OSDC.il Day 1

...yesterday was wonderful. Nothingmuch's Darcs talk, Gilad's FUSE talk and Ran's Property-Pattern talk were all highly interesting and informative.

The backchannel #perl6, with Larry getting accustomed to the hivemind (and reportedly feeling the reality dissonance when we logged off to lunch), has seen many constructive design discussions, and Specs are updated on the fly.

It's very exciting, and I'd like to journal about the process and the production so far, but my keynote will start in 5 hours at 9am, and I haven't even finished half of the slides, so I better get back at JIT slide compilation now... Stay tuned for more updates later. :-)

 

Comments

[Alex Platkin]

Both the Haskell and the keynote presentation were grand. It took me some time getting used to your accent, but once I did - I got "in the zone" and understood your words and (most of) the concepts, getting some deep insights along the way. Loved the Erdos reference. Pugs seems to be the most successful social-hacker thing since Linux, so congrats to you for making it happens.

[Audrey T]

Alex: Thanks for your kind words. *blush*

I'd need more realspace interaction to improve my voice; maybe I should do some podcasting or recorded talk videos and gather feedback about my accent...

[Olle Jonsson]

Oh, I so would've wanted to hear the Learn Haskell talk. Was it recorded? Did anyone type it in, while listening? Curiousity kills me.

[Alex again]

Don't worry about your voice. I actually have a slight hearing issue. I did mean that once I got into the groove (your delivery + the "Takahashi" + the puns and stuff) it was like looking into a 3D picture and just grokking. Finally: everybody should see the "VB Rocks" slide show.