He is the man of the hour here today.
They've done just a fantastic job.
I caught him between sessions in the hall outside. He, Rich Sands and I had a really nice talk.
It was so great to get to see Ray and Rich and catch up.
What a great team these guys are.
They're doing such fantastic work and they're a bunch of the nicest people you will ever meet.
Wednesday Jan 23, 2008
In techno celeb heaven :-)
OK. Get ready because I know you're not even going to believe this.
(But I've got pictures to prove it.)
:-)
I just got to drink in the most incredible presentation on Project Sun SPOT -- a Sun Labs project.
It is SO COOL.
The SPOT stands for Small Programmable Object Technology. It's Java in the most mobile and embedded of spaces - on the metal.
The team presented an inspiring and engaging overview which included...
- Overview of the hardware and a quick demo that was built by Sun SPOT lead Roger Meike and his 8-year-old kid.
- Meshing networking
- Security on Sun SPOTs
- Wireless sensor networks
- Emulating Sun SPOTs
- Some super cool real world applications (including one that involved a dog :-)
- a KILLER preso by Sun SPOT partner Bruce Boyes of Systronix, who talked about Trackbot.
There were demos.
It was just AWESOME.
But there were some best parts.
Two actually.
1. I got to take a picture of the team once the presentation was done. (be still my beating heart; I'm well on my way to inducting these hot shot techno celebs into that tightly knit (and exlusive community) of hot shot techno celebs who are my close personal friends. They were all super nice to me. It was very cool.
2. THE Dr. Ron Goldman, author of Innovation Happens Elsewhere, and super hot shot techno celeb ....
.... indicated that he kind of knew of me and my blog. I was so overwhelmed by the whole experience I couldn't really think of anything to say back so I kind of punched him on the shoulder and mumbled something.
ALSO
I'm super working the angles to try to secure a Sun SPOT to give away as Friday Free Stuff soon. Don't hold me to it because we're talking about some super high value stuff here. But I am trying to work it. And you know how resourceful I can be. But no promises. It would be the highest value Friday Free Stuff give-away of all time, If I can make it come together.
I'll work it.
:-)
(and keep you posted.)
Mary
Wednesday Jan 23, 2008
Lunch w/the techno celebs
One of the coolest things about being here at Java Mobile & Embedded Developer Days is getting to hang out w/the hot shot techno celebs who come here from all of the world to participate in this.
At lunch I got to meet hot shot techno celebs from Sprint, Intel, Medio, the Southwest Research Institute and ...
Erik Hellman, Java developer extraordinaire.
It turns out that Erik and I are one degree of separation.
We're both friends with Rags.
Erik told me he presented at JavaOne last year -- a session on what he could do in 50 mins. It turns out he can build Java app in 3D to run on a phone in 50 mins....
Very cool.
He's on NetBeans 6.0.
He let me play w/a 3D game he built that was running on his phone.
Very, very cool.
This place is the place to be. I'm having so much fun.
Here's how to get plugged in, if you weren't able to come in person...
How To View The Broadcast:
- Make sure you have the latest version of the Adobe Flash player installed
- To test your set-up go to the ustream.tv home page and try to view an existing video stream
- During conference, go to the Java Mobile & Embedded Developer Days ustream conference page to view the conference broadcast
- You will see two channels: one for the Auditorium track and
one for the track in the upstairs room. Click on the one you want to
see.
