JavaOne
Congrats to the 2013 JavaOne Rock Stars!
Each year at JavaOne we recognize the best speakers of the conference as voted on by attendees through the surveys. This year the overall reviews given by attendees were higher on average, so I guess we did something right with the content... :) However, it also means the criteria for getting awarded a JavaOne Rock Star was even more difficult.
NightHacking with Gosling on the Big Island
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.