The Java Posse

Fri, 26 February 2010

Java Posse #298 - Newscast for Feb 25th 2010

Newscast for Feb 25th 2010

Fully formatted shownotes can always be found at http://javaposse.com

Please join us for the Java Posse Roundup 2010 in beautiful Crested Butte, CO. for an unconference of fantastic geek proportions.

To find out more:

http://www.mindviewinc.com/Conferences/JavaPosseRoundup/ To sign up:

http://www.mindviewinc.com/Conferences/JavaPosseRoundup/register.php And if you do sign up, please give us a little more information about yourself (like your T-shirt size - hint hint) at:

http://tinyurl.com/jproundup2010

Details begin to emerge about Oracle/Sun merging the JRockit and Sun Hotspot JVMs.

NetBeans 6.9 Milestone 1
- http://wiki.netbeans.org/NewAndNoteworthy69m1
- http://wiki.netbeans.org/FitnessViaPostMortem

JavaOne call for papers is now open
- http://blogs.sun.com/theaquarium/entry/javaone_2010_call_for_papers
- http://java.dzone.com/announcements/javaone-call-papers

Application of the week - CrashPlan
- http://crashplan.com

Quick News

JavaFX is seeing active duty in the Winter Olympics
- http://terrencebarr.wordpress.com/2010/02/11/javafx-powers-vancouver-winter-olympics/

ScalaWags

With the approaching release of Scala 2.8, Lift is being updated as well.
- http://www.scala-lang.org/node/5236
- http://blog.lostlake.org/index.php?/archives/98-Back-in-the-Goat-Saddle.html

Listener Feedback

Java based multiplayer game server open sourced
- Community site: www.cubeia.org
- Corporate site: www.cubeia.com
- More about Firebase: http://www.cubeia.com/index.php/products/firebase
- Backgammon on Firebase: http://www.jadestone.se/index.php?page=backgammon
- Mahjong on Firebase: http://www.mahjongexpress.com/

BioGroovy
- http://biogroovy.open-bio.org

The TempoPosse
- http://tempoposse.herod.net

Online backup suggestions:
- http://www.backblaze.com/
- http://www.crashplan.com/

Thanks

Libsyn.com - http://www.libsyn.com - for hosting and bandwidth
Feedburner.com - http://www.feedburner.com - for feed redirect
Kirsty Doherty, Amy Ehmann for Java Posse artwork
Theme Music:
- Opening - "Java" the parody song Copyright 1997 Broken Records and Marjorie Music Publ. (BMI),
  - written and performed by Loose Bruce Kerr of the Dr. Demento Show and Sun Microsystems attorney.
  - Based on the WWI popular song, "Ja-da." Ukelele style on the recording taught to Bruce by his dad.
  - Re-produced with kind permission from "Loose" Bruce Kerr - http://loosebrucekerr.libsyn.com http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=TAX0gJt-aZg
- Closing - Juan Carlos Jimenez - In the House (Intro No. 1)

To contact us:
- Visit our homepage - http://javaposse.com
- Post on our Google Group - http://groups.google.com/group/javaposse
- Pose a question on our Google Moderator group - http://tinyurl.com/q4javaposse
- Call us with questions and feedback - (408) 465-4626
- Or send us email - javaposse@gmail.com

The Java Posse consists of Tor Norbye, Carl Quinn, Joe Nuxoll and Dick Wall

Direct download: JavaPosse298.mp3
Category:podcasts -- posted at: 5:40 PM

Sat, 13 February 2010

Java Posse #297 - Newscast for Feb 11th 2010

Newscast for Feb 11th 2010

Fully formatted shownotes can always be found at http://javaposse.com

Please join us for the Java Posse Roundup 2010 in beautiful Crested Butte, CO. for an unconference of fantastic geek proportions.

To find out more:

http://www.mindviewinc.com/Conferences/JavaPosseRoundup/

To sign up:

http://www.mindviewinc.com/Conferences/JavaPosseRoundup/register.php

And if you do sign up, please give us a little more information about yourself (like your T-shirt size - hint hint) at:

http://tinyurl.com/jproundup2010

Correction about Kenai going away - the kenai.com site is being closed, but the technology will be used on Java.net instead.
- http://weblogs.java.net/blog/editor/archive/2010/02/08/
  kenaicom-infrastructure-will-be-coming-javanet

Oracle/Sun, more technical details on the Java product lines

Amazon are releasing a development SDK for Kindle applications, starting with a limited Beta next month.
- http://www.amazon.com/gp/feature.html/?ie=UTF8&docId=1000476231
- http://www.wired.co.uk/news/archive/2010-01/21/
  amazon-kindle-to-get-apps-and-games.aspx

Online/cloud storage
- http://hunch.com/online-backup-services/

Google Buzz
- http://www.google.com/buzz

Quick News

Developer.com has a guide to the new features in the recently released Spring 3.0.
- http://www.developer.com/java/web/article.php/3861826/article.htm

Felipe Gaucho has a wrap-up from the recent JFokus in Stockholm, Sweden.
- http://www.java.net/blog/felipegaucho/archive/2010/01/30/jfokus-2010-wrap

The Gnu compiler collection (gcc) steering committee has announced that it will support Google go from version 4.5 of gcc forwards.
- http://java.dzone.com/dose/dzone-daily-dose-129

EclipseCon 2010.
- http://www.eclipse.org/org/press-release/20100121_eclipsecon.php

Jazoon 2010.
- http://weblogs.java.net/blog/fabriziogiudici/archive/2010/02/08/
  young-speakers-remember-jazoon-deadline-apr-4

Myriad claims that they have a higher performance Dalvik engine for Android devices.
- http://www.myriadgroup.com/

Oracle has announced a large number of Oracle+Sun welcome event days to take place around the world in March and April of this year.
- http://www.oracle.com/events/welcomesun/index.html#northamerica

Apache Ant 1.8 has been released.
- http://ant.apache.org/

Apache Jackrabbit 2.0 has also been released.
- http://www.apache.org/dist/jackrabbit/2.0.0/RELEASE-NOTES.txt

Flexycore's iSpectrum promises Java app development for the iPhone.
- http://www.flexycore.com/en/products.html

Project Darkstar.

ScalaWags

The first Scala 2.8 Beta is out.
- http://www.scala-lang.org/node/4587
- http://java.dzone.com/news/scala-28-improves-scala-ide

Groovy, Baby

DZone has an article about the best groovy modules you may not know about.
- http://groovy.dzone.com/articles/best-groovy-projects-you-might

Listener Feedback

Android based competition
- http://www.engadget.com/2010/01/29/
  michael-dell-pulls-mini-5-android-tablet-from-his-parka-offers/
- http://www.itworld.com/personal-tech/94697/msi-ready-launch-ipad-alternative

Thanks

Libsyn.com - http://www.libsyn.com - for hosting and bandwidth
Feedburner.com - http://www.feedburner.com - for feed redirect
Kirsty Doherty, Amy Ehmann for Java Posse artwork
Theme Music:
- Opening - "Java" the parody song Copyright 1997 Broken Records and Marjorie Music Publ. (BMI),
  - written and performed by Loose Bruce Kerr of the Dr. Demento Show and Sun Microsystems attorney.
  - Based on the WWI popular song, "Ja-da." Ukelele style on the recording taught to Bruce by his dad.
  - Re-produced with kind permission from "Loose" Bruce Kerr - http://loosebrucekerr.libsyn.com http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=TAX0gJt-aZg
- Closing - Juan Carlos Jimenez - In the House (Intro No. 1)

To contact us:
- Visit our homepage - http://javaposse.com
- Post on our Google Group - http://groups.google.com/group/javaposse
- Pose a question on our Google Moderator group - http://tinyurl.com/q4javaposse
- Call us with questions and feedback - (408) 465-4626
- Or send us email - javaposse@gmail.com

The Java Posse consists of Tor Norbye, Carl Quinn, Joe Nuxoll and Dick Wall

Direct download: JavaPosse297.mp3
Category:podcasts -- posted at: 12:39 AM

Tue, 2 February 2010

Java Posse #296 - Devoxx 2009 Interview with Stephen Colebourne

Devoxx Interview with Stephen Colebourne

Fully formatted shownotes can always be found at http://javaposse.com

This interview is also available in video form at the new Parleys.com.

http://parleys.com/d/1845, Mark Reinhold's talk about adding closures to Java is also available at Parleys: http://parleys.com/d/1568

Please join us for the Java Posse Roundup 2010 in beautiful Crested Butte, CO. for an unconference of fantastic geek proportions.

To find out more:

http://www.mindviewinc.com/Conferences/JavaPosseRoundup/

To sign up:

http://www.mindviewinc.com/Conferences/JavaPosseRoundup/register.php

And if you do sign up, please give us a little more information about yourself (like your T-shirt size - hint hint) at:

http://tinyurl.com/jproundup2010

Stephen's Blog
- http://www.jroller.com/scolebourne/
Mark Reinhold on Closures for Java
- http://blogs.sun.com/mr/entry/closures

FCM Proposal
- http://docs.google.com/Doc?id=ddhp95vd_0f7mcns
- http://tinyurl.com/devoxx2009fcm
Neal Gafter's Closures for Java proposal 0.6a
- http://www.javac.info/closures-v06a.html
Joda time
- http://joda-time.sourceforge.net/
Joda Money
- http://joda-money.sourceforge.net/

Thanks

Libsyn.com - http://www.libsyn.com - for hosting and bandwidth
Feedburner.com - http://www.feedburner.com - for feed redirect
Kirsty Doherty, Amy Ehmann for Java Posse artwork
Theme Music:
- Opening - "Java" the parody song Copyright 1997 Broken Records and Marjorie Music Publ. (BMI),
  - written and performed by Loose Bruce Kerr of the Dr. Demento Show and Sun Microsystems attorney.
  - Based on the WWI popular song, "Ja-da." Ukelele style on the recording taught to Bruce by his dad.
  - Re-produced with kind permission from "Loose" Bruce Kerr - http://loosebrucekerr.libsyn.com http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=TAX0gJt-aZg
- Closing - Juan Carlos Jimenez - In the House (Intro No. 1)

To contact us:
- Visit our homepage - http://javaposse.com
- Post on our Google Group - http://groups.google.com/group/javaposse
- Pose a question on our Google Moderator group - http://tinyurl.com/q4javaposse
- Call us with questions and feedback - (408) 465-4626
- Or send us email - javaposse@gmail.com

The Java Posse consists of Tor Norbye, Carl Quinn, Joe Nuxoll and Dick Wall

Direct download: JavaPosse296.mp3
Category:podcasts -- posted at: 5:00 PM