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Windows Live Writer rocks!
November 10, 2007

I’m writing this post using Windows Live Writer (which I found out about through Jeff Chausse), and I love it already!  I always felt there was a place for a desktop application that can help with one’s online tasks.  There’s something different about launching an application from the desktop, versus going to Firefox, typing in [...]

Just saw the One Laptop Per Child prototype
March 3, 2007

I just had a personal demonstration of One Laptop Per Child, thanks to my friend SJ [blog]. I am incredibly impressed – I have no doubt that this is going to revolutionize learning and knowledge across the world. Many other patrons at Z Square looked over our shoulders and asked about the perfectly-sized device.
This machine [...]

I’ll be speaking at JavaOne 2007
February 28, 2007

I am excited to announce that I will be speaking at JavaOne 2007, May 8-11, in San Francisco. My technical session will discuss JFugue, my Java API for Music Programming, and I will also get into API Usability.
Geertjan Wielenga, who used JFugue to create the NetBeans JFugue Music NotePad – and to whom I [...]

Welcome!
November 11, 2006

Welcome to From Idea to Product!  I intend to use this blog to spread the joy of transforming fascinating ideas into outstanding software products.  I will cover best practices and new innovations in the software lifecycle, the ups and downs of business and marketing, and most importantly of all, the travails and the glee of [...]