From bill.royds at royds.net  Fri Jan  9 20:58:45 2009
From: bill.royds at royds.net (Bill Royds)
Date: Fri, 9 Jan 2009 23:58:45 -0500
Subject: [Ottawa-pm] Neat XKCD about Perl
In-Reply-To: <49468ED3.3080105@babyl.dyndns.org>
References: <1229107957.15163.88.camel@mungo>
	<49468ED3.3080105@babyl.dyndns.org>
Message-ID: <D19330CB-01C5-4741-8B6B-324405D04CC7@royds.net>

http://xkcd.com/519/


From yanick at babyl.dyndns.org  Wed Jan 14 13:34:33 2009
From: yanick at babyl.dyndns.org (Yanick Champoux)
Date: Wed, 14 Jan 2009 16:34:33 -0500
Subject: [Ottawa-pm] Google Summer of Code
Message-ID: <496E5A69.7000304@babyl.dyndns.org>

Hi all,

	Although we're still in the thick of winter, some people 
are already beginning to think about this year's Google Summer of
Code.  I've copied below a mail that one of the Perl organizers
sent to the pm_groups a few days ago.  Anyone feeling itchy to
participate this year? :-)

Joy,
`/anick


=========


The student proposals for Google's Summer of Code will be due in a 
couple short months and Google has just given word that the program 
will indeed be on again this year.

For 2008, we had a great turnout of willing and able mentors, but only 
about 16 student applications.  This implies that we need to try to 
reach more students and encourage them to apply for summer of code this 
year.

We'll probably start to see more information from Google about SOC 2009 
within a month or so.  For now:

  http://tinyurl.com/9r55v3

Last year taught us that the returning organizations which started early 
were more successful in recruiting students.  While we can't say for 
sure that Perl/Parrot will be accepted as mentor organizations, we'll 
get a very late start if we wait.  If it (knock on wood) doesn't 
happen, the Perl community will still benefit from efforts to connect 
with more students.

The following are just a few ideas of what your local Perl Mongers group 
could do to help.  Please forward this to your mailing list or discuss 
it at your next meeting.

Find out if your local university has Perl in the curriculum.  If so, 
get in touch with the professors and let them know about your local 
Perl Mongers group.  Ask if they would be interested in you speaking to 
their class or giving a presentation on-campus.

If the computer science department doesn't seem interested in Perl, you 
might find users (or potential users) in other departments.  Think 
about all of the niche data-crunching for which Perl gets used.  Find 
grad students who might be doing that - whatever their major might be.

Are any members of your group recently graduated?  If so, the contacts 
they still have might be a great place to start, especially in non-cs 
disciplines.  Even in very specialized applications, the chances are 
that the Perl community contains a mentor with a related background.

Finally, I would be interested in hearing from any Perl Mongers groups 
which have been involved with on-campus activities or are meeting on 
campus.  Please send me mail about what you are doing, or even write 
about it on use.perl.


From msoulier at digitaltorque.ca  Thu Jan 15 20:40:34 2009
From: msoulier at digitaltorque.ca (Michael P. Soulier)
Date: Thu, 15 Jan 2009 23:40:34 -0500
Subject: [Ottawa-pm] healthcheck: perl
Message-ID: <20090116044033.GA5849@kostya.digitaltorque.ca>

http://www.heise-online.co.uk/open/Healthcheck-Perl-The-Perl-Future--/features/112388

Mike
--
Michael P. Soulier <msoulier at digitaltorque.ca>
"Any intelligent fool can make things bigger and more complex... It takes a
touch of genius - and a lot of courage to move in the opposite direction."
--Albert Einstein
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From clayton.scott at gmail.com  Sun Jan 25 08:42:17 2009
From: clayton.scott at gmail.com (Clayton Scott)
Date: Sun, 25 Jan 2009 11:42:17 -0500
Subject: [Ottawa-pm] Another LAMP meetup at TravelPod: Feb 10
Message-ID: <1f3113740901250842w1456580eh90c9679e4a7f531b@mail.gmail.com>

This talk actually has perl content. Please forward on to anyone else you
think might be interested.If anyone needs a ride out to the west end after
wards, I can help out there.

Talk details:

Speaker: Dr. Shahzad Khan
Topic: "Scalable techniques for large-text repositories: Google in a box
with LAMP tools"
Cost: Free

Come hear Shahzad speak, have a drink, mingle with other LAMP (PHP and Perl)
developers and entrepreneurs and check out the new TravelPod offices on the
ByWard market.

*Dr. Shahzad Khan* is a senior researcher working at DISTIL Interactive,
Ottawa, Canada. Shahzad studied computational linguistics at Cambridge
University (UK) and has extensive experience in artificial intelligence,
computational linguistics, web technologies and analytics modelling.

Shahzad is a passionate user of open source tools and has been involved with
FLOSS from the FreeBSD day (predating Linux).

Shahzad's industry experience focuses on computational modeling approaches
to understanding human learning, language, and behavior, which he continues
with his work on creating automated assessment capabilities for DISTIL's
products. Shahzad is also responsible for DISTIL's research efforts to
automate and streamline game content creation via AI based scalable
programmatic methods.

Shahzad regularly posts updates on his work at DISTIL on his blog at
textai.blogspot.com, and would welcome opportunities to collaborate with
individuals or groups working on assessment in serious games or AI based
method for content creation in meaningful games and simulations. He is also
deeply interest in sentiment analysis and user profiling techniques for
online social media.
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From mark at mark.mielke.cc  Sun Jan 25 10:37:28 2009
From: mark at mark.mielke.cc (Mark Mielke)
Date: Sun, 25 Jan 2009 13:37:28 -0500
Subject: [Ottawa-pm] Another LAMP meetup at TravelPod: Feb 10
In-Reply-To: <1f3113740901250842w1456580eh90c9679e4a7f531b@mail.gmail.com>
References: <1f3113740901250842w1456580eh90c9679e4a7f531b@mail.gmail.com>
Message-ID: <497CB168.2000704@mark.mielke.cc>

Time = 7pm? :-)

Cheers,
mark


Clayton Scott wrote:
>
>
>     This talk actually has perl content. Please forward on to anyone
>     else you think might be interested.
>
> If anyone needs a ride out to the west end after wards, I can help out 
> there.
>
> Talk details:
>
> Speaker: Dr. Shahzad Khan
> Topic: "Scalable techniques for large-text repositories: Google in a 
> box with LAMP tools"
> Cost: Free
>
> Come hear Shahzad speak, have a drink, mingle with other LAMP (PHP and 
> Perl) developers and entrepreneurs and check out the new TravelPod 
> offices on the ByWard market.
>
> *Dr. Shahzad Khan* is a senior researcher working at DISTIL 
> Interactive, Ottawa, Canada. Shahzad studied computational linguistics 
> at Cambridge University (UK) and has extensive experience in 
> artificial intelligence, computational linguistics, web technologies 
> and analytics modelling.
>
> Shahzad is a passionate user of open source tools and has been 
> involved with FLOSS from the FreeBSD day (predating Linux).
>
> Shahzad's industry experience focuses on computational modeling 
> approaches to understanding human learning, language, and behavior, 
> which he continues with his work on creating automated assessment 
> capabilities for DISTIL's products. Shahzad is also responsible for 
> DISTIL's research efforts to automate and streamline game content 
> creation via AI based scalable programmatic methods.
>
> Shahzad regularly posts updates on his work at DISTIL on his blog at 
> textai.blogspot.com <http://textai.blogspot.com>, and would welcome 
> opportunities to collaborate with individuals or groups working on 
> assessment in serious games or AI based method for content creation in 
> meaningful games and simulations. He is also deeply interest in 
> sentiment analysis and user profiling techniques for online social media.
>
>
>


-- 
Mark Mielke <mark at mielke.cc>

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From clayton.scott at gmail.com  Sun Jan 25 12:52:15 2009
From: clayton.scott at gmail.com (Clayton Scott)
Date: Sun, 25 Jan 2009 15:52:15 -0500
Subject: [Ottawa-pm] Another LAMP meetup at TravelPod: Feb 10
In-Reply-To: <497CB168.2000704@mark.mielke.cc>
References: <1f3113740901250842w1456580eh90c9679e4a7f531b@mail.gmail.com>
	<497CB168.2000704@mark.mielke.cc>
Message-ID: <1f3113740901251252t16e371fblbd54a15898839af6@mail.gmail.com>

Yes,
7 pm

http://www.meetup.com/The-Ottawa-LAMP-Perl-and-PHP-Meetup-Group/calendar/9521396/

On Sun, Jan 25, 2009 at 1:37 PM, Mark Mielke <mark at mark.mielke.cc> wrote:

>  Time = 7pm? :-)
>
> Cheers,
> mark
>
>
>
> Clayton Scott wrote:
>
> This talk actually has perl content. Please forward on to anyone else you
> think might be interested. If anyone needs a ride out to the west end
> after wards, I can help out there.
>
> Talk details:
>
> Speaker: Dr. Shahzad Khan
> Topic: "Scalable techniques for large-text repositories: Google in a box
> with LAMP tools"
> Cost: Free
>
> Come hear Shahzad speak, have a drink, mingle with other LAMP (PHP and
> Perl) developers and entrepreneurs and check out the new TravelPod offices
> on the ByWard market.
>
> *Dr. Shahzad Khan* is a senior researcher working at DISTIL Interactive,
> Ottawa, Canada. Shahzad studied computational linguistics at Cambridge
> University (UK) and has extensive experience in artificial intelligence,
> computational linguistics, web technologies and analytics modelling.
>
> Shahzad is a passionate user of open source tools and has been involved
> with FLOSS from the FreeBSD day (predating Linux).
>
> Shahzad's industry experience focuses on computational modeling approaches
> to understanding human learning, language, and behavior, which he continues
> with his work on creating automated assessment capabilities for DISTIL's
> products. Shahzad is also responsible for DISTIL's research efforts to
> automate and streamline game content creation via AI based scalable
> programmatic methods.
>
> Shahzad regularly posts updates on his work at DISTIL on his blog at
> textai.blogspot.com, and would welcome opportunities to collaborate with
> individuals or groups working on assessment in serious games or AI based
> method for content creation in meaningful games and simulations. He is also
> deeply interest in sentiment analysis and user profiling techniques for
> online social media.
>
>
>
>
> --
> Mark Mielke <mark at mielke.cc> <mark at mielke.cc>
>
>


-- 

Clayton Scott
clayton.scott at gmail.com
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