three things to talk about today:
1. My new favorite blogger
2. Getting on your calendar
3. Working mother's answer to Dave Barry
let's get right to it.
1. Please join me in congratulating
Geoff Arnold, who is my new
favorite blogger.
Geoff was
picked among thousands of bloggers out there on the unwashed Internet
because he's smart. And entertaining. And he was among the very
first to
ever talk about me in his blog after
i
talked about him in mine. (We call that cross-pollination in the
biz). Please take a look at
Geoff's
blog. Bookmark. Shift, Reload.
2. Get out your calendars people. I'm about to give you something to
look forward to (all this stuff is free; tell them Mary sent you):
Upcoming
Java Live Chats
Sept. 14 11:00 A.M. PDT/6:00 P.M. UTC:
Java
BluePrints for Service Oriented Architecture Guests: Inderjeet
Singh, Sean Brydon, and Sameer Tyagi
Sept. 28 11:00 A.M. PDT/6:00 P.M. UTC:
java.net
Guests: John Bobowicz and Chris Cheline
Oct. 12 11:00 A.M. PDT/6:00 P.M. UTC:
New
Language Features in J2SE 5.0 Guests: Scott Seligman, Joe Darcy,
and Peter von der Ahé
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Opteron and x86: Raising the
Standard on Industry Standards
Find out why there is very little 'standard' about Sun's new
industry-standard servers and workstations. Join John Fowler, EVP of
Sun's Network Systems Group for a 60-minute live Q&A session.
Together with a panel of Sun experts, he'll answer your questions
regarding Sun's low cost, high performance Opteron systems. See who's
on the expert
panel with John....
 Register
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Thursday, Sept. 9th
10-11 a.m. PDT
1-2 p.m. EDT
6-7 p.m. GMT
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Fast Track to Solaris 10 Adoption: Dynamic File System
Find out how new Dynamic File System technology in the Solaris 10 OS
can radically reduce your administrative chores by automating common
tasks, dramatically improve data reliability, and deliver 16 billion
billion times more capacity than current file systems.
Register
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Wednesday, Sept. 15th
10-11 a.m. PDT
1-2 p.m. EDT
6-7 p.m. GMT
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Fast Track to Solaris 10 Adoption: Security
Explore
the groundbreaking security fortifications in the Solaris 10 OS,
including Process Rights Management, Cryptographic Infrastructure, and
N1 Grid Containers, and how these technologies take the industry
leading Solaris security capabilities to an entirely new level of
assurance.
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Wednesday, Oct. 20th
10-11 a.m. PDT
1-2 p.m. EDT
6-7 p.m. GMT
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Fast Track to Solaris 10 Adoption: 64-Bit Performance
Ask
your own questions on how expanded support for 64-bit computing in the
Solaris 10 OS lets you take advantage of the exceptional performance of
64-bit applications, while protecting your investments in 32-bit
technology with seamless binary compatibility.
Register
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Wednesday, Nov. 17th
10-11 a.m. PDT
1-2 p.m. EDT
6-7 p.m. GMT
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3. It has come to my attention that some
influential people are reading this blog. This baffles me. But it's an
opportunity that we will not squander. So if you are a person of
influence, please start talking me up in your publishing circles. I
would make an excellent columnist -- a working mother's answer to Dave
Barry. You pull some strings for me. And I'll see what i can do
to hook you up with some free stuff.
with love and best wishes,
mary