DConf 2013 Call for Submissions: deadline on January 28

[Paulo Pinto]

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