It looked typically French — at once rustic and sophisticated, formal and fun.
This is a very informal meeting – just some meatballs and drinks – but there will be a more formal and fun TechCrunch meeting in Stockholm before the end of the year led by Mike Butcher.
But although many men still feel they would rather don a straitjacket than a tuxedo, others are discovering that formal can be fun.
They not only learn to solve externally posed tasks, but also their own self-generated tasks, to improve their understanding of the world according to our Formal Theory of Fun and Creativity, which requires two interacting modules: (1) an adaptive predictor or compressor or model of the growing data history as the agent is interacting with its environment, and (2) a reinforcement learner.
The show, held at Madison Square Garden in New York City this year, is a time for celebrities and their stylists to trade formal looks for fun ones, unlike some other big-name award ceremonies.
The winter formal should be fun.
Although a low-cut, silver metallic mini dress doesn't seem like the most practical choice, this number has seen me through several fun, yet formal occasions over the years, including my senior formal in college, a Louis Vuitton Gala and even a cocktail party this week (pictured above).
The good news for Xaviar fans is that Restaurant X combines the high level of cooking at Mr. Kelly's more formal restaurants with the fun and whimsy of Freelance, his less formal cafe.
If work is stiff and formal, it's no fun.
If you want to keep them entertained, try to make your speech fun, but formal when needed.
