Screaming Penguin

Google IO this year has been all over the interwebs and tweetfields. Many great announcements and sessions, and it sounds like many great informal gatherings too. Really very impressive stuff, there hasn't been this much buzz about one company's conference setup since, well, anything Apple does. Recent announcements include: App engine for Java out of preview, Android DC II announced, Google Wave, and Google Web Elements.

I am lucky enough this year to have been able to attend a No Fluff Just Stuff conference (thanks to my employer). It's the first time I have been to an NFJS event, and I have to say, it's pretty damn good (even though it's Friday-Saturday-Sunday, strange time frame - in fact, I am in the conference as I type this).

Free, and often even free beer (thanks to the sponsors, you can get ripped even if the talk sucks ;)). ---------- Forwarded message ---------- From: Burr Sutter Date: Tue, Aug 19, 2008 at 9:02 AM Subject: [ajug-announce] AJUG Tonight: Flex=Java+Flash To: ajug-announce@ajug.org When: August 19th at 7:00 PM Who: James Ward (Adobe) Where: Holiday Inn Select - Chamblee-Dunwoody http://www.ajug.org/meetings.html#directions What: Rich Internet Applications with Flex and Java The Session:

As Maarten noted recently on his blog, I was asked to hop over the pond and give a talk at Javoxx 08. Woot!

I bought advance tickets for Eddie Izzard. The fuckers in Cobb Co. decided that meant i needed an offer for early tickets to Glen Beck. Dear Cobb County: Why don't you play a game of hide and go fuck yourself. --R Cooper.

Here is my calendar for anyone who cares:

If you are in or near the big Apple it might be worth checking out AjaxWorld.

http://www.flickr.com/photos/bph/sets/72157604085813809/show/ Great shots of the Java Posse Roundup by Brendan Humphreys. And, Matt Zimmer's are very nice too: http://flickr.com/photos/matt_zimmer/sets/72157604066244840/show/. And Cooper's are good: http://www.flickr.com/photos/kebernet/sets/72157604046228628/show/. Mine are not nearly as nice, but of course I forgot to bring a camera and just borrowed one for a few hours: http://flickr.com/photos/collinsfamily/sets/72157604075997798/show/.