MacWorld n00b

I've been at MacWorld this week. Actually I'm blogging this from the Microsoft lounge at MacWorld. This is my first MacWorld, and it definitely a lot different than technical conferences. There is the obviously nice things, like the far better male-to-female ratio. There are some strange things, too. Yesterday I noticed these large, yellow Nikon bags near the entrance. I thought to myself "why in the world do people need these bags?" Then I realized what they really were. They were shopping bags. And a lot of people were walking around with their big yellow Nikon shopping bags full of Mac-related goodness. Shopping does not figure in so prominently at JavaOne...

Fun Things in January

Here are a few things I am attending/involved in that are coming up in January.

• Macworld 2009, January 5-9, Moscone Center (San Francisco) -- Steve Jobs won't be there, but I will. Coincidence? I'll mostly be bugging iPhone developers. If that's you, then look out.
• BCS Championship Game, January 8 -- Oh, I wish I could say that I was going to be in Miami for this game. Instead I will just be at my house in San Jose, watching the Gators triumph.
• Java Community Process, 10th Birthday Party , January 13, Computer History Museum (Mountain View) -- Like other Silicon Valley JUG members, I got sent an invite for this little party. Democracy and Java, two killer ingredients for a party...
• Introduction to Scala for Java Developers, January 20, San Francisco JUG -- I get to talk about Scala along with Lift creator David Pollak and the venerable Bill Venners. Bring your Scala book for Bill to sign it.