Java.net CommunityCorner 2009

See also the CommunityCorner2008, CommunityCorner2007 , CommunityCorner2006 and CommunityCorner2005.

The java.net Community Corner will be in the Pavilion at JavaOne 2009 at pd # 101. Get directions below for proposing a podcast to be recorded in the Community Corner about your project or community on java.net. Come to the Community Corner to hear other talks, give a demo, meet community leaders and members of the Executive Board, or just relax and hang out for a bit. Volunteer to work in the Community Corner and receive a free java.net shirt.

This is a wiki, so don't be afraid to edit it!!! (Twiki newbies can use Help for getting started information) If you have a mini-talk to propose, or if you are supposed to work some shifts at one of the three pods in the Community Corner, edit this page now to sign up!

Ideas, Suggestions, Requests for the Community Corner?

Please post your suggestions or requests for the 2009 Community Corner in this forum.

Podcast Proposals and Schedule

Any java.net member is welcome to propose a podcast to be recorded, in person, in the java.net Community Corner at JavaOne 2009 in San Francisco. A podcast is about 20 minutes long, and can be either a standard presentation with a slide deck or an interview on a topic you propose.

See the podcasts of the mini-talks from last year. To facilitate the podcasts again this year, you MUST submit a brief abstract for your talk in your initial email to your community leader.

The required abstract serves dual purpose: (1) it will be used as the description for the podcast and (2) it will make it easier for community leaders to make sure the talks they are approving are technical or otherwise of interest to developers and most definitely not product pitches.

As with past years, we will again allow day-of-presentation write-ins to fill any open slots in the schedule. Those talks will also be required to submit an abstract, on the spot. The process will be: I'd like to fill in the 4:30 slot? OK, step right over here to this demo station, let me pull up the Community Corner wiki for you, add you to the schedule, and you can type your abstract in right here. Then we will write you in to the physical signage schedule on the show floor in the Community Corner.

Big change for mini-talks this year!

We will not have a stage and chairs set up for an audience in the Community Corner this year. Instead Podcasts will be recorded in a 10x10 room with a table that will be built in a corner of the Community Corner space. They will be hosted by a variety of people, including the Site Editor, the Community Manager, or any Community Leader interested in hosting talks from within their communities.

There are two formats for podcasts:

1. Interview - If you'd like to have a casual interview/conversation about your project or community you can submit a topic you'd like to talk about and at least three questions you'd like the host to ask you in the course of the interview.
2. Presentation - If you prefer to do a traditional presentation with a slide deck, you can "present" to the host and then we will tell users exactly where to find your presentation materials in the recording at the beginning of the podcast so they can follow along.

Directions:

1. Propose a short talk or interview by submitting the following information to your Community Leader:
   • The subject of your presentation or interview, with a link to the appropriate project or relevant information.
   • Your name and a link to your java.net People page. You can easily create one if you don't have one already.
   • An abstract is required as part of your proposal. You know what you are going to talk about, it should not take you more than a few minutes to write it! Plus, we need the abstract to provide the session description when we put your recording on the podcast feed. You may create your abstract in place as a new wiki page (like some of the 2007 talks, such as JarvisAbstract and JFugueA), or if you prefer you can upload your abstract to the 2009 Mini-talks folder and add a link to it in your email. You may want to reference those abstracts from 2008 for examples to follow, found in the 2008 Mini-talks folder.
   • Interviewees must additionally provide three questions to be asked by the host in the course of the interview. Interviewees do not need to provide any presentation materials.
   • The name of the java.net Community that you belong to (or general if your project is in no community).
   • Include your top three preferred times to present and any other pertinent information (e.g. "I will only be there on Thursday, but any time is fine."). Please check the schedule for open times before you note your availability.
   • (For the general projects area, send the email to communitymanager@dev.java.net.)
2. Wait for your community leader, who may ask questions, then accept or reject.
   • accept: community leader forwards the email with a note to the Community Manager
   • reject: community leader notifies submitter
3. Volunteer to work in the Community Corner for at least 30 minutes before or after your podcast. You may use one of the pods to demo your project during this time. To volunteer to work, see the staffing schedule
4. Post your presentation to the 2009 Mini-talks folder, as well as in the Docs and Files section of your own project. (You can do this step after the show, but it is better practice to do it before the show, so that you can use the posted presentation if you suffer data loss during the show.) Send a link to the Community Manager so we can add it to the schedule and provide links to podcast listeners to view your slides as they listen.
5. Arrive at the java.net Community Corner booth at least 10 minutes before your presentation to set-up.

Podcast Schedule

Each talk is 20 minutes long. Need a pass to get in to JavaOne? Great news! The pavilion is open to all for free this year. See Also: The schedule for JavaOne 2009 and the registration information page.

Podcast Schedule

A Poster Can Get Your Project Noticed!

There is a large space for posters on the walls of the podcast booth. This worked well last year, a number of people took time to review the posters. Architectural diagrams and other technical information that might catch the eye and invite developers into the Community Corner are best. Posters should be on poster stock, not foamcore or other heavy or stiff materials, if possible. There may be a slight curve to some of the walls. Last year we put them up with sticky velcro.

There is also room on the back side of the three pods where we have the monitors set up. The max size for those posters is 37" x 25".

Community Leader and Staff Schedule: Booth Staffing Signups

This calendar shows the times that community members/leaders will be in the booth to meet and greet the community. See also the official schedule on the JavaOne site. A good time to sign up to work is during the evening event when the Pavilion is open and full of free food.

We strongly encourage mini-talk speakers to sign up to staff a demo pod immediately after their talk.

Directions: Edit this wiki to add your name to one of the time slots below. After your name, indicate the name of your project or community so that members who want to meet someone from a specific project or community will be able to figure out when they should come by the Community Corner and see you. There will be three demo workstation pods. Signing up earns you a free java.net t-shirt too.

Please plan to arrive 5 minutes early and leave 5 minutes late, in order to provide some overlap between shifts.