Chris Adamson

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Biography

Chris Adamson is an independent writer, editor, and developer, living in Grand Rapids, Michigan. Now focusing on iPhone and Mac development, he is the co-author of iPhone SDK Development. He is also the author of QuickTime for Java: A Developer's Notebook and co-author of Swing Hacks. He was formerly the editor of java.net, and of ONJava.com. He consults and publishes through his corporate identity, Subsequently and Furthermore, Inc., with a focus on user-facing and digital media development for Mac and iPhone. He blogs on digital media software development at [Time code];. In a previous career, he was a Writer / Associate Producer at CNN Headline News, and over the years, he has managed to own eleven and a half Macs.

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iPhone SDK Development (Pragmatic Bookshelf) by Bill Dudney , Chris Adamson October 2009 Print: $38.95	Swing Hacks by Joshua Marinacci , Chris Adamson June 2005 Print: $29.95 Ebook: $23.99 (4) (Read Reviews)
QuickTime for Java: A Developer's Notebook by Chris Adamson January 2005 Print: $29.95 (5) (Read Reviews)

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Review/Preview: 2006 and 2007 in Java
Publish Date: Dec. 20, 20062006 will be remembered as the year that Sun open-sourced Java under the GPL, that EJB 3.0 finally shipped, and that Google surprised everyone with its Google Web Toolkit. But how will history record the results of these events? For the 2006 year-ender, ONJava editor Chris Adamson looks at the year's events through the lens of how they may play out in 2007. What Is Java
Publish Date: Mar. 8, 2006Everyone knows what Java is, right? Interpreted code, applets, proprietary, and slow. Wrong, wrong, wrong, and wrong. In its second decade, it's time to re-evaluate Java: the language and the virtual machine are going their own ways, its open source sub-community is vibrant and independent, and developers are taking the best ideas from other languages and frameworks and bringing them to Java. In this article, ONJava editor Chris Adamson tries to reset old assumptions about Java to fit modern realities. The Java Podcasters, Part 2
Publish Date: Feb. 1, 2006In this second article on Java-oriented podcasting, some more unique voices are featured, including a single-product podcast, and an amusing show that kicks back its feet and declares itself "drunk and retired". In this article, we interview the voices behind the ZDot, NetBeans Podcast, and DrunkAndRetired.com podcasts. The Java Podcasters, Part 1
Publish Date: Jan. 25, 2006As podcasting takes off, a number of podcasts specifically tailored to the Java developer have become available. Ranging from the serious to the silly, covering the whole Java realm or just a single product, there seems to be something for every developer with a set of headphones. In this article, we interview the voices behind the Swampcast and Java Posse podcasts. ONJava: 2005 Year in Review
Publish Date: Dec. 21, 20052005 may not have seen a new version of Java, but it was a year of tremendous activity that saw Java assert its popularity, even while some wondered how well-suited Java is for its second decade. In this article, ONJava editor Chris Adamson wraps up the year in Java by looking back at some of the year's most popular articles. Ruby the Rival
Publish Date: Nov. 16, 2005Bruce Tate's Beyond Java picks Ruby as the front-runner among languages that could succeed Java among enterprise developers. But what's so great about Ruby--and frankly, what's wrong with Java? We asked some top Java bloggers, authors, and developers what they think of Ruby's challenge. ONJava 2005 Reader Survey Results, Part 2
Publish Date: Sep. 28, 2005Is there anything else you'd like to tell our Java editors? Well, 226 people responding to the 2005 ONJava Reader Survey did. In this article, we show what they said and discuss what we're doing with the site. ONJava 2005 Reader Survey Results, Part 1
Publish Date: Sep. 21, 2005We asked who you are and what you're doing, and 988 people replied in just 12 days. In this first article of a two-part series, we reveal the results of the 2005 ONJava Reader Survey. Announcing the 2005 ONJava Reader Survey
Publish Date: Sep. 7, 2005The 2005 ONJava Reader Survey is underway. This is your opportunity to steer the site by helping us understand what you use, what you're interested in, and where you think Java is going. JavaOne 2005: Participate in the Future of Java
Publish Date: Jun. 29, 2005JavaOne 2005 is touting the successes of Java, charting the next versions of Java's standard and enterprise editions, and calling on members of the Java community to participate in Java's future. What's New For Developers in QuickTime
Publish Date: Jun. 28, 2005In Part 1 of this series, Chris Adamson covered the new features of QT7 that end users will see. Today, he shows you some of the most prominent changes from a developer point of view, including: the QTKit API for Cocoa, the new QuickTime MetaData API, support for frame reordering codecs, Core Audio-based sound enhancements, and QuickTime for Java. Welcome to a New World: JBoss World 2005
Publish Date: Mar. 9, 2005JBoss World, held in Atlanta on March 1-2, kicked off with announcements of new directions for the company and a roundtable of customers discussing the popular application server. This article offers a recap of the opening presentations. QuickTime for Java Components
Publish Date: Jan. 26, 2005In this excerpt from QuickTime for Java: A Developer's Notebook, Chris Adamson introduces QuickTime components and how they enable runtime discovery of available features, including importers and exporters for graphics and movie formats. Streaming QuickTime with Java
Publish Date: Jan. 12, 2005Realtime multicast streaming came to QuickTime in version 5, but now, years later, it's not widely realized that it can be called from QuickTime for Java. Chris Adamson, author of QuickTime for Java: A Developer's Notebook, shows how it works. Results from the Second 2004 ONJava Reader Survey
Publish Date: Jan. 5, 2005Editor Chris Adamson summarizes the results of the recent reader survey, including favorite tools, platforms, and what you want to see on the site in 2005.

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Famous Last Words

March 31 2009

A very big round of thanks... also: Java Today: JSR 292 support in javac, customizing the applet security warning, and JavaCard 3 Featured Podcast: Java Mobility Podcast 75: Daniel Green on kids and computers Weblogs: SwingX 0.9.6, OpenDS code commits visualized, and QTI 2.1 draft specification withdrawn Forum Posts: Abusing sockets, disabling ?WSDL, and… read more

This Is How I Disappear

March 30 2009

Editorial changes this week... also: Java Today: JSR 317 (JPA 2.0) proposed final draft, Project Coin week 4, and JTHarness 4.2 milestone 1 Weblogs: SwingX pushes towards 1.0, JSF to Struts to SEAM to Spring, and calling a Metro web service from Clojure Spotlight: SIPCommunicator in Google Summer of Code 2009 Forum Posts: Java… read more

Disenchanted

March 27 2009

Just how open is Java? Also: Java Today: Stephen Colebourne questions Java standard openness, JavaFX 1.1.1 released, and talking cloud computing with a Java Champion Weblogs: OpenSSO jobs, Swing jobs and Limewire, and seeking help with Swing Application Framework Forum Posts: Updating JAXB for GlassFish, how not to paint in Swing, Java ME… read more

The Sharpest Lives

March 26 2009

How the OpenJDK team plans to get to JDK 7... also: Java Today: Feature list and build schedule for JDK 7, JCP chair interviewed, and which default LAF for Java 7? Weblogs: Talking real-time Java in the UK, forking Beans Binding, and Footprint adopts Maven 2 Forum Posts: Networking on Blu-Ray hardware, diagnosing… read more

House of Wolves

March 25 2009

GlassFish makes a splash at EclipseCon... also: Java Today: GlassFish Tools Bundle for Eclipse, Project Coin proposals nearly finalized, and SIPCommunicator in Google Summer of Code Weblogs: Monitoring GlassFish with VisualVM, OpenDS news tidbits, and clean JavaFX code Weblogs: Zebra-striped JTables, remembering passwords for the JXLoginPane, and USB (yes, again) read more

My Way Home Is Through You

March 24 2009

Getting your favorite dynamic language on the JVM... also: Java Today: Planetarium podcast on dynamic languages, QCon video on dynamic languages, and NetBeans wins a Jolt, releases and update, and lines up testers (and it's only Tuesday) Weblogs: WebLogic to GlassFish migration, Metro/Jersey/GlassFish/OpenESB/OpenSSO presentation, and JAXB + Maven + DTD + XSD… read more

To The End

March 23 2009

Final week and a half for Project Coin submissions... also: Spotlight: Project Coin accepting proposals through March 30. Java Today: Project Coin week 3 summary, servlets on JavaCard, and OpenESB interview Weblogs: JavaFX challenges, Ubuntu and java.net Maven repository, and Ant/Maven truce Forum posts: Hazards of idle speculation, security tubes and WS-Policy, and getting… read more

You Had Time

March 20 2009

How are you spending the downturn? Also: java.net Poll: Where do you write the most code? Java Today: JSR 282 (Real-Time Java 1.1) early draft review, Masood Mortazavi interview part 2, and JavaTools Community Newsletter issue 193 Weblogs: Grails on GlassFish v3 embedded, the .NET Fedlet From OpenSSO, and EJB almanac. Forum Posts: Ignoring… read more

Untouchable Face

March 19 2009

Slick and special JavaFX apps contend for prizes... also: Java Today: JavaFX Coding Challenge, session video from CommunityOne East, and Best Practices for JavaFX Mobile Applications Weblogs: Sidebar in FX, Project Coin and syntactic sugar, and MySQL for developers Forum Posts: AS_JAVA variable, Eclipse plugin for GlassFish, turning off the next-gen Java plug-in,… read more

Every Angle

March 18 2009

And this is why you test and fix stuff... also: Forum Posts: Chinese font sizes in LWUIT, illegal XML characters in JAXB, federated identities for web services, and GRIN scene graph for BD-J Java Today: JavaFX light effects, JDK build process, and OpenSSO webinar Thursday Weblogs: Getting started with Atmosphere, installing Hudson as… read more

32 Flavors

March 17 2009

More tasty little language changes... also: Java Today: Project Coin week 2, NetBeans 6.5.1, and more ActionScript for Java developers. Weblogs: GlassFish 0.9.3 gem, turning Hudson cluster into Hadoop cluster, and OpenDS for replication and failover recovery. Forum Posts: Compiling twice with Maven JAXB plugin, dynamic certificate realms, and proposing a "properties" resource… read more

Outta Me, Onto You

March 16 2009

What Java inherited, and what it bequeaths... also: Java Today: C++ and Java legacies, Project Coin session from Java Posse Roundup, and JavaOne 2009 sessions posted Featured Podcast: Java Mobility Podcast 74: BlueJ and Greenfoot Weblogs: Web service documentation and client class generation, GlassFish workshop in Milwaukee, and JAX-RS 1.1 draft available Spotlight: ROME… read more

Bring on the Dancing Horses

March 13 2009

Looking ahead to JavaOne 2009. Also: Java Today: JSR 318 (EJB 3.1) proposed final draft, JDK 7 language model changes, and RESTful webservice and JavaFX Weblogs: GlassFish bootcamp, Hudson SVNCancelException, and blueMarine customer acceptance testing Forum Posts: Swing table-packer, JSR 275 (units API), switch between LCDUI and LWUIT, and managing bitmap fonts read more

Never Stop

March 12 2009

Feeds aplenty from ROME... also: Java Today: ROME 1.0, Flying Saucer 8 RC1, and OpenJDK's IcedTea project Weblogs: Grails 1.1 and Maven, shadows in Synth, and JAX-WS 2.2 and Metro 2.0 nightly builds Forum Posts: Petition to get JSR'ed technology on devices, scripting for JAI, and ICEFaces on GlassFish webinar read more

Do It Clean

March 11 2009

Using CSS for JavaFX... also: Java Today: JCP ME EC special election results, JavaFX Sudoku styled with CSS, and JavaTools Community Newsletter #192 Weblogs: java.net Maven2 repository changes, JRuby on Rails on GlassFish success story, and Jazoon Rookie deadline Forum Posts: SwingX code-breaking changes begin, LWUIT demo on jailbreak iPhone, and setting up… read more

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The Community of Web 2.0
Publish Date: Nov. 2, 2005

In this 48-minute audio program from the Web 2.0 conference, Tim O'Reilly speaks with Sun Microsystems COO Jonathan Schwartz and Mozilla Foundation president Mitchell Baker about developer communities, distribution, architectures and expandability, and the value of open source.

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