Some six months ago, on some thread (by now forgotten) I raised the proposal of having a JuliaCon essay contest. The goal behind this is to allow people to express ideas without the noise of other ideas crowding them out before they are developed (which is often the case in long threads on open-ish topics). The specifications could be:
(a) Essays are 500-2000 words. Both limits enforced.
(b) A few volunteers or a vote would decide a winner or two.
(c) Winners’ essays could be read during a slot in JuliaCon.
(d) All essays can be batched and published after collection.
(e) Open to all (from newbies to coredevs).
The prompt for the essay should be something general like:
(1) “Julia FTW (for-the-win)”
(2) “What would make 2.0 worth it”
(3) “The feature that got away”
Of course, this is just a post to measure the enthusiasm. I really appreciate slower writing as having a place beside the Discourse format and the Q&A stackoverflow (which needs a separate discussion recently). So, any enthusiasm? suggestions? Is it too much work for busy Julians?