Category: Conferences
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A CUFP Tutorial, F# Day at the … Oh God, Ants!
Everyone was ready for a nice relaxing day at the beach when they showed up for my CUFP tutorial… So, after realizing how boring it would be teach thirty flavors of factorial to experienced functional programmers for four hours, I thought I’d spice things up a bit. AI is always fun and I do love ants, so why…
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Learning F# for Fabulous Prizes
Nearly a month ago I visited the NYC ALT.NET User Group in Manhattan. Having been told by Steve Bohlen that I was up against a particularly sharp audience, I decided to do something much different than I had in any of my previous talks. Spread throughout my slides were questions. Those who answered correctly first were given…
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In Retrospect: TechEd 2010 North America
This year I was invited by Microsoft to attend TechEd 2010 North America in New Orleans. Largely, I was to be found at the Visual Studio languages booth answering questions about F#. It was exhilarating to hear so many developers come up and talk about how they were planning to use F# to tackle what…