Tommy's use of the quote is a masterstroke really considering that 95% of the Cordova committers are Canadians.
On Fri, Feb 1, 2013 at 3:32 PM, Steven Gill <stevengil...@gmail.com> wrote: > +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 > > >> > > >
