From brian.d.foy at gmail.com Thu Feb 7 15:52:23 2008 From: brian.d.foy at gmail.com (brian d foy) Date: Thu, 7 Feb 2008 17:52:23 -0600 Subject: [WindyCity-pm] Windy City discount for Stonehenge Open Enrollment classes in April Message-ID: <2715accf0802071552s263b1400x43be86368e1c9102@mail.gmail.com> I'm giving anyone on this list (and your friends) first shot at open enrollment Perl training that Stonehenge will offer in downtown Chicago from April 14-18. This is a low cost offereing, so Stonehenge will not be providing meals or laptops. The location has plenty of nearby restaurants and you need to bring your own computer. I'll have complete details later next week---this is a special pre-announcement offering for our friends. :) Here are the public rates, and the rates I'll give for Windy City Perl Mongers people. I can take a credit card or a purchase order. If you or your company are interested in this, contact me right away. I can't reserve seats without a payment arrangement, and it's first-pay first served. There are only 20 slots per class. Companies that want to send several students can ask for a deeper discount. Day courses, 9am to 5pm --------------- Learning Perl, April 16-18, $750/person --> $700 for WindyCity.pm Catalyst, April 14-15, $500/person --> $450 for WindyCity.pm Night courses, 6pm to 9pm --------------- Test Driven Dev., April 14-15, $250/person --> $200 for WindyCity.pm For more details, see Stonehenge's open enrollment class page: http://www.stonehenge.com/open_enrollment.html -- brian d foy http://www.pair.com/~comdog/ From brian.d.foy at gmail.com Sat Feb 9 23:00:07 2008 From: brian.d.foy at gmail.com (brian d foy) Date: Sun, 10 Feb 2008 01:00:07 -0600 Subject: [WindyCity-pm] Robert Spier is in town on February 16 Message-ID: <2715accf0802092300w3bde9f6dk70055cc53226f468@mail.gmail.com> Robert Spier is going to be in Chicago on Saturday, February 16th with not much planned. A lot of us are going to Frozen Perl so we won't be around. Anyone want to organize a lunch with Robert? -- brian d foy http://www.pair.com/~comdog/ From brian.d.foy at gmail.com Wed Feb 13 21:44:59 2008 From: brian.d.foy at gmail.com (brian d foy) Date: Wed, 13 Feb 2008 23:44:59 -0600 Subject: [WindyCity-pm] Who wants Catalyst books? Message-ID: <2715accf0802132144s45b0fa0fg7085e2863cfbcdf5@mail.gmail.com> I just ordered a big book of Catalyst books at a discount that the publisher gave me. The online book sellers aren't discounting, so you can get them from me or Jonathan for $25. If you want to get one from me at the next meeting let me know so I bring enough. Bring cash, go home with Catalyst. -- brian d foy http://www.pair.com/~comdog/ From joshua.mcadams at gmail.com Tue Feb 19 09:21:35 2008 From: joshua.mcadams at gmail.com (Joshua McAdams) Date: Tue, 19 Feb 2008 11:21:35 -0600 Subject: [WindyCity-pm] Chicago Perl Seminar Message-ID: <49d805d70802190921m4e9cd737rbb5870a6f9d11e33@mail.gmail.com> Would any of you be interested (and able to attend) a monthly (typically) Perl-focused seminar held downtown during the workday? We are thinking about bringing in big names in Perl from around the country (world maybe) and would like to gauge how much interest there is. Also, suggestions on days and times are very welcome, as are speaker ideas. Thanks, Josh From chicago.pm at galumph.com Tue Feb 19 09:36:58 2008 From: chicago.pm at galumph.com (Elliot Shank) Date: Tue, 19 Feb 2008 11:36:58 -0600 Subject: [WindyCity-pm] [Chicago-talk] Chicago Perl Seminar In-Reply-To: <49d805d70802190921m4e9cd737rbb5870a6f9d11e33@mail.gmail.com> References: <49d805d70802190921m4e9cd737rbb5870a6f9d11e33@mail.gmail.com> Message-ID: <47BB13BA.4090804@galumph.com> Joshua McAdams wrote: > Would any of you be interested (and able to attend) a monthly > (typically) Perl-focused seminar held downtown during the workday? We > are thinking about bringing in big names in Perl from around the > country (world maybe) and would like to gauge how much interest there > is. Also, suggestions on days and times are very welcome, as are > speaker ideas. Are we talking an all-day thing? I'm certainly interested. From perl at galumph.com Tue Feb 19 09:36:47 2008 From: perl at galumph.com (Elliot Shank) Date: Tue, 19 Feb 2008 11:36:47 -0600 Subject: [WindyCity-pm] [Chicago-talk] Chicago Perl Seminar In-Reply-To: <49d805d70802190921m4e9cd737rbb5870a6f9d11e33@mail.gmail.com> References: <49d805d70802190921m4e9cd737rbb5870a6f9d11e33@mail.gmail.com> Message-ID: <47BB13AF.8040207@galumph.com> Joshua McAdams wrote: > Would any of you be interested (and able to attend) a monthly > (typically) Perl-focused seminar held downtown during the workday? We > are thinking about bringing in big names in Perl from around the > country (world maybe) and would like to gauge how much interest there > is. Also, suggestions on days and times are very welcome, as are > speaker ideas. Are we talking an all-day thing? I'm certainly interested. From joshua.mcadams at gmail.com Tue Feb 19 09:40:28 2008 From: joshua.mcadams at gmail.com (Joshua McAdams) Date: Tue, 19 Feb 2008 11:40:28 -0600 Subject: [WindyCity-pm] [Chicago-talk] Chicago Perl Seminar In-Reply-To: <47BB13BA.4090804@galumph.com> References: <49d805d70802190921m4e9cd737rbb5870a6f9d11e33@mail.gmail.com> <47BB13BA.4090804@galumph.com> Message-ID: <49d805d70802190940n34fead27u8133cafbcb5d9959@mail.gmail.com> > Are we talking an all-day thing? > > I'm certainly interested. All-day would probably put too much stress on the speaker. I'm thinking something more in-line with the Google tech talks.... one or two hours. As far as when, I'm thinking during lunch (for people who can't get off any other time) or later in the workday, so that people can come in early, leave early, and stop by the talk before getting on the train to go home. From kent at c2group.net Tue Feb 19 11:21:28 2008 From: kent at c2group.net (Kent Cowgill) Date: Tue, 19 Feb 2008 13:21:28 -0600 Subject: [WindyCity-pm] [Chicago-talk] Chicago Perl Seminar In-Reply-To: <49d805d70802190921m4e9cd737rbb5870a6f9d11e33@mail.gmail.com> References: <49d805d70802190921m4e9cd737rbb5870a6f9d11e33@mail.gmail.com> Message-ID: <16C737C5-253F-4A0D-BB43-4BC05F6988A9@c2group.net> On Feb 19, 2008, at 11:21 AM, Joshua McAdams wrote: > Would any of you be interested (and able to attend) a monthly > (typically) Perl-focused seminar held downtown during the workday? We > are thinking about bringing in big names in Perl from around the > country (world maybe) and would like to gauge how much interest there > is. Also, suggestions on days and times are very welcome, as are > speaker ideas. I'm definitely interested. As far as days and times - I think I like the lunch suggestion best. And if that's the time, then I don't know that I would personally have a preference for a given day over another. -Kent Cowgill C2 Group, Inc. kent at c2group.net http://www.c2group.net 312.804.0160 From joshua.mcadams at gmail.com Tue Feb 19 14:53:30 2008 From: joshua.mcadams at gmail.com (Joshua McAdams) Date: Tue, 19 Feb 2008 16:53:30 -0600 Subject: [WindyCity-pm] [Chicago-talk] Chicago Perl Seminar In-Reply-To: References: <20080219181032.2F68A341C@a-sasl-quonix.pobox.com> Message-ID: <49d805d70802191453v528c6b92x67e8fcf780598497@mail.gmail.com> > What would be the difference between this and having the same person > come and do a talk at a PM meeting? I'd be interested either way, > unfortunately there's no way for me to attend (since I work in the > 'burbs). The difference would be that it would allow for people who can't make the night meetings downtown to come to some meetings/seminars. We'd probably end up having the speaker stay over and come to an 'emergency' PM meeting the night of the talk if they were willing. Basically, I'm just trying to shake it up a bit and start having more options for meetings. There are some communities that actually have all of their user group meetings during the day because people are already concentrated downtown and can get the 2 hours off from work. I figured this would be worth a shot. Plus, I have a better chance of getting the speaker's travel paid for if I can get them to speak during the workday at an office. From warren.lindsey at gmail.com Tue Feb 19 17:02:54 2008 From: warren.lindsey at gmail.com (warren.lindsey at gmail.com) Date: Tue, 19 Feb 2008 19:02:54 -0600 Subject: [WindyCity-pm] [Chicago-talk] Chicago Perl Seminar In-Reply-To: <49d805d70802191453v528c6b92x67e8fcf780598497@mail.gmail.com> References: <20080219181032.2F68A341C@a-sasl-quonix.pobox.com> <49d805d70802191453v528c6b92x67e8fcf780598497@mail.gmail.com> Message-ID: <841e880a0802191702v24903e0xc15d54ac0ccd63c7@mail.gmail.com> I too would be interested indeed. Upper limit of work escape time would also be ~2 hours. Anything more starts to look like a half-day once you start to count commute time. On 2/19/08, Joshua McAdams wrote: > > What would be the difference between this and having the same person > > come and do a talk at a PM meeting? I'd be interested either way, > > unfortunately there's no way for me to attend (since I work in the > > 'burbs). > > The difference would be that it would allow for people who can't make > the night meetings downtown to come to some meetings/seminars. We'd > probably end up having the speaker stay over and come to an > 'emergency' PM meeting the night of the talk if they were willing. > Basically, I'm just trying to shake it up a bit and start having more > options for meetings. There are some communities that actually have > all of their user group meetings during the day because people are > already concentrated downtown and can get the 2 hours off from work. > I figured this would be worth a shot. Plus, I have a better chance of > getting the speaker's travel paid for if I can get them to speak > during the workday at an office. > _______________________________________________ > WindyCity-pm mailing list > WindyCity-pm at pm.org > http://mail.pm.org/mailman/listinfo/windycity-pm > From a.wong2.nu at gmail.com Tue Feb 19 20:27:14 2008 From: a.wong2.nu at gmail.com (Tony Wong) Date: Tue, 19 Feb 2008 22:27:14 -0600 Subject: [WindyCity-pm] [Chicago-talk] Chicago Perl Seminar In-Reply-To: <49d805d70802190921m4e9cd737rbb5870a6f9d11e33@mail.gmail.com> References: <49d805d70802190921m4e9cd737rbb5870a6f9d11e33@mail.gmail.com> Message-ID: <334a3ab20802192027w7a7becdev8f53d41bc97dce1c@mail.gmail.com> I'd certainly be interested and willing to come. I haven't been able to come out for the last couple of Windy City PM meetings because of a standing Tuesday evening appointment since the beginning of the year. Since I missed Frozen Perl too (last minute) because of family reasons, I'm eager for some Perl content. Days/times are flexible for me since it would be during the workday. Thanks, Tony On Feb 19, 2008 11:21 AM, Joshua McAdams wrote: > Would any of you be interested (and able to attend) a monthly > (typically) Perl-focused seminar held downtown during the workday? We > are thinking about bringing in big names in Perl from around the > country (world maybe) and would like to gauge how much interest there > is. Also, suggestions on days and times are very welcome, as are > speaker ideas. > > Thanks, > Josh > _______________________________________________ > Chicago-talk mailing list > Chicago-talk at pm.org > http://mail.pm.org/mailman/listinfo/chicago-talk > From joshua.mcadams at gmail.com Wed Feb 20 06:38:08 2008 From: joshua.mcadams at gmail.com (Joshua McAdams) Date: Wed, 20 Feb 2008 08:38:08 -0600 Subject: [WindyCity-pm] Fwd: Floruish Conference 2008 Registration is Open In-Reply-To: <3d76512f0802192119l4386bc66ld9d1dacc89d238d@mail.gmail.com> References: <59732.131.193.35.151.1203348191.squirrel@acm.cs.uic.edu> <3d76512f0802192119l4386bc66ld9d1dacc89d238d@mail.gmail.com> Message-ID: <49d805d70802200638g76cf1abt55f619f25650e034@mail.gmail.com> Hello Everyone, Registration for Flourish Conference 2008 is now open. Please register if you plan on attending: http://www.flourishconf.com/ Thank you, Joel Luellwitz -- Linux Users Of Northern Illinois - Technical Discussion http://luni.org/mailman/listinfo/luni From frag at ripco.com Wed Feb 20 09:21:43 2008 From: frag at ripco.com (Mike Fragassi) Date: Wed, 20 Feb 2008 11:21:43 -0600 (CST) Subject: [WindyCity-pm] When is the February meeting? Message-ID: I see to remember something about it being moved because of Frozen Perl, but I haven't received any email about it. - Mike F. From e.ellington at gmail.com Wed Feb 20 09:48:40 2008 From: e.ellington at gmail.com (Eric Ellington) Date: Wed, 20 Feb 2008 11:48:40 -0600 Subject: [WindyCity-pm] When is the February meeting? In-Reply-To: References: Message-ID: The Google calender says: Tue, February 26, 7 ? 8pm. On Feb 20, 2008 11:21 AM, Mike Fragassi wrote: > > I see to remember something about it being moved because of Frozen Perl, > but I haven't received any email about it. > > - Mike F. > > _______________________________________________ > WindyCity-pm mailing list > WindyCity-pm at pm.org > http://mail.pm.org/mailman/listinfo/windycity-pm > -- Eric Ellington e.ellington at gmail.com From joshua.mcadams at gmail.com Wed Feb 20 10:58:13 2008 From: joshua.mcadams at gmail.com (Joshua McAdams) Date: Wed, 20 Feb 2008 12:58:13 -0600 Subject: [WindyCity-pm] When is the February meeting? In-Reply-To: References: Message-ID: <49d805d70802201058y5f7b6e3bp9056024eefc8f1ab@mail.gmail.com> > The Google calender says: Tue, February 26, 7 ? 8pm. I guess that means I need to get my part of the perl 5.10 presentation together this weekend :) From brian.d.foy at gmail.com Wed Feb 20 15:01:04 2008 From: brian.d.foy at gmail.com (brian d foy) Date: Wed, 20 Feb 2008 17:01:04 -0600 Subject: [WindyCity-pm] Windy City on SlideShare Message-ID: <2715accf0802201501p4f1d09a8q7fa353e9d82600bd@mail.gmail.com> Put your talks in SlideShare: I've put my slides on SlideShare, and Josh and Kent have some of theirs there too. Here are some links to get you started: People: http://www.slideshare.net/brian_d_foy http://www.slideshare.net/joshua.mcadams http://www.slideshare.net/kcowgill Add yourself to the Perl or Windy City groups: http://www.slideshare.net/group/perl http://www.slideshare.net/group/windy-city-perl-mongers Events: http://www.slideshare.net/event/yapcna-chicago-2006 http://www.slideshare.net/event/yapcna-houston-2007 http://www.slideshare.net/event/yapcna-chicago-2008 http://www.slideshare.net/event/frozen-perl -- brian d foy http://www.pair.com/~comdog/ From perl at galumph.com Wed Feb 20 16:07:59 2008 From: perl at galumph.com (Elliot Shank) Date: Wed, 20 Feb 2008 18:07:59 -0600 Subject: [WindyCity-pm] Windy City on SlideShare In-Reply-To: <2715accf0802201501p4f1d09a8q7fa353e9d82600bd@mail.gmail.com> References: <2715accf0802201501p4f1d09a8q7fa353e9d82600bd@mail.gmail.com> Message-ID: <47BCC0DF.4030302@galumph.com> brian d foy wrote: > Put your talks in SlideShare: > > I've put my slides on SlideShare, and Josh and Kent have some of theirs > there too. Here are some links to get you started: Unfortunately, they force you to register to download anything. You don't need to register to view the slides in their Flash viewer. From tzz at lifelogs.com Thu Feb 21 08:39:00 2008 From: tzz at lifelogs.com (Ted Zlatanov) Date: Thu, 21 Feb 2008 10:39:00 -0600 Subject: [WindyCity-pm] [Chicago-talk] Chicago Perl Seminar In-Reply-To: <49d805d70802190921m4e9cd737rbb5870a6f9d11e33@mail.gmail.com> (Joshua McAdams's message of "Tue, 19 Feb 2008 11:21:35 -0600") References: <49d805d70802190921m4e9cd737rbb5870a6f9d11e33@mail.gmail.com> Message-ID: <863armz2l7.fsf@lifelogs.com> On Tue, 19 Feb 2008 11:21:35 -0600 "Joshua McAdams" wrote: JM> Would any of you be interested (and able to attend) a monthly JM> (typically) Perl-focused seminar held downtown during the workday? We JM> are thinking about bringing in big names in Perl from around the JM> country (world maybe) and would like to gauge how much interest there JM> is. Also, suggestions on days and times are very welcome, as are JM> speaker ideas. I'd be interested, especially around lunch time regardless of the day. Go with Klipsch speakers, they are OK :) Ted From craigberry at mac.com Thu Feb 21 13:59:16 2008 From: craigberry at mac.com (Craig A. Berry) Date: Thu, 21 Feb 2008 15:59:16 -0600 Subject: [WindyCity-pm] Chicago Perl Seminar In-Reply-To: <49d805d70802190921m4e9cd737rbb5870a6f9d11e33@mail.gmail.com> References: <49d805d70802190921m4e9cd737rbb5870a6f9d11e33@mail.gmail.com> Message-ID: At 11:21 AM -0600 2/19/08, Joshua McAdams wrote: >Would any of you be interested (and able to attend) a monthly >(typically) Perl-focused seminar held downtown during the workday? We >are thinking about bringing in big names in Perl from around the >country (world maybe) and would like to gauge how much interest there >is. Also, suggestions on days and times are very welcome, as are >speaker ideas. This is a great idea. If something like 4:30-6:30 could be considered "during the workday" it might be easier for some people to knock off work early than to take a long lunch, plus more conducive to continuing into a regular Perl Mongers meeting. But I'm ok with either. As far as people ideas, one very crude measure of who's who in Perl-land is who contributed the most patches to the core in the 5.10 era (see list below). Perhaps a more interesting query would be the authors of the most-downloaded CPAN modules, assuming the requisite stats are available. % perl Porting/checkAUTHORS.pl --rank Changes5.10 2245: nicholas 2121: rgs 1448: jhi 562: stevep 525: davem 422: steveh 299: craigb 226: merijn 202: andy at petdance.com 187: demerphq 186: mhx 164: jdhedden at cpan.org perlbug at perl.org 145: gisle 140: hv 116: jand at activestate.com 110: sthoenna at efn.org 101: schwern at pobox.com < fewer than 100 patches snipped > -- ________________________________________ Craig A. Berry mailto:craigberry at mac.com "... getting out of a sonnet is much more difficult than getting in." Brad Leithauser From joshua.mcadams at gmail.com Mon Feb 25 11:51:08 2008 From: joshua.mcadams at gmail.com (Joshua McAdams) Date: Mon, 25 Feb 2008 13:51:08 -0600 Subject: [WindyCity-pm] WindyCity.pm Meeting Tomorrow Message-ID: <49d805d70802251151n2079317dhb00af88d25c4baba@mail.gmail.com> Just a friendly reminder that there is a Chicago.pm meeting tomorrow at 7pm at Performics (180 N LaSalle 12th Floor). The topic of the meeting will be "New Features in Perl 5.10". If you haven't rsvp'd before, please let me know that you are coming. From joshua.mcadams at gmail.com Mon Feb 25 22:19:54 2008 From: joshua.mcadams at gmail.com (Joshua McAdams) Date: Tue, 26 Feb 2008 00:19:54 -0600 Subject: [WindyCity-pm] Last call for the February Meeting of Chicago.pm/WindyCity.pm Message-ID: <49d805d70802252219h1d362f5ax35e4d966cf80e0d9@mail.gmail.com> Who knew that a talk on Perl 5.10 would be such a hot topic... I sure didn't. Regardless, I've gotten a slew of RSVP's for the meeting today (Tuesday February 26th at 7pm) so I wanted to put out one more final call for RSVPs just in case anyone didn't see the first round. If you haven't RSVP'd for a Chicago.pm/WindyCity.pm meeting in the last few months and if you even have the slightest urge to come to the meeting, please let me know by noon today so that I can get you on the security list. The meeting will be a group discussion/exploration led by brian d foy and myself on some of the changes that have gone into Perl 5.10, or as I like to call it in front of my Java friends, Perl 10 (joke). The meeting will begin around 7pm on Tuesday February 26th at the offices of Performics at 180 N La Salle St. on the 12th floor. See you tonight! Josh