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digitalmars.D.announce - D meetup in Minnesota

reply "Jack Pope" <dlanger nospam.net> writes:
A call-out to D programmers in Minnesota...

I started a new meetup: 
http://www.meetup.com/Minnesota-D-Programmers/

Your suggestions for this group are welcome.
Sep 09 2013
next sibling parent "Carl Sturtivant" <sturtivant gmail.com> writes:
After teaching CSci 1902 (CS2) in D last summer here at U of M,

http://www.reddit.com/r/programming/comments/1ko94o/experience_report_teaching_d_at_a_summer_course/

I and several others have joined this meetup. We hope it reaches 
a critical mass, at which point there could be some interesting 
activity.

Carl.
Oct 31 2013
prev sibling parent reply "Vladimir Panteleev" <vladimir thecybershadow.net> writes:
On Tuesday, 10 September 2013 at 03:33:40 UTC, Jack Pope wrote:

 A call-out to D programmers in Minnesota...

 I started a new meetup: 
 http://www.meetup.com/Minnesota-D-Programmers/

 Your suggestions for this group are welcome.


By a curious coincidence, I'll be in the US during November, 
mostly around Minneapolis. I could try coming as well if the 
circumstances are right!
Oct 31 2013
parent reply "Carl Sturtivant" <sturtivant gmail.com> writes:
 By a curious coincidence, I'll be in the US during November, 
 mostly around Minneapolis. I could try coming as well if the 
 circumstances are right!


Great! You're very welcome. And if you want to perhaps give a 
presentation at some point, we're open to suggestions.

And I now see that in the last three or so days we've acquired 14 
new members so far. When we decide upon some activities, I'll 
post something here.

Carl.
Nov 01 2013
parent reply "simendsjo" <simendsjo gmail.com> writes:
On Friday, 1 November 2013 at 16:39:21 UTC, Carl Sturtivant wrote:

 And I now see that in the last three or so days we've acquired 
 14 new members so far.


(...)

Sometimes I wish I was living in a country with more than 5M 
people and a city with more than 0.6M (and yes - it's our largest 
city by far)..
Nov 01 2013
parent reply "Carl Sturtivant" <sturtivant gmail.com> writes:
 And I now see that in the last three or so days we've acquired 
 14 new members so far.


 (...)

 Sometimes I wish I was living in a country with more than 5M 
 people and a city with more than 0.6M (and yes - it's our 
 largest city by far)..


There are about 3.7 million in the metropolitan area here. So 
yes, statistics are in our favor.
Nov 01 2013
parent reply "Jack Pope" <jp nomailhere.com> writes:
We are now up to 17 in the group.  I should schedule a meetup.  
Perhaps initially something short, say library linking tips.  
Then, we can banter about topics/speakers for later.

Vladimir, what dates are you in town and will noon or evening 
work?  Maybe you could present your DConf material?

jp


On Friday, 1 November 2013 at 16:52:24 UTC, Carl Sturtivant wrote:

 And I now see that in the last three or so days we've 
 acquired 14 new members so far.


 (...)

 Sometimes I wish I was living in a country with more than 5M 
 people and a city with more than 0.6M (and yes - it's our 
 largest city by far)..


 There are about 3.7 million in the metropolitan area here. So 
 yes, statistics are in our favor.
Nov 01 2013
parent reply "Vladimir Panteleev" <vladimir thecybershadow.net> writes:
On Friday, 1 November 2013 at 20:02:10 UTC, Jack Pope wrote:

 We are now up to 17 in the group.  I should schedule a meetup.  
 Perhaps initially something short, say library linking tips.  
 Then, we can banter about topics/speakers for later.

 Vladimir, what dates are you in town and will noon or evening 
 work?  Maybe you could present your DConf material?


Hi,

I'll be around Minneapolis (in Eagan) for all of November, with 
the possible exception of one week (TBD if/when) during which I 
might take a dip down to LA.

The biggest limiting factor is that I can't drive here. So, if 
someone could pick me up, practically any time I'm here is fine 
for me. Otherwise we'll need to find a day that works for 
everyone.

I could redo my DConf talk if you're interested, although I don't 
think I'd have much to add since May. Or, I could talk about 
memory management in D: garbage collection, structure and history 
of the D GC, related tools, best practices, and latest 
developments. Some of this was covered by the two DConf GC 
presentations.

What will the format and duration of the meetup be? A 
presentation in an auditorium somewhere, or like a 
dinner/gathering?
Nov 03 2013
parent "Jack Pope" <jp nomailhere.com> writes:
Vladimir, your talk about memory management and related would be 
interesting.  I will post some proposed meeting details to the 
meetup group list, and then we can work out transportation, etc.


 Hi,

 I'll be around Minneapolis (in Eagan) for all of November, with 
 the possible exception of one week (TBD if/when) during which I 
 might take a dip down to LA.

 The biggest limiting factor is that I can't drive here. So, if 
 someone could pick me up, practically any time I'm here is fine 
 for me. Otherwise we'll need to find a day that works for 
 everyone.

 I could redo my DConf talk if you're interested, although I 
 don't think I'd have much to add since May. Or, I could talk 
 about memory management in D: garbage collection, structure and 
 history of the D GC, related tools, best practices, and latest 
 developments. Some of this was covered by the two DConf GC 
 presentations.

 What will the format and duration of the meetup be? A 
 presentation in an auditorium somewhere, or like a 
 dinner/gathering?
Nov 04 2013