Thanks Dick. This was an interesting talk. One slight clarification: a homozygous NN is usually called a "wildtype".
On Thu, Mar 4, 2010 at 7:14 AM, Dick Wall <[email protected]> wrote: > The presentation was indeed on Linux, I can't remember now whether I > used OpenOffice or Google Docs, probably the latter, but I use both, > depending on the circumstances. I always make sure to have the Google > docs version available, that way if some catastrophe occurs, I can > borrow any laptop and have the presentation up in seconds. > > The changes for the strawman proposal were made the night before the > presentation - Devoxx is good for that, you can change slides right up > to the last minute. > > I will be submitting the abstract for JavaOne, and I hope it makes it > - then again I put it in for last year and it didn't make the cut - > competition is fierce for those few slots (I know, I have been on the > selection committee for the past 3-4 years), but it would be nice to > have an excuse to update it with real Java closures examples, and > maybe to demo lombok on NetBeans or IDEA this time as well. > > Cheers > > Dick > > On Mar 4, 3:57 am, David Stevens <[email protected]> wrote: > > Apart from all the juicy goodness in the presentation (and there was a > > lot), I really liked the way you implemented the code using some real- > > world examples from your day job at Navigenics. It was fascinating to > > hear you talk about the kind of challenges you face and the kind of > > techniques you're using to solve them. Also, the way you managed to > > incorporate some strawman code based on Neil Gafter's surprise > > announcement about closures was very cool ;) > > > > There's an interesting talk on TED by David Agus (co-founder of > > Navigenics) giving a high-level scientific overview of the work done > > there: > http://www.ted.com/talks/david_agus_a_new_strategy_in_the_war_on_canc... > > > > It will be interesting to see Dick's updated presentation at the > > Oracle conference, where hopefully the closures API will be ready :) > > > > David > > > > On Mar 4, 5:18 am, Dick Wall <[email protected]> wrote: > > > > > > > > > Thanks David - that means a lot - I was a bit flustered when I first > > > got in there because I had rushed from the Posse session, but I think > > > it turned out alright in the end. > > > > > Cheers > > > > > Dick > > > > > On Mar 3, 6:55 am, David Stevens <[email protected]> wrote: > > > > > > In case you didn't know, Dick's Devoxx '09 talk is up onhttp:// > parleys.com > > > > for free viewing. > > > > Just watched it and thought it was great :) > > > > > > David > > -- > You received this message because you are subscribed to the Google Groups > "The Java Posse" group. > To post to this group, send email to [email protected]. > To unsubscribe from this group, send email to > [email protected]<javaposse%[email protected]> > . > For more options, visit this group at > http://groups.google.com/group/javaposse?hl=en. > > -- Mark Fortner blog: http://feeds.feedburner.com/jroller/ideafactory -- You received this message because you are subscribed to the Google Groups "The Java Posse" group. To post to this group, send email to [email protected]. To unsubscribe from this group, send email to [email protected]. For more options, visit this group at http://groups.google.com/group/javaposse?hl=en.
