The Faces of Gateway NFJS 2009

Here are some photos from the recent No Fluff Just Stuff show in St Louis. Stay tuned for a review and some thoughts stemming from the conference. In a nutshell, it was an excellent show with an energetic crowd.

These are my people: smart geeks who consider Java/JVM technologies as a way to spice up an otherwise dull and dreary weekend. No boredom here!

NFJS attendees report the final score:

Speakers Scott Davis, Venkat Subramaniam, and Ken Sipe ham it up to form the MVC pattern:

NFJS attendee (Jeff G), and speakers Mark Volkmann, Tim Dalton speak to the importance of functional programming and concurrency:

NFJS attendees report the score from the lobby:

NFJS attendee, speakers Alex Miller and Mark Volkmann define a monad (from functional programming):

NFJS attendee, and NFJS organizers form the MVC pattern:

That's how we roll on a geeky, tech weekend....