Mark Stephens has been working with Java and PDF since 1999 and has diversified into HTML5, SVG and JavaFX. He also enjoys speaking at conferences and has been a Speaker at user groups, Business of Software, Seybold and JavaOne conferences. He has a very dry sense of humor and an MA in Medieval History for which he has not yet found a practical use.
Over there last 12 months, we have been taking a long, hard look at how we handle our customer support. We now have a porfolio of different products (which will continue to expand over the next 12 months) and our traditional JPedal users generally have slightly different needs to clients using our PDF to HTML5…
JavaOne in San Francisco is one of the longest running Java events. It is one of the more expensive events to attend (and for a company based in UK it is a trek). So is it still worth attending in 2017? At its height, JavaOne used to take over the Moscone Center and San Francisco…
Each year we ask ourselves this question. Conferences are expensive to attend, consume a great deal of time, energy and money and represent a substantial opportunity cost to a small organisation like IDRsolutions. And with the internet becoming increasingly prevalent as the place to do business, can we just stay at home and open up…
It might seem a bit early to start speculating about Java10 before Java9 has even launched. In fact, with Project Valhalla, some ideas have already been explored for some time and there is already a Java10 page on the OpenJDK website. One of Java’s strengths is that the designers have been very cautious on adding…
NetBeans Day has traditionally been an event which happened on the day before JavaOne started. It would be a big Community run event before the corporate event kicked off, where Community members could learn about new developments and meet up. It was always the most enjoyable day of JavaOne for me personally with a focus…
