On Tuesday, 15 January 2013 at 15:55:46 UTC, Andrei Alexandrescu
wrote:
Hello everyone,
We're a couple of weeks inside the Call for Submissions for
DConf 2013, and so far we have collected a few strong proposals
but indeed only a few.
I would like to extend an appeal to the talented participants
on this newsgroup to consider making a talk proposal. At this
point there's a dearth of submissions, which is paradoxical
considering the high numbers and quality of the community
leaders.
When thinking of a submission, consider that you'd address an
audience outside and removed from the daily pulse going on in
the forum. You may assume most nobody in the audience has read
the group, articles you or others wrote, or has a solid
understanding of the language's subtleties. Therefore it's very
easy to think "meh, I don't have anything interesting to share
- they all know this stuff as well as I do, if not better!" and
is a common phenomenon in confined circles (research lab would
be another example).
If you ever wrote an article on D, consider it an already done
presentation that just needs translation into slides. There's
little extra effort needed.
If you're one of the main contributors to the language and its
standard library, you are virtually socially obligated to
submit a talk proposal. People will come to hear your insights.
If you're a regular D user, the unique demands and
characteristics of your project are likely to be of interest.
So I compel you to consider making at least one submission. We
have a budget, sponsors, a wonderful site - it would be
supremely ironic if the program was our weak spot. If you are a
regular D contributor, consider yourself as responsible as
anyone for the success of DConf. But I also expect to hear (and
indeed already have, thank you) from people I'd never heard
from before.
Thanks,
Andrei
Although I tend to do quite some posts, I am yet to fully make
use of D, with most of my work in JVM/.NET languages and FP/C++
stuff in some private projects.
So sadly not much I can contribute.
As for attending, the costs are just too high for myself.
--
Paulo
