Rebol and Red Developer conference

Hi, on http://recode.revault.org/ there is the official page of a Rebol (and Red) developer conference in Montreal, Canada, the 12nd-14th of July 2013.
There you will meet many Rebol super stars like:

• Carl Sassenrath
• Christopher Ross-Gill
• Robert Johnson
• Nick Antonnacio
• Brian Dickens (Hostile Fork);
• Maxim Olivier-Adlhoch
• Nenad Rakocevic
• Ladislav Mecir

If I lived nearby, I'd go...

DevCon 2013

Please put in your agenda the weekend of saturday the 26th and sunday the 27th of january. Then we will have the DevCon 2013 in De War 'Place for Pioneers' in Amersfoort, the Netherlands.
This year we will combine the Syllable Winter Conference with the DevCon, Conference for the REBOL Programming Language Family, as they have much overlap. Presentations will be done by Nenad Rakocevic and Kaj de Vos.
We are open to other guest speakers and presentations. Entrance is free, but donations are very much appreciated.
Keep an eye on this website:
http://devcon.esperconsultancy.nl/ (will be updated soon)
and this Twitter-account:
https://twitter.com/devc0n
It is easily reachable by airplane (Schiphol, Amsterdam Airport) and by international trains.
It's an old matches factory marked 'Spullenmannen', which is now being used by artists.
DE WAR is initiative  of PLAN B, at the address KLEINE KOPPEL 40, 3812 PH in Amersfoort,

Prezi presentation

Here a simple and nice presentation about Rebol made in Prezi:

Rebol on Prezi

REBOL Developers Conference - Nice, France - July 2013

Mr. Sassenrath posted this suggestion: http://www.rebol.com/article/0514.html
What do you think of a Rebol conference in Nice (France) in July 2013?

YES it's lovely...

Carl Sassenrath announce

I report here Carl announce, you can comment it or send Carl a feedback to: http://www.rebol.com/article/0510.html

I've been quiet for a long while, and this blog is not easy for me to write.
I'm sitting here with a glass of 2010 Merlot from right out of the barrel... hoping to be inspired on how to write this. But it's difficult, and the 2010 and 2011 vintages aren't very inspiring either. They were troubled by cooler than usual summer temperatures. They lack body and character.
I find myself thinking back to when I began growing grapes and making wine, which seems like a long time ago, and it strikes me that I've been working on REBOL even longer. For more than a decade REBOL has been a labor of love. As a blend of theory, experimentation, and invention, the language embodies elegant and wonderful concepts and properties. It was and is the most productive language I've ever used. I hope your experience has been similar.
I still care a lot about REBOL and its future.
As you know, REBOL began as a commercial venture. But, times have changed, technology has changed, and economies have changed. The old model of how proprietary software products make money has been turned inside-out. And, it's even more difficult to make money in the computing language market. There are so many competitors, most of which are free, most of which are open, and many of which are quite well supported.
So, it's come time to consider the next stage in the future of the REBOL language. I'll tell you that I've not reached any final conclusions. I want to solicit your suggestions and ideas first.
I also need to tell you that I don't have much time to help out with whatever the REBOL future may be. I can help a little from time to time, but generally I'm very busy these days. Since the end of 2010 I've been working with an amazing company and a world class team building some really great products. I must admit that I'm quite addicted to it. I hope to say more in a future blog.
Anyway, I invite you to post your comments below, but here are some pointers to keep in mind:

1. My time is very limited, so please make your postings relevant and on point. If your post gets to be long and drawn out, I'm probably not going to read beyond the first few lines.
2. Keep in mind that REBOL is more than just a technology, it's also a community, and all of us have different interests or requirements. If you're a doctor using REBOL in the medical profession, your needs will be quite different from a university research scientist. That's fine. This is a brainstorming session.
3. Let's keep this discussion within the REBOL community for now. I don't care much about what people who don't know REBOL say or want. They don't understand REBOL, and many never will. This is our thing, we should guide it where we want it to go.
4. I cannot afford the time, energy, or heartbreak of looking backwards. Yes, REBOL has invented some very cool software technology. Much of it was years ahead of alternatives. But, what's done is done. That's the past; we cannot change it. I want to focus on the future.
5. Please don't post negative or degrading comments. They will be removed.

If you know REBOLers who might be interested in this discussion, please let them know about this blog posting.
I look forward to hearing from you,
-Carl

Developer Conference 2012

In the weekend of 3 and 4 march, we will organise a DevCon for the REBOL family of programming languages in the "De War" Kleine Koppel 40, 3812 PH, Amersfoort in the Netherlands. Which is ten to fifteen minutes walking from Amersfoort Central Station.
To get an impression of the previous conference see here
http://reborcon.esperconsultancy.nl/
"De War" alongside the river "Eem" in the neighboorhood of the Koppelpoort on OpenStreetMap:
http://www.openstreetmap.org/?mlat=52.1628&mlon=5.3768&zoom=14&layers=M
Amersfoort Central Station is one of the largest railway junctions in the country.
http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Amersfoort
http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Koppelpoort
http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Eem

Amersfoort is also the birthplace of painter Piet Mondriaan. As a result of that you can visit the Mondriaan House:
http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/The_Mondriaan_House

Nenad will be giving a workshop about Red. Kaj wil present his bindings. Other REBOL-related subjects are welcome?
Contact bas@esperconsultancy.nl

Lot of videos

Hello rebels,
I just uploaded lesson 4 video in our video section.
If you want to see the videos of ReBorCon conference 2011 just click here:
http://www.youtube.com/view_play_list?p=F8FB6D004D5B3B2B

A software house that mainly produce and work with Rebol software is:
http://www.rm-asset.com/
If you you know other software-hose, post them on our wall.
One liner of the week:
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It’s a game: a line of twenty boxes appear, each with a cross on, the object being to remove all the crosses. Clicking on a box will toggle it and one other off and on. Sometimes the line is easy to clear, and sometimes not.

ReBorCon 2011

ReBorCon 2011 conference: all videos!