JAOO Nights ~ Sydney, Brisbane, Melbourne
Monday, March 30th, 2009JAOO Nights have come and gone in Brisbane, Sydney and Melbourne. What we noticed straight away was the difference in the crowd in each of the cities. In Brisbane we held the meeting at the Microsoft Offices, a more casual atmosphere with pizza and beer during the break. The crowd was a 50/50 mix of [...]
Contest – Please help us (a letter from the JAOO-team)
Monday, December 15th, 2008JAOO needs a new name and in a letter to all past JAOO attendees the JAOO-team asks for help. The best suggestions will be rewarded and the contest is open to anyone so I wanted to give you all the opportunity to read the letter:
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Dear JAOO-lovers,
We feel that our conference needs a new name. People [...]
Part V – the empire strikes back
Tuesday, September 30th, 2008“It is easier for a camel to go through the eye of a needle, than for a Microsoft speaker to enter into the conference of JAOO” was comme il faut.
In 2001 JAOO was still very much a Java and OO conference.
For those of you for whom time is measured in gadgets, this was the time [...]
Trends in the IT field
Wednesday, August 13th, 2008As a member of the Program Committee for JAOO for several years now, I have seen many developments in our field. It always amazes me how some trends burn out quickly as passing fads and some stay, and it is not obvious which lie in which category.
Take Aspect-Oriented Programming, for instance. It was the new [...]