Roger Meike's Blog: Sun Labs and Beyond

My name is Roger Meike. I'm Senior Director of Area 51 and Assistant Director of Sun Labs (the research arm of Sun Microsystems). This means that I work with the geniuses who brought you Java and other ground breaking technologies. We are tasked with providing the future vision for an already forward looking company. I can tell you that the researchers in a world class institution like Sun Labs are all top notch. To a person, they are brilliant, committed and skilled. I consider myself to be an intelligent person, but this place certainly can be humbling. Sometimes it's a challenge just keeping up.
I used to work in the music industry on one of the first digital audio workstations. It was there that I learned an old musician's joke that I like. "Drummers are people who hang around with musicians." Since I play keyboards, I found this rather humorous. Here in Sun Labs I feel more like the drummer. Managers in a world class research institution like this are people who like hanging around with smart people.

Join me on this blog as I relay the work of some really smart people and give you a ringside seat to watch real innovation as it happens.