I just read through the thread up to this point, so this isn't a reply to one particular person. And I'm speaking just for myself, not Dick, Carl or Joe.
First of all, no, we did not go to the biweekly format because we don't have stuff to talk about. The reasons were exactly what we said they were: Time constraints. We have day time jobs, families and other hobbies. Putting out a podcast every week is too much work. Besides, we were getting together in person every other week - and THOSE recording gettogethers are really fun for us, so we decided to drop the other skype-only recordings (which also involve more editing work since there are more lag-timed caused interruptions etc.). Second, regarding topic selection: It's true, we don't limit ourselves to Java only. We talk about things that interest us, as three engineers working fulltime in the Java world; Joe comes -from- that world and does mostly UI stuff now which isn't tied to any one technology (but seems to be mostly web UI based). It's true that we've spoken a fair bit about Apple in the past, and to Casper's dismay, pretty much ignore the Microsoft world. There are two primary reasons for that: 1) Three of us have individually chosen to use Macs, and have for many years now, as our primary laptops - and this has tied into other associated and integrated Apple products like time capsules, ipods, iphones and tablets. This affects our computing experience and developer workflow. I don't think we talk much Apple -technology- (OSX, Core Animation, Cocoa, etc) at all; when this comes up it generally has to do with user interface issues which we think are relevant to all developers. (Besides, as mentioned elsewhere, Macs seem pretty common among -Java developers-. Just look around at a conference. It is NOT the 80% Windows marketshare you see in the broader market; it seems to be about the opposite.). 2) Yes, we've been talking quite a bit about the iPhone. Aside from all 4 of us using it until recently, the iPhone has been leading the charge with the renewed smartphone resurgence and has therefore been interesting for us to talk about. I -don't- think we've given Apple a free pass. I think they've been soundly called out for their lack of public information (regarding Java releases for example), for their anti-competitive licensing agreements, and for their patent suits. But they HAVE been interesting to us. I don't know what we'd cover from the Microsoft camp that any of us would find interesting. Windows 7? Their rumored phone? The Zune? .NET? Sure, .NET might be interesting to Java developers who try to develop applications both for Java and for .NET, and there are similarities etc. But to me, that would be about as interesting as talking about Objective C specifics (or Python 3, etc). And whether or not any of us have any interest in .NET, certainly none of us have any EXPERTISE in it so it would be embarrassingly void of content. Besides, we hear there are really good .NET podcasts out there already. (Hat thieves!) We -know- that interviews are compelling. They are interesting and fun for US to do too! But unfortunately, they are a LOT of work, which is why they don't happen more often. That's also why we can't easily commit to different topic podcasts of a particular length -- that takes planning and scripting, more editing work etc. Ultimately, we have fun talking together and we try to stay on technology topics that we think would be of general interest to engineers in the Java world. I think the Java topic itself is going to pick up soon as not only Java 7 technology becomes more available and public, but also other aspects of Java policy and politics are clarified. Dick just doubled down on his JVM bet by starting his own business based on the Java platform. Given our other priorities (jobs, families etc) we don't want to commit to particulars like average episode lengths, number of interviews per month, maximum number of non-Java-related minutes per episode, etc. We're having fun and we hope some of you get something out of the podcasts. I don't think we can please everybody, so our current directive is to please ourselves :) I said "we" here, but once again I'm only talking for myself. Thanks for listening! -- You received this message because you are subscribed to the Google Groups "The Java Posse" group. To post to this group, send email to javapo...@googlegroups.com. To unsubscribe from this group, send email to javaposse+unsubscr...@googlegroups.com. For more options, visit this group at http://groups.google.com/group/javaposse?hl=en.
