Yes! As a still-young-ish guy who's just old enough to remember when things were slightly saner, please let me encourage you to get out there and make it happen. Don't let the Javascript fatigue apologists make you feel like you're too old to have an opinion.
So Intercooler is one of the sane ones, eh? Apply to talk at a JS conference and tell us about it. If it's somewhere near me, I'll do my best to be there.
The only reason why things have gotten so out of hand is because the people without the experience and wisdom are doing all the talking.
I've applied to so many JS conferences it makes me ill to think about it. The only slot I found (outside of my local Sacramento groups) was at UberConf in Denver, and the turnout was small.
Turns out the "You are all doing it completely wrong, stop writing so much Javascript" is a tough sell at Javascript conferences. ;)
So Intercooler is one of the sane ones, eh? Apply to talk at a JS conference and tell us about it. If it's somewhere near me, I'll do my best to be there.
The only reason why things have gotten so out of hand is because the people without the experience and wisdom are doing all the talking.