From william at knowmad.com Mon Apr 16 06:14:12 2007 From: william at knowmad.com (William McKee) Date: Mon, 16 Apr 2007 09:14:12 -0400 Subject: [Charlotte.PM] Fwd: UG News: O'Reilly School of Technology Launches; Discount for Group Members Message-ID: <20070416131412.GI18078@knowmad.com> If anyone is thinking about the O'Reilly Tech School, UG members get a 30% discount. BTW, I don't know anything about this program so cannot say whether it's worth the time and effort or not. Anyone here know? or have an opinion? William ----- Forwarded message from Marsee Henon ----- > To: william at knowmad.com > From: Marsee Henon > Date: Mon, 09 Apr 2007 13:02:00 -0700 > Subject: UG News: O'Reilly School of Technology Launches; Discount for Group Members > > Hi, > > We're excited to release the following news. 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Register > online: > > Group leaders--post a discount banner on your group's site and I'll send > you the book of your choice: > > > --Marsee Henon > > ================================================================ > O'Reilly > 1005 Gravenstein Highway North > Sebastopol, CA 95472 > http://ug.oreilly.com/ http://ug.oreilly.com/creativemedia/ > ================================================================ ----- End forwarded message ----- -- Knowmad Technologies W: http://www.knowmad.com P: 704.343.9330 From william at knowmad.com Tue Apr 17 04:00:04 2007 From: william at knowmad.com (William McKee) Date: Tue, 17 Apr 2007 07:00:04 -0400 Subject: [Charlotte.PM] April Perl Mongers Meeting Message-ID: <20070417110004.GC18562@knowmad.com> Hello Charlotte Perl Mongers, April's meeting is this Thursday. Sorry for this late announcement, but I'm on the road. As I announced after last month's meeting, we'll be doing a comparison of web application development techniques using Perl's CGI::Application and Ruby's WEBrick. We'll meet at the office of Knowmad Technologies[1] on Central Ave near uptown. See the Charlotte PM website[2] for directions. If you know that you'll be attending, drop me a line at william at knowmad.com. See you at the meeting, William McKee [1] http://www.knowmad.com [2] http://charlotte.pm.org -- Knowmad Technologies W: http://www.knowmad.com P: 704.343.9330 From william at knowmad.com Wed Apr 18 13:11:20 2007 From: william at knowmad.com (William McKee) Date: Wed, 18 Apr 2007 16:11:20 -0400 Subject: [Charlotte.PM] Thursday's meeting time - 7:00pm Message-ID: <20070418201119.GH6826@knowmad.com> I've had several folks inform me that I forgot to include the time for tomorrow's meeting. We'll be meeting at 7pm. Looks like it's going to be a good group. William -- Knowmad Technologies W: http://www.knowmad.com P: 704.343.9330 From william at knowmad.com Fri Apr 27 08:09:08 2007 From: william at knowmad.com (William McKee) Date: Fri, 27 Apr 2007 11:09:08 -0400 Subject: [Charlotte.PM] [JOB] Contract position for Perl expert (Atlanta) Message-ID: <20070427150908.GL31758@knowmad.com> ----- Forwarded message from "Ransby, Felton J." ----- > To: william at knowmad.com > From: "Ransby, Felton J." > Date: Fri, 27 Apr 2007 10:41:42 -0400 > Subject: Job description > > Hello William, > > > > Thank you very much for your advice and assistance. Below are the > details for the position here in Atlanta. This is a 2-3 year contract > opportunity and we can pay $65-70/hr. > > > > The interview process will be a phone interview and then face to face. > My contact information is below for anyone that is interested. > > > > Regards, > > > > > > Scope of Project: > > The consultant will be working on a new project for the Quantitative > Finance Group. Our client is creating a new internal system to determine > how they price their mortgage loans. > > > > Required Skills: > > The candidate should be amongst the BEST in the domain of Perl and web > programming. > > > > Experience required and preferred > > -- Experience designing and developing Perl applications through full > life cycle, from requirements stage to final delivery. > > -- Solid understanding of Perl syntax and data structures. > > -- Solid Java script skills. > > -- Good understanding of OO Perl. > > -- Good understanding of Apache and Mod_Perl > > > > -- Experience of using web-based Perl packages (Template-Toolkit, Mason > etc) a big plus. > > -- Experience of designing RDBMS schemas and queries preferred. > > -- Ideal candidates will have strong education background- BS and > Masters Degrees. > > > > > > > > ________________________________ > > Felton Ransby Senior Recruiter > 1200 ASHWOOD PARKWAY, SUITE 350, ATLANTA, GA 30338 > 888.598.5876 T 770.522.1114 Cell 678-358-4758 > F 770.522.1250 > > > ________________________________ > > > > > > ____________________________________________________________________________________________________ > This electronic mail (including any attachments) may contain information that is privileged, confidential, and/or otherwise protected from disclosure to anyone other than its intended recipient(s). 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