[Lift] Re: Fwd: Watch Foursquare Lift talk live from NY

2009-12-09 Thread DMB
Because you're sick and tired of maintaining other peoples EJB/Struts/whatever You'll be just as sick and tired of maintaining other people's (and your own) Scala code in six to nine months, except you'll be doing it for less money and the code will be in flux all the time. The solution to the

Re: [Lift] Re: Fwd: Watch Foursquare Lift talk live from NY

2009-12-09 Thread Timothy Perrett
I simply could not disagree more on this point. You forget that there was a time when RoR was *very* exotic... you might have heard of a little startup called 37 signals? ;-) Imperative to functional is a shift, but most developers (bar the lazy ones) usually enjoy a mental challenge. All the

[Lift] Re: Fwd: Watch Foursquare Lift talk live from NY

2009-12-08 Thread harryh
My slide deck (for any that are interested) can be found here: http://docs.google.com/present/view?id=dcbpz3ck_24f3v83ggz -harryh On Dec 8, 12:19 am, Xuefeng Wu ben...@gmail.com wrote: 6:30 p.m. the time zone is -8:00? On Tue, Dec 8, 2009 at 12:58 PM, David Pollak

[Lift] Re: Fwd: Watch Foursquare Lift talk live from NY

2009-12-08 Thread Marius
Very nice stuff ! On Dec 8, 8:58 pm, harryh har...@gmail.com wrote: My slide deck (for any that are interested) can be found here: http://docs.google.com/present/view?id=dcbpz3ck_24f3v83ggz -harryh On Dec 8, 12:19 am, Xuefeng Wu ben...@gmail.com wrote: 6:30 p.m. the time zone is -8:00?

[Lift] Re: Fwd: Watch Foursquare Lift talk live from NY

2009-12-08 Thread Peter Robinett
On Dec 7, 7:36 pm, David Pollak feeder.of.the.be...@gmail.com wrote: On Mon, Dec 7, 2009 at 6:59 PM, Peter Robinett pe...@bubblefoundry.comwrote: One thing mentioned briefly in the talk that I'd like to know more about is oAuth Server code. Is anyone working on that? It's on my to-do list.

Re: [Lift] Re: Fwd: Watch Foursquare Lift talk live from NY

2009-12-08 Thread Mateo Barraza
Anyone still looking into uploading the video version of this prezo? M On Tue, Dec 8, 2009 at 12:38 PM, Peter Robinett pe...@bubblefoundry.com wrote: On Dec 7, 7:36 pm, David Pollak feeder.of.the.be...@gmail.com wrote: On Mon, Dec 7, 2009 at 6:59 PM, Peter Robinett

Re: [Lift] Re: Fwd: Watch Foursquare Lift talk live from NY

2009-12-08 Thread Timothy Perrett
Im sure n8han will put it on blip.tv when he gets a chance. Be patient, im sure it'll come soon :-) Cheers, Tim On 8 Dec 2009, at 20:50, Mateo Barraza wrote: Anyone still looking into uploading the video version of this prezo? M On Tue, Dec 8, 2009 at 12:38 PM, Peter Robinett

[Lift] Re: Fwd: Watch Foursquare Lift talk live from NY

2009-12-08 Thread TylerWeir
N8han upped it a while ago: http://www.vimeo.com/8057986 On Dec 8, 4:08 pm, Timothy Perrett timo...@getintheloop.eu wrote: Im sure n8han will put it on blip.tv when he gets a chance. Be patient, im sure it'll come soon :-) Cheers, Tim On 8 Dec 2009, at 20:50, Mateo Barraza wrote:

Re: [Lift] Re: Fwd: Watch Foursquare Lift talk live from NY

2009-12-08 Thread Mateo Barraza
that last link works. THanks Tyler! M On Tue, Dec 8, 2009 at 2:18 PM, TylerWeir tyler.w...@gmail.com wrote: N8han upped it a while ago: http://www.vimeo.com/8057986 On Dec 8, 4:08 pm, Timothy Perrett timo...@getintheloop.eu wrote: Im sure n8han will put it on blip.tv when he gets a chance.

[Lift] Re: Fwd: Watch Foursquare Lift talk live from NY

2009-12-08 Thread DMB
I've been with Foursquare for four months, and during this time I've decided to change their infrastructure to Scala and Lift. LOL. Good luck hiring devs for this, guys. You will need it. On Dec 8, 1:49 pm, Mateo Barraza mateo.barr...@gmail.com wrote: that last link works. THanks  Tyler! M

Re: [Lift] Re: Fwd: Watch Foursquare Lift talk live from NY

2009-12-08 Thread David Pollak
On Tue, Dec 8, 2009 at 7:34 PM, DMB combust...@gmail.com wrote: I've been with Foursquare for four months, and during this time I've decided to change their infrastructure to Scala and Lift. LOL. Good luck hiring devs for this, guys. You will need it. Why do you say this? There is an

[Lift] Re: Fwd: Watch Foursquare Lift talk live from NY

2009-12-08 Thread DMB
cherry-pick from a relatively small, tremendously talented pool of developers Startups never get to cherry pick from anything since they don't have the dough to pay for best work. If I'm a kick ass dev, why would I trade my six figure salary for a five figure one with a tiny sliver of equity

Re: [Lift] Re: Fwd: Watch Foursquare Lift talk live from NY

2009-12-08 Thread Jeppe Nejsum Madsen
DMB combust...@gmail.com writes: cherry-pick from a relatively small, tremendously talented pool of developers Startups never get to cherry pick from anything since they don't have the dough to pay for best work. If I'm a kick ass dev, why would I trade my six figure salary for a five

[Lift] Re: Fwd: Watch Foursquare Lift talk live from NY

2009-12-07 Thread Peter Robinett
If you missed the talk you can download it from the same link. It's a good one. One thing mentioned briefly in the talk that I'd like to know more about is oAuth Server code. Is anyone working on that? How can I help? Peter On Dec 7, 3:16 pm, David Pollak feeder.of.the.be...@gmail.com wrote:

Re: [Lift] Re: Fwd: Watch Foursquare Lift talk live from NY

2009-12-07 Thread David Pollak
On Mon, Dec 7, 2009 at 6:59 PM, Peter Robinett pe...@bubblefoundry.comwrote: If you missed the talk you can download it from the same link. It's a good one. One thing mentioned briefly in the talk that I'd like to know more about is oAuth Server code. Is anyone working on that? It's on my

Re: [Lift] Re: Fwd: Watch Foursquare Lift talk live from NY

2009-12-07 Thread Mateo Barraza
I can't seem to be able to download the talk. Anyone else having problems? M On Mon, Dec 7, 2009 at 7:59 PM, Peter Robinett pe...@bubblefoundry.com wrote: If you missed the talk you can download it from the same link. It's a good one. One thing mentioned briefly in the talk that I'd like to

Re: [Lift] Re: Fwd: Watch Foursquare Lift talk live from NY

2009-12-07 Thread David Pollak
On Mon, Dec 7, 2009 at 8:50 PM, Mateo Barraza mateo.barr...@gmail.comwrote: I can't seem to be able to download the talk. Anyone else having problems? Yeah... n8han's uploading the video elsewhere... we'll send around an URL once we get one. M On Mon, Dec 7, 2009 at 7:59 PM, Peter

Re: [Lift] Re: Fwd: Watch Foursquare Lift talk live from NY

2009-12-07 Thread Xuefeng Wu
6:30 p.m. the time zone is -8:00? On Tue, Dec 8, 2009 at 12:58 PM, David Pollak feeder.of.the.be...@gmail.com wrote: On Mon, Dec 7, 2009 at 8:50 PM, Mateo Barraza mateo.barr...@gmail.comwrote: I can't seem to be able to download the talk. Anyone else having problems? Yeah... n8han's