jallen on 27 Aug 2010 06:58:27 -0700 |
I know of 5 people interested in attending on Monday. Jamie Allen Steve Buzzard Dave Esterkin Michael Pigg Sunil Verma On Aug 27, 9:45 am, "Kyle R. Burton" <kyle.bur...@gmail.com> wrote: > I'm thinking of the following options: > > 1. I can call the Gryphon Cafe and see if we can use the upstairs room. > > This would probably be pretty private, they have coffee, and supposedly have > a full lunch menu. Parking is probably fine if we get there before 12 (lots > of parking on Wayne Ave), close to the Wayne stop on the R5. > > 2. The food court at the KoP Mall, near Sears. > > This has more choices for food and coffee, but may be more convenient for > others. > > Any other venue ideas? > > Also, I'm pleasantly surprised at the response, I only expected a handful of > people! > > Kyle > > On Thu, Aug 26, 2010 at 11:21 AM, J Summers <frozenteradac...@gmail.com>wrote: > > > > > > > Where is the 8/30 meeting being held? > > > On Aug 26, 2010, at 11:14 AM, Kyle R. Burton wrote: > > > This sounds like a great idea. While we do not currently use Clojure, it is > >> definitely something we are interested in. Unfortunately, getting out to the > >> suburbs, especially mid-day, is close to impossible for me and certainly for > >> this upcoming Monday, I could not make it. However, if you are taking > >> suggestions on topics[1], I would be *highly motivated* to get out there if > >> the discussions focused on: > > > Since I'm in the burbs it's convenient for me - we could organize something > > for downtown - but as you have trouble getting out here in a reasonable > > time, I have trouble getting down there in a reasonable time...we'll work > > something out - perhaps we'll do one in september and I'll just work from > > Philly for a day.... > > >> 1. Clojure and concurrency in depth (i.e. more that just, "immutable data > >> makes for safer/easier concurrent programs") > >> 2. Incanter (i.e. "Incanter for SciPy users" or "Incanter for MATLAB > >> users" type of discussion) > >> 3. Clojure on "deeply embedded systems" (i.e. no operating system, JVM > >> right on the silicon running Clojure) > > > I dont' know that I can talk to all of these, but I'd love to hear > > discussion about them as well. I know from the mailing list that some > > people have clojure running (or are close to having it running) on android. > > Not sure about other embedded systems though. I've used incanter once, but > > would love to learn more about it...same goes for the concurrency features. > > > I personally have found that the immutability, by default / encouraged, has > > made for a lot less issues and worries about code that I write in > > Clojure...be a great discussion topic. > > >> I'm sure there are other topics that I would be interested in, but, in the > >> short-term, getting more insight into the above three from some real-world > >> Clojure users could definitely kick me in the butt hard enough to get out to > >> the burbs and tolerate some "stalwart lispers waxing pathetic about how > >> superior their s-exprs are over club sandwiches." ;-) > > >> BTW, thanks for being a driving force in getting the Philly Tech community > >> together (on various fronts) ... its much appreciated. > > > I want to meet interesting people, my only choice is to organize some stuff > > or I wont' get to meet them. Just trying to make the kind of environment I > > want to live in :) > > > Thanks though, I recognize that organizing is mostly a thankless task - > > look at Aaron and all that he does - so I do appreciate that you appreciate > > it :) > > > Thanks! > > > Best Regards, > > > Kyle > > > -- > > Twitter: @kyleburton > > Blog:http://asymmetrical-view.com/ > > Fun:http://snapclean.me/ > > > J Summers > > summer...@acm.org > > 1+215-794-2485 > > 1+215-534-1297 > > 1+215-544-9161 > >www.grownspacelimited.com > > -- > Twitter: @kyleburton > Blog:http://asymmetrical-view.com/ > Fun:http://snapclean.me/
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