Welcome to “Miles to go” 2.0

After having authored ~1400 blogs at blogs.oracle.com/arungupta (titled “Miles to go” and hence 2.0 in the title here), this blog cannot really start with “Hello Blogsphere” unlike my first blog on Aug 2, 2005. This blog would rather be a continuation of all the entries posted there until now. All the great content that you’ve seen on blogs.oracle.com/arungupta will stay there, but any new content will now be exclusively published on this blog.

I heartily welcome you to this blog!

I’ll mostly be blogging about Java, Java EE, application servers, cloud, PaaS, tooling options, my travels/conferences around the world, community building, running, and some more.

I’m starting a new job at Red Hat on Oct 21, 2013 as Director, Developer Advocacy and you’ll definitely hear about their technologies and products as well. I’d love to hear what else would you like me to blog about.

As always, feel free to leave a comment on the blog or ping me on twitter at @arungupta if you want to reach out.

This blog title is inspired by this lovely poem by Robert Frost …

The woods are lovely, dark, and deep,
But I have promises to keep,
And miles to go before I sleep…

And my version …

There are a tons of cities/countries to visit…
Plenty of User Groups to spread the fever …
Lots of conferences to speak at …
And miles to go before I sleep …

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23 Responses to Welcome to “Miles to go” 2.0

  1. Reza Rahman says:

    Best of luck in the new gig and hope to see you around. Java EE forever!

  2. Mike Piech says:

    Arun, we are super stoked to have you join the team at Red Hat! Can’t wait to get you on board and get started–there’s so much still to do :) . Welcome!

  3. Edgar Silva says:

    You will love this journey… I am sure !!!

  4. Glenn Holmer says:

    Congratulations and best of luck!

  5. Andriy Redko says:

    Bunch of luck! Eagerly waiting for your new posts!

  6. Hinkmond Wong says:

    Good luck to you, Arun! We will definitely miss you here in the Java org!

  7. Anil Gaur says:

    Thanks for all your contributions towards GlassFish and Java EE Platform! It’s the passion in people like you which makes all the difference in building and nurturing the developer communities!!

    Good Luck for your future endeavor! Looks like your favorite color remains red ;-)

  8. Jeff Zhang says:

    Welcome to redhat!

  9. Rick Lawson says:

    Arun – you are a class act, met you at a LinuxFest in the backwoods of Spartanburg, SC. Great job evangelizing Java/JEE over the years and sure you will do great at RedHat as well.

  10. Claudio Miranda says:

    Welcome to Red Hat. Good to see you here.
    Claudio

  11. Tresch Anatole says:

    Hi Arun. Good luck and keep swimming! Anatole

  12. Binh Thanh Nguyen says:

    Godspeed, Arun. You’re my mentor! Thanks and waiting your good news.

  13. Peter Butkovic says:

    any chance to provide rss feed for your new blog? didn’t find it.
    thanks

  14. Pietro Aragona says:

    Congratulations and best of luck!

  15. Arun Gupta says:

    Thanks a lot for your wishes and kind words!

    Blog’s feed is available at:

    http://feeds.feedburner.com/MilesToGo

  16. Ewald Ertl says:

    Thank you for all your talks in the conferences. I didn’t have the luck to see you live,
    but I enjoyed the video playbacks a lot.

    Wish you all the best for the future.

  17. Bruno Condemi says:

    Thanks for all your effort and passion.
    Have fun with your new job.

  18. Raminder says:

    Congratulations and keep inspiring us with your awesome contents !!!

  19. Heiko W. Rupp says:

    Wow, that is awesome – I guess you want to do more running with Bela :-)

  20. arungupta says:

    Heiko,

    Yes, I ran with Bela about 3 years back:

    https://blogs.oracle.com/arungupta/entry/on_the_eve_of_jazoon

    and would love to run with him again.

  21. Jaén Swart says:

    Welcome to Red Hat Arun, we are privilege to have you and I’m for sure looking forward to liason closely with you. Hallo from sunny South Africa

  22. Stefan says:

    Hey Arun! I’m super excited that you are with Red Hat! I was at your talk @ Oracle in Johannesburg, South Africa about a month ago (or two?). Was an awesome talk and really excited that you are working for a real open source company now. Open ftw!

  23. Mathias says:

    have followed you for years… What a change for you. All the best. Mathias
    Will visit you here in the future.

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