Monday July 17, 2006 Matt Ingenthron's Stream of Consciousness
Monday July 17, 2006 It's been a busy few weeks, so just a couple of updates...
Sun Java System Portal Server seems to be hot these days. I've done a few demos and proof of concepts in recent weeks. They've all gone pretty well I believe-- Portal 7 has definitely added some needed features and has done much to get close to the world of composite applications.
Things should get even more interesting, because at Java One, Sun announced the next-generation portal server will be coming out as Open Source. Some of this has already happened, as you can see here, here and here. I've joined both of these projects and already thought about some places I'd like to make some changes. Now I just need to get the time. :) Don't be surprised if a new category comes up on this blog soon.
Welcome to the blogosphere Tom, Paul, Karthik, Manish, Deepak, Unnikrishnan and Hemadri. Check out Tom's first entry for a history of where we've been.
Other interesting things: a trip to the bay area (Marin county) to hang out with some friends, and a quick trip to San Diego. There were a few concerts in there as well, the San Diego trip was to see Radiohead not once, but twice. Then the day after Radiohead was Beck.
Radiohead is testing the waters with some new songs, but otherwise the concert was the tried-n-true standards. No major surprises, and a worthwhile concert. The venue in San Diego was good, but I must be an old dude or something because I can't stand all the shoving and cutting in front of people with General Admission concerts in a field. For the 2nd concert, because the venue was so good, we sat in the seats they had in back of the crowd. The sound was slightly better up front, but it was good in both places. I think I do like what will ultimately be the big new song Down is the New Up, despite not being sure what the lyrics are yet. :)
Beck was an excellent (as usual) concert. Beck was probably my favorite concert last year, and it's looking like it'll be my favorite concert this year.
We didn't get to my favorite Brazilian barbeque restaurant in San Diego though, Rei do Gado
