think of it!
Yesterday somebody told me a really interesting saying:
“If your only tool is hammer, it is likely that all your problems will look like nails!”
I like this a lot! Cheers
The future of Java
Today I had the pleasure to attend a workshop on the future of Java. Thorbiörn Fritzon, who is working as system architect for Sun Nordic talked about the new technoligies the Java platform will focus on.
The first innovation he was talking about is the brand new JavaFX Script, which is designed to be an competiting technology for rich internet applications.
The second thing is the new scripting capability of Java, which allows it basically to use any scripting language, for which the scripting engine is available.
So thank you Sun for this event and the effort that is taken to inform students, what is going on in the world of Java!
back in town…
hej,
just got back from Kiruna… was a pretty rough night on the night train. gonna tell you more later.
Working with Groupware – J.H. Erik Andriessen
Thanks to the generosity of the publisher Springer I got a copy of “Working with Groupware” by J.H. Erik Andriessen. This publisher donated the rest of the books that were not sold on the conference nordiCHI. These books were given to those who contributed to the conference, so also one book to every student volunteer…
So thank you Springer – especially since CSCW is pretty interesting to me!
Don’t forget: Sept. 2009, month of conferences…
September 2009 is quite interesting: 6. – 9. is the “Mensch & Computer” in Berlin and 15. – 18. there will be the MobileHCI in Bonn (http://www.mobilehci09.org/).
[Update:]
Okay, as I just realised: there is also the ECSCW going on (7. – 11. Sept.). From my personal point of view, this is a little to much… well.
NordiCHI – Panel on “Digital Bauhaus”
Good morning!
I am sitting in the panel on the topic “The Digital Bauhaus”. There were two statements sofar, which I find pretty interesting:
1. Art is technology and technology is art (Joan Greenberg)
2. Form follows what ever sells (Kari Kuutti)
3. All that is solid melts into air (Marx and Engels – mentioned by Frieder Nake)
4. The Bauhaus is a myth! Still having an impact.
Lund in Google Maps
Hey there!
Before I came to Lund I wanted to get an impression how big the city is etc.. Usually the tool Google Maps is pretty cool for this. However, it seems that the quality of the satellite images is quite varying. See for you self:
Hello Lund!
Hej hej,
I finally got to Lund after a 6.5 hour train ride. The ironic part is that I am staying at this “Tåget” hostel. This is a hostel in an old train. So after this week I will know for sure if like trains or not 
So everything is fine and I will be in Lund now for a while.
Cheers
