Janice J. Heiss

In addition to exploring the wonderful world of technology at Tech Days, and getting to interview many Java technology luminaries and unsung heroes on java.sun.com as a staff writer for Sun, Janice J. Heiss is a published writer of fiction and non-fiction and has written and performed for the stage, including stand-up comedy.

She also blogs at: http://blogs.sun.com/janheiss/, http://blogs.sun.com/TechDaysEvents/, and http://blogs.sun.com/javaone2008/.

Articles

Kirk Pepperdine Interviewed by Janice Heiss

Janice Heiss interviews Java Champion Kirk Pepperdine about Java performance tuning and more in this java.net Community Corner 2009 podcast, recorded at JavaOne.

Weblogs

Insight and Knowledge from Masood Mortazavi

Fans of Sun's Masood Mortazavi may be interested in Part Two of my interview with him where we explore some of...

A Java Developer's Quiz

Put Away Your Books and Get Out a Piece of Paper

Check out a new quiz from yrs truly on java.sun.com.

Reflecting on Technology with Masood Mortazavi

Check out Part One of my provocative (if I do say so myself) interview titled "Meet Sun Software Engineering Manager...

Top Java Developers Offer Advice to Students

Got Advice for Students?

If so, check out my article on java.sun.com where 11...

Encode Once, Play Anywhere: An Interview With JavaFX Media Lead Engineer Tony Wyant

I recently conducted a java.sun.com interview with Sun's lead engineer for JavaFX media,...

QA with Josh Bloch

In a java.sun.com interview, More Effective Java With Google's Joshua Bloch, I...

Brush Up on Your Java SE 6 Troubleshooting

Anyone interested in brushing up on their Java SE 6 troubleshooting skills might take a look
at my article,...

Good News on Glassfish and Java EE

Anyone interested in the insightful observations of a GlassFish engineer might check out the java.sun.com interview I did with Sahoo who...

Teaching Mobile Computing to Generation C

Anyone interested in Java ME or the challenge of teaching computer science to undergraduates might take a look at my recent...

Sentilla, AltioLive and LiveScribe: three JavaOne '08 Demos

I finally had a chance to put up three vodcasts I captured of demos from the 2008 JavaOne conference pavilion floor.

Spence Murray, a developer with Sentilla, a company that believes "The...

Java Performance Tuning: A Conversation With Java Champion Kirk Pepperdine

Here's a recent interview I did with Java
Champion ...

Vodcast and Podcast with Java Champion Adam Bien

For those of you who are hungry for insight and information about Java EE, I can recommend no one more highly than Adam Bien who I interviewed in a vodcast that you'll find in the "Developer...

Please check out my JavaOne '08 blogs

JavaOne '08 has come and gone before I could catch my breath or let you know where I blogged about this wonderful event this year. Anyway, if you're still interested, I blogged over...

Java Champion, Adam Bien, on Java EE

Please check out my java.sun.com interview with Java Champion and Java EE expert Adam Bien, who says...

The Story of Ruby, JRuby, and Rails at Sun

In a new article NetBeans, Solaris, GlassFish: The Ruby's Red Slippers Fit just up on java.sun.com, yours truly...

QA with Java Champion, Cay Horstmann

Check out my interview with Java Champion Cay Horstmann on java.sun.com if you want to know:...

Project Darkstar's New World of Online Games

Anyone interested in game development, please take a look at my interview
with Sun Lab's Jeff...

Becoming a Better Programmer

Have a look at an interview I conducted with Java Champion Dr. Heinz Kabutz who frequently sets up...

Java Finalization's Memory-Retention Issues

I recommend taking a look at "How to Handle Java Finalization's Memory-Retention Issues," by Sun's Tony Printezis...

Simon Phipps on Open Source

Please tell me what you think of Sun chief open source officer Simon Phipps's analysis of open source communities that I've summarized in an...

Meet Tom Marble, OpenJDK Ambassador for Sun Microsystems

Please take a look at my latest "Meet the Engineer" Q&A. Tom's job is to facilitate the growth of the OpenJDK...

Open Source --- Then and Now

I'd be curious what you think of this java.sun.com interview I did with Ray Gans
titled "...

Project Sonia, a Java-powered AUV at JavaOne 2007

Would love it if you'd check out
YouTube where, with a SONIA demo
in the background at JavaOne 2007, yours...

Looking Back at JavaOne 2007

Looking back on JavaOne 2007

The 2007 JavaOne Conference is over. As always itâ€™s a bit
of a blur, but buried within the blur are nuggets of knowledge, or at
least, moments of...

JavaOne 2007 Countdown

Just a few more days before the 2007 JavaOne commences and Iâ€™m definitely feeling a mix of anxiety (writing deadlines) and excitement (the event itself). This is the eighth JavaOne Iâ€™ve...

The Bug Story

Brian Harry, a.k.a. the "bug guy," talks at length about bugs in a java.sun.com article by yours truly,...

Sun's Java compiler tech lead speaks out

Why Writing Dumb Code is a Smart Idea

A new interview I did with Sun technology evangelist Brian Goetz,
"Writing Better Code:...

Managing Applications with Java SE 6

Here's a new java.sun.com
interview,
Managing Applications With Java SE 6: A...

Cheapest Air Fares on the Web?...

A new java.sun.com article,

"FareCompare Ready to Soar
With Migration to Java SE 6," by...