Check it out. Josh Marinacci talks to Michael Cote from RIA weekly at the JavaFX lounge at SXSW. 

Don't know if you've heard but we helped kick off a little contest here at SXSW. At stake? 25K. The challenge? Design and submit a new application using JavaFX. Write Once, Screen Everwhere Baby! Mkay?

Trying to get a wireless signal this week has been harder than...than...than I don't know what. I've got tons of notes scribbled, typed, drafts saved, etc. So look for post-sxsw blogs to start popping up next week. With photos! 

Until then? SXSW Tweets: Set 3!

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The Web Awards were held last night at SXSW. The winners were picked from a pool of sites either launched or re-launched in 2008. Drumroll please....[Read More]

SXSW FX Team Tweets to #javafx_sxsw:

1. maybeimright is SXSW'ing...And getting excited about our party at red eye fly! #javafx_sxsw about 2 hours ago from
2. sircoolio today I've got plenty of #SXSW meetings in the #javafx_sxsw booth and around the show about 7 hours ago from
3. joshmarinacci Attendance at the booth definitely went up when we brought out the beer. #javafx_sxsw #javafx about 19 hours ago from
4. jeffhuber Demos and free beer at the SXSW JavaFX app lounge. Drop by and say Hi! #javafx_SXSW (via @sunchic) about 21 hours ago from
5. sunchic Express Yourself on our JavaFX board! Question: what app would you develop for $25k? #javafx_SXSW about 21 hours ago from
6. sunchic Demos and free beer at the SXSW JavaFX app lounge. Drop by and say Hi! #javafx_SXSW about 21 hours ago from
7. maybeimright Come by our booth for some beer! #javafx_sxsw about 22 hours ago from
8. _intellichick_ join us at the sxsw block party! #javafx_sxsw about 22 hours ago from
9. joshmarinacci Chillin at the energy lounge #JavaFX_sxsw about 22 hours ago from
10. sunchic our SXSW block party has officially begun! Come by the JavaFX booth.#javafx_sxsw about 22 hours ago from
11. joshmarinacci #JavaFX_SXSW tesing our new party app about 22 hours ago from
12. maybeimright hanging out in the JavaFX booth at #sxsw... relaxing before the next wave of craziness comes in. #javafx_sxsw about 24 hours ago from
13. _intellichick_ At the JavaFX Booth. Right by the entrance on the show floor. Come by and see us. Now or tonight at the Block Party! #javafx_sxsw #sxsw 1 day ago from
14. joshmarinacci #sxsw #javafx_sxsw Better furniture arrived, the booth is revamped, my new party app is on display. Come and check it, by the front door 1 day ago from
15. joshmarinacci Guinness. You are my friend. #JavaFX_SXSW #sxsw 1 day ago from

More later, tater!~

Had the opportunity to talk to an amazing group of folks who happen to be across from us on the trade show floor. Knowbility.org is committed to accessibility for all. A non-profit company, Knowbility serves people with disabilities, the family of people with disabilities, and all other committed to ensuring equal access for all. I was drawn to the booth because of a series of web properties that they were showing. They were very visually appealing. I asked what they were doing and that's when they told me about the work they do and the fact that they were asking for votes on the web properties displayed. All of them were built with accessibility in mind and all of them were beautiful...proving that one doesn't have to live without the other.

With 55 million Americans (and 750 million worldwide) living with disabilities, accessibility shouldn't be something that comes as a second-thought, and after-thought, or a non-thought. And accessibility isn't just for people with disabilities. Research shows that two out of three technology users benefit from accessible design. Something I hope y'all will keep in mind as you develop the next great web property.

Left my house at 5am. To get to San Jose. For a 11am flight. Now, in my defense, I live many many many miles away from San Jose. Whole counties away. And I wanted to be sure I had plenty of time in case there were any snaffus or long lines or traffic out the wazoo, etc. etc. Needless to say I find myself checked in, at the gate, on my laptop at 8:43am. Again, for a 11am flight. I guess I take better safe than sorry to the nth degree.

In less than 24 hours I'll be in Austin and starting my SXSW 2009 experience. We have a jam-packed schedule of JavaFX goodness to execute. We've got a lot shakin', but if you are at SXSW please check out the following activities:[Read More]