While at JavaOne 2007, I recorded a podcast with Gordon Jackson from DataSynapse, an application virtualization vendor. We talked about what application virtualization meant, and the value that virtualization offers developers and deployers.

Looking at Java One through the wisdom of hindsight shows a few key trends: one is the emphasis on SOA (with attendant emphasis on JBI) and the other is the emphasis on XML-enabled client side technologies, in particular AJAX. Both JBI and AJAX worme

Well, I'm at home at last - and the shirt I chose to wear first? It's my "VOTE FOR JBOSS" t-shirt, because the back says "And all your wildest dreams will come true." I'm a little doubtful - I have some pretty wild dreams. We'll see. If they're wr

Jerry Cantrell. Steve Jones. Mike Einziger. Some, uh, dudes from the CIA. (HmmmmmmMMMMMMmmm.) Joe Walker. (Very well done, I think, chap!) Dion Almaer. (Did I mention you already? Well, I'll mention you twice, then.) Raghu Kodali. Debu Panda.

Simon Phipps, James Gosling, Corina Ulescu, Tim Bray, Bill Burke, Staffan Larsen (hey, man!), Eugene Ciurana (and Ooooolga), a SLEW of the Java Studio Creator people, Ajit Sagar, John Gage. It's wild meeting these people.

One of the main benefits for me for coming to JavaOne is, of course, networking. And networking. And networking. It's neat to meet the people you've talked to and respected (and disrespected!) for so long - it humanizes them. So I thought I'd try

I'm in the all-exclusive press room, where eight other people managed to get awake. I came in last night around midnight my time, maybe eleven - and for someone who gets up at 5 a.m. every day, ouch. My hotel room has twin beds. I haven't slept in