Douglas Crockford: Mister Symbol Man and the Herald of Doom

Learn about an amazing ideographic language that could be read by all people, regardless of their native language invented by Charles K Bliss, an Austrian Australian. His goal was to produce a communication tool for severely handicapped children. Doug Crockford will talk about Charles, his life, and his language. Below is Doug's last TechXploration talk

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=Cr-nETLcnGI

Agenda:

6:30 PM: Delicious Food, Craft Beer Tasting, Music & Mingling

7:10 PM: Mister Symbol Man and the Herald of Doom, Douglas Crockford

8:10 PM: Q&A

Douglas Crockford was born in the Frostbite Falls, Minnesota, but left when he was only six months old because it was just too damn cold. He turned his back on a promising career in television when he discovered computers. He has worked in learning systems, small business systems, office automation, games, interactive music, multimedia, location-based entertainment, social systems, and programming languages. He is the inventor of Tilton, the ugliest programming language that was not specifically designed to be an ugly programming language. He is best known for having discovered that there are good parts in JavaScript. This was an important and unexpected discovery. He also discovered the JSON Data Interchange Format, the world's most loved data format. And he works at Paypal.

How to find us: TechXploration takes place at PayPal HQ at Town Hall, which is facing North First Street.

Public Transit Info: PayPal Town Hall is directly across the street from the Karina Station of VTA/Light Rail in San Jose, CA.

Parking Info: All unmarked spots at PayPal HQ are up for grabs. When you pull into the campus, look for Town Hall (large building says "Town Hall" above doors, faces North First) and then park where you'd like.

Please encourage your guests to register and RSVP themselves for a more fluid check-in.

Please bring a photo ID.