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digitalmars.D - DConf 2013 on kickstarter.com: we're live!

reply Andrei Alexandrescu <SeeWebsiteForEmail erdani.org> writes:
We're on! For one month starting today, we're raising funding for DConf 
2013.

http://www.kickstarter.com/projects/2083649206/the-d-programming-language-conference-2013-0

Please pledge your support and encourage your friends to do the same. 
Hope to see you in 2013!


Thanks,

Andrei
Oct 22 2012
next sibling parent reply Andrei Alexandrescu <SeeWebsiteForEmail erdani.org> writes:
On 10/22/12 1:25 PM, Andrei Alexandrescu wrote:

 We're on! For one month starting today, we're raising funding for DConf
 2013.

 http://www.kickstarter.com/projects/2083649206/the-d-programming-language-conference-2013-0


 Please pledge your support and encourage your friends to do the same.
 Hope to see you in 2013!


 Thanks,

 Andrei


On reddit:

http://www.reddit.com/r/programming/comments/11wkr7/the_d_conference_2013_is_raising_funds_via/


Andrei
Oct 22 2012
next sibling parent Walter Bright <newshound2 digitalmars.com> writes:
On 10/22/2012 10:32 AM, Andrei Alexandrescu wrote:

 On reddit:

 http://www.reddit.com/r/programming/comments/11wkr7/the_d_conference_2013_is_raising_funds_via/



Looks like reddit's back up.
Oct 22 2012
prev sibling parent Walter Bright <newshound2 digitalmars.com> writes:
On 10/22/2012 10:32 AM, Andrei Alexandrescu wrote:

 On reddit:

 http://www.reddit.com/r/programming/comments/11wkr7/the_d_conference_2013_is_raising_funds_via/


Weird - the comments disappeared.
Oct 23 2012
prev sibling next sibling parent reply =?UTF-8?B?QWxpIMOHZWhyZWxp?= <acehreli yahoo.com> writes:
On 10/22/2012 10:25 AM, Andrei Alexandrescu wrote:

 We're on! For one month starting today, we're raising funding for DConf
 2013.

 http://www.kickstarter.com/projects/2083649206/the-d-programming-language-conference-2013-0


 Please pledge your support and encourage your friends to do the same.
 Hope to see you in 2013!


 Thanks,

 Andrei


Andrei, thanks for doing this! :)

Is kickstarter the only way of pledging? I tried and had to create a 
kickstarter account, which I never needed. When the process then 
required *also* to create an Amazon account I stopped. :(

Can I send a check or pay by PayPal?

Thanks,
Ali
Oct 22 2012
parent reply "mist" <none none.none> writes:
There is a serious reason of getting through some registration 
issues and pledging via kickstarter - project either gets all 
money if it is funded or no at all if it is not (and all pledges 
are returned automatically). And, of course, any other means of 
supporting won't be counted by kickstarter towards target sum.

On Monday, 22 October 2012 at 18:30:09 UTC, Ali Çehreli wrote:

 On 10/22/2012 10:25 AM, Andrei Alexandrescu wrote:

 We're on! For one month starting today, we're raising funding 
 for DConf
 2013.

 http://www.kickstarter.com/projects/2083649206/the-d-programming-language-conference-2013-0


 Please pledge your support and encourage your friends to do 
 the same.
 Hope to see you in 2013!


 Thanks,

 Andrei


 Andrei, thanks for doing this! :)

 Is kickstarter the only way of pledging? I tried and had to 
 create a kickstarter account, which I never needed. When the 
 process then required *also* to create an Amazon account I 
 stopped. :(

 Can I send a check or pay by PayPal?

 Thanks,
 Ali
Oct 22 2012
parent reply Andrei Alexandrescu <SeeWebsiteForEmail erdani.org> writes:
On 10/22/12 2:32 PM, mist wrote:

 There is a serious reason of getting through some registration issues
 and pledging via kickstarter - project either gets all money if it is
 funded or no at all if it is not (and all pledges are returned
 automatically). And, of course, any other means of supporting won't be
 counted by kickstarter towards target sum.


Yes, this. If we don't break through the limit, nobody is charged a 
dime. It would be more complicated to refund checks etc.

Andrei
Oct 22 2012
next sibling parent "Era Scarecrow" <rtcvb32 yahoo.com> writes:
On Monday, 22 October 2012 at 18:49:22 UTC, Andrei Alexandrescu 
wrote:

 On 10/22/12 2:32 PM, mist wrote:

 There is a serious reason of getting through some registration 
 issues and pledging via kickstarter - project either gets all 
 money if it is funded or no at all if it is not (and all 
 pledges are returned automatically). And, of course, any other 
 means of supporting won't be counted by kickstarter towards 
 target sum.


 Yes, this. If we don't break through the limit, nobody is 
 charged a dime. It would be more complicated to refund checks 
 etc.


  I happened to have a facebook (alternate sign-in) & amazon 
accounts so it was fairly quick and painless for me.

  I'll look forward to the results of the kickstarter.
Oct 22 2012
prev sibling parent reply "Tyro[17]" <nospam home.com> writes:
On 10/22/12 2:49 PM, Andrei Alexandrescu wrote:

 On 10/22/12 2:32 PM, mist wrote:

 There is a serious reason of getting through some registration issues
 and pledging via kickstarter - project either gets all money if it is
 funded or no at all if it is not (and all pledges are returned
 automatically). And, of course, any other means of supporting won't be
 counted by kickstarter towards target sum.


 Yes, this. If we don't break through the limit, nobody is charged a
 dime. It would be more complicated to refund checks etc.

 Andrei


So let's see to it that it does break through that limit!!!
Oct 22 2012
parent "Era Scarecrow" <rtcvb32 yahoo.com> writes:
On Monday, 22 October 2012 at 23:37:25 UTC, Tyro[17] wrote:

 Yes, this. If we don't break through the limit, nobody is 
 charged a dime. It would be more complicated to refund checks 
 etc.


 So let's see to it that it does break through that limit!!!


  Already within a day and it's about 25% there. Looks promising.
Oct 22 2012
prev sibling next sibling parent Andrei Alexandrescu <SeeWebsiteForEmail erdani.org> writes:
On 10/22/12 1:25 PM, Andrei Alexandrescu wrote:

 We're on! For one month starting today, we're raising funding for DConf
 2013.

 http://www.kickstarter.com/projects/2083649206/the-d-programming-language-conference-2013-0


We seem to be off to a good start. I've also just added a Facebook ad, 
see it demoed here: http://goo.gl/NrEis

Thanks to all who've contributed, and all others please consider doing 
so. This is a great time to add material support to our passion for this 
project, and to make sure D grows and becomes increasingly significant.


Andrei
Oct 22 2012
prev sibling next sibling parent reply "xenon325" <1 a.net> writes:
On Monday, 22 October 2012 at 17:25:28 UTC, Andrei Alexandrescu 
wrote:

 http://www.kickstarter.com/projects/2083649206/the-d-programming-language-conference-2013-0


Typo on the front page:
"Some of use are lucky to already use ..."
            ^
Oct 22 2012
parent Andrei Alexandrescu <SeeWebsiteForEmail erdani.org> writes:
On 10/22/12 10:26 PM, xenon325 wrote:

 On Monday, 22 October 2012 at 17:25:28 UTC, Andrei Alexandrescu wrote:

 http://www.kickstarter.com/projects/2083649206/the-d-programming-language-conference-2013-0


 Typo on the front page:
 "Some of use are lucky to already use ..."
 ^


Ouch. Fixed, thanks much!

Andrei
Oct 23 2012
prev sibling next sibling parent Iain Buclaw <ibuclaw ubuntu.com> writes:
On 22 October 2012 18:25, Andrei Alexandrescu
<SeeWebsiteForEmail erdani.org> wrote:

 We're on! For one month starting today, we're raising funding for DConf
 2013.

 http://www.kickstarter.com/projects/2083649206/the-d-programming-language-conference-2013-0

 Please pledge your support and encourage your friends to do the same. Hope
 to see you in 2013!


Awesome!

Further to the pledge, if there's anyone from the UK wanting /
planning to go to the conference, please be in touch. :-)

Regards
-- 
Iain Buclaw

*(p < e ? p++ : p) = (c & 0x0f) + '0';
Oct 23 2012
prev sibling next sibling parent reply Russel Winder <russel winder.org.uk> writes:
Ian,


 Further to the pledge, if there's anyone from the UK wanting /
 planning to go to the conference, please be in touch. :-)


I am not sure I will be able to get to the D conference, but=E2=80=A6

Should we be trying to create a D community in London/Brighton?

Should we be putting together training courses and getting Skills Matter
or someone to list them?

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London SW11 1EN, UK   w: www.russel.org.uk  skype: russel_winder
Oct 23 2012
parent "Dejan Lekic" <dejan.lekic gmail.com> writes:
On Tuesday, 23 October 2012 at 09:01:41 UTC, Russel Winder wrote:

 Ian,


 Further to the pledge, if there's anyone from the UK wanting /
 planning to go to the conference, please be in touch. :-)


 I am not sure I will be able to get to the D conference, but…

 Should we be trying to create a D community in London/Brighton?

 Should we be putting together training courses and getting 
 Skills Matter
 or someone to list them?


Russel, I have already planned a D workshop   UCL for this year, 
but due to some circumstances it is going to be postponed for 
next year. :( There are few people interested in this and I hope 
by the time we are ready to do it we will have more.

The workshop will most likely be a part of the CREST Open 
Workshop programme - http://crest.cs.ucl.ac.uk/cow/ .

Kind regards
Oct 23 2012
prev sibling next sibling parent Iain Buclaw <ibuclaw ubuntu.com> writes:
On 23 October 2012 10:01, Russel Winder <russel winder.org.uk> wrote:

 Ian,


 Further to the pledge, if there's anyone from the UK wanting /
 planning to go to the conference, please be in touch. :-)


 I am not sure I will be able to get to the D conference, but=85

 Should we be trying to create a D community in London/Brighton?

 Should we be putting together training courses and getting Skills Matter
 or someone to list them?

 --
 Russel.


Given that now I've moved from the fields of Shropshire to a place
closer to the centre of civilisation, I would say this would be a good
oportunity to do such a thing.

Regards
--=20
Iain Buclaw

*(p < e ? p++ : p) =3D (c & 0x0f) + '0';
Oct 23 2012
prev sibling next sibling parent reply "Dejan Lekic" <dejan.lekic gmail.com> writes:
On Monday, 22 October 2012 at 17:25:28 UTC, Andrei Alexandrescu 
wrote:

 We're on! For one month starting today, we're raising funding 
 for DConf 2013.

 http://www.kickstarter.com/projects/2083649206/the-d-programming-language-conference-2013-0

 Please pledge your support and encourage your friends to do the 
 same. Hope to see you in 2013!


 Thanks,

 Andrei


I have been a committee member of the UK AUA 
(http://www.iua.org.uk) and I know that the best way to get 
funding is to find good sponsors. That is my recommendation to 
you, Andrei. - Try hard to find sponsors for the DConf. Perhaps 
FSF would help or some other open-source funding organisation?
Oct 23 2012
next sibling parent reply Andrei Alexandrescu <SeeWebsiteForEmail erdani.org> writes:
On 10/23/12 7:10 AM, Dejan Lekic wrote:

 I have been a committee member of the UK AUA (http://www.iua.org.uk) and
 I know that the best way to get funding is to find good sponsors. That
 is my recommendation to you, Andrei. - Try hard to find sponsors for the
 DConf. Perhaps FSF would help or some other open-source funding
 organisation?


I think that's a great idea. I am, of course, trying to bring in 
Facebook sponsorship. All - please bring the campaign to the attention 
of interested entities by your employer: recruiters, managers etc.

If you have any contacts that you think I could cold-email, please write 
me email. In particular, who in FSF would be suitable?


Thanks,

Andrei
Oct 23 2012
parent "Dejan Lekic" <dejan.lekic gmail.com> writes:
On Tuesday, 23 October 2012 at 11:23:08 UTC, Andrei Alexandrescu 
wrote:

 On 10/23/12 7:10 AM, Dejan Lekic wrote:

 I have been a committee member of the UK AUA 
 (http://www.iua.org.uk) and
 I know that the best way to get funding is to find good 
 sponsors. That
 is my recommendation to you, Andrei. - Try hard to find 
 sponsors for the
 DConf. Perhaps FSF would help or some other open-source funding
 organisation?


 I think that's a great idea. I am, of course, trying to bring 
 in Facebook sponsorship. All - please bring the campaign to the 
 attention of interested entities by your employer: recruiters, 
 managers etc.

 If you have any contacts that you think I could cold-email, 
 please write me email. In particular, who in FSF would be 
 suitable?


 Thanks,

 Andrei


The moment I saw the thread I made a thread at LinkedIn - 
http://www.linkedin.com/groups/DConf-2013-needs-funding-3923820.S.177855009 
. I hope people will see it and help.
Oct 23 2012
prev sibling parent reply "jerro" <a a.com> writes:
 Perhaps FSF would help or some other open-source funding 
 organisation?


Wouldn't FSF have issues with the reference implementation's back 
end not being free software?
Oct 23 2012
next sibling parent reply Iain Buclaw <ibuclaw ubuntu.com> writes:
On 23 October 2012 12:34, jerro <a a.com> wrote:

 Perhaps FSF would help or some other open-source funding organisation?



 Wouldn't FSF have issues with the reference implementation's back end not
 being free software?


We aren't celebrating dmd here, we are celebrating the D programming
language, which is a F/OSS project.


-- 
Iain Buclaw

*(p < e ? p++ : p) = (c & 0x0f) + '0';
Oct 23 2012
parent reply "Era Scarecrow" <rtcvb32 yahoo.com> writes:
On Tuesday, 23 October 2012 at 11:46:11 UTC, Iain Buclaw wrote:

 On 23 October 2012 12:34, jerro <a a.com> wrote:

 Perhaps FSF would help or some other open-source funding 
 organisation?


 Wouldn't FSF have issues with the reference implementation's 
 back end not being free software?


 We aren't celebrating dmd here, we are celebrating the D 
 programming language, which is a F/OSS project.


  I don't think FSF would be that picky. As Iain said, it's about 
the D language which is an open spec, and progress in the 
community as a whole. Afterall, if we were getting together to 
talk about AWK, they may contribute even considering a free 
version (Gawk) is available, and it isn't about which version you 
run at all. But the spec not being ANSI managed may provide some 
problems.

  I may get this wrong, but my understanding FSF's view (and 
spirit thereof) is about keeping the freedom; IE: Learning from 
eachother (be it mistakes or otherwise), enable the willingness 
to fix (or offer fixes), and allow you to improve any given piece 
of software with no personal or financial gain from it, out of 
only the love and want to help the community as a whole.
Oct 23 2012
parent reply deadalnix <deadalnix gmail.com> writes:
Le 23/10/2012 15:12, Era Scarecrow a écrit :

 On Tuesday, 23 October 2012 at 11:46:11 UTC, Iain Buclaw wrote:

 On 23 October 2012 12:34, jerro <a a.com> wrote:

 Perhaps FSF would help or some other open-source funding organisation?


 Wouldn't FSF have issues with the reference implementation's back end
 not being free software?


 We aren't celebrating dmd here, we are celebrating the D programming
 language, which is a F/OSS project.


 I don't think FSF would be that picky. As Iain said, it's about the D
 language which is an open spec, and progress in the community as a
 whole. Afterall, if we were getting together to talk about AWK, they may
 contribute even considering a free version (Gawk) is available, and it
 isn't about which version you run at all. But the spec not being ANSI
 managed may provide some problems.

 I may get this wrong, but my understanding FSF's view (and spirit
 thereof) is about keeping the freedom; IE: Learning from eachother (be
 it mistakes or otherwise), enable the willingness to fix (or offer
 fixes), and allow you to improve any given piece of software with no
 personal or financial gain from it, out of only the love and want to
 help the community as a whole.


I worked with FSF several times, and they usually are really picky about 
process and have pretty strong criteria on almost everything you can 
think of :D

They usually are not the easiest organization to work with.
Oct 23 2012
parent Andrei Alexandrescu <SeeWebsiteForEmail erdani.org> writes:
On 10/23/12 10:43 AM, deadalnix wrote:

 I worked with FSF several times, and they usually are really picky about
 process and have pretty strong criteria on almost everything you can
 think of :D

 They usually are not the easiest organization to work with.


If you have any contacts worth trying, it would be great if you gave it 
a shot.

Thanks,

Andrei
Oct 23 2012
prev sibling parent reply Walter Bright <newshound2 digitalmars.com> writes:
On 10/23/2012 4:34 AM, jerro wrote:

 Perhaps FSF would help or some other open-source funding organisation?


 Wouldn't FSF have issues with the reference implementation's back end not being
 free software?


GDC is free software, and the rights were assigned to the FSF a year ago.
Oct 23 2012
parent Iain Buclaw <ibuclaw ubuntu.com> writes:
On 23 October 2012 18:10, Walter Bright <newshound2 digitalmars.com> wrote:

 On 10/23/2012 4:34 AM, jerro wrote:

 Perhaps FSF would help or some other open-source funding organisation?



 Wouldn't FSF have issues with the reference implementation's back end not
 being
 free software?



 GDC is free software, and the rights were assigned to the FSF a year ago.


I have a letter in a frame to prove it. :)

-- 
Iain Buclaw

*(p < e ? p++ : p) = (c & 0x0f) + '0';
Oct 23 2012
prev sibling next sibling parent reply deadalnix <deadalnix gmail.com> writes:
Le 22/10/2012 19:25, Andrei Alexandrescu a écrit :

 We're on! For one month starting today, we're raising funding for DConf
 2013.

 http://www.kickstarter.com/projects/2083649206/the-d-programming-language-conference-2013-0


 Please pledge your support and encourage your friends to do the same.
 Hope to see you in 2013!


 Thanks,

 Andrei


This is going way better than I expected. 1/4 of the money raised in 2 days.

I'm not 100% sure I will be able to come yet, but still gave something 
to make thing happen.
Oct 23 2012
parent reply "Adam D. Ruppe" <destructionator gmail.com> writes:
On Tuesday, 23 October 2012 at 14:15:22 UTC, deadalnix wrote:

 1/4 of the money raised in 2 days.



I expect the speed will slow down significantly because most the 
D followers would have already seen it in the first couple days...
Oct 23 2012
next sibling parent Andrei Alexandrescu <SeeWebsiteForEmail erdani.org> writes:
On 10/23/12 10:26 AM, Adam D. Ruppe wrote:

 On Tuesday, 23 October 2012 at 14:15:22 UTC, deadalnix wrote:

 1/4 of the money raised in 2 days.



 I expect the speed will slow down significantly because most the D
 followers would have already seen it in the first couple days...


Yah. On the other hand corporate sponsors tend to move slower. Hopefully 
we'll find more of those. (One platinum sponsorship was initiated by a 
private investor.)

The key to doing good now is to let people know through all channels 
about this. Please do so, and contact me with any other ideas you might 
have.


Thanks,

Andrei
Oct 23 2012
prev sibling next sibling parent deadalnix <deadalnix gmail.com> writes:
Le 23/10/2012 16:26, Adam D. Ruppe a écrit :

 On Tuesday, 23 October 2012 at 14:15:22 UTC, deadalnix wrote:

 1/4 of the money raised in 2 days.



 I expect the speed will slow down significantly because most the D
 followers would have already seen it in the first couple days...


Obviously, you can expect the rate to be higher at the beginning and at 
the end.

But still, numbers are encouraging.
Oct 23 2012
prev sibling parent "SomeDude" <lovelydear mailmetrash.com> writes:
On Tuesday, 23 October 2012 at 14:26:21 UTC, Adam D. Ruppe wrote:

 On Tuesday, 23 October 2012 at 14:15:22 UTC, deadalnix wrote:

 1/4 of the money raised in 2 days.



 I expect the speed will slow down significantly because most 
 the D followers would have already seen it in the first couple 
 days...


Yeqh, but I haven't pledged yet :o

Promise I will :)
Oct 23 2012
prev sibling next sibling parent "thedeemon" <dlang thedeemon.com> writes:
On Monday, 22 October 2012 at 17:25:28 UTC, Andrei Alexandrescu 
wrote:

 We're on! For one month starting today, we're raising funding 
 for DConf 2013.

 http://www.kickstarter.com/projects/2083649206/the-d-programming-language-conference-2013-0

 Please pledge your support and encourage your friends to do the 
 same. Hope to see you in 2013!


I'm a backer now, with Facebook and Amazon accounts it was real 
quick and simple.

My evil plan is the fact of organizing this conference will bring 
more people's attention to the language, more adopters and 
developers, so the implementation will get better and better 
faster.
Oct 24 2012
prev sibling next sibling parent reply =?UTF-8?B?QWxpIMOHZWhyZWxp?= <acehreli yahoo.com> writes:
On 10/22/2012 10:25 AM, Andrei Alexandrescu wrote:

 We're on! For one month starting today, we're raising funding for DConf
 2013.

 http://www.kickstarter.com/projects/2083649206/the-d-programming-language-conference-2013-0


 Please pledge your support and encourage your friends to do the same.
 Hope to see you in 2013!


 Thanks,

 Andrei


Passed the 50% mark! :)

Ali
Oct 26 2012
parent Walter Bright <newshound2 digitalmars.com> writes:
On 10/26/2012 11:55 AM, Ali Çehreli wrote:

 Passed the 50% mark! :)


Thanks in part to you!
Oct 26 2012
prev sibling next sibling parent reply Faux Amis <faux amis.com> writes:
On 22/10/2012 19:25, Andrei Alexandrescu wrote:

 We're on! For one month starting today, we're raising funding for DConf
 2013.

 http://www.kickstarter.com/projects/2083649206/the-d-programming-language-conference-2013-0


 Please pledge your support and encourage your friends to do the same.
 Hope to see you in 2013!


 Thanks,

 Andrei


Looking at the graph and excluding the super-villains (who are they?) 
the current pool seems close to empty.
There will probably be an end spurt if the goals seems in sight, but as 
it stand I don't see this happening.

My reason for not having pledged:
Too expensive: flight + ticket.
I will pledge 100$ if that would mean videos.
Oct 31 2012
next sibling parent reply Andrei Alexandrescu <SeeWebsiteForEmail erdani.org> writes:
On 10/31/12 8:35 PM, Faux Amis wrote:

 On 22/10/2012 19:25, Andrei Alexandrescu wrote:

 We're on! For one month starting today, we're raising funding for DConf
 2013.

 http://www.kickstarter.com/projects/2083649206/the-d-programming-language-conference-2013-0



 Please pledge your support and encourage your friends to do the same.
 Hope to see you in 2013!


 Thanks,

 Andrei


 Looking at the graph and excluding the super-villains (who are they?)
 the current pool seems close to empty.


We currently have one generous $5K contribution from Andrew Edwards (an 
enlisted US Marine) and another one from Sociomantic.com. Since Andrew 
is not competing for branding or recruiting, we're considering offering 
one extra Kryptonite slot should we receive requests.

Excluding the large contributions is actually not indicative because 
most conferences actually finance via sponsorships.


 There will probably be an end spurt if the goals seems in sight, but as
 it stand I don't see this happening.


The way I see it, we have 16 firm early bird attendees, and we're six 
corporate sponsorships away from reaching our goal. We must make this 
happen.

One thing we could all do is to mention the conference to our recruiting 
managers. This is a golden opportunity to recruit straight in the Bay 
Area. A contribution as simple as offering a conference room for three 
days would mean huge goodwill in the D community for next to no cost to 
the company.


 My reason for not having pledged:
 Too expensive: flight + ticket.
 I will pledge 100$ if that would mean videos.


Understood. Note that if you submit a talk proposal, it's possible (no 
promise though at this point) we'd be able to defray transportation costs.


Andrei
Nov 01 2012
parent "Hristo Stefanov" <hrstefanov yahoo.co.uk> writes:
On 10/31/12 8:35 PM, Faux Amis wrote:

 I will pledge 100$ if that would mean videos.


I second that. Many of us won't be able to attend to the
conference due to travel costs and it would be nice if there are
videos.
Nov 01 2012
prev sibling next sibling parent reply Iain Buclaw <ibuclaw ubuntu.com> writes:
On 1 November 2012 00:35, Faux Amis <faux amis.com> wrote:

 On 22/10/2012 19:25, Andrei Alexandrescu wrote:

 We're on! For one month starting today, we're raising funding for DConf
 2013.


 http://www.kickstarter.com/projects/2083649206/the-d-programming-language-conference-2013-0


 Please pledge your support and encourage your friends to do the same.
 Hope to see you in 2013!


 Thanks,

 Andrei



 Looking at the graph and excluding the super-villains (who are they?) the
 current pool seems close to empty.
 There will probably be an end spurt if the goals seems in sight, but as it
 stand I don't see this happening.

 My reason for not having pledged:
 Too expensive: flight + ticket.
 I will pledge 100$ if that would mean videos.


I should hope that it would be video'd - :o)

-- 
Iain Buclaw

*(p < e ? p++ : p) = (c & 0x0f) + '0';
Nov 01 2012
parent reply Andrei Alexandrescu <SeeWebsiteForEmail erdani.org> writes:
On 11/1/12 1:40 PM, Iain Buclaw wrote:

 On 1 November 2012 00:35, Faux Amis<faux amis.com>  wrote:

 On 22/10/2012 19:25, Andrei Alexandrescu wrote:


 My reason for not having pledged:
 Too expensive: flight + ticket.
 I will pledge 100$ if that would mean videos.


 I should hope that it would be video'd - :o)


Hoping is good, making it happen is even better. Does anyone have the 
equipment and expertise to help with video recording?

Andrei



 Nov 01 2012



 next sibling parent reply Jacob Carlborg <doob me.com>  writes:


On 2012-11-01 20:18, Andrei Alexandrescu wrote:


 Hoping is good, making it happen is even better. Does anyone have the
 equipment and expertise to help with video recording?


Funny thing. Most video clips from conferences I've seen are fairly poor 
quality. I don't know if it's the recording or the compression after it 
been uploaded. But these days many phones have pretty good cameras, like 
1080p.

-- 
/Jacob Carlborg



 Nov 01 2012



  parent reply "Era Scarecrow" <rtcvb32 yahoo.com>  writes:


On Thursday, 1 November 2012 at 19:35:35 UTC, Jacob Carlborg 
wrote:

 On 2012-11-01 20:18, Andrei Alexandrescu wrote:


 Hoping is good, making it happen is even better. Does anyone 
 have the equipment and expertise to help with video recording?


 Funny thing. Most video clips from conferences I've seen are 
 fairly poor quality. I don't know if it's the recording or the 
 compression after it been uploaded. But these days many phones 
 have pretty good cameras, like 1080p.


  I have some expertise & some equipment; But I plan on getting 
more shortly anyways (and could run it too).

  Something to consider is encoding the videos and could ship them 
on dvd/blueray. Hmmm, with dvd it would have to be avi/mkv's 
while on blueray if the options allow could use the player rather 
than having a computer file format, then it's only a matter of 
time before I can have them all burned.

  On the other hand, if we have something like 1000 people wanting 
discs, it might be possible to have them made once we make the 
original (course the minimum may be 50,000 which wouldn't be an 
option at this time).

  But if we consider almost everyone has the internet and youtube 
is available and allows HD and long submissions for this type of 
stuff that quickly seems like a silly option.



 Nov 01 2012



  parent  Andrei Alexandrescu <SeeWebsiteForEmail erdani.org>  writes:


On 11/1/12 5:42 PM, Era Scarecrow wrote:

 On Thursday, 1 November 2012 at 19:35:35 UTC, Jacob Carlborg wrote:

 On 2012-11-01 20:18, Andrei Alexandrescu wrote:


 Hoping is good, making it happen is even better. Does anyone have the
 equipment and expertise to help with video recording?


 Funny thing. Most video clips from conferences I've seen are fairly
 poor quality. I don't know if it's the recording or the compression
 after it been uploaded. But these days many phones have pretty good
 cameras, like 1080p.


 I have some expertise & some equipment; But I plan on getting more
 shortly anyways (and could run it too).

 Something to consider is encoding the videos and could ship them on
 dvd/blueray. Hmmm, with dvd it would have to be avi/mkv's while on
 blueray if the options allow could use the player rather than having a
 computer file format, then it's only a matter of time before I can have
 them all burned.

 On the other hand, if we have something like 1000 people wanting discs,
 it might be possible to have them made once we make the original (course
 the minimum may be 50,000 which wouldn't be an option at this time).

 But if we consider almost everyone has the internet and youtube is
 available and allows HD and long submissions for this type of stuff that
 quickly seems like a silly option.


If we're to film the conference, we'll make it available online for 
free. No disks, no DRM, no red tape - that's for sure.

The advantage of paying to be at the conference is, well, being there, 
and also the timeliness (we may upload the videos later, which is common 
practice).

Do you plan to be there? If we can count on you taking care of 
reasonable-quality recordings, please let me know.


Andrei



 Nov 01 2012



prev sibling  parent  "David Nadlinger" <see klickverbot.at>  writes:


On Thursday, 1 November 2012 at 19:18:40 UTC, Andrei Alexandrescu 
wrote:

 Hoping is good, making it happen is even better. Does anyone 
 have the equipment and expertise to help with video recording?


I have experience as a live lighting/audio/video engineer and 
also did a few smaller film jobs, so I guess I could help out 
with handling the recording things. I don't personally have much 
equipment, though, and bringing more than say a sound card, a 
pair of good headphones and the odd adapter (and maybe an Eos 5D 
and a couple of lenses for some additional shots?) on an overseas 
trip is probably not worth the hassle.

This is all assuming that I'll actually be able to make it to 
DConf, though…

David



 Nov 01 2012



prev sibling  parent reply =?UTF-8?B?QWxpIMOHZWhyZWxp?= <acehreli yahoo.com>  writes:


On 10/31/2012 05:35 PM, Faux Amis wrote:


 I will pledge 100$ if that would mean videos.


There is a change on the project page: :)

"Late-Breaking News: Smile, You're On Camera!

It's confirmed - through volunteer support, the conference talks will be 
recorded and posted on the Net for free! We're preparing diligently to 
ensure professional quality recordings. One more reason to pledge even 
if for those of you who can't be there!"

Ali



 Nov 05 2012



  parent reply "Jesse Phillips" <jessekphillips+D gmail.com>  writes:


On Monday, 5 November 2012 at 21:57:01 UTC, Ali Çehreli wrote:

 On 10/31/2012 05:35 PM, Faux Amis wrote:


 I will pledge 100$ if that would mean videos.


 There is a change on the project page: :)

 "Late-Breaking News: Smile, You're On Camera!

 It's confirmed - through volunteer support, the conference 
 talks will be recorded and posted on the Net for free! We're 
 preparing diligently to ensure professional quality recordings. 
 One more reason to pledge even if for those of you who can't be 
 there!"

 Ali


That probably should be posted as an Update in kickstarter (not 
just a change to the main page)...



 Nov 05 2012



  parent reply Andrei Alexandrescu <SeeWebsiteForEmail erdani.org>  writes:


On 11/6/12 4:15 AM, Jesse Phillips wrote:

 On Monday, 5 November 2012 at 21:57:01 UTC, Ali Çehreli wrote:

 On 10/31/2012 05:35 PM, Faux Amis wrote:


 I will pledge 100$ if that would mean videos.


 There is a change on the project page: :)

 "Late-Breaking News: Smile, You're On Camera!

 It's confirmed - through volunteer support, the conference talks will
 be recorded and posted on the Net for free! We're preparing diligently
 to ensure professional quality recordings. One more reason to pledge
 even if for those of you who can't be there!"

 Ali


 That probably should be posted as an Update in kickstarter (not just a
 change to the main page)...


You mean send an update to all current backers?

Andrei



 Nov 05 2012



  parent  Andrei Alexandrescu <SeeWebsiteForEmail erdani.org>  writes:


On 11/6/12 8:40 AM, Andrei Alexandrescu wrote:

 On 11/6/12 4:15 AM, Jesse Phillips wrote:

 On Monday, 5 November 2012 at 21:57:01 UTC, Ali Çehreli wrote:

 On 10/31/2012 05:35 PM, Faux Amis wrote:


 I will pledge 100$ if that would mean videos.


 There is a change on the project page: :)

 "Late-Breaking News: Smile, You're On Camera!

 It's confirmed - through volunteer support, the conference talks will
 be recorded and posted on the Net for free! We're preparing diligently
 to ensure professional quality recordings. One more reason to pledge
 even if for those of you who can't be there!"

 Ali


 That probably should be posted as an Update in kickstarter (not just a
 change to the main page)...


 You mean send an update to all current backers?


Well did so.

Andrei



 Nov 05 2012



prev sibling next sibling parent  "ButHead" <kma ass.be>  writes:


On Monday, 22 October 2012 at 17:25:28 UTC, Andrei Alexandrescu 
wrote:

 We're on! For one month starting today, we're raising funding 
 for DConf 2013.

 http://www.kickstarter.com/projects/2083649206/the-d-programming-language-conference-2013-0

 Please pledge your support and encourage your friends to do the 
 same. Hope to see you in 2013!


 Thanks,

 Andrei


Collecting money to blow up Andrei's EGO even more ?
Hope the show fails.looks good so far.
what about collectimg money for solid, real world projects 
instead of donating to bla bla nonsense parties.



 Nov 05 2012



prev sibling next sibling parent reply Andrei Alexandrescu <SeeWebsiteForEmail erdani.org>  writes:


Update - we've crossed $20K! At this point we're one major backer away 
from achieving the goal, and we're looking at a number of options. 
Please share with your friends and coworkers, and bring the discussion 
up with your employer's managers and recruiters. It should be an easier 
case to make now that among 107 backers we have sold out 20 early bird 
seats and 3 sponsorships before even having published a conference program.

We will make this happen!


Andrei



 Nov 12 2012



 next sibling parent  "Mike van Dongen" <dlang mikevandongen.nl>  writes:


On Tuesday, 13 November 2012 at 01:08:01 UTC, Andrei Alexandrescu 
wrote:

 Update - we've crossed $20K! At this point we're one major 
 backer away from achieving the goal, and we're looking at a 
 number of options. Please share with your friends and 
 coworkers, and bring the discussion up with your employer's 
 managers and recruiters. It should be an easier case to make 
 now that among 107 backers we have sold out 20 early bird seats 
 and 3 sponsorships before even having published a conference 
 program.

 We will make this happen!


 Andrei


I was about to donate, but after creating the accounts I found 
out paying is only possible with a credit card.
Is there another way I can donate $25 (or $50+ if you can send a 
shirt to the EU)?



 Nov 14 2012



prev sibling next sibling parent  "Mike van Dongen" <dlang mikevandongen.nl>  writes:


On Tuesday, 13 November 2012 at 01:08:01 UTC, Andrei Alexandrescu 
wrote:

 Update - we've crossed $20K! At this point we're one major 
 backer away from achieving the goal, and we're looking at a 
 number of options. Please share with your friends and 
 coworkers, and bring the discussion up with your employer's 
 managers and recruiters. It should be an easier case to make 
 now that among 107 backers we have sold out 20 early bird seats 
 and 3 sponsorships before even having published a conference 
 program.

 We will make this happen!


 Andrei


I was about to donate, but after creating the accounts I found 
out paying is only possible with a credit card.
Is there another way I can donate $25 (or $50+ if you can send a 
shirt to the EU)?



 Nov 14 2012



prev sibling next sibling parent  "Mike van Dongen" <dlang mikevandongen.nl>  writes:


On Tuesday, 13 November 2012 at 01:08:01 UTC, Andrei Alexandrescu
wrote:

 Update - we've crossed $20K! At this point we're one major 
 backer away from achieving the goal, and we're looking at a 
 number of options. Please share with your friends and 
 coworkers, and bring the discussion up with your employer's 
 managers and recruiters. It should be an easier case to make 
 now that among 107 backers we have sold out 20 early bird seats 
 and 3 sponsorships before even having published a conference 
 program.

 We will make this happen!


 Andrei


I was about to donate, but after creating the accounts I found
out paying is only possible with a credit card.
Is there another way I can donate $25 (or $50+ if you can send a
shirt to the EU)?



 Nov 14 2012



prev sibling  parent  "Mike van Dongen" <dlang mikevandongen.nl>  writes:


On Tuesday, 13 November 2012 at 01:08:01 UTC, Andrei Alexandrescu 
wrote:

 Update - we've crossed $20K! At this point we're one major 
 backer away from achieving the goal, and we're looking at a 
 number of options. Please share with your friends and 
 coworkers, and bring the discussion up with your employer's 
 managers and recruiters. It should be an easier case to make 
 now that among 107 backers we have sold out 20 early bird seats 
 and 3 sponsorships before even having published a conference 
 program.

 We will make this happen!


 Andrei


I was about to donate, but after creating the accounts I found
out paying is only possible with a credit card.
Is there another way I can donate $25 (or $50+ if you can send a
shirt to the EU)?



 Nov 14 2012



prev sibling next sibling parent  "Mike van Dongen" <dlang mikevandongen.nl>  writes:


On Monday, 22 October 2012 at 17:25:28 UTC, Andrei Alexandrescu 
wrote:

 We're on! For one month starting today, we're raising funding 
 for DConf 2013.

 http://www.kickstarter.com/projects/2083649206/the-d-programming-language-conference-2013-0

 Please pledge your support and encourage your friends to do the 
 same. Hope to see you in 2013!


 Thanks,

 Andrei


I was about to donate, but after creating the accounts I found
out paying is only possible with a credit card.
Is there another way I can donate $25 (or $50+ if you can send a
shirt to the EU)?



 Nov 14 2012



prev sibling next sibling parent reply Joseph Rushton Wakeling <joseph.wakeling webdrake.net>  writes:


On 10/22/2012 07:25 PM, Andrei Alexandrescu wrote:

 Please pledge your support and encourage your friends to do the same. Hope to
 see you in 2013!


About that t-shirt thing -- is Kickstarter really accurate to say "US only"? 
Or 
can you enter an EU address and pay shipping charges?



 Nov 15 2012



  parent reply Andrei Alexandrescu <SeeWebsiteForEmail erdani.org>  writes:


On 11/15/12 6:39 AM, Joseph Rushton Wakeling wrote:

 On 10/22/2012 07:25 PM, Andrei Alexandrescu wrote:

 Please pledge your support and encourage your friends to do the same.
 Hope to
 see you in 2013!


 About that t-shirt thing -- is Kickstarter really accurate to say "US
 only"? Or can you enter an EU address and pay shipping charges?


I think you can, but I'm not sure. Anyhow we can arrange something - 
feel free to contribute $50 for "no reward" and then contact me to get 
the T-shirt.

Andrei



 Nov 15 2012



 next sibling parent  Iain Buclaw <ibuclaw ubuntu.com>  writes:


On 15 November 2012 15:13, Andrei Alexandrescu
<SeeWebsiteForEmail erdani.org> wrote:

 On 11/15/12 6:39 AM, Joseph Rushton Wakeling wrote:

 On 10/22/2012 07:25 PM, Andrei Alexandrescu wrote:

 Please pledge your support and encourage your friends to do the same.
 Hope to
 see you in 2013!



 About that t-shirt thing -- is Kickstarter really accurate to say "US
 only"? Or can you enter an EU address and pay shipping charges?



 I think you can, but I'm not sure. Anyhow we can arrange something - feel
 free to contribute $50 for "no reward" and then contact me to get the
 T-shirt.

 Andrei


I hope all attendees get a t-shirt. :-)


-- 
Iain Buclaw

*(p < e ? p++ : p) = (c & 0x0f) + '0';



 Nov 15 2012



prev sibling next sibling parent  Andrej Mitrovic <andrej.mitrovich gmail.com>  writes:


On 11/15/12, Iain Buclaw <ibuclaw ubuntu.com> wrote:

 I hope all attendees get a t-shirt. :-)


All D attendees are required to be barechested (ladies excluded), and
a minimum beard descent of 1.5x below the Adam's apple (ladies not
excluded).



 Nov 15 2012



prev sibling  parent  "Michael Eisendle" <kiubiq gulli.com>  writes:


It would be really awesome if you could ship the shirts to the 
EU. I pledged 50$ nonetheless, if only there'll be recordings it 
will be awesome enough :)

On Thursday, 15 November 2012 at 15:13:28 UTC, Andrei 
Alexandrescu wrote:

 On 11/15/12 6:39 AM, Joseph Rushton Wakeling wrote:

 On 10/22/2012 07:25 PM, Andrei Alexandrescu wrote:

 Please pledge your support and encourage your friends to do 
 the same.
 Hope to
 see you in 2013!


 About that t-shirt thing -- is Kickstarter really accurate to 
 say "US
 only"? Or can you enter an EU address and pay shipping charges?


 I think you can, but I'm not sure. Anyhow we can arrange 
 something - feel free to contribute $50 for "no reward" and 
 then contact me to get the T-shirt.

 Andrei





 Nov 15 2012



prev sibling next sibling parent  Faux Amis <faux amis.com>  writes:


On 22/10/2012 19:25, Andrei Alexandrescu wrote:

 We're on! For one month starting today, we're raising funding for DConf
 2013.

 http://www.kickstarter.com/projects/2083649206/the-d-programming-language-conference-2013-0


 Please pledge your support and encourage your friends to do the same.
 Hope to see you in 2013!


 Thanks,

 Andrei


What's up with WEB SUPPORTER being a US only thing?



 Nov 16 2012



prev sibling  parent reply =?UTF-8?B?QWxpIMOHZWhyZWxp?= <acehreli yahoo.com>  writes:


On 10/22/2012 10:25 AM, Andrei Alexandrescu wrote:

 We're on! For one month starting today, we're raising funding for DConf
 2013.

 http://www.kickstarter.com/projects/2083649206/the-d-programming-language-conference-2013-0


 Please pledge your support and encourage your friends to do the same.
 Hope to see you in 2013!


 Thanks,

 Andrei


Woohoo! With a dollar to spare: :)

155
Backers
$30,000
pledged of $29,999 goal

Ali



 Nov 20 2012



 next sibling parent  Andrei Alexandrescu <SeeWebsiteForEmail erdani.org>  writes:


On 11/20/12 3:18 PM, Ali Çehreli wrote:

 Woohoo! With a dollar to spare: :)

 155
 Backers
 $30,000
 pledged of $29,999 goal


We did it! Congratulations to everyone who helped and to the entire D 
community!

Now let's get to work - we've got a lot of planning to do. Please start 
thinking about submitting a talk proposal (title, abstract, and bio).


Andrei



 Nov 20 2012



prev sibling  parent reply Andrei Alexandrescu <SeeWebsiteForEmail erdani.org>  writes:


On 11/20/12 3:18 PM, Ali Çehreli wrote:

 Woohoo! With a dollar to spare: :)

 155
 Backers
 $30,000
 pledged of $29,999 goal

 Ali


On reddit:

http://www.kickstarter.com/projects/2083649206/the-d-programming-language-conference-2013-0?


Andrei



 Nov 20 2012



  parent  Andrei Alexandrescu <SeeWebsiteForEmail erdani.org>  writes:


On 11/20/12 3:42 PM, Andrei Alexandrescu wrote:

 On 11/20/12 3:18 PM, Ali Çehreli wrote:

 Woohoo! With a dollar to spare: :)

 155
 Backers
 $30,000
 pledged of $29,999 goal

 Ali


 On reddit:

 http://www.kickstarter.com/projects/2083649206/the-d-programming-language-conference-2013-0?


I mean:

http://www.reddit.com/r/programming/comments/13iz81/the_d_conference_2013_raises_30000_on/


Andrei



 Nov 20 2012