Archive for March, 2007

Zion & Desktop Matters

Sunday, March 18th, 2007

I’m finally caught up on sleep from the Desktop Matters conference and subsequent hiking trip to Zion last weekend. Both were great!

Some thoughts:

  • With the new Apps Framework, progress on the Binding JSR, and some great RAD tools, desktop Java has become a serious contender. If they can nail the deployment problem, look out!
  • The real night sky makes the city sky seem like one viewed from some other planet.
  • When clinging for dear life to a chain along a steep, narrow ridge, gloves are helpful.