Perspective on JavaOne

I'm back from a busy week at the JavaOne conference in San Francosco. What an experience it was. More than 10,000 software developers were crammed into a convention center and fed substandard, catered meals and all the free caffine we could handle. I learned quite a bit and even got to meet some of the authors of the Java books I have read over time.

It looks like mobile computing is going to be the next big area of great expansion and innovation. From what the Motorola rep said at their booth, I should finally be able to get my hands on the Motodev development tools and be able to unlock my phone so I can write and put some Java apps on it. I can't wait until I get a free week to see what I can do with my phone—it is so boring with just factory stuff installed.

I am also gong to make an effort to figure out Ajax, which seems to be the next buzzword of the times. I have already got a big book and I just need to carve out a few evenings to read it through and build some demo pages/apps at home. Who knows...I might learn enough to make my lame looking web pages a little more attractive and interactive.