From ngourlay at gmail.com Thu May 10 06:02:09 2007 From: ngourlay at gmail.com (Nigel Gourlay) Date: Thu, 10 May 2007 14:02:09 +0100 Subject: [Qatar-pm] QSTP TECHtalk Conference - 30 May Message-ID: <2379a820705100602x423e9b8cqa833e0bfbcf104f@mail.gmail.com> Hello. Sorry I haven't been in touch for a while - I'm still stuck in the UK, but should be back in Doha around May 20. Anyway, Ben Figgis has been in touch, and has sent an invitation to the QSTP conference, which is at the end of May at the Ritz Carlton. The full programme can be found on their website: http://www.qstp.org.qa/output/Page1626.asp Before you decide you're too busy, I must let you know that the Q-CERT conference in mid-April was held at the Ritz, and they gave delegates one of the nicest buffet lunches I've had for many a moon. There's also likely to be a bunch of interesting people hanging round the corridors drinking coffee. The chat at these events is often better than the presentations. Ben has also suggested that he could publish a profile of Qatar Perl Mongers in his next newsletter, and has set one of his freelancers to question me. If you send me open-source success stories from your firms (that you'd feel comfortable being published), you'd add weight to my quotes. The kind of thing I'm looking for is: "free software allowed us to build the widget faster - we took existing code and changed it to suit our needs" "we had no budget, but managed to build a national patient database using an old PC, some gaffer tape and a pair of socks" Anyway, please send your stories to ngourlay at gmail.com, and I'll pass them on. See you at the conference. --nigel From ngourlay at gmail.com Thu May 10 06:07:00 2007 From: ngourlay at gmail.com (Nigel Gourlay) Date: Thu, 10 May 2007 14:07:00 +0100 Subject: [Qatar-pm] p.s. QSTP conference Message-ID: <2379a820705100607y3741e518g6d2266a222053c85@mail.gmail.com> I forgot to say that to reserve your place at the conference, you need to email TECHtalks2007 at happeningevents.biz From ngourlay at gmail.com Thu May 10 06:07:00 2007 From: ngourlay at gmail.com (Nigel Gourlay) Date: Thu, 10 May 2007 14:07:00 +0100 Subject: [Qatar-pm] p.s. QSTP conference Message-ID: <2379a820705100607y3741e518g6d2266a222053c85@mail.gmail.com> I forgot to say that to reserve your place at the conference, you need to email TECHtalks2007 at happeningevents.biz From ngourlay at gmail.com Thu May 10 06:07:00 2007 From: ngourlay at gmail.com (Nigel Gourlay) Date: Thu, 10 May 2007 14:07:00 +0100 Subject: [Qatar-pm] p.s. QSTP conference Message-ID: <2379a820705100607y3741e518g6d2266a222053c85@mail.gmail.com> I forgot to say that to reserve your place at the conference, you need to email TECHtalks2007 at happeningevents.biz From ngourlay at gmail.com Tue May 22 22:50:46 2007 From: ngourlay at gmail.com (Nigel Gourlay) Date: Wed, 23 May 2007 08:50:46 +0300 Subject: [Qatar-pm] Ubuntu CDs and Qatar Journal Message-ID: <2379a820705222250g764b368etfd65fd23100c5d66@mail.gmail.com> Kutch from qglug has received a shipment of Ubuntu Linux CDs, which he's giving away. Please pass on Kutch's offer to your friends. His mail is attached. I'd also like to plug my new site, which is a basic slashcode installation serving news from the region. Enjoy. http://qatarjournal.com/ --nigel >>> On 22/05/07, Kutch KM33 wrote: Hi Mates, I recive 20 Ubuntu CD's if you are interested I can deliver it to your place or to your post box. For more details visit our site http://qglug.org Regards, Kutch