[oak perl] Report on Participation

George Woolley george at metaart.org
Mon Nov 25 16:15:51 CST 2002


Belden,
Glad you are back from your weekend of radio.
You're welcome for the stats. We are small and flying "up-up-up".
Thanks for responding to Mike's background question.
That's 3 backgrounds on the mailing list. Anyone else?
         Best wishes       -- George


On Monday 25 November 2002 10:34 am, Belden Lyman wrote:
> 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
>
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