The Strangeloop software developer conference will be held in St. Louis on October 23 and 24 at the Tivoli Theatre in the University City Loop. The event will feature keynote speakers from software developers from Twitter and Google, as well as some other speakers from what are surely impressive companies in their own right.
I am not a software developer, but if I was, I am pretty sure this event would have me drooling with anticipation. Here is a brief quote from the event’s website, explaining what they are all about:
Strange Loops are a process where information flows up and down through a hierarchy of abstractions and returns to its starting point. They have been popularized primarily by author Douglas Hofstadter. Strange loops have references in the art of Escher, quines (self-producing programs), ever-rising Shepard tones in music, Gödel’s incompleteness theorem, and perhaps the notion of consciousness itself in the human brain.
For a conference, strange loops represent the idea of moving between levels of abstraction, diverse communities, and learning not just about those things but also about yourself. It’s a strange trip, but hopefully one worth taking.
You can register, read more about it, see the schedule, etc…all from the conference’s website, which can be accessed from the calendar to the right. remember, October 22 & 23. (Click here if you don’t see it.)
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