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2013
NightHacking Photos of Robots, Boats, and the Father of Java
I got quite a lot of great photos the past couple days while hanging out with James Gosling and the rest of the Liquid Robotics staff in Hawaii. Some of these will make it in to the live video stream a few hours from now, but it is interesting to see the aquatic robots up close.
NightHacking with Gosling on the Big Island
DIY Raspberry Pi Workshop for Kids
I did a successful workshop this past weekend at Silicon Valley Code Camp with 50 very enthusiastic future developers. They were ages 10 and up, and everyone in the class got a Java game running on their Pis, and made 2 or more improvements in the span of a few hours.
Interview Schedule for Today and Tomorrow
So, Johan guilted me into posting the live interview schedule... so here it is: Thursday 9/5 at 10AM PST - Hans Dockter (recording is here) Thursday 9/5 at 12PM PST - Johan Vos (recording is here) [moved to Friday] Thursday 9/5 at 3PM PST - Mark Heckler [will do during or after SpringOne instead] Thursday 9/5 at 4PM PST - Josh Long Friday 9/6 at 12AM PST - Stephan Jannsen (recording is here) Friday 9/6 at 10AM PST - Reza Rahman (recording is here) Friday 9/6 at 3PM PST - Robert Savage Friday 9/6 at 4PM - Mark Heckler Remember, all times are approximate (we rarely start recording at the top of the hour due to setup, so figure 15 minutes in and we will actually be streaming). Also, an easy way to find out when we go live is to follow my channel on ustream and you will get an e-mail notification whenever I start streaming.
Chat with the JavaOne Speakers
I am doing live interviews with many of the JavaOne speakers this week and next. All of this will be broadcast on my NightHacking UStream channel, so please check it out. As a dry run, I did the first interview with Gerrit Grunwald (who is now a Java Champion -- congrats!)
Geek Bike Ride Shanghai
I have been involved in the Geek Bike Ride events from the inception in Brazil, and I have to say that the event yesterday in Shanghai was the hottest ever! Well, literally the hottest, because of the 100 degree weather (plus humidity), but also with a great turnout from the local GreenTea JUG. While we had a great set of riders from around the world including Michael Hüttermann, Bert Ertman, and Arun Gupta, we also had a lot of local Shanghai coders come out for the ride.
JavaOne CFP Extended
The JavaOne Call for Proposals is going to stay open until April 23rd, so you have a few extra days to get in those last minute submissions.
Congrats to the 1st JavaOne Invitees!
We started a new rolling admission process for JavaOne this year where we are reviewing and accepting some of the top talks while the Call for Proposals (CFP) is still open. This gives us a chance to highlight a few of the great speakers and talks coming in and encourages external submissions early and often.
Jfokus Stage Live Stream
Jfokus is the premiere Java conference in Northern Europe, and the final destination on the Nordic NightHacking Tour. I will be live streaming the activities on the Jfokus stage all day next Tuesday (Feb 5th) and Wednesday (Feb 6th).
Top 5 Reasons to Hack in Iceland
I had a great team hacking with the JUGICE members in Iceland last night as the first stop on the Nordic NightHacking Tour. They created some pretty cool projects in JavaFX for the Raspberry Pi within only a few hours (many of whom had never tried JavaFX before):
Nordic NightHacking Tour Schedule
With the trip coming up in a week, I figured it was about time to put the full event itinerary in one place. For this I created a public Nordic NightHacking Google Calendar containing all of the events along with links to sign-up.
2012
NightHacking Nordic Tour
My last NightHacking tour through Europe was a huge success, but I missed a big part of Europe. The farthest North I was able to go was the United Kingdom, which means I missed all the Scandinavian countries, Iceland, and Finland.
JavaFX on Raspberry Pi - 3 Easy Steps [updated]
Note: Updated for NOOBS and Java 8 EA [changes highlight in red]
JavaOne Latin America Wrap-up
JavaOne Latin America in Sao Paulo Brazil just ended. It was a great event that had a huge community presence, which was responsible for selecting over 50% oft the content, and supported it throughout.
The NightHacking Tour Concludes – What is Next?
I just finished my NightHacking Tour across Europe. In 3 weeks, I hit 2 conferences, 5 user groups, and did over 30 interviews with NightHackers in 7 different countries.
NightHacking at Devoxx Schedule
In addition to the sessions I am giving at Devoxx, I also lined up an all-star set of speakers to have interviews with at Devoxx. I will be running these Wednesday afternoon and Thursday morning (CET).
What You Have Been Missing on the NightHacking Tour...
If you haven't been watching the live stream of the NightHacking Tour, you have been missing out on a lot of geeky fun.
NightHacking Munich JUG Event
I just finished up a live session with the Munich JUG that was organized by Toni Epple. We started out with group introductions, and did an overview of JavaFX on the desktop and embedded platforms. There were lots of good questions about JavaFX support on mobile platforms, deployment of JavaFX, and real-world companies using JavaFX (but to find the answers you will have to watch the live stream):
NightHacking with James Gosling
James Gosling, the original Java NightHacker (see his great blog at http://nighthacks.org/), will be joining me this Wednesday to kick off the NightHacking Tour on a live video stream. This is a chance to watch James live and interact with him via the social stream (via UStream or by tweeting with #nighthacking) as we chat, hack, and discover some of the things he has been working on in his new gig at Liquid Robotics.
NightHacking Tour - The Road to Devoxx
From October 28th through November 11th I am going to be traveling by motorcycle across Europe and live-streaming events and interviews along the way. This includes the J-Fall and Devoxx conferences as well as an all-star line-up of interviews, including the following geeks: