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A bit off topic but that crowd was awfully dry. This guy had a pretty good sense of humor and made his keynote quite entertaining but not even a chuckle from th

• revertts 13y ago
  Often that's just because the mic isn't setup to capture audience noise - I've been to a few lectures where the audience was very engaged/entertained, but from the recording you'd think they were all sitting there in complete silence.
  • Goopplesoft 13y ago
    ah that makes sense. Was a bit annoyed because it seemed like every attempt he made to warm the audience up failed.
• larrybolt 13y ago
  Not having any experience with Haskell it's very entertaining to watch him talk about the topic. Even to the point where it seems like learning Haskell is highly rewarding. On top of that, because he gives examples from "Fashion week", I can watch his presentation with my girlfriend who has absolutely no programming skills whatsoever but thinks it really cool! Gives a bit of perspective that programming isn't only about making boring web-apps. (Of course the game-industry proves programming can be fun, but this shows a different aspect than games.)
  • Goopplesoft 13y ago
    Absolutely, I really enjoyed it as a non-Haskell guy as well.