Monthly Archives: March 2008

 
I just posted an interview on InfoQ.com that I did with Stephan Janssen where we discuss his latest project, Parleys.com, and the RIA landscape. He has built a pretty sweet AIR/Flex application, and is playing with a number of the other RIA platforms. So, it was interesting to learn more about what he [...] Continue reading →

Last year at JavaOne, Sun introduced JavaFX – their new RIA platform.  Multiple people have told me that a very limited amount of time went into grabbing this from the labs and presenting it at the conference (like measured in days – not even weeks).  Combining that with Sun’s lousy track record with Java UI [...] Continue reading →

I attended the Java Posse Roundup in Crested Butte last week. It was interesting to hear discussions on so many different topics. My favorites were ‘Why are Open Source People Such Weirdos?’ and ‘Overview of JEE.’

There were good conversations on RIA too, but generally a lot of agreement. Agreement is good, but doesn’t always [...] Continue reading →

For loving Flex so much, I have actually been skeptical about Adobe AIR. Over the last year, I have had a hard time understanding why moving applications from the Web to the Desktop mattered (it just didn’t seem that interesting). Then I had the chance to attend the Adobe Engage event two weeks [...] Continue reading →