+ Lenny (email address was wrong) That sounds great, Vittorio.
How many people were at ACCU vs. came to the contest? That should give me an idea of how big a venue we need. mb On Wed, Jan 24, 2018 at 11:49 AM, Phil Nash <m...@philnash.me> wrote: > Jon (Jagger) has said that anyone is welcome to run his countdown game > using cyberdojo - so we could definitely do something like that. > I think the issue is more about having a venue big enough to hold > everyone, with at least drinks available. > > Sent from my iPhone > > On 24 Jan 2018, at 17:35, Vittorio Romeo <vittorio.ro...@outlook.com> > wrote: > > There was this great interactive session at ACCU and C++ London where all > attendees competed against each other on an online application: the goal > was, given a set of C++ tokens, to produce the shortest valid C++ program > that used as many of them as possible. > > As you might imagine, some crazy code was written that day and it was a > lot of fun for everyone. > This is the link for the ACCU session: http://blog.cyber- > dojo.org/2017/05/accu-c-countdown-pub-quiz.html > > I think that organizing something like this as an after-conference 1h > session would be a good idea. > I'm sure we can come up with some interesting variations to not > shamelessly copy the linked pub quiz :) > > > Vittorio Romeo > https://vittorioromeo.info > > > ------------------------------ > *From:* Matthew Butler <mbut...@laurellye.com> > *Sent:* Wednesday, January 24, 2018 4:40 PM > *To:* John Lakos > *Cc:* m...@philnash.me; jonk...@boost.org; whatwasthataddr...@gmail.com; > boostcon-plan@googlegroups.com; dswal...@commvault.com; Jason Turner; > br...@cppnow.org; mc...@boost.org; chandl...@gmail.com; > bigchees...@gmail.com; billy.ba...@flightsafety.com; lip...@woodynet.net; > i...@meetingcpp.com; holmes.o...@gmail.com; j...@crystalclearsoftware.com; > dan...@pfeifer-mail.de; g...@microsoft.com; elbe...@gmail.com; > cam...@gmail.com; mcai...@ciere.com; rivo...@gmail.com; > vittorio.ro...@outlook.com; charleyb123 .; arthur.j.odw...@gmail.com; > gh...@tripwire.com; scott.frederick...@gmail.com; l.maior...@f5.com; > jetr...@sbcglobal.net > *Subject:* Re: Socializing at C++Now > > While I am fairly new to C++Now, the fact that I was already briefed on > John's past efforts to keep the party going says that it has now become > part of C++Now Legend. I'm sure someone will put it to song at some point > in time. Tony, perhaps? :) > > Jon was, I think, looking for a less heroic way to keep the night going > (and to save on the furniture). > > > A few ideas have been suggested: > > * Other than the hotel bar, are there other places that people know of > that we could take over for a night? Pubs, brewpubs, et al... > > * We have suggestions for contests: programming, trivia, shortest > algorithm that induces time travel, that sort of thing. Jon is offering > prizes. Any interest? > > * Are there other activities or places that are of interest in Aspen? > > > I haven't been to Aspen but my wife and daughter live in Creede so I'm > going to try to make a scouting trip through there on my next trip home. If > you have any suggestions for places I can scout for us, please let me know. > > > mb > > On Wed, Jan 24, 2018 at 10:27 AM, John Lakos (BLOOMBERG/ 120 PARK) < > jla...@bloomberg.net> wrote: > > LOL!!! > > From: m...@philnash.me At: 01/24/18 11:14:21 > To: John Lakos (BLOOMBERG/ 120 PARK ) <jla...@bloomberg.net> > Cc: jonk...@boost.org, whatwasthataddr...@gmail.com, mbut...@laurellye.com, > boostcon-plan@googlegroups.com, dswal...@commvault.com, > ja...@emptycrate.com, br...@cppnow.org, mc...@boost.org, > chandl...@gmail.com, bigchees...@gmail.com, billy.ba...@flightsafety.com, > lip...@woodynet.net, i...@meetingcpp.com, holmes.o...@gmail.com, > j...@crystalclearsoftware.com, dan...@pfeifer-mail.de, g...@microsoft.com, > elbe...@gmail.com, cam...@gmail.com, mcai...@ciere.com, rivo...@gmail.com, > vittorio.ro...@outlook.com, charleyb...@gmail.com, > arthur.j.odw...@gmail.com, gh...@tripwire.com, > scott.frederick...@gmail.com, l.maior...@f5.com, jetr...@sbcglobal.net > Subject: Re: Socializing at C++Now > > Funnily enough Hercules was here recently, saying he had to employ > near-Lakosian efforts to keep the bar open ;-) > > On 24 Jan 2018, at 16:05, John Lakos (BLOOMBERG/ 120 PARK) < > jla...@bloomberg.net> wrote: > > +1 -- this reflects my experience. FWIW, I am the one that has in the past > kept the bar open employing nearly Herculean efforts. :) -JL > > From: whatwasthataddr...@gmail.com At: 01/24/18 11:02:13 > To: jonk...@boost.org > Cc: John Lakos (BLOOMBERG/ 120 PARK ) , mbut...@laurellye.com, > boostcon-plan@googlegroups.com, dswal...@commvault.com, > ja...@emptycrate.com, br...@cppnow.org, mc...@boost.org, > chandl...@gmail.com, bigchees...@gmail.com, billy.ba...@flightsafety.com, > lip...@woodynet.net, i...@meetingcpp.com, holmes.o...@gmail.com, > j...@crystalclearsoftware.com, dan...@pfeifer-mail.de, g...@microsoft.com, > elbe...@gmail.com, cam...@gmail.com, m...@philnash.me, mcai...@ciere.com, > rivo...@gmail.com, vittorio.ro...@outlook.com, charleyb...@gmail.com, > arthur.j.odw...@gmail.com, gh...@tripwire.com, > scott.frederick...@gmail.com, l.maior...@f5.com, jetr...@sbcglobal.net > Subject: Re: Socializing at C++Now > > From what I've seen, there are dozens of people at the bar every night > that there's a bartender. Sometimes, as when there's an evening session, > very few people show up until 9:30 or 10, but then there are dozens like > always. If they show up and there's no bartender, most of them leave. On > nights with an earlier start, people tend also to leave when the bartender > does. When the bartender stays late, I think it usually thins out around > 1am or so. In all cases, there are stragglers until 3am or 4am. Often > they are named Tony (or T-Dog). > > Zach > > On Sun, Jan 21, 2018 at 12:37 AM, Jon Kalb <jonk...@boost.org> wrote: > > Matthew, > > > Thanks very much for the phone call and for agreeing to help at C++Now. > > > To recap our conversation, our two goals are: > > · Better communication between us and the hotel about our needs > regarding hotel bar staffing and our socializing requirements (hours and > numbers) > > · Considering alternative after-hours activities such as a > pub-quiz or trivial contest. > > > As I said, we’ve run into the issue that hotel will see that there aren’t > many people around at 9:00 PM, so they’ll tell the bartender to close the > bar at 10:30 and head home. Then, after the Lightning Talk session ends at > 10 PM, a crowd goes to the bar only to find that it is about to close. We > need to do a better job of letting the hotel know what to expect so that > they can do a better job of serving us. They don’t want to close the bar > when they have paying customers, but they need to be able to plan a little > in advance. > > > I wish that I was a better resource for leaning about how many people are > in the bar in the evening, how early they arrive, and how late they stay > up, but, as I mentioned, I only occasionally drop by the bar after the > evening session and I usually don’t stay long. > > > I’ve CC’ed the planning the committee email and the emails of several > individuals that I know have attended a few years with the hope that they > chime in with their thoughts on how many people we usually have at the bar, > on what nights, and for how long. > > > One thing to remember is that this year, we’ll be shifted back one day. > Since we are not after Mother’s Day, we’ll have the reception on Sunday > evening and run session Monday through Friday. > > > Thanks again for your help taking this on. > > > Jon > > > > > > -- You received this message because you are subscribed to the Google Groups "boostcon-plan" group. 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