E2E: Brian Beckman and Erik Meijer - Co/Contravariance in Physics and Programming, 1 of 3

Posted By: Charles | Jan 1st @ 9:36 AM | 47,711 Views | 13 Comments
Happy new year! It's hard to believe that it's 2010. To start off the new year right, how about some Beckman and Meijer? Smiley

You recently learned about Dr. Beckman's perspective on covariance and contravariance in physics. Dr. Meijer found this topic to be incredibly interesting and the two geniuses decided to take a stab at identifying the relationship between co/contra in one domain, physics, and another, programming: two domains on three whiteboards Smiley

What will they discover at the whiteboards? Tune in to find out in this three part series (part 2 here) with two of Channel 9's and Microsoft's most famous and respected software practitioners. Part three has not been filmed yet Wink

Enjoy!
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#Jan 1st @ 12:12 PM
wisnia
wisnia
Tomasz Wisniewski

WOW! What a great video! These two guys are just totaly amazing and true role models in terms of software and where the ideas behind it come from!

Oh, and Charles - nice trying to hide behing the white board, and while speaking of that - Eric needs a bigger one next time Big Smile

#Jan 1st @ 12:15 PM
rhm
rhm

There ain't no party like a whiteboard party!

#Jan 1st @ 1:04 PM
Steven J Ackerman
Steven J Ackerman
StevenJ

Awesome video - I love seeing the comparison between the physics (engineering) world and the programming model of the world. Can't wait to see part 2.

#Jan 1st @ 1:07 PM
dot_tom
dot_tom

Can't think who I'd rather see 2010 kick off with than the Erik and Brian! This stuff rocks my world.

#Jan 1st @ 2:20 PM
exoteric
exoteric
embarassingly sequential

That's a great whiteboard jam session, leaving us with a cliff hanger Smiley

It's just boiling over with creativity, can't wait for part 2.

 

I'd like whiteboard pens with motion capture to automatically recreate the text digitally

#Jan 1st @ 2:20 PM
N2Cheval
N2Cheval
Why not null?

Couple of things...

1) Don't tease the viewer with half episodes! Wink

b) This presentation is very similar to what Blend does for WPF. (Don't let me kinda create the UI you envisage, create it yourself! Apparently easier said than done at the moment but you get the idea.) I'm sure that if I got that spec from Brian and didn't go through the functional middle man like Erik does, the implementation would have been different in one aspect or another. Maybe even one of the 70% failed projects in time or cost.

 

Great (half grr) video concept! Nothing like applied application to sink concepts home.

#Jan 1st @ 2:42 PM
Charles
Charles
Welcome Change

re: 1 - Nothing wrong with spreading out goodness: like great butter on toasty bread, one piece at a time. Smiley
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