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digitalmars.D.announce - Beerconf October 2022

reply Steven Schveighoffer <schveiguy gmail.com> writes:


Beerconf this month is on October 29-30, one day before 
Halloween. Feel free to wear your D costume, might I suggest a 
beerconf T shirt? 
https://www.zazzle.com/store/dlang_swag/products?cg=196874696466206954


Check out the [wiki article](https://wiki.dlang.org/Beerconf).



As usual, anyone who wants to reserve some time to talk about 
something, let me know.

Cheers! 🍺

-Steve
Oct 16 2022
next sibling parent Steven Schveighoffer <schveiguy gmail.com> writes:
On 10/16/22 8:04 AM, Steven Schveighoffer wrote:


 
 Beerconf this month is on October 29-30, one day before Halloween.


Beerconf in 2 days, see you then!

-Steve
Oct 27 2022
prev sibling next sibling parent reply rikki cattermole <rikki cattermole.co.nz> writes:
And now for some good news!

Its almost Halloween, so grab your candy and any spooky brews you may 
have, and join us for a ghostly chat!

https://meet.jit.si/Dlang2022OctoberBeerConf
Oct 29 2022
next sibling parent Imperatorn <johan_forsberg_86 hotmail.com> writes:
On Saturday, 29 October 2022 at 10:14:31 UTC, rikki cattermole 
wrote:

 And now for some good news!

 Its almost Halloween, so grab your candy and any spooky brews 
 you may have, and join us for a ghostly chat!

 https://meet.jit.si/Dlang2022OctoberBeerConf


👻
Oct 29 2022
prev sibling parent reply FeepingCreature <feepingcreature gmail.com> writes:
On Saturday, 29 October 2022 at 10:14:31 UTC, rikki cattermole 
wrote:

 And now for some good news!

 Its almost Halloween, so grab your candy and any spooky brews 
 you may have, and join us for a ghostly chat!

 https://meet.jit.si/Dlang2022OctoberBeerConf


I wish you'd announce the time a bit in advance. :)
Oct 29 2022
parent reply Steven Schveighoffer <schveiguy gmail.com> writes:
On 10/29/22 2:00 PM, FeepingCreature wrote:

 On Saturday, 29 October 2022 at 10:14:31 UTC, rikki cattermole wrote:

 And now for some good news!

 Its almost Halloween, so grab your candy and any spooky brews you may 
 have, and join us for a ghostly chat!

 https://meet.jit.si/Dlang2022OctoberBeerConf


 
 I wish you'd announce the time a bit in advance. :)


I don't want to announce a time, because I don't know what time it can 
be started. I'm in the US, so I'm usually asleep when it's started.

But I do try to announce 2 weeks before and then 2 days before.

-Steve
Oct 29 2022
parent John Colvin <john.loughran.colvin gmail.com> writes:
On Sunday, 30 October 2022 at 01:50:33 UTC, Steven Schveighoffer 
wrote:

 On 10/29/22 2:00 PM, FeepingCreature wrote:

 On Saturday, 29 October 2022 at 10:14:31 UTC, rikki cattermole 
 wrote:

 And now for some good news!

 Its almost Halloween, so grab your candy and any spooky brews 
 you may have, and join us for a ghostly chat!

 https://meet.jit.si/Dlang2022OctoberBeerConf


 
 I wish you'd announce the time a bit in advance. :)


 I don't want to announce a time, because I don't know what time 
 it can be started. I'm in the US, so I'm usually asleep when 
 it's started.

 But I do try to announce 2 weeks before and then 2 days before.

 -Steve


Quiet here, I’m around for a couple of hours, come say hi! 👋
Oct 30 2022
prev sibling parent reply data pulverizer <data.pulverizer gmail.com> writes:
On Sunday, 16 October 2022 at 12:04:23 UTC, Steven Schveighoffer 
wrote:



 Beerconf this month is on October 29-30, one day before 
 Halloween. Feel free to wear your D costume, might I suggest a 
 beerconf T shirt? 
 https://www.zazzle.com/store/dlang_swag/products?cg=196874696466206954


 Check out the [wiki article](https://wiki.dlang.org/Beerconf).



 As usual, anyone who wants to reserve some time to talk about 
 something, let me know.

 Cheers! 🍺

 -Steve


It might just be my browser (Chrome) but I've noticed that 
there's nothing in the events calendar 
(https://dlang.org/calendar.html). Wouldn't it be helpful to 
include these sorts of things in the calendar so that people 
visiting the site would be aware of them?

The empty calendar gives the impression that it is broken or that 
there are no events at all. If there is technical maintenance 
required even a simple list of event titles, dates, times and 
locations would suffice.
Nov 01 2022
next sibling parent reply Mike Parker <aldacron gmail.com> writes:
On Tuesday, 1 November 2022 at 11:54:45 UTC, data pulverizer 
wrote:


 It might just be my browser (Chrome) but I've noticed that 
 there's nothing in the events calendar 
 (https://dlang.org/calendar.html). Wouldn't it be helpful to 
 include these sorts of things in the calendar so that people 
 visiting the site would be aware of them?


I don't think anyone involved in organizing BeerConf knew that 
was there. That's the first I've seen it.
Nov 01 2022
next sibling parent rikki cattermole <rikki cattermole.co.nz> writes:
On 02/11/2022 4:05 AM, Mike Parker wrote:

 On Tuesday, 1 November 2022 at 11:54:45 UTC, data pulverizer wrote:
 

 It might just be my browser (Chrome) but I've noticed that there's 
 nothing in the events calendar (https://dlang.org/calendar.html). 
 Wouldn't it be helpful to include these sorts of things in the 
 calendar so that people visiting the site would be aware of them?


 
 I don't think anyone involved in organizing BeerConf knew that was 
 there. That's the first I've seen it.


I've certainly seen it before, but its not like I have access to it 
(assuming it works).
Nov 01 2022
prev sibling parent reply data pulverizer <data.pulverizer gmail.com> writes:
On Tuesday, 1 November 2022 at 15:05:48 UTC, Mike Parker wrote:

 I don't think anyone involved in organizing BeerConf knew that 
 was there. That's the first I've seen it.


I'd suggest that it is either removed or replaced with something 
more informative, so that people know what is coming and what 
events that have taken place. The only reason I noticed is 
because I was looking for prospective D events, and went to the 
most obvious place.

To a stranger a calendar like that gives the impression that 
nothing has been happening in the community and there is no 
interaction within the D community, or outreach.

There should also be details of DConf and such things. I'd 
contrast this with the Rust community page and calendar.

Right now I don't even know how to find out about DConf from the 
dlang website. I might get lucky and find out through Twitter or 
something, but if I didn't know it existed, it would be pretty 
difficult for me to find out.

Don't underestimate the power of FOMO! If on the events page 
you're seeing pictures and details of things from the conference 
and events you've missed, for those interested (and there will be 
some) it will make them more determined to take part next time.
Nov 01 2022
next sibling parent Imperatorn <johan_forsberg_86 hotmail.com> writes:
On Tuesday, 1 November 2022 at 16:02:36 UTC, data pulverizer 
wrote:

 On Tuesday, 1 November 2022 at 15:05:48 UTC, Mike Parker wrote:

 [...]


 I'd suggest that it is either removed or replaced with 
 something more informative, so that people know what is coming 
 and what events that have taken place. The only reason I 
 noticed is because I was looking for prospective D events, and 
 went to the most obvious place.

 [...]


Agreed, it should either be removed or has something in it.
Nov 01 2022
prev sibling parent Steven Schveighoffer <schveiguy gmail.com> writes:
On 11/1/22 12:02 PM, data pulverizer wrote:

 On Tuesday, 1 November 2022 at 15:05:48 UTC, Mike Parker wrote:

 I don't think anyone involved in organizing BeerConf knew that was 
 there. That's the first I've seen it.


 
 I'd suggest that it is either removed or replaced with something more 
 informative, so that people know what is coming and what events that 
 have taken place. The only reason I noticed is because I was looking for 
 prospective D events, and went to the most obvious place.
 
 To a stranger a calendar like that gives the impression that nothing has 
 been happening in the community and there is no interaction within the D 
 community, or outreach.



It's been removed: https://github.com/dlang/dlang.org/pull/3451


 
 There should also be details of DConf and such things. I'd contrast this 
 with the Rust community page and calendar.
 
 Right now I don't even know how to find out about DConf from the dlang 
 website. I might get lucky and find out through Twitter or something, 
 but if I didn't know it existed, it would be pretty difficult for me to 
 find out.
 
 Don't underestimate the power of FOMO! If on the events page you're 
 seeing pictures and details of things from the conference and events 
 you've missed, for those interested (and there will be some) it will 
 make them more determined to take part next time.


Typically, we do have information on the home page for dconf when it is 
coming up. Considering it's just over a month away, there should be 
something there soon.

-Steve
Nov 01 2022
prev sibling parent Steven Schveighoffer <schveiguy gmail.com> writes:
On 11/1/22 7:54 AM, data pulverizer wrote:


 It might just be my browser (Chrome) but I've noticed that there's 
 nothing in the events calendar (https://dlang.org/calendar.html). 
 Wouldn't it be helpful to include these sorts of things in the calendar 
 so that people visiting the site would be aware of them?
 
 The empty calendar gives the impression that it is broken or that there 
 are no events at all. If there is technical maintenance required even a 
 simple list of event titles, dates, times and locations would suffice.


It is broken. I get a big old 400 error from google:

400. That’s an error.

The server cannot process the request because it is malformed. It should 
not be retried. That’s all we know.

Like Mike, I was not aware of the calendar existing.

-Steve
Nov 01 2022