+1 to using classic hockey quote to impress Canadians and improve chances On Fri, Feb 1, 2013 at 11:31 AM, tommy-carlos Williams <to...@devgeeks.org>wrote:
> Gord's talk sounds awesome :) > > On 02/02/2013, at 2:30, Gord Tanner <gtan...@gmail.com> wrote: > > > If I am selected my talk is going to be on the dirty hacks that are in > our > > codebase. > > > > Kind of pealing back the layers and showing some of the crazy stuff we > need > > to do to get things working clean for our users. > > > > On the theme of : "Our Pain is your Gain" > > > > For example I am going to talk about the hack I do for BlackBerry OS7 > > config.xml parsing where I make our plugin match the namespaces for > > BlackBerry 10 API's so I can have one config.xml file for all three > > platforms: > > > https://github.com/apache/cordova-blackberry/blob/master/framework/ext/src/library.xml#L26-L33 > > > > If I do get selected I will we asking people on the list for all of those > > crazy neat / dirty hacks we have all put into this project to hide the > > chaos of cross platform development from our users. > > > > > > On Fri, Feb 1, 2013 at 9:40 AM, Simon MacDonald > > <simon.macdon...@gmail.com>wrote: > > > >> Tommy, > >> > >> Working hockey metaphors into the conversation will only increase your > >> chances of being selected to talk 1000%. Well done. > >> > >> I'd love to make it out myself. If selected, my planned talk is also > >> on something that should exist by July, the polyfil of the WebSpeech > >> API into PhoneGap Android. > >> > >> Simon Mac Donald > >> http://hi.im/simonmacdonald > >> > >> > >> On Thu, Jan 31, 2013 at 3:08 PM, Tommy-Carlos Williams > >> <to...@devgeeks.org> wrote: > >>> Sorry to break in on the thread, but that's what I did… I submitted > >> based on something that doesn't exist yet, but very much SHOULD exist by > >> July (or I will have bigger problems). > >>> > >>> :) > >>> > >>> "Skate to where the puck is going to be" and all that hockey business. > >>> > >>> My concern is more around the submission and acceptance process.. there > >> didn't seem to be any kind on confirmation on the submission and with > July > >> so far away, I was wondering how long it might be before finding > anything > >> out. > >>> > >>> I don't want to come across as impatient, I only bring it up because > >> flying from Australia is best done with plenty of advanced warning ;) > >>> > >>> Is there any anticipated deadline to the submission process? > >>> > >>> - tommy > >>> > >>> > >>> On 01/02/2013, at 5:47 AM, Brian LeRoux <b...@brian.io> wrote: > >>> > >>>> No problem, how about I pencil you in for the USA event and let the > >> talk TBD? > >>>> > >>>> On Thu, Jan 31, 2013 at 10:17 AM, Andrew Grieve <agri...@chromium.org > > > >> wrote: > >>>>> Hey Brian, > >>>>> > >>>>> July is still a mile away. How much lead-time are you actually > looking > >> for > >>>>> here? A couple of my talk ideas are contingent on whether projects > meet > >>>>> their targets :P > >>>>> > >>>>> > >>>>> On Fri, Jan 11, 2013 at 6:46 PM, Brian LeRoux <b...@brian.io> wrote: > >>>>> > >>>>>> http://goo.gl/fYW3J > >> >
