Archive for May, 2009
A new generation of developers
Tuesday, May 12th, 2009Attending JAOO Brisbane this year, one of my “must-see”s was Pamela Fox on Google AppEngine. And she did not disappoint me. First we get the useful hints offered by the entertaining demo of Googles AppEngine, where she builds the Best Website Ever with frames, marquee tags, animated gifs, web ring, and everything else [...]
JAOO Talk: Patrick Linskey makes local news; iPhone app in 45 minutes
Friday, May 8th, 2009On JAOO Sydneys first day, Patrick Linskey did his talk “How to build an iPhone application in 45 minutes” in a more-than-well-packed room. Not only popular with conference attendees, australian media MISAustralia was also present, filming and doing an interview:
http://tv.misaustralia.com/video/6681
Go Patrick!
Comments from anyone present at the talk?
Jaoo Australia: Weaving a path through friday
Thursday, May 7th, 2009Friday – the day after the conference party – is surely the day of slight hangovers. Luckily, having read this post, and if you trust my judgement, you may choose to skip Krestens introduction of todays program.
The keynote is on doing effective Java programming – and if you are a Java programmer (as I am) [...]
Big blue turns brown!
Thursday, May 7th, 2009Great news for those of us in constant dire need for caffeine!
IBM has brought their own barrista to the exhibition area – so all our cravings may be met – Long blacks, Flat whites, Espressos, Macchiatos, etc.
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Wuhu!
JAOO Australia: Weaving a path through thursdays program
Wednesday, May 6th, 2009JAOO Sydney is here! Tutorials started yesterday, and tomorrow Clemens Szyperski will deliver the opening keynote “Composing all the Way”.
While keynotes and plenary assemblies are obvious choices, the rest of the conference sports three tracks – and since I haven’t got split-personality, choices will have to be made. Looking over the conference schedule, this is [...]