Collating Tweets from JAX London (a Day's Worth, Anyway)

As the final day of JAX London nears its close, it seems like a good time to browse the jaxlondon tweets to see what people have considered notable and quotable about the conference. Unfortunately, I was not able to be in live attendance. I really hope to be able to go to more conferences in the future. Someone has to resurrect the nearly lost art of "live blogging" at conferences -- and it may as well be me! For me, "tweeting" isn't a viable substitute for blogging. A twitter search feed just doesn't provide a coherent view on the actual essential points that were presented and discussed at the conference. To do that, I think you need to take notes during a session, then, on a break, consider what you've heard and compose a few paragraphs that really convey the gist of what was presented. I miss that! Oh well, there's no use ranting. Times change. And so: on to the jaxlondon tweet search. With Twitter, of course, you get some nice one liners that people consider memorable. Here are some examples, starting with a statement that is currently being retweeted over and over: "If you think good architecture is expensive, try bad architecture" -- B. Footer and J. Yoder, by @KevlinHenney "Predictable scalability more important than infinite scalability. 'Infinite' doesn't tell you what it will cost" - Brian Oliver [via @shamblepop] @vigosun: Liferay talk: "people who belive in open source also be...

Date: February, 24 2010
Url: http://www.java.net/blog/editor/archive/2010/02/24/collating-tweets-jax-london-days-worth-anyway

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