Explicitly and without apology a marketing vehicle MaryMaryQuiteContrary

Last week I presented to Jonathan Schwartz -- Sun's CEO.

Today:

#1: I run into Sun Federal's President Bill Vass.

#2. I take a picture of Sun's Chairman of the Board and Founder Scott McNealy (and he takes one back :-)

(not as goofy in real life as he looks in that picture.) 

#3: I had lunch with Sun's new CTO of Web 2.0 -- Chris Melissinos who takes on this role in addition to his Chief Gaming Officer role.

Details here: 

SOOOOOO much to tell you about.

So little time.

(it's crazy busy. my rear end is on fire, people. i'm in complete purplexity as to why it hasn't started shrinking.) 

I'll give you the full de-brief on my big day (complete with pictures) later tonight when I've got a minute.

I wanted to give you the quick update now though.

I was in danger of poping from excitement if I had kept it all in any longer.

:-)

mary


 

My birthday was yesterday. 

(not telling)

It was glorious! I'm the luckiest woman alive, let's just put it that way.

You'll never guess what my favorite present was.

The Boston Globe.

In the November 26 edition of the Boston Globe is a Q&A with Sun's VP of Eco-Responsiblity Dave Douglas.

The print edition has his picture.

The Dave Douglas. The same Dave Douglas who was featured in a recent YouTube sighting.... 

 

.... along with other ranking execs that I find myself in the loop with thanks to this new acting job.) 

Can you even believe it?

On my birthday.

sweet.

:-)

mary

 

My mom always used to tell me that.

(Of course, she never likes the friends that I choose, but that's a whole different story.)

:-)

The thing is... as I've gotten older... it's not so much about friends -- it's about priorities.

It's about choosing your priorities, and not letting them be chosen for you.

I know a guy who's really good at this.

And one of my new favorite bloggers...

 

... just penned some thoughts on this very topic.

(Which Sun's CEO Jonathan Schwartz publically commented on, btw, among other notable great thinkers.)

wink, wink.

Check it out. It's worth a read.

It reminded me of this book my friend Andrew Shikiar gave me when my first child was born -- Tuesdays with Morrie.

Anyway... it's something to think about this cloudy Monday afternoon...

mary

p.s. I'm not at all good at it. Ask the people that love me. They'll tell you that. It's a lot easier said than done. It's a constant struggle. You rob the people you love most in the world of your time and attention because they're the ones who forgive you for it. Until one day, they stop. There is an absolute certainty at the end of this road if you stay on it -- one day, they'll stop forgiving you for it. And it will all come down like a house of cards.

Lucky for me -- for all of us -- every day is an opportunity to course-correct. :-)

The work we did earlier this month with the UN Global Youth Leadership Summit is featured on the front page of Sun.com. 

 

It's a zip-a-dee-do-da-day today, people.

Techno Celeb Sighting and New Favorite Blogger all in the same day.

We start by looking at the Navel of Narcissus.

And there we discover Josh Simons.

Who is a Distinguished Engineer.

Techno Celeb Sighting!

But wait a minute, Josh is my new favorite blogger.

(It was good while it lasted, Adam. :-) 

His coverage of Supercomputing '06 was awesome!

Complete with pictures!

 love it, love it, love it.

mary

p.s. have you noticed that I'm on a roll with the techno celeb sightings? Tis the season to be jolly, people. :-) 

Warning.

We are about to engage in one of my all-time favorite past-times: Techno Celeb Sightings.

The videos you are about to see are real, unedited and intended for mature audiences.

:-)

Let's get to it!

Hal Stern...

...and....



Greg Papadopoulos.

Both in the same day.

Not bad, eh?

:-)

mary

Live footage.

Project Blackbox. 

:-)

mary

p.s. I know, I know... I can't help it. I just like to live on the edge.

p.p.s. Don't tell my kids. They already think I'm a bad driver. I'd never hear the end of it.

 

I'd like to introduce you to my new favorite blogger.. 

The father of Java James Gosling talks about Sun's open sourcing of the Java SE and Java ME platform implementations.

Shannon Lynch, senior director, Mobile and Embedded Platforms, talks about the Java ME Platform.

"You know, most of the big questions that people would think of (about open sourcing the Java platform) that would keep me up at night actually don't," Gosling said.  

good stuff.

mary
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I had a really, really big day today, people. 

 

We all did.

 Settle in. I've got a lot to tell you about.

Start paging down.

You won't be disappointed.

:-)

mary 

I know we don't really get into a lot of details about my acting job. 

But I do have something that I'd like to share with you on that front.

As part of my acting job, I got to present to these people today:

 

:-)

Good day.

Really good day.

:-)

mary
 

It's been ten years that I've been at Sun. Ten years since I was hired at Sun to do PR for the Java platform. 

What an incredible ride.

I was going down memory lane as I drove to Santa Clara for the big launch event today.

When I got there I saw Christina...

 

... and that sent me down short term memory lane to Shanghai. If you ever go to Shanghai, you want to make sure you go with Christina. Ru-Pei-Pei and foot massages. We digress. We've got something even better than pearls to talk about today...

 I ran into Damien. He is a lawyer. I know him from the JavaSoft days back in CUP01.

 

Well, he used to be a lawyer but now he's a big hot shot around here and so I like to think of him as an attorney.

:-)

I also saw Jean, who's in charge of marketing for the Java platform...

 

... and she used to be my boss. What a huge, huge day for everyone... especially all these guys who are part of the old gang, including...

 

Eric and Vineet. I love those guys.

I quick snuck outside to share my perspective on the announcements today...

... and as you may have noticed, I've gone completely mad with the digital video recorder and YouTube. :-)

But my favorite part of the day (from a memory lane perspective) was when I ran into Curtis later in the day in Menlo Park.

 

I was talking to him about how I vividly rember the day that he presented the business case for the editions of the platform -- Micro Edition, Standard Edition, Enterprise Edition. We were talking about that and he reminded me of Sizzle.

Rember Sizzle????

I'm going pre-JCP days on you here and showing my age.

Curtis, Jim Mitchell and Bill Lard worked over Christmas break on Sizzle. It must have ben in  '96 or '97.

Can you believe that?

We've gone from Sizzle to today.

What a ride.

What an incredible ride.

I feel so blessed to have been a part of it.

What a great day.

What an incredibly great day.

:-)

mary

I'm here! I've arrived at Sun's headquarters in the heart of Silicon Valley, USA.



And I'm going to go inside for the big launch today.

:-)

mary

 

On the eve of the big announcement and I'm at an airport ready to board a plane that's going to take me to the heart of Silicon Valley, California.

I am going to be a first person witness to history.

 

 

(and I've got the camera!)

:-)

mary