Enjoy!

The web is full of great Hickey’s videos and among them we recommend the following two to start with:

• “Are We There Yet?”
• “Simple Made Easy”

Really looking forward to EuroClojure 2012!!

Among Stuart’s many insightful presentations we recommend his:

“Simplicity Ain’t Easy”

More details soon!

Learn to program Clojure from experienced Clojure programmers and authors Stuart Sierra & Luke VanderHart, authors of Practical Clojure, in this 3-day hands-on programming course that will be held on Monday 21st, Tuesday 22nd and Wednesday 23rd May before the main conference, in the very same venue.

Once enrolled to the training you will also receive a special code that will allow you to register to the main conference at a discounted rate of only £179 + VAT.

All the details in our Training page.

The Call for Presentations is now closed!

Please submit 40-minute sessions proposals, here are some of the topics/session types that could be of interest (but the CfP is not limited to these):

• Intro
• Advanced
• Real World experience
• Out of this world experience
• …

A summary of all the deadlines and important dates can be found here but in short here is the CfP timeline:

• sessions submission: open until March 12
• accepted speakers notification: March 20
• programme published: by March 25
• conference: May 24-25

Perfection Game

We will be using the Perfection Game to offer feedback on the proposals from the moment they are received to the moment they are accepted (and beyond).

The Perfection Game is a tool and method that is part of the Core Protocols by Jim and Michele McCarthy. It provides a set of best practices to collect feedback on ideas, documents or products that will enable you to improve what you’ve created.

Steps

• Perfectee performs an act or presents an object for perfection, optionally saying “Begin” and “End” to notify the Perfector of the start and end of the performance.
• Perfector rates the value of the performance or object on a scale of 1 to 10 based on how much value the Perfector believes he or she can add.
• Perfector says “What I liked about the performance or object was X,” and proceeds to list the qualities of the object the Perfector thought were of high quality or should be amplified.
• Perfector offers the improvements to the performance or object required for it to be rated a 10 by saying “To make it a ten, you would have to do X.”

Commitments

• Accept perfecting without argument.
• Give only positive comments: what you like and what it would take to “give it a 10.”
• Abstain from mentioning what you don’t like or being negative in other ways.
• Withhold points only if you can think of improvements.
• Use ratings that reflect a scale of improvement rather than a scale of how much you liked the object.
• If you cannot say something you liked about the object or specifically say how to make the object better, you must give it a 10.

Notes

• A rating of 10 means you are unable to add value, and a rating of 5 means you will specifically describe how to make the object at least twice as good.
• The important information to transmit in the Perfection Game protocol improves the performance or object. For example, “The ideal sound of a finger snap for me is one that is crisp, has sufficient volume, and startles me somewhat. To get a 10, you would have to increase your crispness.”
• As a perfectee, you may only ask questions to clarify or gather more information for improvement. If you disagree with the ideas given to you, simply don’t include them.

For any information about EuroClojure 2012 and the Call for Presentations, please write to cfp@euroclojure.com

The conference will be held over two days on Thursday 24th and Friday 25th May in Central London.

The conference will be preceded by a 3-day long training class delivered by world-renown Clojure experts on Monday 21st, Tuesday 22nd and Wednesday 23rd at the same venue. Visit the training page for more details.

Want to share your experience? Take a look at our Call for Presentations!

Looking forward to seeing you there!