The best 4D Summit 2007 rumor I’ve heard thus far is that the new language for 4D, to be available in an unnamed future release, will be ActionScript-flavored ECMAScript. Wow.
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Jay Harper is blogging 4D Summit 2007 over on Slicksurface.com. The notes are detailed and thorough, and garnished with photos. The level of coverage reminds us of our previous efforts! Thanks, Jay! We’ll be reading with relish!
4D Today is covering 4D Summit 2007 with terse but much-appreciated notes. Thanks, 4D Today!
It’s 4D Summit Day One and although I’m not physically present, the #4dsummit chatroom on irc.freenode.net is the next best thing. Here’s what I’ve learned so far:
Lee Hinde is dining at http://flyingfishinthe.net/
Basil Borque is dining at http://www.hogsfly.com/ where “We’re not really open til 4:30. But y’all can come in you want ribs, beans, and slaw.” Mmmm… slaw…
Basil Borque reports that David Adams’ Ajax class was a big seller. Looked like > 150 people in the room.
Dave Batton says Tom Dillon has a camera, so watch out.
Jim Rietz has set up a Flickr account: e-mail your pictures to moving55note@photos.flickr.com and view them at http://www.flickr.com/photos/4dsummit/
It’s Summit Eve 2007!
After almost exactly two years’ hiatus, we are on the verge of a 4D Summit. It starts tomorrow, and I’m not going. Obligations at the Day Job prevent me from attending. Even so, I am quite excited about the Summit.
This year there is something new: the first major version of 4D in several years, 4D v11 SQL. It was released only a few weeks ago, an event timed with the Summit in mind. Naturally, much of the Summit’s content centers on the new version.
There are also many other side-events: Jeff Kain’s birthday tomorrow, third-party demonstrations, gatherings of Secret Societies, and so forth.
I shall watch the events from afar, and stay in touch by e-mail and 4D Today’s coverage. If anything good happens, please let me know: flushbuffers@gmail.com. I plan to post updates here as soon as I receive rumors and other unsubstantiated information.
Today on 4DToday.com, Garri Ogata sponsored a survey that asks “What age group do you fall into?” You can see from the results that we in the 4D Development Community are of a mature age.
Damn you, Garri Ogata! Thanks for making me feel old!
For me, domain names are like women’s shoes. I have many more than I actually need. For practically any excuse I’ll buy one. Don’t ask me how many I’ve rented over the years; it’s simply ridiculous.
Thus, I introduce to you our new home: FlushBuffers.com. Please let me know if the re-directs from the old site are not working for you.
There’s an old joke in the 4D Development Community, and it goes something like this:
Developer 1: Hey, wouldn’t it be great if 4D could (insert interesting thing here)?
Developer 2: Why would you want to do that?
Both Developers: Pause, look at each other, then laugh hysterically.
I’ll save the full explanation for another article, but in giving the answer “Why would you want to do that?” you show that you’re a bit out of touch with your constituency. It’s something of a self-fulfilling prophecy — if you don’t already understand why you would want to do that, you’ll probably never be convinced of its importance, and will never do it.
For me, a member of the 4D Development Community (to varying degrees) for 20 years, the punch line to the joke describes why I am now writing about the Community in a blog format: almost nobody does it. There are deeper reasons, but for today I’ll leave it that FLUSH BUFFERS is my response to Why would you want to do that?