It's worth noting that a presentation can practically be a call to action, too.  As a random example, talk about pitfalls you encountered debugging your D project, how you solved the problem, and suggest how debugging in D could be improved.  Really, just about anyone who uses D regularly should have material for a talk about something.  I suspect there are people here who would be happy to review talk notes as well, if you're concerned about working on a vacuum.  I was hoping to give a talk this year, but that was contingent on my doing a lot of work I ended up not having time for.  Maybe next time :-/

On 01/29/2014 11:30 PM, Mengu wrote:

> On Wednesday, 29 January 2014 at 18:06:48 UTC, Ali Çehreli wrote:

>> Mengü, these are great ideas. I wonder what topic you are saving for
>> yourself. ;)

[...]

> i will talk about 'introduction to d for python, ruby
> programmers' in front of you, andrei, walter and many others who are
> (me^99). :-)

But nobody else will present such a talk unless *you* propose, get accepted, get paid for your expenses, and actually present at the conference! :)

I can't speak for Facebook but let me remind everyone that Facebook is a company that is known to be hiring aggressively. There were recruiters at DConf 2013, meeting with some of the speakers. Just saying... ;)

Ali

P.S. I should be writing a talk proposal instead of this post.

On Thursday, 30 January 2014 at 07:30:17 UTC, Mengu wrote:
>
> http://i.imgur.com/tpcI9zv.jpg :)
>
> yes, master. i will talk about 'introduction to d for python, ruby programmers' in front of you, andrei, walter and many others who are (me^99). :-)

Bear in mind that the talks are recorded and watched by an audience much larger than the people in the room (every talk has several thousand views on YouTube). I'm sure there are a lot of people who aren't attending in person that would enjoy a talk on that subject. I'll be there and I'd enjoy that subject.

On Tuesday, 28 January 2014 at 02:53:14 UTC, Andrei Alexandrescu wrote:
> Don't forget - Friday night is the deadline for both DConf submissions and early registrations.
>
> http://dconf.org
>
> It's safe to say we have a quorum already. Also, the proposals we got are solid. However, we are having fewer submissions, which is a bit of a letdown.
>
> Keep in mind: DConf is literally created in every sense of the word by people in this forum. We're counting on our prominent participants to submit talk/panel proposals. If you're in doubt about your prominence, it's probably bigger than you think! Yes I'm talking about you! We also hope that most regulars on this forum will be able to attend. This is _the_ event to be at if you have an interest in D.
>
> Last but not least, 31 January is not the time to deliver your _entire_ material. All we need is the _idea_ and the _abstract_. You'll have months to finish your talk after the acceptance process.
>
> http://dconf.org
>
>
> Andrei

Ok I did it! I finally did my talk submission.

On Tuesday, 28 January 2014 at 02:53:14 UTC, Andrei Alexandrescu wrote:
> Don't forget - Friday night is the deadline for both DConf submissions and early registrations.

I've sent my proposal. How can I pass up the opportunity to make a fool of myself in front of all of Youtube.?

On Tuesday, 28 January 2014 at 02:53:14 UTC, Andrei Alexandrescu wrote:
> Don't forget - Friday night is the deadline for both DConf submissions and early registrations.
>
> http://dconf.org
>
> It's safe to say we have a quorum already. Also, the proposals we got are solid. However, we are having fewer submissions, which is a bit of a letdown.
>
> Keep in mind: DConf is literally created in every sense of the word by people in this forum. We're counting on our prominent participants to submit talk/panel proposals. If you're in doubt about your prominence, it's probably bigger than you think! Yes I'm talking about you! We also hope that most regulars on this forum will be able to attend. This is _the_ event to be at if you have an interest in D.
>
> Last but not least, 31 January is not the time to deliver your _entire_ material. All we need is the _idea_ and the _abstract_. You'll have months to finish your talk after the acceptance process.
>
> http://dconf.org
>
>
> Andrei

Well, there's only 3.5hrs to go and it's 4:30am here, but my submission is finally in!

On Thursday, 30 January 2014 at 21:09:27 UTC, Brad Anderson wrote:
> On Thursday, 30 January 2014 at 07:30:17 UTC, Mengu wrote:
>>
>> http://i.imgur.com/tpcI9zv.jpg :)
>>
>> yes, master. i will talk about 'introduction to d for python, ruby programmers' in front of you, andrei, walter and many others who are (me^99). :-)
>
> Bear in mind that the talks are recorded and watched by an audience much larger than the people in the room (every talk has several thousand views on YouTube). I'm sure there are a lot of people who aren't attending in person that would enjoy a talk on that subject. I'll be there and I'd enjoy that subject.

well, you asked for it so they've got my submission :) thanks for the support.

On 1/30/14, 9:25 AM, Gary Willoughby wrote:
> Can we get an update at Dconf about usage of D at Facebook please? I'm
> crossing my fingers for widespread adoption and work on tools,
> libraries, etc? *crosses fingers*

Yes, I will talk about it.

Andrei

On 1/30/14, 8:15 AM, Meta wrote:
> Off-topic, but I seem to recall that you mentioned allocators at the
> last DConf, and then there's been all that excellent work that you
> posted recently on untyped allocators, followed by a period of silence.
> I'm starting to get a sneaking suspicion that you're holding out on us
> in lieu of the coming DConf. Care to comment?

No, I'm not holding out; it's just that I'm busy with open sourcing some other code. In all likelihood I'll give a talk about allocators at DConf.

Andrei

On Saturday, 1 February 2014 at 16:28:22 UTC, Andrei Alexandrescu wrote:
> On 1/30/14, 8:15 AM, Meta wrote:
>> Off-topic, but I seem to recall that you mentioned allocators at the
>> last DConf, and then there's been all that excellent work that you
>> posted recently on untyped allocators, followed by a period of silence.
>> I'm starting to get a sneaking suspicion that you're holding out on us
>> in lieu of the coming DConf. Care to comment?
>
> No, I'm not holding out; it's just that I'm busy with open sourcing some other code. In all likelihood I'll give a talk about allocators at DConf.
>
> Andrei

I should mention that I wasn't being accusatory, in case it came off that way. Just cheeky and eager to see what you've come up with =)