Category " Mystic"

Recently I gave several talks in Europe at Scandev on Tour in Stockholm and Java2Days in Sofia. Each time I’ve given a talk, I’m not only teaching up there, but learning from the crowd. It’s an immense and enjoyable experience, and a great passion to impart information and knowledge to those who attend my talks. [...]

The first computer I spent any time on, was an Apple ][. Three decades later, I’m writing this on an iMac. And many of you will read it on some Apple-designed device whether it be a Mac, iPhone, iPod Touch, or iPad. The company at the forefront of several revolutionary products, Apple, just lost their [...]

It’s the holiday season, and no matter how you celebrate – enjoy the present. We Wish everyone Happy Holidays and a Safe and Fun New Year!

Visiting a city you’ve never been to before, is initially disorienting. The logistics of a city are often different from your own, and the maps they provide are usually at a level of granularity just above guessing based on profit making landmarks.

Last year I had the awesome privilege of attending and speaking at a conference in Sofia, Bulgaria for Java2Days. The experience was unmatched to any previous conference, the organizers were amazing and gracious hosts, put on a great event and made sure that the speakers all felt welcome in their hometown. When it arrived this [...]

Looks like another fun filled latter half of the year. Andrew will be speaking at two more conferences this year and speaking about Web technology more specifically HTML5 and Apache Wicket. I highly recommend both conferences if you’re close, or want to take a nice vacation to really awesome spots. The first conference is in [...]

As many of you know, I’ve been in Ireland since last Saturday June 5th, 2010. I was invited here to speak at The Irish Software Show. Both of my talks were on Thursday about Apache Wicket, and each of them were well received. Our beginner talk was a big draw, and I feel it was [...]

I’ve been here in Dublin for a few days now, getting into various forms of mischief and driving all over the joint on the opposite end. Of course the reason for the visit was to give a few talks on Apache Wicket at epicenter 2010. If you’re going, please stop by my talks on Thursday [...]

What can I say? Switzerland treated me awesome for my first visit, and I look forward to returning soon. The folks running Jazoon did a bang up job organizing. First time I ever presented a session inside of a movie theatre! In Dublin now, getting ready for epicenter 2010 and enjoying my stay. If you’re [...]

I gave a talk last night at the Orange County Java User’s Group (OCJUG) on Google App Engine development with the Java platform. This was the same one we gave at the Scandinavian Developer Conference in March. The whole talk stemmed from a good friend Eugene Ciurana being unable to attend, so I adapted his [...]