Fox Valley JUG

Rob and I just got back from presenting at the Fox Valley JUG, in Appleton, WI (Green Bay for those not from around here). Our topic was Ajax, providing a general overview and introduction before delving into the DWR, JSON-RPC-Java, and Echo2.

Rob also announced our very simple demonstrations being made available on his site. Definitely feel free to check them out but do keep in mind that these are used only to illustrate very simple (hello world type) examples, so don't expect too much in the way of spectacular! We will be updating our presentation and these examples for another talk in September, so you may also want to check back later.

... back to the Fox Valley JUG... It was a very conversational presentation which was great. I think everyone, including the presentor(s), gets more out of it when there is a more open environment for questions and feedback.

The one somewhat unfortunate effect of the light atmosphere was that it did slow down the presentation a bit. I gave a little higher overview of JSON-RPC-Java and Echo2 than I would normally have liked but it was towards the end of the presentation anyway and I think the audience was in a "skip the details" sort of mood anyway.