From scott+vancouver.pm at konobi.co.uk Tue Feb 3 15:29:21 2009 From: scott+vancouver.pm at konobi.co.uk (Scott McWhirter) Date: Tue, 3 Feb 2009 15:29:21 -0800 Subject: [Van-pm] Tech Meeting, 12th February 2009 @ Sophos In-Reply-To: References: Message-ID: > Hi All, > > The first meeting of 2009 will be held at Sophos on 12th February at 7pm. > > There are currently 3 talks lined up: > > * Scott McWhirter - "Perl, mongers and more" > Quick talk about what's new and interesting in the perl world. Quick Q&A session about perl mongers. > > * Luke Closs - "Git backed up" > Using git, Perl and OCaml to develop a backup solution. > > * TBC > I have someone lined up, but just waiting on confirmation. Will send another mail when confirmed. > > If anyone has a quick 10-20 minute talk they would like to do, please feel free to let me know. > > Sophos have graciously offered space for our meeting. Their office is at 580 Granville Street in downtown Vancouver (Google map: http://xrl.us/beco9t). If people can let me know if they are coming I can let Sophos know how much space we require. > > Background on speakers: > > Scott - Local Vancouver contractor and consultant at Cloudtone Studios. Scott has been developing using Perl since 1998 and has been an active and contributing member of the perl community for many years. Scott also hails from former perl monger memberships at Belfast.pm and London.pm. > > Luke - Local Vancouver perl hacker and juggler at large. Luke develops software for wiki group Socialtext and is active with groups such as Vancouver hackspace, FreeGeek and is the maintainer for the perl bindings for Selenium RC. Luke also organizes impromtu "super happy dev house" hacking sessions (more on that when we hear from him). > > I have also set up a LinkedIn Vancouver Perl Mongers group available here: > http://www.linkedin.com/groups?gid=1756057 We also have another speaker at the February meeting! * Phil Whelan - "POE - the basics" My experiences using it, and other event based systems in Perl. Speaker background: Phil - originates from the UK where he started his Perl life in 1998 working on Library systems for a company called Talis, before jumping in the dotcom bubble with Jungle.com... which burst. Spent sometime building C++ apps, then back to the web and Perl with Livedoor.com in Japan, BBC in London, and now MailChannels in Vancouver. Currently a core developer on MailChannels' SMTP proxy, Traffic Control. Does anyone have any suggestions on where to go for post-meeting beers? thanks! -- -Scott McWhirter- | -konobi- From scott+vancouver.pm at konobi.co.uk Fri Feb 6 15:35:29 2009 From: scott+vancouver.pm at konobi.co.uk (Scott McWhirter) Date: Fri, 6 Feb 2009 15:35:29 -0800 Subject: [Van-pm] Tech Meeting, 12th February 2009 @ Sophos In-Reply-To: References: Message-ID: On Tue, Feb 3, 2009 at 15:29, Scott McWhirter wrote: >> I have also set up a LinkedIn Vancouver Perl Mongers group available here: >> http://www.linkedin.com/groups?gid=1756057 > > We also have another speaker at the February meeting! > > * Phil Whelan - "POE - the basics" > My experiences using it, and other event based systems in Perl. > > Speaker background: > > Phil - originates from the UK where he started his Perl life in 1998 > working on Library systems for a company called Talis, before jumping > in the dotcom bubble with Jungle.com... which burst. Spent sometime > building C++ apps, then back to the web and Perl with Livedoor.com in > Japan, BBC in London, and now MailChannels in Vancouver. Currently a > core developer on MailChannels' SMTP proxy, Traffic Control. > > Does anyone have any suggestions on where to go for post-meeting beers? Since no-one has made any suggestions for beer, I'm going to delcare beer at Smiley O'Neals (http://www.smileyonealspub.com/) which is at West Pender and Hornby (google map: http://xrl.us/befbxf). It's beside the days inn hotel there and has a small set of doors that's easy to miss. Stas Bekman has also given me a bunch of perl, development and business books which are available for anyone to take. I'll be bringing them along to the meeting. Any which aren't taken will go to freegeek or goodwill. Thanks Stas! Several people have gotten back to me to say that they are coming along. Thanks to those who have and I'd ask that more people let me know, so I can estimate which room/meeting room we'll need to use at the Sophos office. thanks! -- -Scott McWhirter- | -konobi- From scott+vancouver.pm at konobi.co.uk Wed Feb 11 15:06:25 2009 From: scott+vancouver.pm at konobi.co.uk (Scott McWhirter) Date: Wed, 11 Feb 2009 15:06:25 -0800 Subject: [Van-pm] Tech Meeting, 12th February 2009 @ Sophos In-Reply-To: References: Message-ID: >> We also have another speaker at the February meeting! >> >> * Phil Whelan - "POE - the basics" >> My experiences using it, and other event based systems in Perl. >> >> Speaker background: >> >> Phil - originates from the UK where he started his Perl life in 1998 >> working on Library systems for a company called Talis, before jumping >> in the dotcom bubble with Jungle.com... which burst. Spent sometime >> building C++ apps, then back to the web and Perl with Livedoor.com in >> Japan, BBC in London, and now MailChannels in Vancouver. Currently a >> core developer on MailChannels' SMTP proxy, Traffic Control. >> >> Does anyone have any suggestions on where to go for post-meeting beers? > > Since no-one has made any suggestions for beer, I'm going to delcare > beer at Smiley O'Neals (http://www.smileyonealspub.com/) which is at > West Pender and Hornby (google map: http://xrl.us/befbxf). It's beside > the days inn hotel there and has a small set of doors that's easy to > miss. Hi all, Just a quick reminder that the Van.pm technical meeting is tomorrow night at 7pm @ Sophos. I suddenly realized that I have a bunch of books that I need to take down with me, is anyone driving downtown that might be able to help me get these books to Sophos? thanks, -- -Scott McWhirter- | -konobi- From scott+vancouver.pm at konobi.co.uk Fri Feb 20 16:11:55 2009 From: scott+vancouver.pm at konobi.co.uk (Scott McWhirter) Date: Fri, 20 Feb 2009 16:11:55 -0800 Subject: [Van-pm] Tech Meeting, 12th March 2009 @ Sophos Message-ID: Hi all! Thanks to all who made it to the February meeting and I hope that you enjoyed it. Currently I have Luke Closs lined up to do the talk he was wanting to present at the February meeting. Kevin Jones has also suggested that he do a talk on Shindig. There were a few other suggestion came out in terms of things people would be interested in hearing about. Jerome Pimmel has suggested talking about BDD (Behavioural Driven Development), I suggested perhaps talking about the Varnish caching server. There also seemed to be some discussion around mod_perl and best practices, reducing overhead, performance, etc. Would folks be interested in a talk on the subject? If anyone else has anything they would like to talk on, even if it's just a 5 minute "Lightning Talk", please let me know. Let the discussion ensue! -- -Scott McWhirter- | -konobi- From robin at robinclarke.net Fri Feb 20 16:24:39 2009 From: robin at robinclarke.net (Robin Clarke - Home) Date: Fri, 20 Feb 2009 16:24:39 -0800 (PST) Subject: [Van-pm] Tech Meeting, 12th March 2009 @ Sophos In-Reply-To: References: Message-ID: Hello! Pitty I missed the last one - couldn't make it that day, but the 12th of March looks good! See you then/there! (when/where?) -Robin- On Fri, 20 Feb 2009, Scott McWhirter wrote: > Hi all! > > Thanks to all who made it to the February meeting and I hope that you > enjoyed it. > > Currently I have Luke Closs lined up to do the talk he was wanting to > present at the February meeting. Kevin Jones has also suggested that > he do a talk on Shindig. There were a few other suggestion came out in > terms of things people would be interested in hearing about. Jerome > Pimmel has suggested talking about BDD (Behavioural Driven > Development), I suggested perhaps talking about the Varnish caching > server. > > There also seemed to be some discussion around mod_perl and best > practices, reducing overhead, performance, etc. Would folks be > interested in a talk on the subject? > > If anyone else has anything they would like to talk on, even if it's > just a 5 minute "Lightning Talk", please let me know. > > Let the discussion ensue! > > > From MichaelRWolf at att.net Fri Feb 20 16:32:39 2009 From: MichaelRWolf at att.net (Michael R. Wolf) Date: Fri, 20 Feb 2009 16:32:39 -0800 Subject: [Van-pm] Tech Meeting, 12th March 2009 @ Sophos In-Reply-To: References: Message-ID: <328DCD7D-FD6B-4B1B-8CF9-A34163892D7F@att.net> On Feb 20, 2009, at 4:11 PM, Scott McWhirter wrote: > Hi all! > > Thanks to all who made it to the February meeting and I hope that you > enjoyed it. > [...] > If anyone else has anything they would like to talk on, even if it's > just a 5 minute "Lightning Talk", please let me know. > > Let the discussion ensue! Here at SPUG (Seattle Perl User Group), we had good luck in December with a bunch of lightening talks. I'm a big proponent of them. I think it helps lower the bar to entry for sharing one's expertise. It's a good cost/benefit trade off. For very little investment, a "speaker" can share a lot of knowledge with a lot of people. (I put "speaker" in quotes because the term scares lots of folks, so I don't like using it.) The extra effort to make a polished "keynote speech" is often not worth it, and raises the commitment level so high that good works are often excluded from the discussion. Additionally, I think it's good for the "community" to know more about what each of the members are good at. For a given member to make one (or zero) talks every few years isn't as good at spreading that as a micro-talk every few months. At this weeks' SPUG meeting, I spoke out in favor of some more lightening talks. Given that "next month (and the month after that, and May and June, and even beyond)" are "open" for speakers we're always looking for "cheap" ways to generate good content. (Yes, I am making fun of how the moderator phrased "we have no upcoming speakers"! It was funny...) I'm a firm believer that the majority of the good ideas at most events are in the ideas of the folks sitting in the seats. And I'm looking for ways to structure meetings to make it easy to share that knowledge, and therefore worthwhile for others to attend. Glad to hear the good news from up north. Enjoy, Michael P.S. Anyone interested in redoing a good Vancouver talk in Seattle is always welcome. (Anyone interested in polishing their OSCON talk?) Heck, you're welcome even without a talk. Just show up, listen, and trade stories in the back of the room. -- Michael R. Wolf All mammals learn by playing! MichaelRWolf at att.net From perlmongers at froods.org Fri Feb 20 17:07:51 2009 From: perlmongers at froods.org (Karen Etheridge) Date: Fri, 20 Feb 2009 17:07:51 -0800 Subject: [Van-pm] Tech Meeting, 12th March 2009 @ Sophos In-Reply-To: References: Message-ID: <20090221010751.GA1119@bellini.etheridge.ca> On Fri, Feb 20, 2009 at 04:11:55PM -0800, Scott McWhirter wrote: > There also seemed to be some discussion around mod_perl and best > practices, reducing overhead, performance, etc. Would folks be > interested in a talk on the subject? Yes please.. but I'm one of those who voiced the original interest. :) PS. airg.com is hiring! Ping me for details, or just check out the job listings at http://corp.airg.com (but make sure to mention this message in your application!) :) -- you forth love if honk then . . . . . Karen Etheridge, karen at etheridge.ca GCS C+++$ USL+++$ P+++$ w--- M++ http://etheridge.ca/ PS++ PE-- b++ DI++++ e++ h(-) From halkeye at gmail.com Fri Feb 20 17:45:22 2009 From: halkeye at gmail.com (Gavin Mogan) Date: Fri, 20 Feb 2009 17:45:22 -0800 Subject: [Van-pm] Tech Meeting, 12th March 2009 @ Sophos In-Reply-To: <20090221010751.GA1119@bellini.etheridge.ca> References: <20090221010751.GA1119@bellini.etheridge.ca> Message-ID: As the one who brought this up, I'm absolutely interested in learning more about mod_perl.I'd really like to know what kinds of benefits can be gained from upgrading from mod_perl 1 to mod_perl 2 On Fri, Feb 20, 2009 at 5:07 PM, Karen Etheridge wrote: > > On Fri, Feb 20, 2009 at 04:11:55PM -0800, Scott McWhirter wrote: > > There also seemed to be some discussion around mod_perl and best > > practices, reducing overhead, performance, etc. Would folks be > > interested in a talk on the subject? > > Yes please.. but I'm one of those who voiced the original interest. :) > > PS. airg.com is hiring! Ping me for details, or just check out the job > listings at http://corp.airg.com (but make sure to mention this message in > your application!) :) > > > -- > you forth love if honk then > . . . . . > Karen Etheridge, karen at etheridge.ca GCS C+++$ USL+++$ P+++$ w--- M++ > http://etheridge.ca/ PS++ PE-- b++ DI++++ e++ h(-) > _______________________________________________ > Vancouver-pm mailing list > Vancouver-pm at pm.org > http://mail.pm.org/mailman/listinfo/vancouver-pm > -------------- next part -------------- An HTML attachment was scrubbed... URL: From lukecloss at gmail.com Fri Feb 20 18:28:21 2009 From: lukecloss at gmail.com (Luke Closs) Date: Fri, 20 Feb 2009 18:28:21 -0800 Subject: [Van-pm] Tech Meeting, 12th March 2009 @ Sophos In-Reply-To: References: <20090221010751.GA1119@bellini.etheridge.ca> Message-ID: My team is currently using mod_perl1 and anxiously eyeing mod_perl2, but also looking at dropping apache in favour of other apps. Perhaps our next meeting could be on HTTP - and have some lightning talks for different front-end and backend options... Luke On Fri, Feb 20, 2009 at 5:45 PM, Gavin Mogan wrote: > As the one who brought this up, I'm absolutely interested in learning more > about mod_perl.I'd really like to know what kinds of benefits can be > gained from upgrading from mod_perl 1 to mod_perl 2 > > > On Fri, Feb 20, 2009 at 5:07 PM, Karen Etheridge wrote: > >> >> On Fri, Feb 20, 2009 at 04:11:55PM -0800, Scott McWhirter wrote: >> > There also seemed to be some discussion around mod_perl and best >> > practices, reducing overhead, performance, etc. Would folks be >> > interested in a talk on the subject? >> >> Yes please.. but I'm one of those who voiced the original interest. :) >> >> PS. airg.com is hiring! Ping me for details, or just check out the job >> listings at http://corp.airg.com (but make sure to mention this message >> in >> your application!) :) >> >> >> -- >> you forth love if honk then >> . . . . . >> Karen Etheridge, karen at etheridge.ca GCS C+++$ USL+++$ P+++$ w--- >> M++ >> http://etheridge.ca/ PS++ PE-- b++ DI++++ e++ h(-) >> _______________________________________________ >> Vancouver-pm mailing list >> Vancouver-pm at pm.org >> http://mail.pm.org/mailman/listinfo/vancouver-pm >> > > > _______________________________________________ > Vancouver-pm mailing list > Vancouver-pm at pm.org > http://mail.pm.org/mailman/listinfo/vancouver-pm > -------------- next part -------------- An HTML attachment was scrubbed... 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Andreas Hernitscheck PS: Is one of you working at gossamer-threads? -- Andreas Hernitscheck E-mail: tech at tool.de Gertrud-B?umer-Str. 10 80637 Munich, Germany Phone: +49 176 210 16 397 Facsimile: +49 180 5976300671 -------------- next part -------------- An HTML attachment was scrubbed... URL: From halkeye at gmail.com Sun Feb 22 12:30:59 2009 From: halkeye at gmail.com (Gavin Mogan) Date: Sun, 22 Feb 2009 12:30:59 -0800 Subject: [Van-pm] Give me a hint, looking for a Perl job in Vancouver In-Reply-To: <49A1A8DD.50700@tool.de> References: <49A1A8DD.50700@tool.de> Message-ID: I've posted it on here before, but airG is hiring. http://corp.airg.com/careers/job_openings.htm has some openings. Gavin On Sun, Feb 22, 2009 at 11:34 AM, Andreas Hernitscheck wrote: > Dear Perl Monger of Vancouver, > > I am a Perl Developer from Germany and want to move to Canada, especially Vancouver or Toronto ? what means I am looking for a work on site. > > Currently I am contacting and sending my resume to several companies, those i found via the Internet who may have open positions for a Perl Developer. > > As Developer you are maybe in a searching company as well and may give me a hint. > > Short description of my self: Perl (14 years), Programming (21 years), Team-Leading (3 years)., Main OS: Linux. Age: 33 > > Best wishes from the other side of this globe ;-) And forgive me, if you thing that kind of posting is off topic. 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URL: From scott+vancouver.pm at konobi.co.uk Mon Feb 23 14:17:07 2009 From: scott+vancouver.pm at konobi.co.uk (Scott McWhirter) Date: Mon, 23 Feb 2009 14:17:07 -0800 Subject: [Van-pm] Tech Meeting, 12th March 2009 @ Sophos In-Reply-To: References: <20090221010751.GA1119@bellini.etheridge.ca> Message-ID: Does anyone still have any contact with gozer to see if he might have an interest in talking about the differences between mod_perl1 and mod_perl2? I have minimal experience with mod_perl2, but I've done some work at Sophos and elsewhere in terms of trying to solve scaling/performance/architectural issues with HTTP applications. Did anyone have a specific vector in terms of doing HTTP talks? I also really like the idea of doing some lightning talks. Would many people be intrested in doing one? Right... back to PHP, iPhone apps and ObjC with me. thanks! -- -Scott McWhirter- | -konobi- On Fri, Feb 20, 2009 at 18:28, Luke Closs wrote: > My team is currently using mod_perl1 and anxiously eyeing mod_perl2, but > also looking at dropping apache in favour of other apps. > > Perhaps our next meeting could be on HTTP - and have some lightning talks > for different front-end and backend options... > > Luke > > On Fri, Feb 20, 2009 at 5:45 PM, Gavin Mogan wrote: >> >> As the one who brought this up, I'm absolutely interested in learning more >> about mod_perl. >> I'd really like to know what kinds of benefits can be gained from >> upgrading from mod_perl 1 to mod_perl 2 >> >> On Fri, Feb 20, 2009 at 5:07 PM, Karen Etheridge >> wrote: >>> >>> On Fri, Feb 20, 2009 at 04:11:55PM -0800, Scott McWhirter wrote: >>> > There also seemed to be some discussion around mod_perl and best >>> > practices, reducing overhead, performance, etc. Would folks be >>> > interested in a talk on the subject? >>> >>> Yes please.. but I'm one of those who voiced the original interest. :) >>> >>> PS. airg.com is hiring! Ping me for details, or just check out the job >>> listings at http://corp.airg.com (but make sure to mention this message >>> in >>> your application!) :) >>> >>> >>> -- >>> you forth love if honk then >>> . . . . . >>> Karen Etheridge, karen at etheridge.ca GCS C+++$ USL+++$ P+++$ w--- >>> M++ >>> http://etheridge.ca/ PS++ PE-- b++ DI++++ e++ h(-) >>> _______________________________________________ >>> Vancouver-pm mailing list >>> Vancouver-pm at pm.org >>> http://mail.pm.org/mailman/listinfo/vancouver-pm >> >> >> _______________________________________________ >> Vancouver-pm mailing list >> Vancouver-pm at pm.org >> http://mail.pm.org/mailman/listinfo/vancouver-pm > > > _______________________________________________ > Vancouver-pm mailing list > Vancouver-pm at pm.org > http://mail.pm.org/mailman/listinfo/vancouver-pm > From lukecloss at gmail.com Mon Feb 23 14:44:40 2009 From: lukecloss at gmail.com (Luke Closs) Date: Mon, 23 Feb 2009 14:44:40 -0800 Subject: [Van-pm] Tech Meeting, 12th March 2009 @ Sophos In-Reply-To: References: <20090221010751.GA1119@bellini.etheridge.ca> Message-ID: On Mon, Feb 23, 2009 at 2:17 PM, Scott McWhirter wrote: > Does anyone still have any contact with gozer to see if he might have > an interest in talking about the differences between mod_perl1 and > mod_perl2? > > I have minimal experience with mod_perl2, but I've done some work at > Sophos and elsewhere in terms of trying to solve > scaling/performance/architectural issues with HTTP applications. 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URL: From robin at robinclarke.net Mon Feb 23 14:47:44 2009 From: robin at robinclarke.net (Robin Clarke - Home) Date: Mon, 23 Feb 2009 14:47:44 -0800 (PST) Subject: [Van-pm] Tech Meeting, 12th March 2009 @ Sophos In-Reply-To: References: <20090221010751.GA1119@bellini.etheridge.ca> Message-ID: Hi all! If there is interest I could do a brief introduction to Catalyst (a MVC web framework). I'm by no means an expert, but we've been using it with good results in our team the last half year. Best regards, -Robin- On Mon, 23 Feb 2009, Scott McWhirter wrote: > Does anyone still have any contact with gozer to see if he might have > an interest in talking about the differences between mod_perl1 and > mod_perl2? > > I have minimal experience with mod_perl2, but I've done some work at > Sophos and elsewhere in terms of trying to solve > scaling/performance/architectural issues with HTTP applications. Did > anyone have a specific vector in terms of doing HTTP talks? > > I also really like the idea of doing some lightning talks. Would many > people be intrested in doing one? > > Right... back to PHP, iPhone apps and ObjC with me. > > thanks! > > > From lukecloss at gmail.com Mon Feb 23 15:05:07 2009 From: lukecloss at gmail.com (Luke Closs) Date: Mon, 23 Feb 2009 15:05:07 -0800 Subject: [Van-pm] Tech Meeting, 12th March 2009 @ Sophos In-Reply-To: References: <20090221010751.GA1119@bellini.etheridge.ca> Message-ID: On Mon, Feb 23, 2009 at 2:47 PM, Robin Clarke - Home wrote: > Hi all! > > If there is interest I could do a brief introduction to Catalyst (a MVC web > framework). I'm by no means an expert, but we've been using it with good > results in our team the last half year. > I'd find this interesting. I'm also interested in if you started using Catalyst on a brand new app, or if you ported something to it. Also, how does it scale. 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Best regards, -Robin- On Mon, 23 Feb 2009, Luke Closs wrote: > On Mon, Feb 23, 2009 at 2:47 PM, Robin Clarke - Home > wrote: > >> Hi all! >> >> If there is interest I could do a brief introduction to Catalyst (a MVC web >> framework). I'm by no means an expert, but we've been using it with good >> results in our team the last half year. >> > > I'd find this interesting. I'm also interested in if you started using > Catalyst on a brand new app, or if you ported something to it. Also, how > does it scale. > > Cheers, > Luke > From MichaelRWolf at att.net Tue Feb 24 09:44:19 2009 From: MichaelRWolf at att.net (Michael R. Wolf) Date: Tue, 24 Feb 2009 09:44:19 -0800 Subject: [Van-pm] Tech Meeting, 12th March 2009 @ Sophos In-Reply-To: References: <20090221010751.GA1119@bellini.etheridge.ca> Message-ID: <0C8D8D5F-813D-4BD5-9F41-04CE4F733059@att.net> On Feb 23, 2009, at 2:44 PM, Luke Closs wrote: > I just dipped my toes into *gasp* ruby to set up a shared web > calendar called Calagator - I set it up here: http:// > cal.wikrad.com. (Please help contribute!) I could put together a > 5m lightning talk on the process of getting that site up and running > from a perl hacker's perspective. Anything with a "*gasp*" around it is a prime candidate for sharing the knowledge among the group. Given that it falls into the "comparative religion" (oops, I mean "comparative linguistics") category, it's got great training potential, especially if you stick to "just the facts". One of my favorite parts about Damian Conway's "Perl Best Practices" book is how well it translates to *other* programming languages. I think he succeeds in that endeavor because of his non-attachment, even to his own personal preferences. In the preface, he states "Just thinking about these issues - becoming conscious of the way you write code -- can be of enormous benefit, even if you don't adopt a single one of the recommendations that follow." To that end, I find that knowing practices in any other language is helpful to my Perl. I learn something from good practices and bad practices. > -- Michael R. Wolf All mammals learn by playing! MichaelRWolf at att.net From scott+vancouver.pm at konobi.co.uk Tue Feb 24 14:39:34 2009 From: scott+vancouver.pm at konobi.co.uk (Scott McWhirter) Date: Tue, 24 Feb 2009 14:39:34 -0800 Subject: [Van-pm] Vancouver.pm Wiki Message-ID: Hi All, I've just setup a wiki for use by Vancouver.pm members for all things vancouver tech/perl related. Thanks a lot to socialtext and Luke Closs for hosting it for us. It's available at https://www.socialtext.net/vanpm/index.cgi?vancouver_perl_mongers To edit, you must login (and therefore register), however socialtext have been good about not sending me marketing emails or the like, so it's pretty resonable. I'd like to use the wiki as a space for people to register their interests in talks, talk suggestions and even a place for professional contacts or the like, so please feel free to go nuts. We have several van.pm members who are socialtext employees, so I'm sure if you're stuck anywhere, send an email to the list and someone'll get back to you. thanks! -- -Scott McWhirter- | -konobi- From tech at tool.de Wed Feb 25 12:58:32 2009 From: tech at tool.de (Andreas Hernitscheck) Date: Wed, 25 Feb 2009 21:58:32 +0100 Subject: [Van-pm] Tech Meeting, 12th March 2009 @ Sophos In-Reply-To: <0C8D8D5F-813D-4BD5-9F41-04CE4F733059@att.net> References: <20090221010751.GA1119@bellini.etheridge.ca> <0C8D8D5F-813D-4BD5-9F41-04CE4F733059@att.net> Message-ID: <49A5B0F8.1080603@tool.de> Dear Vancouver Perl Mongers, I will be in Vancouver on 12. March and wonder if I may invite myself to the planned Meeting at Sophos? I am also interested in the suggested speech about Catalyst. If you wish I could also talk about techniques I used in projects (or I can stay silently in a corner ;-). If this is OK for you; When does it start and what magic word do i have to say on the entrance to get in? ;-) best regards Andreas Hernitscheck from Germany -------------- next part -------------- An HTML attachment was scrubbed... URL: From kvn.jns at gmail.com Wed Feb 25 18:12:09 2009 From: kvn.jns at gmail.com (Kevin Jones) Date: Wed, 25 Feb 2009 18:12:09 -0800 Subject: [Van-pm] Tech Meeting, 12th March 2009 @ Sophos In-Reply-To: References: Message-ID: <8ee6ac950902251812u340c2b25ieead11a638faf7c4@mail.gmail.com> 2009/2/20 Scott McWhirter > Currently I have Luke Closs lined up to do the talk he was wanting to > present at the February meeting. Kevin Jones has also suggested that > he do a talk on Shindig. There were a few other suggestion came out in > terms of things people would be interested in hearing about. Jerome > Pimmel has suggested talking about BDD (Behavioural Driven > Development), I suggested perhaps talking about the Varnish caching > server. I have opera tickets for March 12th, so I won't be able to talk about shindig that day. I'll have to do the talk at the April meeting. Kevin -------------- next part -------------- An HTML attachment was scrubbed... URL: From simmons.chris at gmail.com Thu Feb 26 09:19:57 2009 From: simmons.chris at gmail.com (Chris Simmons) Date: Thu, 26 Feb 2009 09:19:57 -0800 Subject: [Van-pm] Job Posting: Threat Researcher at Sophos Message-ID: <625b0a180902260919s287f3296nc7192340aee2ae5d@mail.gmail.com> Hi all, Sophos is hiring a threat researcher. This is the type of job where you get your hands dirty playing with live viruses, reverse engineering them, and figuring out how to detect them. Respond to me personally if you're interested. -chris Threat Researcher SophosLabs is recruiting for a Threat Researcher to work closely with our global team of highly specialized security experts. As a Threat Researcher you will be part of the front line responsible for helping to protect millions of users worldwide from computer security threats like malware, spam and phishing. The successful candidate will be providing analysis and detection of the latest threats and helping to create the next generation of SophosLabs research tools. The ideal candidate possesses an interest in threat detection and for paying attention to detail. This position is based at our Canadian office in Vancouver, British Columbia. Responsibilities ? Analysis of viruses, spam campaigns and other threats ? Reverse engineering of files to find out their functionality and risks to customers ? Writing identities for threats with enough detail to be added into the Sophos?s security products for immediate provision to customers. ? Writing threat descriptions for publication on the Sophos website and threat research whitepapers. ? Build detection data files, run automated tests and submit to company publishing systems for customer use ? Triage LabRequests submitted by other departments and respond to task or escalate more complex issues to senior team members. ? Answering customer queries routed via Technical Support and internal queries from all departments. ? Identify opportunities to write Blogs for submittal on the Sophos website to raise customer awareness. ? Shift and weekend working may be required. Experience and Skills Essential: ? Embedded software development experience. ? Experience with a wide array of Internet technologies and protocols (HTML, JavaScript, SMTP, DNS). ? Experience with Unix/Linux and Microsoft Windows ? Proven problem solving skills with an inquisitive nature Desirable: ? Experience of Assembler (8086) is a plus ? SQL, Perl ? Experience of a broad range of operating systems and file formats ? Must have an analytical and methodical approach to your workflow ? Ability to prioritize and organize assigned tasks. ? Bachelors degree in Computer Software (or equivalent) ? Malware and Computer security experience is a plus ? Experience of reverse engineering desired but not essential. ? Interest in Threat Detection -------------- next part -------------- An HTML attachment was scrubbed... URL: