Re: Silicon Valley D Meetup - December 22, 2016 - "The Curse of Knowledge: Et tu, D?" by Adam Wilson
On Sunday, 25 December 2016 at 13:13:32 UTC, Walter Bright wrote: On 12/25/2016 2:15 AM, Adam Wilson wrote: The failure of mine was the batteries on the wireless mike gave out about 14 minutes in, which is where the audio cut off. Nobody noticed until the video was reviewed. Next time, I plan on bringing my own batteries. Perhaps someone should be listening to audio, as the recording is being made? Even when there is sound, parts of the audio are pretty bad!! Nick
Re: Silicon Valley D Meetup - December 22, 2016 - "The Curse of Knowledge: Et tu, D?" by Adam Wilson
On Sunday, 25 December 2016 at 10:15:00 UTC, Adam Wilson wrote: I would like to give this talk again as it generated some very good discussion on the topic. Hopefully, with someone else in charge of A/V, we will have more luck. Great topic, would be glad to see this at DConf 2017. http://dconf.org/2017/index.html
Re: Silicon Valley D Meetup - December 22, 2016 - "The Curse of Knowledge: Et tu, D?" by Adam Wilson
On 12/25/2016 2:15 AM, Adam Wilson wrote: This one is on me. And I do apologize profusely. We were talking beforehand about how we needed to remember to unmute, we had tested everything to make sure it worked, and then in a fit of eagerness to get started, I forgot to switch windows and unmute. I would like to give this talk again as it generated some very good discussion on the topic. Hopefully, with someone else in charge of A/V, we will have more luck. The failure of mine was the batteries on the wireless mike gave out about 14 minutes in, which is where the audio cut off. Nobody noticed until the video was reviewed. Next time, I plan on bringing my own batteries.
Re: Silicon Valley D Meetup - December 22, 2016 - "The Curse of Knowledge: Et tu, D?" by Adam Wilson
On Thursday, 15 December 2016 at 08:20:37 UTC, Ali Çehreli wrote: Come in-person at 6:30pm for food and drinks but plea^H^H^H^H RSVP so we know how much to order: https://www.meetup.com/D-Lang-Silicon-Valley/events/236253882/ Nice! Could you please add those Meetups to the dlang calendar? http://forum.dlang.org/post/rsxfyebqlrryoblhy...@forum.dlang.org (see public calendar)
Re: Silicon Valley D Meetup - December 22, 2016 - "The Curse of Knowledge: Et tu, D?" by Adam Wilson
Ali Çehreli wrote: On 12/15/2016 12:20 AM, Ali Çehreli wrote: https://www.meetup.com/D-Lang-Silicon-Valley/events/236253882/ The slides: http://files.meetup.com/18234529/The%20Curse%20of%20Knowledge.pptx The video: http://youtu.be/XjnBMfVTI0k (There is no audio on the recording until 45:45.) Ali This one is on me. And I do apologize profusely. We were talking beforehand about how we needed to remember to unmute, we had tested everything to make sure it worked, and then in a fit of eagerness to get started, I forgot to switch windows and unmute. I would like to give this talk again as it generated some very good discussion on the topic. Hopefully, with someone else in charge of A/V, we will have more luck. -- Adam Wilson IRC: LightBender //quiet.dlang.dev
Re: Silicon Valley D Meetup - December 22, 2016 - "The Curse of Knowledge: Et tu, D?" by Adam Wilson
On 12/23/2016 11:30 PM, Ali Çehreli wrote: (There is no audio on the recording until 45:45.) Oh, this is painful.
Re: Silicon Valley D Meetup - December 22, 2016 - "The Curse of Knowledge: Et tu, D?" by Adam Wilson
On 12/24/2016 07:49 AM, Andrei Alexandrescu wrote: > On 12/24/16 2:30 AM, Ali Çehreli wrote: >> On 12/15/2016 12:20 AM, Ali Çehreli wrote: >> >>> https://www.meetup.com/D-Lang-Silicon-Valley/events/236253882/ >> >> The slides: >> http://files.meetup.com/18234529/The%20Curse%20of%20Knowledge.pptx >> >> The video: http://youtu.be/XjnBMfVTI0k >> >> (There is no audio on the recording until 45:45.) > > Looks like we have more of a curse of A/V setup :o). Walter's talk and > now this. -- Andrei Not just those two: - Right before the talk Adam Wilson was talking about the exact same thing happening during another recent presentation. - Nobody heard one of our previous live broadcasts because again, we were muted. Actually, some members did send IMs to notify us but we didn't see the messages either because the message window was closed. :) More careful next time... Ali
Re: Silicon Valley D Meetup - December 22, 2016 - "The Curse of Knowledge: Et tu, D?" by Adam Wilson
On 12/24/16 2:30 AM, Ali Çehreli wrote: On 12/15/2016 12:20 AM, Ali Çehreli wrote: https://www.meetup.com/D-Lang-Silicon-Valley/events/236253882/ The slides: http://files.meetup.com/18234529/The%20Curse%20of%20Knowledge.pptx The video: http://youtu.be/XjnBMfVTI0k (There is no audio on the recording until 45:45.) Looks like we have more of a curse of A/V setup :o). Walter's talk and now this. -- Andrei
Re: Silicon Valley D Meetup - December 22, 2016 - "The Curse of Knowledge: Et tu, D?" by Adam Wilson
On Saturday, 24 December 2016 at 07:30:56 UTC, Ali Çehreli wrote: On 12/15/2016 12:20 AM, Ali Çehreli wrote: https://www.meetup.com/D-Lang-Silicon-Valley/events/236253882/ The slides: http://files.meetup.com/18234529/The%20Curse%20of%20Knowledge.pptx The video: http://youtu.be/XjnBMfVTI0k (There is no audio on the recording until 45:45.) Ali Thanks for sharing this.
Re: Silicon Valley D Meetup - December 22, 2016 - "The Curse of Knowledge: Et tu, D?" by Adam Wilson
On 12/15/2016 12:20 AM, Ali Çehreli wrote: https://www.meetup.com/D-Lang-Silicon-Valley/events/236253882/ The slides: http://files.meetup.com/18234529/The%20Curse%20of%20Knowledge.pptx The video: http://youtu.be/XjnBMfVTI0k (There is no audio on the recording until 45:45.) Ali
Re: Silicon Valley D Meetup - December 22, 2016 - "The Curse of Knowledge: Et tu, D?" by Adam Wilson
We're live now: https://hangouts.google.com/hangouts/_/ytl/tul0FyLMfk5FzvA7pgOymV-AphtlM0dAFcpeQWomPWs=?hl=en_US=0 Ali On 12/15/2016 12:20 AM, Ali Çehreli wrote: Adam Wilson, a past DConf speaker, has graciously accepted to be our guest speaker this month. Although he will present in-person, as usual, we will be live on Google Hangouts as well. I will post the link here right before we start at 7pm Pacific time. Come in-person at 6:30pm for food and drinks but plea^H^H^H^H RSVP so we know how much to order: https://www.meetup.com/D-Lang-Silicon-Valley/events/236253882/ Abstract: The Curse of Knowledge is a cognitive bias where a highly skilled person unknowingly assumes that others have the required background to understand a given topic. But what happens when a group of intelligent, like-minded, software engineers design a library? This talk will compare and contrast library designs with an emphasis on how we can use the power of D to improve the usability of our libraries. This exploration of library design will culminate in a discussion of how well designed libraries can be used to rapidly construct the services that businesses rely on and capture mind-share for D in the process. Ali
Re: Silicon Valley D Meetup - December 22, 2016 - "The Curse of Knowledge: Et tu, D?" by Adam Wilson
https://www.meetup.com/D-Lang-Silicon-Valley/events/236253882/ On 12/22/2016 02:12 PM, Nick B wrote: Any chance of a recording of this being put on YouTube, for viewing at a later date ? Nick If the speaker and the guests agree. Ali
Re: Silicon Valley D Meetup - December 22, 2016 - "The Curse of Knowledge: Et tu, D?" by Adam Wilson
On Thursday, 22 December 2016 at 06:21:46 UTC, Ali Çehreli wrote: Reminder... On 12/15/2016 12:20 AM, Ali Çehreli wrote: Adam Wilson, a past DConf speaker, has graciously accepted to be our guest speaker this month. Although he will present in-person, as usual, we will be live on Google Hangouts as well. I will post the link here right before we start at 7pm Pacific time. Ali Any chance of a recording of this being put on YouTube, for viewing at a later date ? Nick
Silicon Valley D Meetup - December 22, 2016 - "The Curse of Knowledge: Et tu, D?" by Adam Wilson
Adam Wilson, a past DConf speaker, has graciously accepted to be our guest speaker this month. Although he will present in-person, as usual, we will be live on Google Hangouts as well. I will post the link here right before we start at 7pm Pacific time. Come in-person at 6:30pm for food and drinks but plea^H^H^H^H RSVP so we know how much to order: https://www.meetup.com/D-Lang-Silicon-Valley/events/236253882/ Abstract: The Curse of Knowledge is a cognitive bias where a highly skilled person unknowingly assumes that others have the required background to understand a given topic. But what happens when a group of intelligent, like-minded, software engineers design a library? This talk will compare and contrast library designs with an emphasis on how we can use the power of D to improve the usability of our libraries. This exploration of library design will culminate in a discussion of how well designed libraries can be used to rapidly construct the services that businesses rely on and capture mind-share for D in the process. Ali
