Reviewing day 1 of Devoxx US.
Devoxx US kicked off today.
Day 1 of the inaugural North American edition of the popular European software conference that was created in 2001 by Stephan Janssen , and organized by the Belgian Java User Group (BeJUG), featured speakers like Venkat Subramaniam , Arun Gupta , Stuart Marks , and Josh Long. Devoxx US is being held at the San Jose Convention Center.
The day started off with a humorous keynote by Chet Haase. Entitled The Business of Technology Business Technology the talk kicked the day off on a lighter note. Following Haase, Janelle Klein (CTO New Iron & Founder of Open Mastery) took the stage and explored What is Identity?
In a densely packed talk, she explored topics like:
Klein used the domain vocabulary of software to better communicate (and discuss) the human brain. For example, Klein explored the human brain as a sense-making machine. Stating we recognize patterns to help us understand things in our environment.
Using language developers know well, she used inheritance as a metaphor for describing things we often feel belong and don’t belong. Things that we are familiar with extend from I (or me), yet those that do not feel familiar to us extend from Object.
