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Hello Here is another video recording from the JavaOne 2010 Conference. Althought the conference was not quite the worldwide developer event that we used to love, especially in years gone by, under the auspices of Sun Microsystems, the new stewards of Java, Oracle,  did have great technical speakers. This video recording was one of the […]

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Hello All Here is some JavaOne 2010 video that I have been editing recently. The first one is a short video, 3 minutes long, consist of yours truly impromptu interviews of passersby at the conference.  The footage was shot on the final day of the conference, the Thursday, just after the morning Java keynote. This […]

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Hello and Welcome Two weeks ago, at the JavaOne 2010 Conference in San Francisco, there was an announcement that Oracle will no longer supporting JavaFX Script as a language. In fact, Sun.Oracle will refactor the current implementation into a Java API and framework in the 2.0. As many have reported (and obviously mis-reported) Oracle made […]

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The line “You have failed me for the last time” comes from Star Wars Episode V, Empire Strikes Back. Why I left JRoller for the my own professional branding

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JavaOne 2010 Part 6: Shout-Outs and SlideShow JavaOne 2010 was great for meeting past acquaintances and starting new networking opportunities. Here is my definition of networking is the art of building an optimal graph of communication channels around yourself that enables you and your participants to achieve goals, solve issues, enhance passion, be inspired; and […]

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JavaOne 2010 Part 5: Is The Glass Half Full? I probably could not be back for the next JavaOne if it takes place in 2nd October 2011, because it becomes more difficult date to justify for family and employee / contractor clients reasons time away for tech; and being that  date is so close to […]

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JavaOne 2010 Part 4: Final Technical Sessions Christopher Oliver 2007 “This [JavaFX] is all going to open sourced eventually.” “I am not hater. I do not anything against Flash. I actually think it was good thing. It allows UI designers to come up with effects compelling applications. You can easily do the same with Java […]

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JavaOne 2010 Part 3: Whirlwind Sessions Christopher Oliver 2007 “This [JavaFX] is all going to open sourced eventually.” “I am not hater. I do not anything against Flash. I actually think it was good thing. It allows UI designers to come up with effects compelling applications. You can easily do the same with Java and […]

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3JavaOne 2010 Part 2: Whatever Happened To Christopher Oliver, Inventor of JavaFX Script? “This [JavaFX] is all going to open to be sourced eventually.” “I am not a hater. I do not have  anything against Flash. I actually think it was good thing. It allows UI designers to come up with effects … compelling applications. […]

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JavaOne 2010 Alternative JVM Languages including JavaFX “Look at the way Microsoft delivers it new products, for example SilverLight, Expression Blend or Visual C# IDE. Every new product that Microsoft produces come with a tool [tooling], that is the Microsoft way and we [Oracle] have to learn how from that [business] model.” Dear Reader An […]

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Stephen Chin’s Petition to Open Source JavaFX Fellow Java Champion, Stephen Chin has created a petition to open source JavaFX technology and the platform. Yours truly has already signed it and commented thereabouts. I have copied my original commentary here. From https://steveonjava.com/javafx-petition/ In the beginning the entire JavaFX platform was entirely available as open source […]

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Mac.Softpedia.com  Apologises about Plagiarism Hi All It is Thursday 13th May 2010 and one day after my JavaFX software was misappropriated. Mac.Softpedia.com sent me an email response today. They have apologised and complied to my request to have the software to their visitors. We are sorry for this misunderstanding and want to thank you for […]