The Nonviolence Peaceforce (a stellar organization which I still have a desire to bring to RDU) is starting to produce some excellent material. They're apparently moving to a more social media-friendly set of outlets, including an emphasis on storytelling, which is awesome—people need to hear the stories of how this little group of people can make such a positive change.
So, to get back to the point: Go vs Algol-68. TBH, I think the 41-year-old language is richer, clearer and more expressive. It's certainly missing some features, like any form of object orientation, polymorphic functions, but the overall design is much more consistent and well thought-out.
'In his talk on building JavaScript libraries, Dmitry compared JavaScript’s global scope to a public toilet. "You can’t avoid going in there,” he said. “But try to limit your contact with surfaces when you do."'
SpringOne/2GX slides done and uploaded (although I should update the NFJS slides for the GORM talk). House is pretty much cleaned up. Lots of exercise for the dog so she won't be completely nuts tomorrow. Got everything lined up for our house/dog sitter, so the dog and the house won't have to be lonely.
...I should be setting foot at the Roosevelt Hotel. Having just finished mowing the lawn with the temp in the 40s, NOLA's muggy heat sounds pretty tempting.
Not sure how much extra-curricular activity I'll be able to do while I'm there. I've got a fair amount of school work plus my book I still need to get done. But I'll make some time, I'm sure.
Also going to be bringing my mic: I'd like to do a few interviews and capture a sense of Groovy/Grails/Griffon/Gradle/Gretcetra/Gretcetera and put up a podcast. If you've got something you'd like to tell EnfranchisedMind or the Groovy/Grails community in general, be sure to grab me.
If anyone else is interested in doing a bit of live-blogging for SpringOne/2GX via Posterous, drop me a line and I'll set you up as a contributor here. It'll be a lot more interesting if it isn't just me.
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