JAOO, 1st day (prelude)
Monday, September 29th, 2008Hello – my name is Vahagn and this is a blog of what’s happening at the JAOO 2008 through the eyes of a CompSci student with an interest in software architecture and web development.
The day started with me attending the keynote speech by Anders Heilsberg, Microsoft. The statements that most captured my attention were:
It is [...]
“Get a PC!” – The demo ghost is never far away
Monday, September 29th, 2008Kicking off the JAOO 2008 conference days by presenting todays program and introducing keynote speaker Anders Hejlsberg, ever-cool Trifork CTO Kresten Thorup never quite lost his calm when the demo ghost came along and stole his presentation. During those embarrasing moments when there was no picture present, and Kresten was mumbling incantations to make stuff [...]
How does a nice program like that end up in a place like this?
Sunday, September 28th, 2008We often get questions about how we put together the program for JAOO and it’s not an easy task I can tell you, but we, the JAOO core team, get a lot of help.
As always, the speakers at JAOO are invited by the host for the track they are speaking on and the track hosts [...]
The JAOO Party
Sunday, September 28th, 2008Monday evening is is party time at JAOO. The party starts at 19:00 at Ridehuset, and there will be free beer for everybody. Earlier JAOO parties have sported the band “Absolute Girls”, but this year will be different. The music will be provided by the nerd-based band Hack Pack who will be realising their life-long [...]
Charity Hero – win a Fender Squier
Sunday, September 28th, 2008A black Fender Squier Guitar signed by all the “Rockstars” at JAOO will be sold by auction.
The amount will go to a charity project for giving XO-computers to children in Nepal.
It is possible for companies as well as private persons to make a bid.
You can see the highest bid or place a bid yourself during [...]
Welcome to the new JAOO Today
Sunday, September 28th, 2008Welcome to the web-enabled version of JAOO Today.
JAOO alumni have probably (or hopefully) read the paper edition of JAOO Today, which has been published during JAOO the last couple of years. This year we wanted to try something different, this new thing called the web.
Writing for the web is not the same as writing for [...]