From jon at hogue.org Mon Feb 8 10:22:02 2010 From: jon at hogue.org (Jonathan Hogue) Date: Mon, 8 Feb 2010 13:22:02 -0500 Subject: [Columbus-pm] February Perl Mongers Meeting Message-ID: February 18th, at 7:00 PM Rob Kinyon is going to talk about Modern Perl. Perl 5 is Alive! http://www.shadowcat.co.uk/catalyst/talks/postgresql-WEST-2008/-files/perl5s-alive.xul http://columbus.pm.org/node/133 From metaperl at gmail.com Mon Feb 8 14:09:40 2010 From: metaperl at gmail.com (Terrence Brannon) Date: Mon, 08 Feb 2010 17:09:40 -0500 Subject: [Columbus-pm] February Perl Mongers Meeting In-Reply-To: References: Message-ID: <4B708BA4.2070803@gmail.com> Jonathan Hogue wrote: > Perl 5 is Alive! > http://www.shadowcat.co.uk/catalyst/talks/postgresql-WEST-2008/-files/perl5s-alive.xul > > this is a great talk. I learned a lot here. The 'given' keyword will be useful. I really should sit down and learn Smart Matching once and for all. From jon at hogue.org Mon Feb 8 14:18:26 2010 From: jon at hogue.org (Jonathan Hogue) Date: Mon, 8 Feb 2010 17:18:26 -0500 Subject: [Columbus-pm] February Perl Mongers Meeting In-Reply-To: <4B708BA4.2070803@gmail.com> References: <4B708BA4.2070803@gmail.com> Message-ID: how'd your amazon interview go? did you go out to seattle yet? we were out there last weekend (a week ago). had a good time. the weather is starting to turn a bit. On Mon, Feb 8, 2010 at 5:09 PM, Terrence Brannon wrote: > > > Jonathan Hogue wrote: >> >> Perl 5 is Alive! >> >> http://www.shadowcat.co.uk/catalyst/talks/postgresql-WEST-2008/-files/perl5s-alive.xul >> >> > > this is a great talk. I learned a lot here. The 'given' keyword will be > useful. I really should sit down and learn Smart Matching once and for all. > > _______________________________________________ > Columbus-pm mailing list > http://columbus.pm.org/ > Columbus-pm at pm.org > http://mail.pm.org/mailman/listinfo/columbus-pm > From jon at hogue.org Sat Feb 13 18:52:04 2010 From: jon at hogue.org (Jonathan Hogue) Date: Sat, 13 Feb 2010 21:52:04 -0500 Subject: [Columbus-pm] Meeting Thursday Message-ID: This is a reminder of our upcoming pm meeting on Thursday. Pizza will be provided (working on those details), so come hungry. We still have room for a speaker. 5-10 minutes. You can talk about anything perl related (or even quasi related). There will be bribes for speakers. Start: 02/18/2010 - 19:00 Timezone: America/New York At 2checkout.com again. (Thanks 2checkout!) 7:00 PM ***Agenda*** Business: YAPC, plan march meeting Speaker: Rob Kinyon - Modern Perl Perl 5 is Alive! http://www.shadowcat.co.uk/catalyst/talks/postgresql-WEST-2008/-files/perl5s-alive.xul From jon at hogue.org Thu Feb 18 04:53:49 2010 From: jon at hogue.org (Jonathan Hogue) Date: Thu, 18 Feb 2010 07:53:49 -0500 Subject: [Columbus-pm] Perl Mongers Tonight! 7:00 PM Message-ID: The snow has cleared, it's time to monger!February Perl Mongers Submitted by hoguej on Mon, 2010-02-08 13:16 Start: 02/18/2010 - 19:00 Timezone: America/New York *Location* At 2checkout.com again. (Thanks 2checkout!) Google Map (parking and entrance) *Time* 7:00 PM Pizza will be provided by TekSystems. Thanks Nick Kanoza, Aaron Davis, and Amanda Spires at Tek. *Agenda* *pm business* YAPC, columbus.pm website, plan march meeting, what do we want to do next? *Speaker* Rob Kinyon - Modern Perl Perl 5 is Alive! -------------- next part -------------- An HTML attachment was scrubbed... URL: From jon at hogue.org Mon Feb 22 14:06:10 2010 From: jon at hogue.org (Jonathan Hogue) Date: Mon, 22 Feb 2010 17:06:10 -0500 Subject: [Columbus-pm] Old Bag of Nails Sponsors Columbus Perl Mongers Message-ID: Old Bag of Nails at the Grandview locationhas decided to sponsor Columbus Perl Mongers. The gave us 4 x $25 gift certificates, and 4 XL logo'd t-shirts, that will be used for speaker swag. If you happen to be there, tell the management "thanks". Also, I was thinking it was time for a social meeting any way. How about an April meeting at OBoN? (March would be at 2checkout again.) -------------- next part -------------- An HTML attachment was scrubbed... URL: From jon at hogue.org Mon Feb 22 14:08:59 2010 From: jon at hogue.org (Jonathan Hogue) Date: Mon, 22 Feb 2010 17:08:59 -0500 Subject: [Columbus-pm] Thanks TekSystems Message-ID: Thank you TekSystems (Nick, Aaron, and Amanda) for providing pizza for our last Perl Monger's meeting. It was appreciated. Everybody left with full bellies! Learning and discussing Perl is fun, but it's more fun with Pizza. Thank you, thank you, thank you. -------------- next part -------------- An HTML attachment was scrubbed... URL: From jon at hogue.org Mon Feb 22 15:19:10 2010 From: jon at hogue.org (Jonathan Hogue) Date: Mon, 22 Feb 2010 18:19:10 -0500 Subject: [Columbus-pm] Apress benefits for Columbus Perl Mongers Message-ID: Hi everybody. See some good benefits for our group through Apress. They are also sending us some swag for the speaker's swag. And I requested 3 books for review. Anyone want to do a book review? (Send me an e-mail.) You get a free book, and a topic for your planet iron man challenge. ( http://ironman.enlightenedperl.org/) "The Definitive Guide to Catalyst: Writing Extensible, Scalable and Maintainable Perl-Based Web Applictions." "Writing Perl Modules for CPAN" "Pro Perl" Your User Group can now take advantage of exclusive Apress membership benefits: 1. Free review copies. 2. Apress Book Discounts - 35% or 40% off the regular price. 3. eBook discounts - 50% off the entire cart. 4. Free Apress books and promo items for User Group raffles and events. 5. Request Apress authors for speaking engagements. 6. Show your affiliation with Apress. Find Apress logos for your User Group's website here: http://apress.com/community/logo FREE REVIEW COPIES FOR YOUR MEMBERS: We are happy to provide complimentary books in exchange for book reviews in any or all of the following locations: * A heavily trafficked blog, group website, or "geek" site * Amazon or Barnes and Noble websites * A print publication To request book review copies, send an email to usergroup at apress.com For tips and examples on writing a thoughtful review, please visit: http://apress.com/community/writeareview DISCOUNTS OFF APRESS BOOKS: User Group members receive a 35% discount off all regularly priced Apress books! Are you buying 10 or more books for an upcoming training, User Group promotion, or event? We offer a 40% discount when groups buy 10 or more regularly priced Apress books. To receive this discount, contact the Apress Sales Department at sales at apress.com with the discount code UGAPRESS along with the name of your User Group. eBOOK DISCOUNT: We are pleased to offer a 50% discount off the ENTIRE cart of eBooks purchased on www.apress.com. To receive a special discount code for this offer, simply send an email to usergroup at apress.com along with the name of your User Group and the title, ISBN, and author of the eBook(s) you would like to purchase. Finally, please let us know (usergroup at apress.com) when your group hosts a large event or party so we can help sponsor or participate, whether it.s getting an author to speak or sending over some books, t-shirts, or other fun Apress swag. Also we will add your event to our Events Calendar on www.apress.com for further publicity. 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