BA Haskell User Group meeting on January 18, 2012 (Wed)

[Ivan Tarasov]

Hello everyone,

David Pollak (whom many of you probably know by his work in Scala community) proposed to give a talk at our next meeting, which we're going to have on January 18. David is going to talk about his project Visi:

Visi is a new language... a "what if Haskell and Excel" had a love-child kind of language.  Visi is pure, lazy, just like Excel, yet Visi is statically typed, like Haskell.  Visi's syntax is beautiful, in a Haskell/Python sort of way, yet inviting to spreadsheet users.  Visi is targeted as a HyperCard-like language for the iPad and the cloud, but with a firm grounding in computer science that has evolved since the mid-80s.  Visi is built in Haskell and takes advantage of the GHC platform.  David Pollak, the inventor of the real-time spreadsheet, founded the Visi project which can be found at http://visi.io.

The meeting place is our usual place in SoMa, kindly provided by Engine Yard:

500 Third Street, Suite 510

San Francisco, CA 94107

Contact phone (mine): 650-762-6644. 

Host's phone (Larry's): 407-718-7665.

Please arrive a little bit earlier, so that we could start at 7pm sharp.

We may try to set up the video feed through Google Hangout (I will post a public link in my G+ if we do that before the meeting starts), however please don't rely on it and try to visit the meeting in person if possible. If you are going to be joining the hangout, please mute your microphone before you join.

Some people will be going from the South Bay (and probably East Bay) to the meeting and back, so there's a possibility of carpooling. Also, it's very easy to get to Engine Yard from the Caltrain station (4th & King Str) and Embarcadero/Powell BART stations. Please send me a message if you need help figuring out transportation. If you are driving and can take some people from East/South Bay to the meeting and back, please send a message to the baha...@googlegroups.com mailing list.

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Cheers,

Ivan

[Vlad Patryshev]

Wow, that's what he was being up to.

Cool!

Thanks,
-Vlad

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[Zaki Manian]

I'm on the East Coast. It is lame.

I'd love to listen in via Google+ hangout if someone would oblige.

[Arthur Chan]

There'll be several us with G+. We'll figure it out. I'm coming up from around San Carlos if anyone wants to carpool out of there.

Arthur :: LittleBrick

[Vlad Patryshev]

Arthur, you are here? Cool!

Thanks,
-Vlad

[Evan Laforge]

Any southbayers interested in carpooling up?

[David Pollak]

Folks,

I'm planning to grab some dinner at 5:30 tonight. Does anyone want to join me?

Thanks,

David

On Thu, Jan 5, 2012 at 4:57 PM, Ivan Tarasov <ivan.t...@gmail.com> wrote:

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[Chris Bolton]

I'm down for dinner, where were ya thinkin'?

[Aaron Culich]

I'll try to make it to dinner to at least hang out. I'm open to
anywhere nearby, just let us know where. I may be a little after
5:30ish since I'm traveling from Berkeley, but save a seat for me (but
don't let that hold up you sitting at a table to order!)

On Wed, Jan 18, 2012 at 2:15 PM, David Pollak
<feeder.of...@gmail.com> wrote:

[David Pollak]

On Wed, Jan 18, 2012 at 2:28 PM, Chris Bolton <kris...@gmail.com> wrote:

I'm down for dinner, where were ya thinkin'?

21st Amendment, 5:30?
 

[Chris Bolton]

alrighty, I should be there. Is there a number I can contact someone at? I won't recognize anyone :P

[David Pollak]

On Wed, Jan 18, 2012 at 2:55 PM, Chris Bolton <kris...@gmail.com> wrote:

alrighty, I should be there. Is there a number I can contact someone at? I won't recognize anyone :P

415-812-2394 I'll be wearing a blue sports jacket and my hair is cut short

[David Pollak]

Slides for tonight's preso http://tunaforcats.com/Visi_ba_haskell.pdf and tunaforcats.com/Visi_ba_haskell.key

On Thu, Jan 5, 2012 at 4:57 PM, Ivan Tarasov <ivan.t...@gmail.com> wrote:

[Nicholas Tung]

Looks exciting! Is there a place to put bikes at Engine Yard?

Thanks!
Nicholas — https://ntung.com — 4432-nstung

[Shachaf Ben-Kiki]

On Wed, Jan 18, 2012 at 14:13, Evan Laforge <qdu...@gmail.com> wrote:
> Any southbayers interested in carpooling up?
>

I'll be driving from ~Mountain View, if anyone wants to come along.

Shachaf

[Aaron Culich]

Turns out I probably won't be able to make it to dinner since I had an
old system here at work that died and I have to work on restoring its
services. Just thought I'd let you know you don't need to save a seat
for me at dinner.

-Aaron

On Wed, Jan 18, 2012 at 2:37 PM, David Pollak

[Evan Laforge]

Yes please! Can you stop by Google? Or if you'd prefer I could bike
over to the caltrain station, but I'd need about 30m notice to get
over there.

[Zaki Manian]

Arthur and I would like to join for dinner at 21st Amendment.

I have space for rides back to the Mountain View, Palo Alto, Sunnyvale.

I'm assuming Ivan will take 1 spot. Arthur is in 1 spot. 

That leaves 2 left.

India phone:+91 9945111824
US phone:+1 (650) 492-8286
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[James Iry]

I got a last minute reprieve and will be there for dinner.