Brian Beckman interviews JavaScript/CoffeeScript developer who's written an excellent CoffeeScript compiler, Michael Ficarra. If you're curious about CoffeeScript, then this is for you ( no demos or code, though; just technical conversation done the Beckman way ) Tune in! Cast: Brian Beckman,…
Brian Beckman and Erik Meijer are back with another episode of BMO! In this installment, Brian and Erik spend some time explaining the Lambda Calculus and most of the time digging into a real world application of general term rewriting. The Lambda Calculus is a specialized…
Alice wanders down a rabbit hole one day and finds Erik Meijer and Brian Beckman in the C9 studio. What's going to happen? What does she find? There's a plastic mouse, a hard drive, a hammer, database acid, a whiteboard and a couple geniuses in very rare form. Erikand Brian…
It's been far too long since we've brought Erik Meijer and Brian Beckman together on Channel 9. Today marks the end of a drought and the beginning of more regular appearances by the dynamic duo. The band is back together! Introducing a new Channel 9 series - Beckman Meijer Overdrive. One of the…
It's been WAY too long since we've had Brian Beckman sharing knowledge, insights and perspectives on Channel 9. This changes now! Needless to say, I was incredibly happy to spend an hour with Brian learning all about what he's up to these days. Not surprisingly, he's writing code and employing…
In this latest edition of Expert to Expert (and Going Deep), the great Brian Beckman, astrophysicist and software architect, is joined by
Greg Meredith, a mathematician and computer scientist. It's just bound to be an intellectual jam session!The idea for the format of this…
Part 3 of the Beckman Meijer Co/Contravariance in Physics and Programming Hypothesis/Challenge has finally arrived, Niners! You learned about Brian Beckman's perspective on
covariance and contravariance in physics. Erik Meijer found this topic to be incredibly interesting and the…
It's been far too long since we've chatted with the great Brian Beckman, an astrophysicist, software architect, and
Channel 9 icon. Some of you may know him as the wizard who appears out of
thin air whenever the word Monad is said three times in succession. :->A few weeks ago,…
Happy new year! It's hard to believe that it's 2010. To start off the new year, how about some Beckman and Meijer? 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…
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? 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…