BorCon - Closing Session...Resistance is Futile
A few things to share regarding the closing session. John Kaster (DevRel) mentioned that there would be a forth coming update to the BDN --- it wouldn't be static any more. Some of the beta sites under dev include...
http://news.borland.com
http://blogs.borland.com
http://ec.borland.com/ec/index.faces (a Community calendar beta built using JBuilder, which is live now).
Dale Fuller had a few words worth repeating, “I said that in 1999 that we are a family and that we can never turn on our backs on each other." He emphasized that was still true, and added, "our focus is on the developer and developer productivity...Because it's all about the code... Hope this year you were pleasantly surprised again with Borland."
At that point the give away festivities began. It was quite amusing this year. More play among David I and Dale than usual. Lots of shirts being launched. Including a moment with David I dual armed with shirt launchers on an elevated platform (and smoke rising in midst).
This year I was fortunate to get drawn for a give away bag, which included a JSP book, some software, a mug, and a very cool Bluetooth handsfree headset. However, earlier in the day (in the exhibit hall) I was 20 yards away from winning an X-box from ATOZED software (www.atozed.com), but failed to hear my name called. Seriously. I was chating with a Borland employee about ALM. Oh well. At least it keeps me from having to buy games. (Just don't tell my kids!)
At least one person I know was affected by the conference. Likely influenced by the closing session fan fare!!! No word on where BorCon will be next. :-(
That's probably it for me for awhile on posts. But I'm sure I'll have something to share in the near future regarding the Open Letter mentioned previously in this post. Currently talking with Alain "Lino" Tadros of Falafel to see if their CodeFez site can be used to facilitate the creation of this open letter. We should know something within a few weeks. But, first back home and back to work!
http://news.borland.com
http://blogs.borland.com
http://ec.borland.com/ec/index.faces (a Community calendar beta built using JBuilder, which is live now).
Dale Fuller had a few words worth repeating, “I said that in 1999 that we are a family and that we can never turn on our backs on each other." He emphasized that was still true, and added, "our focus is on the developer and developer productivity...Because it's all about the code... Hope this year you were pleasantly surprised again with Borland."
At that point the give away festivities began. It was quite amusing this year. More play among David I and Dale than usual. Lots of shirts being launched. Including a moment with David I dual armed with shirt launchers on an elevated platform (and smoke rising in midst).
This year I was fortunate to get drawn for a give away bag, which included a JSP book, some software, a mug, and a very cool Bluetooth handsfree headset. However, earlier in the day (in the exhibit hall) I was 20 yards away from winning an X-box from ATOZED software (www.atozed.com), but failed to hear my name called. Seriously. I was chating with a Borland employee about ALM. Oh well. At least it keeps me from having to buy games. (Just don't tell my kids!)
At least one person I know was affected by the conference. Likely influenced by the closing session fan fare!!! No word on where BorCon will be next. :-(
That's probably it for me for awhile on posts. But I'm sure I'll have something to share in the near future regarding the Open Letter mentioned previously in this post. Currently talking with Alain "Lino" Tadros of Falafel to see if their CodeFez site can be used to facilitate the creation of this open letter. We should know something within a few weeks. But, first back home and back to work!
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The url for the new blog server is
http://blogs.borland.com
Note the "s"
Thanks!!!
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