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.
One of my favourite aspects of our trips to America is the chance to meet our current and potential customers and help them to solve their problems. When we go to conferences in America we always arrive a few days early. In September, we are sending several of our technical experts to speak at JavaOne…
Meatball Sundae was the book which introduced me to Seth Godin (and was a part of the Swag giveaway at my first Business of Software conference). So it holds a special place in my affections. The title comes from the idea that you take 2 popular concepts and put them together to find that what…
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…
