DConf 2015 has been awesome, I'm taking a minute to post this that's been announced a short while ago.

We're pleased to announce that DConf 2016 will take place in Berlin, sponsored by Sociomantic.

We'll be back with details. See you there!


Andrei

On Friday, 29 May 2015 at 23:42:00 UTC, Andrei Alexandrescu wrote:
> DConf 2015 has been awesome, I'm taking a minute to post this that's been announced a short while ago.
>
> We're pleased to announce that DConf 2016 will take place in Berlin, sponsored by Sociomantic.
>
> We'll be back with details. See you there!
>
>
> Andrei

Thank you very much for DConf 2015!

Special thanks to John Colvin for the livestream! It was really great and grandiose! I hope that next year someone will give a video camera to livestream with higher resolution to enjoy DConf 2016 fully.

Why not DConf is carried out twice a year!? :)
E.g. in May and in November. It would be really great. Please think about it!

On 2015-05-29 5:42 PM, Andrei Alexandrescu wrote:
> DConf 2015 has been awesome, I'm taking a minute to post this that's
> been announced a short while ago.
>
> We're pleased to announce that DConf 2016 will take place in Berlin,
> sponsored by Sociomantic.
>
> We'll be back with details. See you there!
>
>
> Andrei
>

Hmm... convincing the company to send me to Berlin... that might be a challenge :)

On 5/29/15 5:55 PM, Dennis Ritchie wrote:
> On Friday, 29 May 2015 at 23:42:00 UTC, Andrei Alexandrescu wrote:
>> DConf 2015 has been awesome, I'm taking a minute to post this that's
>> been announced a short while ago.
>>
>> We're pleased to announce that DConf 2016 will take place in Berlin,
>> sponsored by Sociomantic.
>>
>> We'll be back with details. See you there!
>>
>>
>> Andrei
>
> Thank you very much for DConf 2015!
>
> Special thanks to John Colvin for the livestream! It was really great
> and grandiose! I hope that next year someone will give a video camera to
> livestream with higher resolution to enjoy DConf 2016 fully.

That was a great idea. Thanks, John!

> Why not DConf is carried out twice a year!? :)
> E.g. in May and in November. It would be really great. Please think
> about it!

Hmm, there may be a little disconnect here. Organizing conferences costs money, which currently comes from Walter and my pocket. Whilst I understand how it's awfully exciting to enjoy quality content from the comfort of one's device, we need more attendees before more conferences to make the checkbooks balance. Besides, there is no substitute for being there, as I'm sure all of this year's DConf participants may attest.


Andrei

On 30/05/2015 5:08 p.m., Andrei Alexandrescu wrote:
> On 5/29/15 5:55 PM, Dennis Ritchie wrote:
>> On Friday, 29 May 2015 at 23:42:00 UTC, Andrei Alexandrescu wrote:
>>> DConf 2015 has been awesome, I'm taking a minute to post this that's
>>> been announced a short while ago.
>>>
>>> We're pleased to announce that DConf 2016 will take place in Berlin,
>>> sponsored by Sociomantic.
>>>
>>> We'll be back with details. See you there!
>>>
>>>
>>> Andrei
>>
>> Thank you very much for DConf 2015!
>>
>> Special thanks to John Colvin for the livestream! It was really great
>> and grandiose! I hope that next year someone will give a video camera to
>> livestream with higher resolution to enjoy DConf 2016 fully.
>
> That was a great idea. Thanks, John!
>
>> Why not DConf is carried out twice a year!? :)
>> E.g. in May and in November. It would be really great. Please think
>> about it!
>
> Hmm, there may be a little disconnect here. Organizing conferences costs
> money, which currently comes from Walter and my pocket. Whilst I
> understand how it's awfully exciting to enjoy quality content from the
> comfort of one's device, we need more attendees before more conferences
> to make the checkbooks balance. Besides, there is no substitute for
> being there, as I'm sure all of this year's DConf participants may attest.
>
>
> Andrei

Maybe take a leaf out of charity streams book.

Donations + prizes for viewers.

On Saturday, 30 May 2015 at 05:08:18 UTC, Andrei Alexandrescu wrote:
>> Why not DConf is carried out twice a year!? :)
>> E.g. in May and in November. It would be really great. Please think
>> about it!
>
> Hmm, there may be a little disconnect here. Organizing conferences costs money, which currently comes from Walter and my pocket. Whilst I understand how it's awfully exciting to enjoy quality content from the comfort of one's device, we need more attendees before more conferences to make the checkbooks balance. Besides, there is no substitute for being there, as I'm sure all of this year's DConf participants may attest.

I've been thinking that D needs more globally-available talks like this throughout the year.  One way to do it would be to schedule monthly livestreams of a D developer in front of his webcam, like the Jai programming language guy was doing.  I could help organize something like this, but the problem isn't getting it up and running but having people actually give talks.  I can't even get people to answer my emails for email interviews about D (with the exception of Mihails, who's been very prompt).

No doubt everybody is very busy and D is a hobby that's easily pushed aside, but online talks could keep the conference momentum going throughout the year.

On 30/05/2015 6:45 p.m., Joakim wrote:
> On Saturday, 30 May 2015 at 05:08:18 UTC, Andrei Alexandrescu wrote:
>>> Why not DConf is carried out twice a year!? :)
>>> E.g. in May and in November. It would be really great. Please think
>>> about it!
>>
>> Hmm, there may be a little disconnect here. Organizing conferences
>> costs money, which currently comes from Walter and my pocket. Whilst I
>> understand how it's awfully exciting to enjoy quality content from the
>> comfort of one's device, we need more attendees before more
>> conferences to make the checkbooks balance. Besides, there is no
>> substitute for being there, as I'm sure all of this year's DConf
>> participants may attest.
>
> I've been thinking that D needs more globally-available talks like this
> throughout the year.  One way to do it would be to schedule monthly
> livestreams of a D developer in front of his webcam, like the Jai
> programming language guy was doing.  I could help organize something
> like this, but the problem isn't getting it up and running but having
> people actually give talks.  I can't even get people to answer my emails
> for email interviews about D (with the exception of Mihails, who's been
> very prompt).
>
> No doubt everybody is very busy and D is a hobby that's easily pushed
> aside, but online talks could keep the conference momentum going
> throughout the year.

In the past week or two, I've been considering doing a livestream for charity on livecoding.tv. Also thought about e.g. livestream conferences.

Very very different way to go about it. But I'm interested.

On Friday, 29 May 2015 at 23:42:00 UTC, Andrei Alexandrescu wrote:
> DConf 2015 has been awesome, I'm taking a minute to post this that's been announced a short while ago.
>
> We're pleased to announce that DConf 2016 will take place in Berlin, sponsored by Sociomantic.
>
> We'll be back with details. See you there!
>
>
> Andrei

This is Travis Beckstrand (front row, left side at the conference) checking in!  I'm currently a newbie at D but after witnessing the power of and passion behind the language I hope to become an expert and to contribute to its success.

I really enjoyed meeting all of you and would like to thank you all for the fantastic presentations you gave.

On 2015-05-29 23:42:06 +0000, Andrei Alexandrescu said:

> We're pleased to announce that DConf 2016 will take place in Berlin, sponsored by Sociomantic.

That's great news!!

-- 
Robert M. Münch
http://www.saphirion.com
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On 2015-05-29 23:42:06 +0000, Andrei Alexandrescu said:

> DConf 2015 has been awesome, I'm taking a minute to post this that's been announced a short while ago.

Is there an overview about all the talks that were given? Will there be a link to the live-recordings, so one can jump to specific talks directly?

-- 
Robert M. Münch
http://www.saphirion.com
smarter | better | faster