Every year lots of developers come to San Francisco for JavaOne. More than fifteen thousand I think. But even more don't come to JavaOne; which might be a good thing since there are over four million of us Java developers out there. That would be a big cafeteria! Think of the line for lunch! Fortunately there is an alternative.

In an effort to meet those of you who don't get out to the west coast I'm going on the road to bring JavaFX to directly to you. I'm packing up my gear and heading out to the american midwest this month and next for the Midwest Java Technology Days. I will be speaking about JavaFX and showing off cool demos. So for those of you who weren't able to make it to JavaOne, and live in the midwest, this is a chance to learn more about the future of Java in person.

Here are the dates:

• September 26th: Columbus OH
• September 27th: Indianapolis, IN
• October 16th: Minneapolis, MN
• October 18th: Chicago, IL

And, in the off chance you don't find my unique brand of pun-based humor to your liking, there will be many other great speakers talking about NetBeans, AJAX, Webservices, Solaris Dtrace, and more.

Oh, and unlike Java One:

IT'S FREE!