Chris Adamson

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Areas of Expertise:

Java
Mac OS X
media development
QuickTime
Cocoa

iPhone
consulting
speaking
programming
writing

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

iPhone SDK Development (Pragmatic Bookshelf) by Bill Dudney , Chris Adamson , Marcel Molina March 2009 (est.) $38.95 USD	Swing Hacks by Joshua Marinacci , Chris Adamson June 2005 $29.95 USD (Read Reviews)
QuickTime for Java: A Developer's Notebook by Chris Adamson January 2005 $29.95 USD (Read Reviews)

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

Truth Be Told

December 04 2008

Taking it a little slow for JavaFX's launch day... also: Java Today: JavaFX 1.0 released, Danny Coward's Top 10 JavaFX facts, and Java Posse's JavaFX interview Weblogs: Run-up to JavaFX launch, Grizzly 1.9.0, and JSF 2.0 f:ajax tag Forum Posts: Mouse-scrollable UI, redeploying webapps in GlassFish, Java version-sniffer script updated (again), and needing… read more

Work Out Fine

December 03 2008

So this is where Java 7 is going! Also: Java Today: Project Jigsaw to modularize JDK for Java 7, JavaFX media support explored in Swing, and NetBeans DTrace GUI plugin updated Weblogs: Servlet 3.0 new features, seeking the source, and two-way twitter-like communication with Grizzly Forum posts: Webstart temp directory access, updated Java… read more

Fashionable People

December 02 2008

The know-it-alls originally slammed Java too... also: Weblogs: Why 90's pundits were wrong about Java, Java FX Mobile prerelease on Thursday, and switch-lists with JSF Java Today: Modularizing the Java platform, JavaTools Community Newsletter #185, and rethinking Servlet 3.0 Forum Posts: Seeking JSR-120 datagram docs, SwingX splittage, and OpenGL native multisampling (or not) read more

Snowed In

December 01 2008

Anticipating December's avalanche of news... also: Java Today: Packaging Java code, JPA 2.0 Criteria API, and Why is the web the default development platform? Blogs: Gosling in Tokyo, reactions to Sun financial news, and Josh previews JavaFX at Ørdev java.net Poll: What languages other than Java do you use on a regular basis? Spotlight:… read more

Strangely At Home Here

November 26 2008

Languages aplenty on the JVM... also: Java Today: First Java Language Summit videos posted, H2 db on GlassFish, and Project Darkstar interview Weblogs: Asychronous I/O, Grizzly notifications, and plaintext authentication with Metro Forum Posts: Tallying JVM penetration by platform, new Mobicents release, and building phoneME Advanced read more

Cumbersome

November 25 2008

Is Java too big for its own good? Also: Java Today: Modularizing the monolithic JDK, M3DDs preliminary agenda, and OpenSSO and Google Apps Weblogs: JavaOne 2009 CFP open, JSF component for editable text, and new web services features in NetBeans 6.5 Forum Posts: GlassFish HA, proposed conference feedback tool, applet lifecycle dispute, and… read more

Times Like These

November 24 2008

Make yourself more useful... also: Java Today: Recession-proof Java programmers, specializing in something relevant, GlassFish clustering, and JavaOne 2009 CFP opens Weblogs: MXBean mapping, Grizzly ProtocolFilter, and building the GlassFish v3 gem Spotlight: NetBeans 6.5 Forum Posts: SwingX sticks with Java 1.5 for now, NetBeans Metro builds, and putting comments in generated WSDL read more

No Big Deal

November 21 2008

Are programming contests worth your time and talent? Also: java.net Poll: Do you enter programming contests? Java Today: Java Community Newsletter #184, David Folk and Mark Day talk NetBeans 6.5, and Chet Haase compares JavaFX and Flex Weblogs: JSON to Spring bindings, SailFin support for SIP "Replaces", and event reminders Forum Posts: Customizing LWUIT… read more

I Feel Speed

November 20 2008

Animation on the go... also: Feature Article: Animation and Transitions with LWUIT Java Today: Sun to support continued Alice development, NetBeans 10th anniversary greetings from Jonathan Schwartz, and why Java developers like Macs Forum Posts: Overriding key mappings, Wonderland DAC, GlassFish v3 Troubleshooting Guide, and applet experiences on Linux Weblogs: Webapp tutorial screencast and… read more

Waiting for the Flood

November 19 2008

Begin the mass download of NetBeans 6.5... also: Java Today: NetBeans 6.5 ships, mirror servers set up for NetBeans downloads, and JCP 2008 election results posted Weblogs: Election congrats to Sean Sheedy, Facelets in JSF 2.0, and Java apps for creating Gantt Charts Forum Posts: Downloading and running BD-J code, SS7 interface for… read more

So Alive

November 18 2008

Hard numbers on the Java runtime install base... also: Forum Posts: Java versions as counted by Google Analytics, text rasterization in Java2D, and the case for Java Web Start versus Flash/Flex/Silverlight Featured Podcast: Java Mobility Podcast 61: Funambol Java Today: Two new OpenJDK subprojects, Seam/GlassFish webinar on Nov. 20, and Swing App… read more

Welcome Tomorrow

November 17 2008

JPA 2.0 shaping up... also: Java Today: JPA 2.0 JSR public review, Java community event during QCon SF, and GlassFish v3 Prelude interview Weblogs: Compiling on JDK 6 and running on 5, ease of development in EE 6, and running Merb with GlassFish gem Spotlight: Project Darkstar Developer Challenge entries begin today Forum Post:… read more

Plain Truth

November 14 2008

A call for greater transparency... also: java.net Poll: Did you expect Java 7 to be released in 2008? Weblogs: Java process transparency, Ajax spinner component, and REST/Dojo/Comet hands-on-lab materials Java Today: GlassFish and Java Champions at Silicon Valley Code Camp, Refact4J project, and more SIP on ME Forum Posts: Tracking Java versions with Google… read more

Playing the Game

November 13 2008

Picking up discarded objects and putting them back in the toy box... also: Java Today: New GC for JDK 7, Tomcat and GlassFish survey, and OSGi in the Enterprise Forum Posts: New applet lifecycle, problem with applet in new plug-in, inplace execution in CLDCHi and BD-J color fidelity on real devices Weblogs: Attaching… read more

Betcha Thought We Couldn't Do It

November 12 2008

CommunityOne packs up and heads East... also: Java Today: Community One East announced, JavaFX 1.0 release date set, and GlassFish v3 Prelude overview Weblogs: Rich webapps with jMaki, Cobertura test coverage in Maven, and individuals in the JCP elections Forum Posts: Adapting LWUIT to different screen sizes, signing LWUIT apps, and asynchronous image… read more

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