Rambling Ken

My new role

I recently took a new role at Sun. Previously I'd been looking at Software Appliances, and ways we could use that to package various Sun technologies, and ways to build pre-packaged, managable software entities. Fun work, great research, and since I started it, several projects also started implementing the building blocks to make that happen, such as all the work going into packaging of OpenSolaris, and the many Software Appliances becoming available in the OpenSolaris repository.

I'm starting a new challenge, which is leading the JavaFX efforts at Sun. This is an exciting new role for me, with ties to my prior tools background in Sun and other companies, as well as consumer/end-user facing products, including mobile and other devices, and the overall User Experience for Sun's software projects, areas I've both worked in over my career, and have a continuing passion for.

I've got a bunch of embrionic ideas, and am finding that people on my team also are a trove of great ideas, passion, and excitment around what we're building, and what we can build. It's energizing to feel the level of interest in all the areas we're working on. It's a huge challenge, logisticstics, roadmap, ecosystem all being worked on, which is what makes it so energizing.

So, look for more frequent updates here, no, really. I plan to post what we're doing, where we're going, and what areas I'm currently excited about.

Next week I'm going to SXSW, not just because I am personally interested, having wanted to go in prior years as well, but now as an interested participant for my day job in terms of social interaction and media and music and video. All areas that touch on where we'll be working on JavaFX, and especially working with others on how they can express themselves, and their creativity using a powerful, highly interactive, multi-platform, multi-screen solution.

Expect to see an exploration of the possibilities a JavaOne in May, and also updates from me here on what we're doing!

Posted at 04:51PM Feb 27, 2008 by kenwallich in Personal  |  Comments[0]