Chris Adamson

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Java
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media development
QuickTime
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Biography

Chris Adamson the editor of java.net, and was formerly editor of ONJava.com. He is the author of QuickTime for Java: A Developer's Notebook and co-author of Swing Hacks. He is also a software consultant, in the form of Subsequently and Furthermore, Inc., specializing in Java, Mac OS X, and media development. He blogs on digital media software development at [Time code];. He wrote his first Java applet in 1996 on a 16 MHz black-and-white PowerBook 160 with the little-seen Sun MacJDK 1.0. 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.

Books

Swing Hacks
by Joshua Marinacci , Chris Adamson
June 2005
$29.95 USD

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QuickTime for Java: A Developer's Notebook
by Chris Adamson
January 2005
$29.95 USD

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Articles

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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.

Multimedia

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.

Blog

This Sentence Will Ruin/Save Your Life

August 28 2008

invokedynamic makes its debut... now what? Also: Java Today: Initial invokedynamic implementation, Project SocialSite roundup, and scalability worst practices Featured Podcast: j1-2k8-mtH09: Energy and CO2 Savings with Java EE 5/SE 6, Glassfi read more

Virtual Insanity

August 22 2008

Is Java ME's development cost zero or infinity? Also: Featured Podcast: j1-2k8-mtH08: Underworld - the Java EE 5 Backend For Wonderland Java Today: European JSR contributions, moving from NetBeans development server to production, and questions about JavaFX java.net Poll: How have job prospects in your field changed in the last year? Forum Posts: LWUIT… read more

Time Won't Wait

August 21 2008

OpenJDK 7 catches up Mac Java... also: Java Today: OpenJDK 7 for Darwin/Mac, Java Game Tome, and JavaFX designer-developer workflow screencast Feature Article: Complex Table Cell Rendering Made Simple Featured Podcast: Java Mobility Podcast 54: Kicking Butt with MIDP and MSA Weblogs: JSF 2.0 EG meeting, developing MEP client applications, and first UCLA JUG… read more

Traveling Without Moving

August 20 2008

Packing up podcasts... also: Featured Podcast: j1-2k8-mtH07: City of Oakland Solar Energy Promotion Java Today: M3DD call for papers, compile-on-save in NetBeans IDE, and JavaTools Newsletter #178 Weblogs: Using NetBeans for Portlets, Sentilla Perk, and Rails goes multi-threaded Forum Posts: JavaFX media APIs, BigDecimal limitations, and FishCAT membership finalized read more

Feels Just Like It Should

August 19 2008

Shouldn't closures be about expressiveness? Also: Java Today: Howard Lewis Ship on closures, JAX-RS in proposed final draft, and LWUIT demo hits YouTube Weblogs: Comparing LWUIT and JavaFX Mobile, Sentilla Perk Kit, and nobody thinks they're an "enterprise" Forum Posts: Wonderland 0.4 released, migrating to JXTA 2.5, and inputing date intervals in SwingX read more

When You Gonna Learn

August 18 2008

Your chance to figure out JavaFX... also: Spotlight: Ask The Experts: Java FX SDK Preview Forum Posts: What is JavaFX, security software as cause of debugging performance problem, and redirecting DOS I/O in Java Java Today: GlassFish roadmap, Java Doclets, and young developers meet wombats Weblogs: Static code analysis, serializing with key/value pairs ,and… read more

In A Free Land

August 15 2008

LWUIT goes open source... also: Java Today: LWUIT open-sourced and updated, a two-stage closure proposal, and interactive TV with Java Weblogs: Terrence on LWUIT announcement and Josh on applet loading screens java.net Poll: Would you be interested in d read more

It's Not Peculiar

August 14 2008

Swing saves ME from bad GUIs? Also: Feature Article: An Introduction to the Lightweight User Interface Toolkit (LWUIT) Java Today: NetBeans IDE 6.5 Beta, FishCAT, and SailFin V1 Alpha Weblogs: Gosling @ SIGGRAPH, "semi-checked" exceptions, and deve read more

Don't Want To Know If You Are Lonely

August 13 2008

Will one of these OpenJDK ports be the next JVM for Mac OS X? Also: Java Today: OpenJDK approves Zero and BSD port projects, monitoring your app's ecosystem, and how can Java developers stay relevant? Featured Podcast: j1-2k8-mtH05: cqME and ME Framework Testing Platform Weblogs: REST and Java ME, dependency injection with ServiceLoader,… read more

Friend You've Got To Fall

August 12 2008

Mobile & Embedded Developer Days changes seasons, adds a topic... also: Weblogs: Second Mobile, Media, and Embedded Developer Days announced, GlassFish and MySQL bundle, and using easyB with Maven Also Today: Progress on Zero/Shark OpenJDK port, java.net projects on SOA World Readers' Choice ballot, and Neal Gafter video interview Forum Posts: Overloading the… read more

All This I've Done For You

August 11 2008

A mobile Java pipe-dream might be coming true... also: Java Today: T-Mobile reportedly considering ME "app store", DeviceAnywhere double free trial for NetBeans users, and Josh reveals the secrets of javafxdoc Weblogs: Future-proofing APIs, java.protocol.handler.pkgs read more

Beautiful Machine, Parts 3-4

August 08 2008

The BGGA bits are all there... also: Java Today: BGGA closure prototype feature-complete, Hibernate in NetBeans screencast, and OpenMQ 4.2 final java.net Poll: Do you want the closures debate settled in time for Java 7? Weblogs: JavaFX concerns, finding the state, and creating Maven projects from the command line Featured Podcast: j1-2k8-mtH04: How to… read more

That's Something I Do

August 07 2008

Codifying Swing's best practices... also: Weblogs: Swing App Framework project revives, playing with JMX 2.0 API, and GlassFish web tier IRC channel Java Today: SDN JavaFX Script tutorials updated, setting up performance monitoring without source, and JavaTools Community Newsletter #177 Forum Posts: JavaFX applets, seeking all-Java JAI Image I/O implementations, and new ContextService… read more

Questions and Answers

August 06 2008

What are you looking for in JavaFX demos? Also: Weblogs: JavaFX sample topics wanted, API design, and RESTful pet catalog Featured Podcast: j1-2k8-mtH03: A Mobile Interface for Data Mash-Up Java Today: Measuring Xrender pipeline performance, Sun's Real-Time Java 2.1, and JavaFX Preview SDK screencast Forum Posts: BD-J stubs available under new licensing program, splitting… read more

Beautiful Machine, Parts 1-2

August 05 2008

Why you'd want to distinguish method calls only by return type... also: Java Today: Java Media Components in JavaFX SDK, teaching mobile computing, and performance and availability monitoring Weblogs: Desktop vs. web programming, more testing for OpenJDK, and NetBeans 6.5 M1 encodings Forums: Wonderland 0.4 RC 1 announcement, JavaFX SDK compiler version, and… read more

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