As I'm sure many of you know, WalterCon was held this past weekend, in Orlando, Florida, USA, the World. During the weekend, demos were held, lectures spoken and as is the norm in events like this, people mingled, talked and had a good time. One of the attendees was Jem Matzan from the Jem Report, and report he did. In it he writes a bit about Haiku's past, its future and of course, gives his thoughts on WalterCon. He has some pics for your voyeurism pleasure, but the mother lode comes from Haiku themselves, as you can see over at the WalterCon page (ok, who's with me here, doesn't my friend Rene look like he's sleeping in this pic? He's the one on the right).

The surprise you ask? Ah yes. One thing that was announced over the weekend, was the winner of the Haiku Icon Set contest. And we here at ICO happen to know which one it was... *opens envelope*... and the winner is... Stippi! As you can see from the shot, it's a very nice looking set, which manages to both stay faithfull to the original BeOS look but with slight changes that make it different enough to keep you looking for what's new. Congratulations to Stippi and to all others who sent their work.

Update: Ryan Leavengood wrote a report, over at the Haiku site, about his experience at WalterCon 2006. It's a very nice write up, so head over and enjoy.