<HTML><BODY style="word-wrap: break-word; -khtml-nbsp-mode: space; -khtml-line-break: after-white-space; "><BR><DIV><DIV>On May 10, 2006, at 13.49, Ranga Nathan wrote:</DIV><BR class="Apple-interchange-newline"><FONT face="sans-serif"><FONT class="Apple-style-span" size="2"><SPAN class="Apple-style-span" style="font-size: 10px;"><SNIP></SPAN></FONT></FONT></DIV><DIV><FONT class="Apple-style-span" size="2"><SPAN class="Apple-style-span" style="font-size: 10px;"><BR></SPAN></FONT><BLOCKQUOTE type="cite"><FONT size="2" face="sans-serif">For fear of being at the receiving end of a RTFM, I immersed myself in documentation and there is plenty of it.</FONT> <BR></BLOCKQUOTE><DIV><BR class="khtml-block-placeholder"></DIV>I'll second Ranga's comment here, and add a corollary suggestion: get to know your way around the documentation. IMHO really knowing a technology is less about memorizing all the inputs and outputs (though that is very helpful for sure), and more about knowing where to find the answers to your questions quickly and efficiently. That will get you far more "learning leverage"></DIV><DIV><BR class="khtml-block-placeholder"></DIV><DIV><FONT class="Apple-style-span" size="2"><SPAN class="Apple-style-span" style="font-size: 10px;"><SNIP></SPAN></FONT></DIV><DIV><FONT class="Apple-style-span" size="2"><SPAN class="Apple-style-span" style="font-size: 10px;"><BR></SPAN></FONT><BLOCKQUOTE type="cite"><FONT size="2" face="sans-serif">BTW, dont miss the next YAPC, wherever that is. It is an excellent forum to learn and exchange knowledge. I was at YAPC 1999 and 19100 (yes, year 2000) . Oh what fun that was, being in the company of great Perl minds.</FONT> <BR></BLOCKQUOTE><DIV><BR class="khtml-block-placeholder"></DIV>YAPC::NA is in Chicago this year, last week of June. <<A href="http://www.yapcchicago.org/">http://www.yapcchicago.org/</A>> It's not too late to register!</DIV><BR class="khtml-block-placeholder"><DIV>Enjoy,</DIV><DIV>David Pisoni</DIV><DIV>Director, Site Infrastructure</DIV><DIV>Shopzilla <<A href="http://www.shopzilla.com/">http://www.shopzilla.com/</A>></DIV><DIV><BR class="khtml-block-placeholder"></DIV></BODY></HTML>