JavaOne
Good conference this year. Went to some really good sessions and only a couple turned out to be duds so I'm definitely batting better than last year. I like the new session enrollment requirement and like it even more than Sun decided to repeat some of the most popular sessions. I'll be attending three of them this afternoon.
In the first general session, we were told it's the biggest JavaOne conference to date and I can certainly believe that looking at the lines to the sessions and crowds everywhere. What surprise me (pleasantly) was the amount of women this year. Nearly made me cry to see an actual line to the ladies room yesterday.
I'm sitting in the alumni lounge right now waiting for my next session ("Using Service Component Architecture to Wire BPEL Processes to Java™ Technology-Based Components" at noon). Only one other woman at the lounge beside me right now, but I'll bet it'll look better next year.
It's good to see that Java is pretty healthy and conference is doing well. Now if only Sun didn't come up with that hideous, orange color for the backpacks. You can spot the geeks all over town from half a mile away thanks to those. Pictures coming up soon!
PS: If you're in SF right now, awesome cream puffs in a little place accross the street from Yerba Buena Gardens (behind Moscone North). Worth the 2min walk!
PPS: To the geek who accidentally wondered to the ladies room and ran out horribly embarassed once he realized it: Sorry I laughed so hard dude!
Comments
Call me evil... I woud have chosen the hideous orange color precisely so that you could spot the geeks. Or rather, so it was really obvious in airport lounges and bus stops across the nation that there were lots of people returning from JavaOne.
Posted by: Robert Hook | May 19, 2006 08:19 PM