[oak perl] Report on Participation

[Belden Lyman]

First, George, thanks for the stats. It's good to know in
such concrete terms that our membership is going up-up-up!

Next, hi to Mike and all the other good folks out there in
wonderland that are tuning in! Whether you're a first-time
listener or a long-time caller (no such thing here; we're
too new), we're glad you could join our little show today.

Too much radio over the weekend, sorry.

M. Lewis wrote:
 >
 > I'm excited to be getting in on the 'ground floor' of Oakland.pm. I'm
 > hoping we can all benefit from each others experiences and knowledge.
 >

Well said. There are some pretty well-established monger
groups out there (notably London.pm); it's neat to be the new
kids in town.

> 
> I would be very interested in hearing what others in the group hope to
> gain from Oakland.pm. What sort of backgrounds they have, etc.
> Mike
> 


Ok -

My name is Belden Lyman. I found out about Oakland.pm by reading
the London.pm lists. I've been learning Perl for about 2 years now;
my company, Innovative Interfaces (located in Emeryville, btw), sent
me to a UC Extension Perl class a few years ago. I've been hooked
ever since.

Currently, I'm a Special Projects Engineer. I get to use Perl for
a wide range of things: creating Chinese mapping tables; writing
various telnet-based network agents; breaking/fixing/creating staff
utilities. I forget most of what I've done, which is why I have to
use perldoc so often.

My big thing lately has been using pod to document my modules. Yeah,
I know: you're blown away. ("This guy can type =pod\n=head1\n=cut\n?!
Whoa!")

Oh, and I live in Oakland, not too far from the Parkway.

Belden