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Bye U.S., on to Australia

Ulf Wiger - Ulf Wiger - November 12, 2010

Finishing up a whirlwind tour of the US West coast (QCon SF, Erlang Factory Lite LA, and a Cognitive Modeling workshop in Scottsdale), I am now waiting for a delayed BA flight at the Phoenix airport. Although I’ve spent as many days flying as I…

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Erlang.org traffic no longer exponential

Ulf Wiger - Ulf Wiger - April 05, 2010

Bjarne Däcker, who has been tracking download and web site statistics on erlang.org for years, just produced a new graphic. Visits to http://www.erlang.org up to Jan 2010 For years, the erlang.org graph has been nicely exponential. This latest peak seems to break the pattern. It…

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QCon 2010 Concurrency Track

Ulf Wiger - Ulf Wiger - January 06, 2010

I will be hosting the “Concurrency Challenge” track at QCon 2010. The speakers list is now ready with all titles and abstracts in place. I am quite pleased with the mix and the dignity of the speakers. One of the things we wanted to highlight…

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Øredev 2009

Ulf Wiger - Ulf Wiger - November 07, 2009

I made a quick stop at Øredev in Malmö on Friday Nov 6. It seemed like it would have been a fun place to spend the week, but alas I was too busy to do more than just come in, give my talk, and go…

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Erlang User Conference 2009 – In the Wild

Ulf Wiger - Ulf Wiger - October 12, 2009

About a month to go now to the 15th Erlang User Conference in Stockholm. For the first time ever, the conference is arranged by someone other than Ericsson, namely Erlang Training and Consulting Ltd. In fact, it is also the first time since 1998 that…

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Concurrency Track at JAOO 2009

Ulf Wiger - Ulf Wiger - October 07, 2009

I had the pleasure of being invited to sit on the Expert Panel in the Concurrency Challenge Track at JAOO 2009 in Aarhus. JAOO is an impressive event, and the venue was very pleasant. Unfortunately, I didn’t have time to experience the surroundings or indeed…

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Erlang Factory drawing near

Ulf Wiger - Ulf Wiger - May 29, 2009

I’ve had time to digest the impressions from the Bay Area Erlang Factory, and now it is time for the London version. University: June 22nd - June 24th Conference: June 25th - June 26th It was quite a thrill to sense the energy of the…

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QCon London - Good Fun

Ulf Wiger - Ulf Wiger - March 20, 2009

I had great fun at QCon. This was one of my first “commercial” conferences - I’ve mainly frequented research conferences like ICFP and POPL before, partly because Erlang has enjoyed little commercial interest in the past. I enjoyed Steve Vinosky’s account of the conference, as…

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Sourdough on the rise

Ulf Wiger - Ulf Wiger - March 15, 2009

A major Swedish newspaper had a feature about sourdough today. Apparently, it’s becoming quite popular, with more and more small bakeries selling exclusive sourdough bread and giving courses on how to make your own sourdough. Just having returned home from QCon in London, where there…

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Micro-fiddling with erlhive

Ulf Wiger - Ulf Wiger - March 10, 2009

Every once in a while, my thoughts touch upon erlhive. While it may seem that the project isn’t going anywhere, I’m still pretty comfortable with it. It’s not as if I started it for the money, anyway, and the problems it addresses are real and…

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