The quotes below can be found down around the end of that Fast Company article. They are the only few bits in there I (mostly) agree with. Marketers in a dying internet: Why the only option is a return to simplicityFast Company, November 2024 “For marketers, the only option is a return to simplicity, while…

My session from JavaZone Oslo 2024 on contributing to FOSS projects.

Duke’s Corner Podcast with Cesar Hernandez, a Java Champion, a teacher, and long time contributor to multiple Open Source projects from Guatemala. The conversation ranged from how Cesar blew up his dad’s computer to start his computer science career, teaching Java to university students, the benefits of Java technology, and participating at Java User Groups and…

Talking to Connor about contributing to FOSS communities along the great AIOUG OCYatra tour of India in July 2022. Inside that little bus there were over a dozen speakers on the tour that summer. We hit six cities that year all via buses, planes, trains, and whatever else we could find. Original post | My re-post

Duke’s Corner Podcast with Monica Beckwith about her love for the JVM, the importance of STEM education for women, and her experiences with the Java community around the world. Monica is a Java Champion and she’s a Java performance architect at Microsoft. She’s also worked at AMD and Sun Microsystems. Interview Archive

I was in Taiwan last week. And as I walked around I kept remembering a previous trip from 2019 (The Before Times). That was a great trip too! Here’s what it looked like back then when I interviewed the speakers from the event out on the street. I used to love getting out of the conference centers…

Duke’s Corner Podcast with Hanno Embregts, a Java Champion and an Oracle ACE Pro from The Netherlands who loves contributing to the Java community and presenting technical and musical sessions at developer conferences. Hanno is especially passionate about making the world a better place thorough software. In fact, he’s been driven by that idea for as…

I went down to Taipei last week for JCConf and a TWJUG meeting. I did some sessions and took some photos and met so many people. There were 400 developers there and thirty speakers. Great event. Will make it a habit. Session at JCConf Session at TWJUG

Duke’s Corner Java Podcast Highlighted in the IntelliJ IDEA JetBrains Blog If you’re looking for a pile of great podcasts that explore all things Java, check out this handy list from the IntelliJ IDEA team — Top 12 Podcasts for Java Developers in 2024. My own Duke’s Corner is right in there, which is an honor!

Duke’s Corner Podcast conversation with author and Java Champion Cay Horstmann at JavaZone Oslo 2024. The conversation covered Java for small tasks, teaching Java to thousands of students for decades, and the thriving Java conferences around the world.  Interview Archive

Here are my 69 images from JavaZone Oslo last week. Great conference. More than 3,000 developers, dozens of international speakers, fantastic venue. Loved it. I also did two podcasts (here, here) and session on contributing to FOSS (here, here). The world has changed — everything is fast. You’re busy updating your technical skills and leveraging the…

Conversation with Dervis Mansuroglu and Marek Machnik last week from JavaZone 2024 in Oslo. Dervis and Marek are two of the organizers from the Norwegian Java User Group who helped lead this year’s JavaZone event. The discussion covered the speakers, the venue, the volunteers, the content, and the community that participated at the conference. Summarizing…

Here’s my “Who, What, Where, When, Why, and How” of contributing to the Java Community while profiling some contributors from the Japan Java User Group.

Duke’s Corner Podcast with Elias Nogueira, a Java Champion and an Oracle ACE Pro from The Netherlands who loves the Java community and sharing everything he’s learned. The conversation ranges from Elias’s early experience learning Java and many other programming languages, his desire to improve his career opportunities, moving from Brazil to The Netherlands, learning…

Thousands of FOSS developers in Taiwan at the Conference for Open Source Coders, Users and Promoters (COSCUP). Great fun. Images here. I also did two sessions at COSCUP — Contributing to Java and Career Building.

Duke’s Corner Podcast with Simon Martinelli, a Java Champion and an Oracle ACE Pro from Switzerland who loves running trains, contributing to FOSS projects, and teaching students about Java. Interview Archive

Here are 48 images from the Japan Java User Group Cross Community Conference last week in Tokyo. 800+ people registered and about 600 showed up to see the 38 sessions. The Oracle Japan Java team sponsored a booth and did a booth session, the Java Platform Group shipped 300 Java shirts to give out, Oracle…

Relax.

Duke’s Corner Podcast with Praveen Mohan, Director of Java Quality and Infrastructure at the Oracle India Development Center in Bangalore, which is part of the Java Platform Group. The conversation covers the technical details of the quality engineering operation in Bangalore where 40 developers ensure that Java is tested to the highest standards possible before…

Duke’s Corner Podcast conversation with Bert Jan Schrijver from The Netherlands. Bert is a Java Champion, a leader of the Dutch Java User Group, and the CTO and co-founder of OpenValue that he started in 2017. The conversation spans all of Bert’s experiences as a software developer, including hacking and gaming as a six-year old,…