Adam Wilson, a past DConf speaker, has graciously accepted to be our guest speaker this month. Although he will present in-person, as usual, we will be live on Google Hangouts as well. I will post the link here right before we start at 7pm Pacific time.

Come in-person at 6:30pm for food and drinks but plea^H^H^H^H RSVP so we know how much to order:

  https://www.meetup.com/D-Lang-Silicon-Valley/events/236253882/

Abstract:

The Curse of Knowledge is a cognitive bias where a highly skilled person unknowingly assumes that others have the required background to understand a given topic. But what happens when a group of intelligent, like-minded, software engineers design a library? This talk will compare and contrast library designs with an emphasis on how we can use the power of D to improve the usability of our libraries. This exploration of library design will culminate in a discussion of how well designed libraries can be used to rapidly construct the services that businesses rely on and capture mind-share for D in the process.

Ali

Reminder...

On 12/15/2016 12:20 AM, Ali Çehreli wrote:
> Adam Wilson, a past DConf speaker, has graciously accepted to be our
> guest speaker this month. Although he will present in-person, as usual,
> we will be live on Google Hangouts as well. I will post the link here
> right before we start at 7pm Pacific time.
>
> Come in-person at 6:30pm for food and drinks but plea^H^H^H^H RSVP so we
> know how much to order:
>
>   https://www.meetup.com/D-Lang-Silicon-Valley/events/236253882/
>
> Abstract:
>
> The Curse of Knowledge is a cognitive bias where a highly skilled person
> unknowingly assumes that others have the required background to
> understand a given topic. But what happens when a group of intelligent,
> like-minded, software engineers design a library? This talk will compare
> and contrast library designs with an emphasis on how we can use the
> power of D to improve the usability of our libraries. This exploration
> of library design will culminate in a discussion of how well designed
> libraries can be used to rapidly construct the services that businesses
> rely on and capture mind-share for D in the process.
>
> Ali

On Thursday, 22 December 2016 at 06:21:46 UTC, Ali Çehreli wrote:
> Reminder...
>
> On 12/15/2016 12:20 AM, Ali Çehreli wrote:
>> Adam Wilson, a past DConf speaker, has graciously accepted to be our
>> guest speaker this month. Although he will present in-person, as usual,
>> we will be live on Google Hangouts as well. I will post the link here
>> right before we start at 7pm Pacific time.
>>

Ali

Any chance of a recording of this being put on YouTube, for viewing at a later date ?

Nick

  https://www.meetup.com/D-Lang-Silicon-Valley/events/236253882/

On 12/22/2016 02:12 PM, Nick B wrote:

> Any chance of a recording of this being put on YouTube, for viewing at a
> later date ?
>
> Nick

If the speaker and the guests agree.

Ali

We're live now:


https://hangouts.google.com/hangouts/_/ytl/tul0FyLMfk5FzvA7pgOymV-AphtlM0dAFcpeQWomPWs=?hl=en_US&authuser=0

Ali


On 12/15/2016 12:20 AM, Ali Çehreli wrote:
> Adam Wilson, a past DConf speaker, has graciously accepted to be our
> guest speaker this month. Although he will present in-person, as usual,
> we will be live on Google Hangouts as well. I will post the link here
> right before we start at 7pm Pacific time.
>
> Come in-person at 6:30pm for food and drinks but plea^H^H^H^H RSVP so we
> know how much to order:
>
>   https://www.meetup.com/D-Lang-Silicon-Valley/events/236253882/
>
> Abstract:
>
> The Curse of Knowledge is a cognitive bias where a highly skilled person
> unknowingly assumes that others have the required background to
> understand a given topic. But what happens when a group of intelligent,
> like-minded, software engineers design a library? This talk will compare
> and contrast library designs with an emphasis on how we can use the
> power of D to improve the usability of our libraries. This exploration
> of library design will culminate in a discussion of how well designed
> libraries can be used to rapidly construct the services that businesses
> rely on and capture mind-share for D in the process.
>
> Ali

On 12/15/2016 12:20 AM, Ali Çehreli wrote:

>   https://www.meetup.com/D-Lang-Silicon-Valley/events/236253882/

The slides: http://files.meetup.com/18234529/The%20Curse%20of%20Knowledge.pptx

The video: http://youtu.be/XjnBMfVTI0k

(There is no audio on the recording until 45:45.)

Ali

On Saturday, 24 December 2016 at 07:30:56 UTC, Ali Çehreli wrote:
> On 12/15/2016 12:20 AM, Ali Çehreli wrote:
>
>>   https://www.meetup.com/D-Lang-Silicon-Valley/events/236253882/
>
> The slides: http://files.meetup.com/18234529/The%20Curse%20of%20Knowledge.pptx
>
> The video: http://youtu.be/XjnBMfVTI0k
>
> (There is no audio on the recording until 45:45.)
>
> Ali

Thanks for sharing this.

On 12/24/16 2:30 AM, Ali Çehreli wrote:
> On 12/15/2016 12:20 AM, Ali Çehreli wrote:
>
>>   https://www.meetup.com/D-Lang-Silicon-Valley/events/236253882/
>
> The slides:
> http://files.meetup.com/18234529/The%20Curse%20of%20Knowledge.pptx
>
> The video: http://youtu.be/XjnBMfVTI0k
>
> (There is no audio on the recording until 45:45.)

Looks like we have more of a curse of A/V setup :o). Walter's talk and now this. -- Andrei

On 12/24/2016 07:49 AM, Andrei Alexandrescu wrote:
> On 12/24/16 2:30 AM, Ali Çehreli wrote:
>> On 12/15/2016 12:20 AM, Ali Çehreli wrote:
>>
>>>   https://www.meetup.com/D-Lang-Silicon-Valley/events/236253882/
>>
>> The slides:
>> http://files.meetup.com/18234529/The%20Curse%20of%20Knowledge.pptx
>>
>> The video: http://youtu.be/XjnBMfVTI0k
>>
>> (There is no audio on the recording until 45:45.)
>
> Looks like we have more of a curse of A/V setup :o). Walter's talk and
> now this. -- Andrei

Not just those two:

- Right before the talk Adam Wilson was talking about the exact same thing happening during another recent presentation.

- Nobody heard one of our previous live broadcasts because again, we were muted. Actually, some members did send IMs to notify us but we didn't see the messages either because the message window was closed. :)

More careful next time...

Ali

On 12/23/2016 11:30 PM, Ali Çehreli wrote:
> (There is no audio on the recording until 45:45.)

Oh, this is painful.