D Conference 2007

[John Reimer]

On Thu, 16 Nov 2006 18:50:50 -0800, Bill Baxter  
<dnewsgroup at billbaxter.com> wrote:

> John Reimer wrote:
>> On Wed, 15 Nov 2006 23:53:47 -0800, Walter Bright  
>> <newshound at digitalmars.com> wrote:
>>
>>> Brad Roberts and I have been discussing putting on the first D  
>>> conference. We'd at last all get to meet each other! This announcement  
>>> is to gauge the level of interest.
>>>
>>> It would be either in the spring (March) or early summer (June). It  
>>> would be in Seattle, Washington or Astoria, Oregon. Both places are  
>>> prime vacation spots.
>>>
>>> It would be 1 or 2 days, depending on the number of presentations. It  
>>> would need commitments from at least 20 people to make it a go.
>>   It probably wouldn't be to difficult for me to make it... after all,  
>> I'm just north of there by several hours. :)
>>  -JJR
>
>
> Hmm.  Judging from http://www.frappr.com/d , it looks like holding the  
> conference somewhere around Munich would put it with in easy reach of  
> the maximum number of people.
>
> ...But it's hard to tell from the frappr map.  Sometimes people's  
> markers get piled on top of each other, and of course, lots of people  
> just aren't on the map.
>
> I won't be coming either way unless it's in Tokyo.  :-)  Or co-located  
> SIGGRAPH 2007 in San Diego.
>
> --bb


I don't think frappr is an accurate indicator of the online presence.  I  
removed myself from the map there because I didn't like being associated  
with the site.  The main site was so full of junk groups, at the time,  
that I didn't want any of my personal information near it.  I had no trust  
in the site.

As far as location goes, that will always be a tough decison, and usually  
the only practical one is to default to the location closest to the  
designer. :)

It is unfortunate, though, that more Europeans couldn't be involved in  
such a Conference.  It's clearly evident that some of the most influential  
D community members are from overseas.

-JJR