[Steering Committee] Feb 2009 evals

Thu Feb 19 10:56:27 PST 2009

And it doesn't have to be either or. I think either several smaller  
topics or lightning topics are a fine idea.
On Feb 19, 2009, at 11:02 AM 2/19/09, Jason Lee wrote:

> I agree with Brett.  I would LOVE! to see something on Scala,  
> because I'm too lazy to go do the reading myself.  The Android  
> presentation was arguably less practical than one on Scala, but was,  
> as we saw, *very* popular.  It's fun, sometimes... nay! a lot of the  
> time!  to take a break from the day-to-day job-related technology  
> and look at what we could be using.  That said, an annotation  
> presentation would be interesting as well, but I prefer the former  
> topic. :P
>
> Either way, Mitch, I'm going to sign you up for February.  You  
> choose the topic and run with it. :)
>
> On Feb 17, 2009, at 10:14 PM, Brett L. Schuchert wrote:
>
>> How is it that scala isn't practical. It's getting used in large  
>> organizations, it has a cleaner model for exploiting multi core  
>> CPU's ANC it runs on the JVM. In fact it can be run by starting the  
>> JVM directly.
>>
>> As for annotations, love them. I also know of multiple large shops  
>> still on Java 1.4 and they are not using javadoc-based annotations.
>>
>> Free tutorials:
>>     http://schuchert.wikispaces.com
>> Sent from my iPhone
>>
>> On Feb 17, 2009, at 6:16 PM, Mitch Blevins <Blevins at iecokc.com>  
>> wrote:
>>
>>> How about something more practical and approachable?
>>>
>>> There’s lots of things you can do with custom annotations to make  
>>> your code better.  I could do a When/Why to use Annotations  
>>> presentation…
>>>
>>>
>>>
>>> From: Jason Lee [mailto:jason at steeplesoft.com]
>>> Sent: Friday, February 13, 2009 9:25 AM
>>> To: OKC JUG Steering Committee Mailing List
>>> Cc: Mitch Blevins
>>> Subject: Re: [Steering Committee] Feb 2009 evals
>>>
>>>
>>>
>>> That would be awesome.  I'd love a good intro to Scala. :)
>>>
>>>
>>>
>>> On Feb 13, 2009, at 9:14 AM, Paul Smith wrote:
>>>
>>>
>>>
>>>
>>> Let's just talk Mitch  into doing one on Scala.
>>>
>>> On Fri, Feb 13, 2009 at 9:05 AM, Brett L. Schuchert <schuchert at yahoo.com 
>>> > wrote:
>>>
>>> I'm out next month, otherwise I could do something on the new slim  
>>> interface used by FitNesse for test execution. Maybe later in the  
>>> year.
>>>
>>>
>>> On Feb 13, 2009, at 8:46 AM 2/13/09, Jason Lee wrote:
>>>
>>> On Feb 12, 2009, at 9:01 PM, Brian Sheldon wrote:
>>>
>>> here it is. I've started new tabs and moved a column..
>>>
>>>
>>>
>>> Wow.  Roughly 60 in attendance and only 11 evals.  Predictably,  
>>> the lunch debacle was noted seriously a couple of times.  I  
>>> totally screwed things up there.  My apologies.  I'll try to get  
>>> things lined up better next month.  The price was right, but the  
>>> location not as convenient as I thought it was in my head.   
>>> Perhaps if we have someone from Hertz pick it up on the way we'll  
>>> be better set there.  We'll see.
>>>
>>> Larger room:  Working on it.
>>> Night meeting: Nobody was coming.
>>> Door prize feedback:  Looks like Brian's Think Geek idea might be  
>>> a hit.  Not sure about the game idea, as not everyone has a PS3,  
>>> 360, or Wii, etc.  Someone wants a cheeseburger.   He can haz  
>>> cheezburger!
>>> Better grammar:  Who?  Where?
>>>
>>> Interesting and varied feedback.  It's always a mixed bag, isn't  
>>> it? :)
>>>
>>> Any early thoughts on a presenter for next month?  I have some I'd  
>>> like to do, but none of them have been put together yet (JS talk  
>>> proposed for J1, JSF2,...).  With enough warning, I could probably  
>>> get something put together.  Is there anyone that's been asking to  
>>> present?  Has something ready? :)
>>>
>>> Jason Lee, SCJP
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