This was my first JavaOne.  At first I was amazed at the spectacle of it all.  Logistically there's a lot going on.  When I signed in I was sent to about 6 different locations before I had all of my credentials and gear.  Despite the bumps it's the place to be if you're in the Java world.  OpenLogic had a booth at the event and it was very wise for us to be there.  The booth was always hoppin' with attendees that wanted to know more about what we do.

The sessions were good.  At JavaOne there's plenty of opportunities to hear notable people.  I saw James Gosling, Rod Johnson, Simon Phipps and Eben Moglen.  Most of the talks were great, I got exposed to interesting technologies that I'm eager to play with.  There was some overly buzzword compliant talks that didn't deliver on content.  I also wish it were a smaller show so you could grab speakers and bounce ideas off them in between sessions.  But if it were like that then it wouldn't be JavaOne.  It was fun from a general perspective to just be around a ton of people jazzed about technology, all in all a great experience.