Los Angeles Hacker News Meetup

Talks:

Aarow Crow: Driving Technical Change: Clojure at Factual, a Case Study Brian McKelvey: WebSockets: The Real-Time Web, Delivered We also may have a couple other talks coming, look for updates later this week.

Driving Technical Change: Clojure at Factual, a Case Study Clojure is a hugely powerful programming language that requires a new way of thinking for some. In the context of Terrance Ryan’s ‘Driving Technical Change’, Aaron will talk about Factual's experience adopting Clojure. He will highlight key lessons learned while driving technical change. The audience will leave with proven ideas to drive technical change back home.
Aaron is a software developer at Factual, working on back-end infrastructure projects. He blogs about Clojure and jet lag at http://devblog.factual.com/ .

WebSockets: The Real-Time Web, Delivered

The time for WebSockets is right around the corner! The WebSocket protocol is approaching finalization, with new features including support for transmitting binary data. The latest draft is in "last call" status in preparation for IESG review and subsequent publication as a full RFC. In this presentation, we'll dive into how the protocol works on the wire and wrap up with some simple example code with Node.js on the server and FireFox 7 alpha on the client.

Brian McKelvey is co-founder of Worlize, Inc., a startup fostering real-time, interactive social experiences through its user-created 2d virtual world platform. Brian has over a decade of experience developing and deploying cutting-edge technology within the entertainment industry. He has designed and deployed gaming and web technologies for a multitude of leading companies including Sony Pictures Entertainment, Lionsgate, GSN and Live Nation