JavaOne 2014 San Francisco was held September 28 – October 2. I think this was a particularly good year for JavaOne in many ways and it's certainly been a privilege to try to do justice to the crucial role of Java EE track lead (a role I took on for the first time this year). I'd like to share my thoughts, observations and experiences at JavaOne 2014 from that perspective. We did a few things differently this year that seemed to have paid off fairly well.
Besides helping organize the conference, I pitched in the keynote demo, scouted as many Java EE sessions as I could in my track and led a few sessions. More details on all of this, including thoughts, analysis, slide decks and code, is posted on my personal blog.