The Future of Web ApplicationsTim BrayDistinguished EngineerDirector of Web TechnologiesSun Microsystems

The Future of Web ApplicationsTim BrayDistinguished EngineerDirector of Web TechnologiesSun Microsystems

I’m Scared.

“More and more it seems likely that the resolution of this crisis will be an historic financial calamity. Each and every step which central banks and regulators have taken to resolve the crisis has been met with failure...“We are in the midst of an unfolding debacle. It is happening about us. I am not sure how or when it ends, but the end, when it arrives, will radically alter the way we live for a long time.

http://acrossthecurve.com/?p=1830

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Getting Through the Tough TimesTim BrayDistinguished EngineerDirector of Web TechnologiesSun Microsystems

Suppose I’m

wrong?

1.Your Work2.Opportunities 3.You

Your Work

No Waterfalls.

No software licenses.

Get in the cloud.

Become part of the conversation.

Opportunities

Think about regulatory

technology.

Think about basic needs.

Think about servicing the

legacy.

Think about telecoms.

Build something for yourself.

http://steve-yegge.blogspot.com/2008/08/business-requirements-are-bullshit.html

Fear venture capitalists.

You

No technology religion.

Designer vs. Developer; don’t

be just one.

Don’t be an “X” developer (for any

value of “X”).

Build skills.

Contribute to an Open-Source

project.

Publish.

Suppose I’m

Wrong?

Network.

Start now.

Thank You!Tim.Bray@sun.comwww.tbray.org/ongoing