I submitted for 1PM next Monday June 29 . I am looking forward to it -- thank you for the opportunity Rich
Bhargava, I wonder if you would like to try and organize a speaker for Comet and help organize that community? Andrew On Mon, Jun 15, 2026 at 1:15 PM Bowen, Rich <[email protected]> wrote: > Definitely not opposed to that, although I’ll need to do some more > research to ask intelligent questions. :) > > FYI, here’s my availability when y’all are ready: > > https://amazon.zoom.us/zbook/rich-bowen/30-mins-with-rich > > > > On Jun 15, 2026, at 12:58 PM, Bhargava Vadlamani <[email protected]> > wrote: > > > > Hello Rich , > > > > Thank you for reaching out. I am an ardent listener of the podcast and > would love to see Datafusion being featured on it. > > One thought I’ve had specifically with Datafusion ecosystem is that we > have a several different projects (DF, Comet , Ballista etc) in the > ecosystem which might warrant more than a single session (if that is > possible). > > > > Thank you > > Bhargava Vadlamani > > > > On Sat, Jun 13, 2026 at 3:16 PM Tim Saucer <[email protected]> wrote: > > Hi all, > > > > I would certainly be happy to join but if you’re looking to do this very > soon I will be traveling the next few weeks. Otherwise I’d be happy to > discuss the new skill based workflows in DataFusion-python and the exciting > work we’ve done recently. > > > > Best, > > Tim > > > > > On Jun 13, 2026, at 6:03 PM, Rich Bowen <[email protected]> wrote: > > > > > > Excellent. > > > > > > I'm East Coast US time zone. It looks like Monday and Tuesday next week > > > are wide open. I have an 11am on Monday and a 12 noon on Tuesday. > Anything > > > work well for you those days? > > > > > > I record on Google Meet and I expect we'd need an hour to get it done. > > > > > > Or do you need a few days to find other possible participants? > > > > > > Rich > > > > > >> On Sat, Jun 13, 2026, 13:48 Andrew Lamb <[email protected]> wrote: > > >> > > >> Thanks Rich -- that sounds like a great opportunity. > > >> > > >> I would be more than happy to participate in such an episode. In > > >> particular, I would love to discuss the "query engine as a library" > > >> philosophy, fostering a community to build such a thing, and how it > may > > >> play out as LLMs/AI coding tools explode the number of customized data > > >> systems > > >> > > >> I think there are many other people in the community who likely have > > >> interesting perspectives too that I would love to hear from -- so > perhaps > > >> others could chime in here as well > > >> > > >> Andrew > > >> > > >>> On Thu, Jun 11, 2026 at 2:34 PM Rich Bowen <[email protected]> > wrote: > > >>> > > >>> Hi DataFusion community, > > >>> > > >>> Congratulations on the v54.0 release, the new Java bindings, and > > >>> what looks like a remarkable growth trajectory. > > >>> > > >>> I'd love to do a PlusOne episode with someone from your community. > > >>> The conversation could touch on any of several angles -- the > > >>> "query engine as a library" philosophy, the expansion into Java > > >>> and Python ecosystems, the LLM agent skills work, or what it's > > >>> like to build community around infrastructure that's often > > >>> invisible to end users. But I'm open to whatever direction is > > >>> most interesting to you. > > >>> > > >>> PlusOne (formerly known as Feathercast) is the ASF's official > interview > > >>> series, part of Apache Marketing & Publicity. Each episode is a short > > >>> (15-20 min) conversation with someone from an Apache project > community > > >>> about what they're working on and how people can get involved. Past > > >>> episodes are at https://plusone.apache.org/ and the video versions > > >>> are on the ASF YouTube channel: > > >>> > https://www.youtube.com/playlist?list=PLU2OcwpQkYCzs8261KxC4BoB2ptHJyMQt > > >>> > > >>> If anyone is interested in being a guest, please reply here or > > >>> drop me a note at [email protected]. I'm happy to work around > > >>> your schedule. > > >>> > > >>> Thanks, > > >>> Rich > > >>> > > >>> --------------------------------------------------------------------- > > >>> To unsubscribe, e-mail: [email protected] > > >>> For additional commands, e-mail: [email protected] > > >>> > > >>> > > > > --------------------------------------------------------------------- > > To unsubscribe, e-mail: [email protected] > > For additional commands, e-mail: [email protected] > > > > > --------------------------------------------------------------------- > To unsubscribe, e-mail: [email protected] > For additional commands, e-mail: [email protected] > >
