http://weblogs.java.net/blog/thejavafinch/ en-us 2008-01-10T14:09:27-08:00 http://weblogs.java.net/blog/thejavafinch/archive/2008/01/what_a_great_20_1.html Just loved 2007. Traveled far, many fun places, many great people. Lots of Java User Groups. If a picture says a lot, here you see many of my pictures in 2007. It was fun to see all of you, lets do more in 2008! Community: Java User Groups thejavafinch 2008-01-10T14:09:27-08:00 http://weblogs.java.net/blog/thejavafinch/archive/2007/02/netbeans_evange.html I visited Prague last year, where I met the guys from NetBeans and was even invited to be part of the NetBeans 5.5 launch party. Then, during JavaPolis, I met a few of then again, and I took the time to learn a little bit more about this cool open source project. Community: Java User Groups thejavafinch 2007-02-06T18:51:20-08:00 http://weblogs.java.net/blog/thejavafinch/archive/2007/02/open_source_pro.html JavaPolis was a great event, and I wanted to learn a lot about open source projects. Is there a better way to learn then to go talk with the people responsible for the projects? So, I did, and now you can see what Geir Magnusson (Harmony), Dalibor Topic (Kaffe) and Mark Fleury (JBoss) have to say about their projects. Community: Java User Groups thejavafinch 2007-02-05T08:59:53-08:00 http://weblogs.java.net/blog/thejavafinch/archive/2007/01/mark_reinhold_a_1.html At JavaPolis, a very cool event that is run by the Belgium Java Users Group (BeJUG), I met very very interesting people. thejavafinch 2007-01-31T14:55:04-08:00 http://weblogs.java.net/blog/thejavafinch/archive/2007/01/javapolis_inter.html I was at JavaPolis, one of the most important Java events in the world, and organized by the Belgium Java Users Group, BeJUG. There, I met Stephan Janssen. He had lots to say. thejavafinch 2007-01-15T16:53:37-08:00 http://weblogs.java.net/blog/thejavafinch/archive/2006/11/the_finch_wire_1.html On the day Sun announced it was releasing its Java implementation under an open source license, I set out to interview Duke on his thoughs about it. Community: Java User Groups thejavafinch 2006-11-20T19:15:57-08:00 http://weblogs.java.net/blog/thejavafinch/archive/2005/07/some_impression.html I attend JavaOne this week, a wonderfull event. Have lots of fun, and meet lots of interesting people. This is some of my impressions on what I see there. JavaOne thejavafinch 2005-07-01T18:54:38-08:00