." I'll point again to those very smart people.

Well, so, there it is. I hope you like it.

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Published: (2005-05-04 17:04:32.0)