Virang Patel's Blog: Sun Campus Ambassador

I conducted 2 tech demos on Sun SPOT and OpenSolaris. 10 students and a professor attended it. There were some of the questions like "Why Sun is pushing Solaris towards Desktop computers?" and "What is the range of Sun SPOT? What frequency it operates on? etc." It was easy to answer. Andrew who is the Snr. Accounts Manager at Sun Australia explained some of the business aspects of those questions and Solaris.

Sun SPOT Presentation : Sun SPOT

All About Sun SPOT: Sun SOPT Official Website

OpenSolaris Presentation : OpenSolaris Installation and Introduction

OpenSolaris Website : OpenSolaris Official Website

Recently I read a book "Five People You meet in Heaven" by Mitch Albom and I really liked the way he convey the message by telling story. I would like to share some sentences that are mind blowing.

1)"Your voice will come. We all go through the same thing. You cannot talk when you first arrive. It helps you listen."

This is a very interesting advise that most of the time we forget. Listen to others before jumping into the matter.

2)"People often belittle the place where they were born. But heaven can be found in the most unlikely corners. And heaven itself has many steps. "

Be proud of where you are and whatever you are doing. That doesn't mean don't make efforts to reach somewhere but just enjoy the path to reach your destination. Sometime we try very hard to reach somewhere and after reaching there we are not happy because we didn't enjoyed the path. There are always good omens to convey messages to you. You just needs to feel them.

3)"That there are no random acts. That we are all connected. That you can no more separate one life from another than you can separate a breeze from the wind"

Believe that we all are one. Love all and see how you will get it back. Just think that whatever I do is not only going to affect me but also to others.

4)SACRIFICE," THE CAPTAIN said. "You made one. I made one. We all make them. But you were angry over yours. You kept thinking about what you lost. Sacrifice is a part of life. It's supposed to be. It's not something to regret. It's something to aspire to.

5)Holding anger is a poison. It eats you from inside. We think that hating is a weapon that attacks the person who harmed us. But hatred is a curved blade. And the harm we do, we do to ourselves.

Each affects the other and the other affects the next, and the world is full of stories, but the stories are all one.

Enjoy your Day

Hi,

I conducted first tech demo on "NetBeans 6.0 and Desktop Application Development". It went well with approximately 10 students attended it. There was a couple of simple questions after the demo and was simple to answer. I discussed about NetBeans 6.0, what is new in it, Developer collaboration, Matisse GUI building, Debugging and profiling and resources where students can find information about NetBeans.

Link to the demos I gave are as follow :

Flicker Demo : How to create a simple Desktop Application

Reality Demo : How to create a Database Application

Presentation : Presentation on NetBeans 6.0 (File size :1.14 MB, fileformat : Microsoft Powerpoint(.ppt))

Hi All,

Sun is organizing big Tech Day event in Sydney, Australia from 4 to 6 March 2008. It is one of the rare opportunity to gain lot of knowledge. You can find all the information on This link.

Register your place and enjoy the event..

Hi All,

These are some of the interesting topics that you may wants to learn about. Something really going on in the industry.

Check the link "HOT TOPICS"

You will find about virtualization, multi-threading, Java EE, Java DB, jMiki etc. and lot more...

The JavaFX Script language also referred as JavaFX is a declarative and statically typed scripting language.It is easier way to create content-rich applications. It is the way to implement GUI applications declaratively rather then procedurally coding everything. There are plugins available for most of the major IDE's like NetBeans and Eclipse. Though there is no drag and drop facility available for JavaFX in any IDEs yet it is surprisingly and fairly simple to hand code the GUI. If you are not using any IDE then you can use the JavaFX Pad to code the JavaFX application. Those who are familiar with Swing and Java 2D find it more easier to learn.

You can find some important information from following links:

http://java.sun.com/developer/technicalArticles/scripting/javafx/lc/part1/

http://java.sun.com/javafx/script/

https://openjfx.dev.java.net/Getting_Started_With_JavaFX.html

https://openjfx.dev.java.net/JavaFX_Programming_Language.html

Following is the section from some unknown source. I really like it and I hope that you will also like it. If you know where it is from please let me know so that I can acknowledge the source.

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I quit my job, my relationship, my spirituality.-.. I wanted to quit my
life.

I went to the woods to have one last talk with GOD.

"GOD", I said. "Can you give me one good reason not to quit?"

His answer surprised me... "Look around", He said. "Do you see the fern
and the bamboo?"

"Yes", I replied. "When I planted the fern and the bamboo seeds, I took
very good care of them. I gave them light. I gave them water. The fern
quickly grew from the earth. Its brilliant green covered the floor. Yet
nothing came from the bamboo seed. But I did not quit on the bamboo. In
the second year the Fern grew more vibrant and plentiful. And again,
nothing came from the bamboo seed. But I did not quit on the bamboo." He
said. "In year three there was still nothing from the bamboo seed. But I
would not quit. In year four, again, there was nothing from the bamboo
seed. I would not quit." He said. "Then in the fifth year a tiny sprout
emerged from the earth. Compared to the fern it was seemingly small
and insignificant.-........ But just 6 months later the bamboo rose to
over 100 feet tall. It had spent the five years growing roots. Those
roots made it strong and gave it what it needed to survive. I would not
give any of my creations a challenge it could not handle." He said to me.
"Did you know, my child, that all this time you have been struggling,
you have actually been growing roots?" "I would not quit on the bamboo. I
will never quit on you." "Don't compare yourself to others." He said.
"The bamboo had a different purpose than the fern. Yet they both make the
forest beautiful." "Your time will come", GOD said to me. "You will rise
high" "How high should I rise?" I asked. "How high will the bamboo rise?"
He asked in return. "As high as it can?" I questioned. "Yes." He
said, "Give me glory by rising as high as you can." I left the
forest and brought back this story. I hope these words can help you see
that GOD will never give up on you.

Hi.... Yesterday I received a giveaway items from the Sun and it contains the most exiting item "Sun SPOT". It is a technology from the Sun Lab. Sun SPOT (Sun Small Programmable Object Technology) is really a cool technology to work on. The SPOT is a kind of Wireless Sensor Network technology. It is really a small device so you can not have any OS on it but it contains the Java Virtual Machine(JVM) directly on the hardware. It is the best example of Java's "Run Anywhere" paradigm. The Sun SPOT is currently in version 3.0 beta. The Sun SPOT kit contains two free range SPOT units, one base station, connecting cables and software disk. You can find a lot of information on http://www.sunspotworld.com/ Have a look and have fun!!!

Hi Everyone, This is my first blog on blogs.sun.com and I am quite exited about it.Let me introduce myself first. I am the Sun Campus Ambassador for University of Technology Sydney, Australia. It is really a big opportunity for me to work with such a big IT conglomerate. It is just like "Welcome to the real world....". I will be conducting tech demos during next semester about Sun Microsystem's Open Source technologies and products. So keep checking my blog as time to time I will post information about my tech demos and other cool stuffs. Thank You all... Regards, Virang Patel