DConf 2013 Call for Submissions: deadline on January 28

[Andrei Alexandrescu]

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