Thanks I'm really looking forward to it! Its going to be a little bit primitive slide-wise but I hope its informative and makes a good pitch for Giraph, and Giraph on YARN.
I'm also shooting to let people know about all the newer features/changes in Giraph, and to evangelize for new contributors to get involved and/or evaluate it. Eli On Mon, Jun 24, 2013 at 3:46 PM, Claudio Martella < [email protected]> wrote: > Best of luck eli! > > > On Mon, Jun 24, 2013 at 9:30 PM, Eli Reisman <[email protected] > >wrote: > > > Ok, so I finally got in touch with the right people. As suspected, all my > > "congradulations" and info emails had been going down a hole to @ > > hortonworks.com and no one had noticed despite my emails to them :( > > > > anyway its set, I booked a flight, just have to find a room somewhere in > > the vicinity and get my slides together. Really excited about the new > stuff > > to discuss (YARN, compute-vertex split, Jython support etc.) > > > > Thanks again for your help, sorry to dump this on you at the last moment > or > > cause a scare, I was really looking forward to this, and am glad to get > the > > chance to actually do it! > > > > > > > > On Mon, Jun 24, 2013 at 10:03 AM, Eli Reisman <[email protected] > > >wrote: > > > > > Hi Avery, thanks for the response, > > > > > > Yeah it sucks because I was really looking forward to it, and had > assumed > > > as of a month or two ago that my talk was not accepted as I just didn't > > > hear back from anyone I was poking at. I had no idea they would > schedule > > me > > > without ever getting a confirmation etc. ?!? > > > > > > I have a number of calls out today again but no responses yet, so as I > > try > > > to contact them I definitely wanted to talk to all the Giraphers here > and > > > see if anyone was available to sub. I would not like to miss out on the > > > chance to do this, but I really don't want us to lose the publicity for > > no > > > reason if I can't. > > > > > > So...if anyone is available, please let me know. I will continue trying > > to > > > get a hold of folks down in San Jose to get this clarified but I'd like > > to > > > have a standby ready just in case so we don't lose the spot. > > > > > > > > > On Mon, Jun 24, 2013 at 8:39 AM, Avery Ching <[email protected]> > wrote: > > > > > >> Hi Eli, > > >> > > >> Congrats at getting your talk accepted at the Hadoop Summit. I've > seen > > >> it listed in the talks and I'm sure it is something that folks would > be > > >> interested in seeing. > > >> > > >> http://hadoopsummit.org/san-jose/schedule/ > > >> > > >> You should definitely reach out to your mentor at Hortonworks > regarding > > >> this. > > >> > > >> Since you did the heavy lifting and the submission it would be best if > > >> you can give your talk. Last year when I gave a talk, there was > > standing > > >> room only (folks were really interested in Giraph). It would be a > great > > >> experience for you and also great for exposure for your new company. > I > > >> would advise that you try really hard to make it. If you absolutely > > >> cannot, I hope that someone local might be able to make it on your > > behalf. > > >> > > >> Avery > > >> > > >> > > >> > > >> On 6/24/13 8:24 AM, Eli Reisman wrote: > > >> > > >> Hey, > > >> > > >> Any of you going to be at Hadoop Summit in San Jose this week? > > >> > > >> I applied to talk about Giraph and its future (especially around YARN > > >> but kind of open to all sorts of new stuff there) while I was at > > >> Hortwonworks last spring. I did not hear back again since, upon > > accepting a > > >> job at Etsy, I did not have access to my Hortonworks email any more. I > > >> bugged my contacts there about getting me back in the loop for this > but > > did > > >> not hear back from any one. After the submission deadline had passed > and > > >> still no word back from anyone regarding this, I assumed my talk had > not > > >> been accepted. > > >> > > >> Now, I see I'm on the schedule to speak this thursday! I am still > > >> trying to contact folks at HW to confirm that this is correct (they > > never > > >> once blinked at me never responding to any emails after the initial > > >> submission?!?) and trying to work out the logistics of getting down > > there > > >> at this late date etc. > > >> > > >> So...if any of you are already set to be there and/or would be > > >> interested in subbing this Thursday around 3:30 pm in San Jose for 40 > > min, > > >> please ping me back here and include *[email protected]* in the reply > > >> too so I get it quickly today. I may not be able to pull this off, and > > >> would love to see a Giraph committer represented there to talk about > the > > >> future of Giraph if I can't! > > >> > > >> Thanks, > > >> > > >> Eli > > >> > > >> > > >> > > > > > > > > > -- > Claudio Martella > [email protected] >
