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