The Planetarium

There's really isn't a better way to stay on top of what's going on with Java, multiple languages, new APIs, JVM developments, the new JavaFX programming model and so on than to hear and talk about it first hand at a conference.

Like Devoxx which is just around the corner (especially if you are in Belgium). For those of you who can't go, your humble Planetarium Janitor will put down the broom that week to keep you posted about the news and gossip in the hallways via a mix of tweets, microblogs and daily digests. And from the virtual world too.

And you are welcome to sign up for the M3DD conference in the Bay Area in January, which promises to be a stimulating mix of in depth and lightening talks with an informal, mobile feel.

Perhaps en route to the Mobile World Congress in February, for something on grander if less personal scale. And of course to see all the latest in mobile gadgetry.

And don't forget, if you feel inspired, to submit a talk for JavaOne 2009 before December 19th, which has moved to June this year, and has simplified the tracks down to just four.