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Friday Mar 02, 2007

Groovy on Grails & JavaUK



The second, and still FREE London TechDays (JavaUK) event that we first established last year is just around the corner! The agenda is now posted here

Just in case you are confused:

  • 13th - Day 1 - SunLive (Business Event) & NetBeans innovation/OpenSolaris Day
  • 14th - Day 2 - JavaUK
  • 15th - Day 3 - JavaUK, University track and Groovy workshop

Another exciting announcement is on the 15th a "Groovy on Grails" workshop, click the image below for more information.



Hope to see you there! But hurry, places are limited!

Monday Feb 26, 2007

Thanks for the T-Shirt Sun!



Looks like someone has been pimping the SecondLife Sun pavillion - oh and thanks for the free T-Shirts Sun!



Sunday Feb 25, 2007

Practical ways to Web 2.0...for developers...



So you've probably heard enough about the hype surrounding "Web 2.0", "Web 2.1" or even "Web3.0"! You've probably even got the branded mug, t-shirt, and glowing pen?!

Well, just as SOA was once seemingly just a marketing slogan, come discuss with me in a free online webcast, developer-to-developer, about the practical ways that Sun can help you to "Web 2.0".

Sun has spent billions of dollars every year on Research & Development to create the technologies that power the internet. But these innovations don't just relate to hardware, they also include world-leading open software, simple but powerful development tools and some pretty darn exciting technologies! Just a few highlights are, Ruby, Phobos & scripting tools, .NET interfacing, drag-and-drop AJAX components, Identity and SOA/BPEL simplified, and much, much more!

Sign-up now, it's only for one hour, and I promise to keep the marketing fluff to a minimum!



Saturday Feb 03, 2007

Looking Glass



Following on from my last post checkout this YouTube video on Project Looking Glass...

Friday Feb 02, 2007

WOW! Vi$ta from M$



WOW! They are right, it does change your life....starting with your wallet!

5 year wait + £500 (new machine) + £370 (Vi$ta) + £549 (Office2007) = What?! DRM + 3D Desktop?

And love the security, and delete your files! M$ lists Vi$ta high points.

Maybe they should have just donated the money to charity instead of reinventing the wheel?

Here's another option:

FREE + FREE

As for a FREE 3D desktop...

Why do companies still believe in proprietary code and lock-in? Is it because they are scared of competition? Or just plain greed?

I encourage you to participate in an open-source project. I do believe that if protocols and platforms are open more innovation can happen, globally, and at a faster pace.

Sunday Jan 28, 2007

Big Brother comes to talk Java



"It started with a kiss.", well not quite...

A guy called Michael, one called Simon, one called Steve and little ol'me got together and kicked-off the JavaUK developer community event, that happened in March 2006. See here.

We provided 6-tracks packed-full of sharing, and we were completely astounded at the 1000 full-to-capacity turn-out. We then took the show on the road to Linlithgow, Manchester, London, and if you think we forgot your island :-), we've got one more venue up our sleeve (stay tuned)

Well, we wanted the event to be recurring, and it's happening!!!!

This time there's a bigger, impressive venue, we have the A-Team (Hence the Big Brother reference) including James Gosling (the B.A. of Java), and THREE days, yes, 3-days, of amazing content including a NetBeans , OpenSolaris & Java University day!

You cannot afford to miss this, and it is again, FREE!!!!!!



Saturday Jan 27, 2007

Sun shows an iPhone look with Java using NetBeans



Quoting Jay-Z - "What can I say, I'm sorry, I'm back"



Monday Oct 30, 2006

NetBeans 5.5 - WOW!



  • Visual Web Pack
  • Enterprise Pack
  • Mobility Pack
  • Profiler
  • C/C++ Pack
    Go get it!



  • Tuesday Oct 24, 2006

    Netbeans World Tour



    Nice one Roumen and the gang!!

    "
    THERE IS much talk about Eclipse these days, but Sun Microsystems is creating some serious waves with its Netbeans 'pure java', totally cross-platform IDE.
    "
    - The Inquirer
    http://www.theinquirer.net/default.aspx?article=35285



    And yes, it's true, we have a great event planned in the UK in March following on from JavaUK06 - it's gonna be BIGGER and better...stay tuned!!!

    Wednesday Oct 11, 2006

    Guess who got a mention in the SL CNET article...



    See the second page: http://news.com.com/Sun+rises+in+Second+Life/2008-1043_3-6124577.html