From vosede at lidp.com Fri Oct 10 07:28:54 2003 From: vosede at lidp.com (vosede@lidp.com) Date: Mon Aug 2 21:27:41 2004 Subject: [Chicago-announce] (FWD) UniForum: Blogging with Perl Message-ID: <20031010122854.GC172868@lidp.com> Blogging with Perl Jason Scott Gessner Tuesday, October 14, 2003, 7-9pm College of DuPage, Building SRC, Room 1450a Abstract -------- Blogging is a large force in online publishing right now, and shows no signs of stopping. Everyone from frustrated high school students to professional journalists and authors are setting up blogs. Even many presidential candidates and tv celebrities have blogs! But what is a blog? Are they simply a format for ranting and raving about a niche subject? Can blogging software become a platform for cheap, distributed and effective publishing? This presentation will attempt to give some perspective on the world of blogging and demonstrated how perl can be a useful tool to create, analyze and use these systems for a wide variety of purposes. Presentation Outline: 1. Blog Basics 2. How can I use perl with my blog? 3. Uses for these APIs: Alternative Interfaces 4. What APIs are out there to find out who is talking about my site? 5. How can I syndicate my site or find out when other people have updated their sites? 6. What does the future hold? 7. Questions? Speaker Bio ----------- Jason Scott Gessner is a digital artist and programmer who has been using perl for pleasure and profit for the last 5 years. His blog is available at http://www.multiply.org/notebook. Getting There ------------- The next meeting of the UniForum Chicago Perl Special interest group will be from 7:00 pm to 9:00 PM on Tuesday, October 14, 2003 at the College of DuPage. The address of the meeting facility is: College of DuPage Building SRC, Rm 1450a 22nd and Lambert Glen Ellyn, IL 60137-6599 Take 355 to Butterfield Rd (Rt 56). Butterfield West to Lambert Rd. Lambert Rd North to first right after College Road. Park in lots 7 or 8 and walk to SRC building. Rooms 1450a is on the first floor of the SRC building, and is entered through the cafeteria at the South of the building. All UniForum Chicago Perl SIG meetings are open to the public free of charge. For additional information contact Deborah Vose at (630)829-7033 or visit the UniForum Chicago web site at: http://www.uniforum.chi.il.us/ -- Deborah Vose LIDP Consulting, Inc. Phone: 1 630 829 7033 e-mail: vosede@lidp.com From andy at petdance.com Fri Oct 24 10:29:06 2003 From: andy at petdance.com (Andy Lester) Date: Mon Aug 2 21:27:41 2004 Subject: [Chicago-announce] Announcing the new Tech Meetings! Message-ID: <20031024152906.GA20424@petdance.com> WHAT: Chicago Perl Mongers Tech Meetings WHERE: Vernon Hills, IL WHEN: First Tuesday of each month, 7pm DETAILS: http://chicago.pm.org/meetings.html We've secured space through the gracious generosity of WDI in Vernon Hills. This means we have a nice, quiet, non-smoking space with a projector and room for a couple dozen mongers. Our first Tech Meeting will be November 4th, 2003 at 7pm. I'll be presenting "A Field Guide To Perl Command Line Switches", on the nice 25-foot screen at WDI. Learn tricks of Perl data wizardry that you can do without even opening your text editor. Please tell your friends. We expect to see new faces, as well as your old friends from Coogan's. Please note that the Tech Meetings are NOT replacing the meetings down in the Loop. Also, WDI is also hosting the OSS Chicago meetings. Find out more at http://www.osschicago.com/ xoa -- Andy Lester => andy@petdance.com => www.petdance.com => AIM:petdance From andy at petdance.com Wed Oct 29 08:42:14 2003 From: andy at petdance.com (Andy Lester) Date: Mon Aug 2 21:27:41 2004 Subject: [Chicago-announce] Perl Mongers meeting: New date, new place Message-ID: <20031029144214.GA27452@petdance.com> Please come to the inaugural meeting of the north suburban Chicago Perl Mongers, November 4th at 7pm, in Vernon Hills, IL. This is a NEW meeting place, on a NEW day (1st Tuesday of the month). Andy Lester will be presenting "A Field Guide To Perl Command-Line Switches", and we'll be giving away all sorts of books and goodies from O'Reilly, SAMS and more. For more information, including directions to the meeting place, see http://chicago.pm.org/, or email andy@petdance.com. We hope to see you there! -- Andy Lester => andy@petdance.com => www.petdance.com => AIM:petdance