-Thinking about the International Lisp Conference Sacha Chua

Really neat! Conference full of Lisp geeks! Hmm. I am not enough of a programming Language geek or a Lisp geek. stuff going over my head Test this! Watch videos? De-risking ① Listen to past talks 2 Immerse myself in community 3 Find and make a 2014-05-26 Hmm. Assumption: Emacs Lisp is a non-serious Lisp, second-class? Test. (Emacs or otherwise) personal project SBCL Macros + master them, — See opportunities to Use them 5BC Clojure → Use for something non-trivial (Quantified Self?) 0 Go through 4Clojure Read Lisp Hackers in Lisp If I do that and get to the level of feeling at home in the Lisp Community, then What would I need to Line up happen? to make this Do I want to be more of a Powerful, Lisp geek? Maybe interesting community, may help me get better at Emacs and other thing S concerns aside. what level of geekiness would I need to feel Comfortable with in order to go, and can I reach that in two months? Bring the kit ← Travel by train ← Give myself a free pass In case I'm tired Record talk