Category: Events
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An F# Whirlwind
Just under two weeks ago I was packing up my things at Atalasoft and enjoying my last Friday Beer:30 with coworkers and friends. A lot has changed in these past two weeks. I’ve moved into my Hoboken apartment and (partially) assembled a whole set of IKEA furniture, I’ve gotten started as the first employee at a brand new…
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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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The Language Matters on the Software Engineering Productivity Podcast
“In this episode, Richard Minerich tells why the language developers use can have a huge impact on their productivity. New high level languages, like F# (one of Richard’s favourite languages), free engineers from much of the traditional drudgery leading to faster development cycles and better quality.” I recently had the pleasure of being a guest…
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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…
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In Retrospect: A .NET Rocks! F# Panel
Just this past May I appeared on the .NET Rocks! radio show in a panel with Talbott Crowell and Richard Hale Shaw. The show started with a short intro in which each of us discussed something we though was great about F#. This was followed by an in-depth Q&A session with Carl Franklin and Richard Campbell. Overall,…
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Speaking Online at the Community For F#
In a moment of rash confidence, and possibly food-coma induced delirium, late last week I volunteered to give my F# for Testing and Analysis presentation for the online Community for F#. The online talk will be on Tuesday, March 16th 2010 at 1PM EST. The reason I am now feeling a bit of trepidation is that I agreed to…