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New podcast series
A couple of weeks ago, a friend of mine (Craig Tataryn) asked me if I could participate along with him and other people in a weekly podcast. Jeff Genender, Justin Lee and Jason Whaley also agreed to join in this effort. Thus, The Basement Coders Podcast came to be, and I think we've had some interesting conversations so far, ranging from Mainframes to Cloud Computing and Web Sockets. Unfortunately I've been sick and wasn't able to make it to the last 2 or 3, but I fully intend to come back.
If you have an hour or so per week, I'd fully recommend you listen to the podcast, and of course, leave comments on how we can improve it. You can also follow the podcast's twitter @bcoders. I think we have some very interesting topics to cover in the near future, and suggestions are always welcome.
To JavaOne or Not to JavaOne
Ever since I started using Java back in 1997, I've wanted to go to a JavaOne event but was unable to. The closest I've been to one was two years ago, when I just happened to be on the same city (San Francisco) on a business trip.
But this year, even though technically I could go, I'm not so sure if I want to. I've yet to find a compelling reason to go and now that Oracle owns Sun (and therefore, Java), I don't know if it will be the same. So, I have decided to ask any of you out there, Are going to JavaOne this year? Why?