Wayne Beaton's blog

Apparently, there is some confusion about the name of the “ Mylyn” project. Let me try and clear it up. This is “Our Lynn”, the Eclipse Foundation’s Marketing Events Manager. This is “Mylyn”, the Task-Focused UI for Eclipse that reduces information overload and makes multi-tasking easy. Any questions?

I spoke last Thursday at the Java Forum Stuttgart. This is a show that I really enjoy attending; the organization is great, the people are very nice, and Stuttgart is a nice city. I delivered two talks: one on Eclipse RCP and one on Mylyn. The RCP talk went well...

I reported a little while ago about my experiences with Ubuntu. It’s time for a quick update. The short version is that I like it. I like the way that it looks and feel. I even like the OpenOffice software, though it does bizarre things once in a while (need...

Eclipse Blogs does have an RSS feed. Unfortunately it’s hidden. I’ll try to resolve this next week by adding a fancy icons somewhere on the template (somehow, I managed to assume ownership of this sort of thing). In the meantime, tack “/feed” on the end of the URL for the...

My laptop took a tumble this morning. They guy sitting next to me on the flight jumped up, ripped open the hatch on the overhead bins and then jumped out of the way as my laptop (in the bag) tumbled down to the floor. It hit the seat on the...

At least one confused member of the Eclipse community spent an uncomfortable night camping outside the Eclipse Foundation offices in hopes of being the first to get a copy of the new fangled Eclipse packages. Unfortunately, this camper didn’t realise that we never use the front door, and it wasn’t...

My name is Wayne and I have a problem: I don’t really get IRC. That’s not to say that I don’t understand the technology. Heck, I even know a bunch of the more basic commands. I just have a really hard time keeping up with the conversations. My day is...

Today, we published Miguel Garcia’s article, “ How to process OCL Abstract Syntax Trees“, on Eclipse Corner. The abstract states: The Model Development Tools Object Constraint Language (MDT OCL) project provides the building blocks for Model-Driven tools to weave OCL declarative specifications into software artifacts. We showcase some of these...

I’m off to Germany next week for a fun-filled week of Eclipse-based excitement. With the arrival of Europa this week, next week is sure to be a great time to out with the people. The first event is a visit on Tuesday evening to the Java User Group Cologne where...

…I may just lose it. I’ve had this darned picture—taken at JavaOne 2007—on my desk for a little more than a month. I keep looking at it and thinking that I should scan it, put it on my blog and then send the original to the shredder. As I look...