In this episode I talk with Eric Normand. We catch up with what he has been up to since last episode, talk re-frame in ClojureScript, his newsletter, Clojure SYNC, online community discussions, and more.Our Guest, Eric Normand@ericnormand on Twitterhttp://www.lispcast.com/http://www.clojuregazette.com/http://www.purelyfunctional.tv/Clojure SYNCConference AnnouncementsLambdUp, Prague’s biggest functional programming event of the year, will be taking place December 16th at MeetFactory in Prague. For more information and to register visit: https://www.lambdup.io/Clojure SYNC will be taking place in New Orleans on February 15th & 16th of 2018. For more information and to register visit: http://clojuresync.com/.LambdaDays 2018 will be taking place February 22nd and 23rd in Kraków, Poland. For more information, and to register, visit http://www.lambdadays.org/.BOB 2018 is coming up in Berlin, Germany on February 23rd, 2018. For more information, and to register, visit http://bobkonf.de/.:clojureD will be following BOB 2018 in Berlin, Germany on February 24th, 2018. For more information, and to register, visit http://clojured.de/.Lambda Squared is a new conference taking place March 30th in Knoxville, Tennessee. For more information, and to register, visit https://www.lambda-squared.com/.If you have a conference related to functional programming, contact me, and I will be happy to announce it.AnnouncementsSome of you have asked how you can support Functional Geekery, in that vein,Functional Geekery now has a Patreon Page.If that is one of the ways you would like to show your support, you canfind out more at https://www.patreon.com/fngeekery.Topics [@Welcome back to EricEric on Episode 18Eric on Episode 41http://www.purelyfunctional.tv/re-frameJQueryBackbone.jsClojureScriptReactAngularVueReagentWhat re-frame gets youEvent architecture“Your events and subscriptions become your bedrock”ReduxThe Elm Architecture“Confidence that we are onto something” with similar ideas coming outCentralizing the state managementBringing the ideas to “non-functional programmers” with Redux in JavaScriptPurelyFunctional.tv NewsletterClojureLooking at trends and threads across multiple disciplinesClojure SYNCThe Craft of Programming themeZach TellmanThe Elements Of ClojureGeorge KiersteinEmily AshleyCareer themeRebecca KinsellaElana HashmanLeiningenBaishampayan GhoseHelpShiftContext themeGerald Jay SussmanWill ByrdDavid NolenKim CraytonDiscount code of `geekery` for 10% off registrationWhat made Eric make the leap to put on a conferenceClojure/west and Clojure/Conj being combinedFrench QuarterPutting together a food guide for the conferenceSouthern Food and Beverage MuseumThe New Orleans Hotel CollectionSmaller more intimate time for after conference eventsOnline talk about Clojure community being in declineNegative tone of discussions online“People don’t complain about strengths that much”Complaining being a sign of a healthy communityGossip being the way to determine the mores of the group“[The negatively talked about subject] is significant, […] that is the thing that is important”Upcoming projects from EricUnderstanding Re-frame Video CourseUpcoming talk at LambdUpGiving discounts for people where their country’s economy might not be as strongAs always, a giant Thank You goes to David Belcher for the logo design.