[Kc] Frozen Perl 2009 conference

djgoku djgoku at gmail.com
Wed Jan 7 11:37:17 PST 2009


On Wed, Jan 7, 2009 at 1:31 PM, Andrew Moore <amoore at mooresystems.com> wrote:
> On Wed, Jan 7, 2009 at 1:16 PM, djgoku <djgoku at gmail.com> wrote:
>> I haven't ever been to one of these or any conference for that matter
>> (am browsing over the site now). What has everyone signed up for?
>
> Hey Jonathan -
>
> Glad to hear you're going. I just signed up for the conference itself.
> That lets you go to all of the talks that you see on the schedule.
> It's $40. Well, I think you're still a student, so you can get in for
> $20, I think. The schedule is at
> <http://www.frozen-perl.org/mpw2009/schedule> and you can move between
> the two rooms between talks to get in on the ones that interest you.
>
> I believe that brian d foy is teaching a "master class" on Friday, the
> day before the conference. You can optionally sign up for that, too.
> It's probably interesting, but certainly not mandatory.
>
> If you'd like to stick around on Sunday, it looks like there's a
> hackathon organizing. That's usually free, though chipping in for
> pizza or something usually goes on. People just sit around buried in
> their notebooks and punch code. It's interesting if you're involved
> with a project that you know will be worked on then, or if you want to
> get involved in one.
>
> Keep your eye on the wiki as a lot of last minute organizing usually
> goes on there, such as "Does anyone want to find good food around
> here" or "I found a coat, whose is it?". Also, people will probably be
> chatting in #fp during the conference.
>
> Keep your eye out for me and I'll grab a burger and a beer with you!

All signed up! Signed up for the Friday event. Yes still a student
(but this is my last semester!), will bring my student ID just in
case. :) What is everyone doing for sleeping arrangements hotel/motel?

Jonathan


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