Hello,


Somewhat unexpectedly even to me, I'll be in Seattle for the Lang.NEXT 
conference together with Walter. Both of us will give talks.

http://channel9.msdn.com/Events/Lang-NEXT/Lang-NEXT-2012

Would be glad to redo a D Seattle meeting. Regardless, the conference is 
interesting and free so it's worth joining if time allows.


Thanks,

Andrei

On Thursday, 15 March 2012 at 15:38:59 UTC, Andrei Alexandrescu 
wrote:
> Somewhat unexpectedly even to me, I'll be in Seattle for the 
> Lang.NEXT conference together with Walter. Both of us will give 
> talks.
>
> http://channel9.msdn.com/Events/Lang-NEXT/Lang-NEXT-2012

Now if only all these tech conferences didn't happen to be held 
in the US and/or overseas flights from Europe were cheaper (same 
for the D conference :()…

But as the sessions will be recorded and the speaker line-up sure 
promises a lot of interesting talks, my disappointment could be 
worse. :P

David

On 15-03-2012 18:55, David Nadlinger wrote:
> On Thursday, 15 March 2012 at 15:38:59 UTC, Andrei Alexandrescu wrote:
>> Somewhat unexpectedly even to me, I'll be in Seattle for the Lang.NEXT
>> conference together with Walter. Both of us will give talks.
>>
>> http://channel9.msdn.com/Events/Lang-NEXT/Lang-NEXT-2012
>
> Now if only all these tech conferences didn't happen to be held in the
> US and/or overseas flights from Europe were cheaper (same for the D
> conference :()…
>
> But as the sessions will be recorded and the speaker line-up sure
> promises a lot of interesting talks, my disappointment could be worse. :P
>
> David

There's still the possibility of arranging a devroom at FOSDEM 2013...

-- 
- Alex

A devroom at FOSDEM would be awesome!

On Thu, Mar 15, 2012 at 7:05 PM, Alex Rønne Petersen
<xtzgzorex@gmail.com> wrote:
> On 15-03-2012 18:55, David Nadlinger wrote:
>>
>> On Thursday, 15 March 2012 at 15:38:59 UTC, Andrei Alexandrescu wrote:
>>>
>>> Somewhat unexpectedly even to me, I'll be in Seattle for the Lang.NEXT
>>> conference together with Walter. Both of us will give talks.
>>>
>>> http://channel9.msdn.com/Events/Lang-NEXT/Lang-NEXT-2012
>>
>>
>> Now if only all these tech conferences didn't happen to be held in the
>> US and/or overseas flights from Europe were cheaper (same for the D
>> conference :()…
>>
>> But as the sessions will be recorded and the speaker line-up sure
>> promises a lot of interesting talks, my disappointment could be worse. :P
>>
>> David
>
>
> There's still the possibility of arranging a devroom at FOSDEM 2013...
>
> --
> - Alex

On 16 March 2012 06:55, David Nadlinger <see@klickverbot.at> wrote:
> Now if only all these tech conferences didn't happen to be held in the US
> and/or overseas flights from Europe were cheaper (same for the D conference
> :()…

I feel you, except I'm in New Zealand. We do get Webstock though, so
thats nice, but I can't afford to go to such things. I think the
cheapest conference I've seen here is Kiwicon, at like $50, but its a
hacker convention, not necessarily what I want to go to.

--
James Miller

On Thu, Mar 15, 2012 at 2:03 PM, James Miller <james@aatch.net> wrote:

> On 16 March 2012 06:55, David Nadlinger <see@klickverbot.at> wrote:
> > Now if only all these tech conferences didn't happen to be held in the US
> > and/or overseas flights from Europe were cheaper (same for the D
> conference
> > :()…
>
> I feel you, except I'm in New Zealand. We do get Webstock though, so
> thats nice, but I can't afford to go to such things. I think the
> cheapest conference I've seen here is Kiwicon, at like $50, but its a
> hacker convention, not necessarily what I want to go to.
>
> --
> James Miller
>

You and Bernard Helyer can get together and have a little D conference.
Maybe call it D For Two.

Regards,
Brad Anderson

On 16 March 2012 09:33, Brad Anderson <eco@gnuk.net> wrote:
> You and Bernard Helyer can get together and have a little D conference.
>  Maybe call it D For Two.
>
> Regards,
> Brad Anderson

Probably not worth one of us doing a 9 hour drive, or catching a
plane, just for that.

On a similar note, I wouldn't mind trying to find more D programmers
near where I live.

--
James Miller

On Thursday, 15 March 2012 at 21:00:59 UTC, James Miller wrote:
> On 16 March 2012 09:33, Brad Anderson <eco@gnuk.net> wrote:
>> You and Bernard Helyer can get together and have a little D 
>> conference.
>>  Maybe call it D For Two.
>>
>> Regards,
>> Brad Anderson
>
> Probably not worth one of us doing a 9 hour drive, or catching a
> plane, just for that.
>
> On a similar note, I wouldn't mind trying to find more D 
> programmers
> near where I live.
>
> --
> James Miller

Could always start a D-singles.org site... ;p

David Nadlinger:

> Now if only all these tech conferences didn't happen to be held 
> in the US and/or overseas flights from Europe were cheaper 
> (same for the D conference :()…

Being present at conferences gives you some not evident 
advantages, like talking with people when there are no 
conferences, asking questions to expert people during the 
conferences, letting people know you and your ideas in little 
unscheduled lighting talks, in small scheduled 3-minute talks, or 
in normal sized talks, and so on. Good conferences give you new 
ideas, help you meet people interested in your ideas, help you 
meet your heroes or people that think of you as their hero, etc.

On the other hand the amount of CO2 released in very long air 
travels for such purposes is not always environmentally 
justifiable, the ecological footprint of some conferences is 
ridiculous. And if you take a look at certain conferences (like 
the Google one) they ask for excessive amount of money and silly 
requirements.

Bye,
bearophile

On 2012-03-15 22:00, James Miller wrote:
> On 16 March 2012 09:33, Brad Anderson<eco@gnuk.net>  wrote:
>> You and Bernard Helyer can get together and have a little D conference.
>>   Maybe call it D For Two.
>>
>> Regards,
>> Brad Anderson
>
> Probably not worth one of us doing a 9 hour drive, or catching a
> plane, just for that.

No, no, no. 4.5 hour is enough, meet half way :)

-- 
/Jacob Carlborg