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NodeBots - The Rise of JS Robotics

On September 7, 2010, I committed the very first implementation of node-serialport [https://github.com/voodootikigod/node-serialport] with a disclaimer in the README of “do not use”. I had extracted the library from a larger project for communicating to various wireless spectrums (open and properti...

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The Regional JS Speaker Directory

As being the curator of JSConf, I see a lot of new names and exciting topics during the Call For Speakers process, but unfortunately we only have 20-24 slots available for speakers. If I could I would have everyone speak all the time! Luckily there are hundreds of JS meetup groups happening all acro...

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Why I Am Sponsoring PyCodeConf (and What It Means to You)

tl; dr: Magic in Miami, a limited number of tickets for PyCodeConf are available for you at $300/each [http://eventrainbow.com/github/pycodeconf/?promo=JSCONF]. Don’t forget to pick up your hotel rooms at $179/night [https://gc.synxis.com/rez.aspx?Hotel=26735&Chain=10179&arrive=10/5/2011&depart=10/8...

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How I Pick Speakers for JSConf

One of the main appeals of JSConf for the past two years running is the level and quality of presentations that are displayed by our speakers. Given that we are right in the middle of announcing our speaking roster for JSConf US 2011, I felt it would be a good idea to provide some insight as to how...

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Hug a Conference Organizer: The Outcome

Note: Like many in this series, this has been written over many months - I have no idea what was in it when I finally hit publish. Sorry. There are many reasons to organize and run a conference, most of the “upfront reasons” are unfortunately bunk. I have experienced this on my own and corroborated...

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On Snake Oil and Experts

I just announced promotejs.com [http://promotejs.com/], which as described in my talk at the epic JSConf.eu [http://jsconf.eu/2010/] is the following: > Through pirate techniques and guerrilla SEO we can change how search engines present answers to common queries about our language. By driving traf...

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PromoteJS, Sustainability in Computer Science, and Deep Honesty - JSConf EU 2010 Keynote

This talk was presented at JSConf EU 2010 [http://jsconf.eu/2010], video is provided, but please also read the transcript. -------------------------------------------------------------------------------- We are an interesting lot when you look at the community as a whole. We are a rag tag group o...

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CouchDB Snippet: Find the Biggest Object

I use Apache CouchDB [http://couchdb.apache.org/] in the implementation of OurParents [http://www.ourparents.com] for holding a lot of our big data. One of the things I run into is a concern for the size of any specific object within the dataset. When you have hundreds of thousands of documents eac...

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Hug a Conference Organizer

As you may know, I, along with my wife, curate the rather successful JSConf [http://www.jsconf.us] which draws attendees from the international stage to present cutting edge JavaScript technology. Without a doubt, it has been our most ambitious project ever and continues to be a constant source of f...

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NoSQL: A Modest Proposal

The NoSQL movement was coined to describe the variety of revolutionary data storage engines and techniques being aggressively developed to address massive and dynamic data sets. The rise in trending for non-traditional data storage techniques has seen a breadth and depth of variety of new technologi...

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JSConf Goes to Europe

Today, JSConf [http://www.jsconf2009.com] announced plans to take over another continent, Europe. On November 7th and 8th, 2009, the JSConf team will be presenting the first ever JSConf.eu [http://jsconf.eu/2009/] in Berlin, Germany. This is an exciting event driven by the German contingency of the...

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JavaScript- The Great Part

Laura and I just wrapped up JSConf 2009, which evidently [http://search.twitter.com/search?q=jsconf] went [http://www.michaelharrison.ws/weblog/?p=132] over [http://www.blueskyonmars.com/2009/04/27/jsconf-2009-the-best-conference-you-couldnt-attend/] very [http://www.subprint.com/blog/jsconf-2009-...

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