JavaOne12 Archives - Trisha Gee

JavaOne: The Summary

December 15, 2020October 5, 2012 Trisha Gee

So, JavaOne.

Taylor Street Cafe

I'm going to be controversial. I think this was my favourite conference of this year. I know that's not trendy, and that Oracle-bashing is still a popular pastime. And I know I've also made a big deal about how much fun it is to meet people who program in different languages. But there is something very special about being surrounded by thousands of people from all around the world who use the same technology as you, some facing the same problems, some solving very different issues.

JavaOne: The Problem With Women – A Technical Approach

December 15, 2020October 4, 2012 Trisha Gee

Yesterday dawned, with a sense of foreboding (actually it dawned with me coughing my lungs out, but we've heard enough about the sub-optimal state of my respiratory system this week). On this day, I was giving the talk I was dreading when I got asked to do it. It's the talk I actually put more work into than any of the other sessions I was presenting at this JavaOne. It was the Women In IT talk.

JavaOne: User Group Sunday

October 13, 2020October 1, 2012 Trisha Gee

Well this is exciting! JavaOne 2011 is the first conference I spoke at, so this the first time I’ve covered the same conference two years running. I think. It’s very nice to be back at JavaOne. Last year it was my first opportunity to meet so many people – the guys at Oracle who work … Read more