From robert at robertblackwell.com Tue Jun 12 04:35:25 2007 From: robert at robertblackwell.com (Robert Blackwell) Date: 12 Jun 2007 11:35:25 -0000 Subject: [pgh-pm] Pittsburgh Perl Mongers | Meeting | Thu, 14 Jun 2007 07:00 Message-ID: <20070612113525.74836.qmail@yiwen.pair.com> Pittsburgh Perl Mongers | Meeting | Thu, 14 Jun 2007 07:00 * This months Technical Gathering * * Location * Slaymaker Systems, Inc. 4914 Baum Blvd. Pittsburgh, PA 15213 Thu, 14 Jun 2007 07:00 * Talks * * Pittsburgh Perl Workshop 07 * Some updates as to were we are on the road to PPW 07. * Fun with numbers: Using Perl and the R statistics system for fun and profit - Tom Moetel * In this festive talk I will introduce the R system for statistical computing and show how you can use it, and Perl, to answer some of life's most important questions. Questions like: If I see this movie, is it likely to suck? Is my blog becoming more (or less) popular, and, if so, how much? Additionally, we will investigate ways of using R to convert buckets of numbers into cool graphs that reveal patterns, lead to insight, and unlock meaning. And, of course, Perl will help us every step of the way, munging raw data into the stuff we can actually use. If you've ever wanted to have fun with numbers, this is *your* talk. Don't miss it. * This months Social Gathering 8:30 pm * * Location * Yet to be determined. Important dates: Next Pittsburgh Perl Monger Meeting Thu, 12 Jul 2007 07:00 Pittsburgh Perl Workshop 07 Sat Oct 13 - Sun Oct 14 For more information: Robert Blackwell 412.231.5501 robert at robertblackwell.com From chris.winters at gmail.com Fri Jun 15 08:16:22 2007 From: chris.winters at gmail.com (Chris Winters) Date: Fri, 15 Jun 2007 11:16:22 -0400 Subject: [pgh-pm] couple of links I mentioned last night Message-ID: Nice seeing everyone. If you didn't make it, you missed a great presentation from Tom, up to his typical excellent standards. Does Cost Accounting Cause Crappy Code? http://www.infoq.com/news/2007/06/Code_Quality_and_Cost_Accounting Josh Bloch: How to Design a Good API and Why it Matters http://www.infoq.com/presentations/effective-api-design (bonus: this is a video presentation, not just slides; I haven't seen it yet) Chris From angrygreg at gmail.com Wed Jun 20 18:47:46 2007 From: angrygreg at gmail.com (Greg Akins) Date: Wed, 20 Jun 2007 21:47:46 -0400 Subject: [pgh-pm] [ANN]Pittsburgh Coding Dojo, June 28th In-Reply-To: References: Message-ID: <8526685f0706201847w43b86ef1t414a0db5fc7fa04c@mail.gmail.com> The Pittsburgh Coding Dojo will be meeting Thursday June 28th at the Pittsburgh Technology Council. More information can be found here http://pghcodingdojo.org/index.php/ Current_events We'll be working through Dave Thomas' Fifth Kata (BloomFilters) Pizza and Refreshments will be provided. Please visit http://groups.yahoo.com/group/pghcodingdojo for updates and more information. Greg Akins http://pghcodingdojo.org -- ============== Greg Akins http://www.pghcodingdojo.org http://www.insomnia-consulting.org/monologue From jo2y at midnightlinux.com Thu Jun 21 07:07:02 2007 From: jo2y at midnightlinux.com (James O'Kane) Date: Thu, 21 Jun 2007 07:07:02 -0700 (PDT) Subject: [pgh-pm] couple of links I mentioned last night In-Reply-To: References: Message-ID: On Fri, 15 Jun 2007, Chris Winters wrote: > Nice seeing everyone. If you didn't make it, you missed a great > presentation from Tom, up to his typical excellent standards. > > Does Cost Accounting Cause Crappy Code? > http://www.infoq.com/news/2007/06/Code_Quality_and_Cost_Accounting > > Josh Bloch: How to Design a Good API and Why it Matters > http://www.infoq.com/presentations/effective-api-design > (bonus: this is a video presentation, not just slides; I haven't seen it yet) Josh is giving a presentation at Google's Pittsburgh office on the 28th. RSVP seems to be required. See the message linked below where I heard about it: http://www.wplug.org/pipermail/wplug/2007-June/030141.html > Chris > _______________________________________________ > pgh-pm mailing list > pgh-pm at pm.org > http://mail.pm.org/mailman/listinfo/pgh-pm >