From admin at yapcna.org  Thu Mar  1 01:00:03 2012
From: admin at yapcna.org (YAPC::NA Director)
Date: Thu, 1 Mar 2012 04:00:03 -0500
Subject: [yapc] Thank You Sponsors!
Message-ID: <4f4f3a94.0567650a.5109.4498@mx.google.com>

We?d like to thank our_sponsors for stepping up to support us. We really
couldn?t do this without their support.
You too could sponsor_YAPC.
[From the YAPC::NA_Blog.]
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From admin at yapcna.org  Fri Mar  2 01:00:02 2012
From: admin at yapcna.org (YAPC::NA Director)
Date: Fri, 2 Mar 2012 04:00:02 -0500
Subject: [yapc] Migrating an Enterprise across 14 Perl Releases
Message-ID: <4f508c16.c316ec0a.7eb3.59fd@mx.google.com>

Steffen Mueller will give a talk at YAPC::NA_2012 described as:
     Booking.com is the world?s leading online travel agent for hotel
     reservations. It is a wildly successful enterprise that was built
     with Perl at its heart. The company?s IT team runs millions of
     lines of Perl code on thousands of servers.
     In this presentation, we will outline how we migrate(d) one of the
     world?s biggest users of Perl across 14 stable releases of Perl
     from 5.8.5 to 5.14.2, why we did that, what bit us, and what we
     learned from it.
[From the YAPC::NA_Blog.]
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From jkeen at verizon.net  Fri Mar  2 05:18:16 2012
From: jkeen at verizon.net (James E Keenan)
Date: Fri, 02 Mar 2012 08:18:16 -0500
Subject: [yapc] Why is new registration required?
Message-ID: <4F50C898.5000902@verizon.net>

When I went to register for YAPC::NA::2012 last night, I first attempted 
to login with the username and password I have used at all Perl 
conferences since we started using ACT (2003?).  The login was 
repeatedly rejected.  (I know I had the correct username and password 
because I've recently been using them for the DC-Baltimore Perl Workshop.)

So I had no choice but to create a new user (via responding to a link in 
an email sent by the registration system).  So now I have two identical 
usernames for Perl conferences but different passwords.

Does anyone know why this is so?

Thank you very much.
Jim Keenan

From perl.yapc at rjbs.manxome.org  Fri Mar  2 06:26:39 2012
From: perl.yapc at rjbs.manxome.org (Ricardo Signes)
Date: Fri, 2 Mar 2012 09:26:39 -0500
Subject: [yapc] Why is new registration required?
In-Reply-To: <4F50C898.5000902@verizon.net>
References: <4F50C898.5000902@verizon.net>
Message-ID: <20120302142639.GA1905@cancer.codesimply.com>

* James E Keenan <jkeen at verizon.net> [2012-03-02T08:18:16]
> So I had no choice but to create a new user (via responding to a
> link in an email sent by the registration system).  So now I have
> two identical usernames for Perl conferences but different
> passwords.
> 
> Does anyone know why this is so?

JT and his crew have made a bunch of changes to ACT to add new features, etc,
and those have not yet been merged to mainline ACT and deployed to the common
install.

-- 
rjbs
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From jkeen at verizon.net  Fri Mar  2 15:35:16 2012
From: jkeen at verizon.net (James E Keenan)
Date: Fri, 02 Mar 2012 18:35:16 -0500
Subject: [yapc] Why is new registration required?
In-Reply-To: <20120302142639.GA1905@cancer.codesimply.com>
References: <4F50C898.5000902@verizon.net>
	<20120302142639.GA1905@cancer.codesimply.com>
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On 3/2/12 9:26 AM, Ricardo Signes wrote:

>
> JT and his crew have made a bunch of changes to ACT to add new features, etc,
> and those have not yet been merged to mainline ACT and deployed to the common
> install.

Rik, thanks for the clarification.  Makes sense.

jimk

From admin at yapcna.org  Sat Mar  3 01:00:02 2012
From: admin at yapcna.org (YAPC::NA Director)
Date: Sat, 3 Mar 2012 04:00:02 -0500
Subject: [yapc] Advanced Modulinos
Message-ID: <4f51dd93.26a1ec0a.3594.5f7e@mx.google.com>

brian d foy will be giving a talk at YAPC::NA_2012 described as:
     A modulino is a module that also can act like a script. This talk
     explores how a typical command-line invocation of the script, with
     switches and standard input and output, can connect with a module?s
     interface without sacrificing flexibility.
[From the YAPC::NA_Blog.]
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From admin at yapcna.org  Sun Mar  4 01:00:03 2012
From: admin at yapcna.org (YAPC::NA Director)
Date: Sun, 4 Mar 2012 04:00:03 -0500
Subject: [yapc] Last Call For Presenters
Message-ID: <4f532f14.aa9aec0a.5f49.0b4c@mx.google.com>

The talk_submission_process for YAPC::NA_2012 closes on March 15th. After that
time we?ll finish building out the schedule with the talks that have been
submitted. So if you?d like your talk considered, please submit_it_today.
[From the YAPC::NA_Blog.]
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From admin at yapcna.org  Sun Mar  4 09:00:02 2012
From: admin at yapcna.org (YAPC::NA Director)
Date: Sun, 4 Mar 2012 12:00:02 -0500
Subject: [yapc] All Talks Welcome
Message-ID: <4f539f93.181b640a.2777.4076@mx.google.com>

I???ve apparently been too effective in asking_for_the_talks_we_want_for_our
primary_two_tracks, or not effective enough at explaining that we have 5 total
tracks and that you can submit any kind of talk you want for YAPC::NA_2012.? I
say this becauseSawyer_X_posted_a_comment_indicating_he_didn???t_think_his
talks_would_be_welcome. I apologize that I gave that impression to anyone.
For the record, here are the tracks at YAPC::NA 2012:
   1. Perl in the Wild - Real world Perl applications.
   2. Perl 101 - The stuff everybody needs to know to be a good Perl
      programmer.
   3. Anything Goes #1 - Talk about your favorite module, framework, or what
      halve you.
   4. Anything Goes #2 - Same as Anything Goes #1.
   5. Mini Workshops - 1 or 2 hour long hands-on tutorials.? 
We???re still looking for sessions to fill all of those areas, although we
could definitely use some 1-hour long mini workshops.? 
[From the YAPC::NA_Blog.]
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From c.nehren/yapc at shadowcat.co.uk  Sun Mar  4 14:50:50 2012
From: c.nehren/yapc at shadowcat.co.uk (Chris Nehren)
Date: Sun, 4 Mar 2012 17:50:50 -0500
Subject: [yapc] All Talks Welcome
In-Reply-To: <4f539f93.181b640a.2777.4076@mx.google.com>
References: <4f539f93.181b640a.2777.4076@mx.google.com>
Message-ID: <9BBB1CA2-A22B-4CFA-8745-D0FA964FCABC@shadowcat.co.uk>

On Mar 4, 2012, at 12:00, YAPC::NA Director wrote:

> I?ve apparently been too effective in asking for the talks we want for our primary two tracks, or not effective enough at explaining that we have 5 total tracks and that you can submit any kind of talk you want for YAPC::NA 2012. I say this because Sawyer X posted a comment indicating he didn?t think his talks would be welcome. I apologize that I gave that impression to anyone.

In light of the misunderstanding, perhaps you should consider extending the deadline a few weeks?

-- 
Thanks and best regards,
Chris Nehren
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From admin at yapcna.org  Sun Mar  4 15:13:55 2012
From: admin at yapcna.org (JT Smith)
Date: Sun, 4 Mar 2012 17:13:55 -0600
Subject: [yapc] All Talks Welcome
In-Reply-To: <9BBB1CA2-A22B-4CFA-8745-D0FA964FCABC@shadowcat.co.uk>
References: <4f539f93.181b640a.2777.4076@mx.google.com>
	<9BBB1CA2-A22B-4CFA-8745-D0FA964FCABC@shadowcat.co.uk>
Message-ID: <2D720609-2421-46FE-B938-CBECE2F3FDCB@yapcna.org>

Why? If it takes you more than two weeks to write a paragraph or two about what you're speaking about, it doesn't seem to me that you'll be able to get it done if I give you four weeks. 

JT Smith
Director, YAPC::NA 2012
http://www.yapcna.org

PS 

Another way you can support Perl is by adding a link to the bottom of your web site, or on your credits / thank you page to http://www.perl.org
	

On Mar 4, 2012, at 4:50 PM, Chris Nehren wrote:

> On Mar 4, 2012, at 12:00, YAPC::NA Director wrote:
> 
>> I?ve apparently been too effective in asking for the talks we want for our primary two tracks, or not effective enough at explaining that we have 5 total tracks and that you can submit any kind of talk you want for YAPC::NA 2012. I say this because Sawyer X posted a comment indicating he didn?t think his talks would be welcome. I apologize that I gave that impression to anyone.
> 
> In light of the misunderstanding, perhaps you should consider extending the deadline a few weeks?
> 
> -- 
> Thanks and best regards,
> Chris Nehren
> _______________________________________________
> yapc mailing list
> yapc at pm.org
> http://mail.pm.org/mailman/listinfo/yapc

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From admin at yapcna.org  Mon Mar  5 01:00:03 2012
From: admin at yapcna.org (YAPC::NA Director)
Date: Mon, 5 Mar 2012 04:00:03 -0500
Subject: I’m happy to announce that Rimm-Kaufman Group (RKG) has...
Message-ID: <4f548094.ab52ec0a.2939.685c@mx.google.com>

[http://27.media.tumblr.com/tumblr_m02uv5YZzt1qm5pt2o1_500.jpg]

I?m happy to announce that Rimm-Kaufman_Group_(RKG) has decided to sponsor
YAPC::NA_2012.
RKG is a full-service digital marketing agency that combines talented and
creative marketing analysts with unmatched proprietary technological
capabilities to create the industry?s most efficient and effective data-
driven online marketing solutions. We drive business to our clients by
maximizing a full range of opportunities including Pay-Per-Click, SEO, Social
Media Advertising, Comparison Shopping Management, Display Advertising and
Multichannel Attribution Management Services. RKG was founded in 2003 and works
with organizations ranging in size from young startups to established Fortune
500 companies in sectors including retail, travel and finance.
[From the YAPC::NA_Blog.]
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From admin at yapcna.org  Tue Mar  6 01:00:02 2012
From: admin at yapcna.org (YAPC::NA Director)
Date: Tue, 6 Mar 2012 04:00:02 -0500
Subject: [yapc] YAPC::NA Planning Meeting Tonight
Message-ID: <4f55d214.1504650a.5be4.ffffaebf@mx.google.com>

It?s the first Tuesday of the month, so that means it?s YAPC::NA Planning
Meeting time. If you?re in the Madison area, or don?t mind a drive there is
a YAPC planning meeting tonight at the Essen_Haus at 7pm. As always the food
and beer are sponsored by Plain_Black, and the room is sponsored by Essen Haus.
We?ve got a lot to discuss so the meeting will probably last until around
9pm, but you?re free to come and go as you please.
[From the YAPC::NA_Blog.]
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From admin at yapcna.org  Wed Mar  7 01:00:03 2012
From: admin at yapcna.org (YAPC::NA Director)
Date: Wed, 7 Mar 2012 04:00:03 -0500
Subject: [yapc] Test Automation Workshop
Message-ID: <4f572394.181b640a.2777.1ce7@mx.google.com>

Gabor_Szabo will run a Test Automation Training Workshop at YAPC::NA_2012.? The
workshop will be for the two days prior to the conference (Monday and Tuesday
June 11 and 12).
Gabor Szabo will run a Test Automation Training Workshop.

The 2 days class will include both lectures and hands on exercises. Therefore
the participants are requested to bring their own notebook machine to be able
to enjoy the whole course.

The assumption is that people are familiar with Perl but have little or no
experience in writing tests in Perl.

In the first 3/4 of the course we???ll learn about the testing framework
available in Perl (TAP and the Test::* modules). In last 1/4 we are going to
learn about various tools to interact with external system (e.g. Databases, Web
applications, Networking devices, CLI).

After the course the participants will be able to write test for their
applications. They will be able to setup a simple smoke testing
environment to run regression tests, collect the results,
and create nice reports.

During the class we???ll be talking about unit, integration,
system and even acceptance testing with both white- and
black-box testing in mind.
It will come in four parts:
Part 1
    * Introduction to testing, why, when, who and how? ?
    * Understanding the basic tasks of the QA engineer
    * Introduction to TAP - the Test Anything Protocol
    * Testing tools in Perl for testing Perl Modules (Test::Simple, Test::More)
Part 2
    * Common reporting framework (Test::Harness)
    * Extending the testing framework (Test::Builder)
    * Other testing modules including Test::Most, Test::Deep
Part 3
    * More from Test::* (e.g. Test::Warn, Test::Exception)
    * Setting up continuous integration (smoke testing)
    * Report integration with Smolder
    * Command Line Interface (CLI) applications
Part 4
    * Testing network devices
    * Testing Web application
    * Examples for database testing

If time permits we???ll also cover:

    * Testing file-systems
    * Microsoft Windows GUI applications
Sign_up_today!
[From the YAPC::NA_Blog.]
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From admin at yapcna.org  Thu Mar  8 01:00:02 2012
From: admin at yapcna.org (YAPC::NA Director)
Date: Thu, 8 Mar 2012 04:00:02 -0500
Subject: [yapc] Managing Chaos with Perl
Message-ID: <4f587514.0398640a.716d.4d8f@mx.google.com>

Ben Mouw will give a talk at YAPC::NA_2012 described as:
     Booking.com is #1 online travel agency in the world (in terms of the
     number of online hotel room nights sold) ? 
     In this talk I will discuss how we manage to run a large scale
     website using almost exclusively Perl.
     I will cover our setup for running the business with Perl and Open
     Source, what we have done to remain agile while growing our team to
     over a hundred Perl developers, and some of the challenges we have
     faced in our rapid growth
[From the YAPC::NA_Blog.]
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From admin at yapcna.org  Fri Mar  9 01:00:03 2012
From: admin at yapcna.org (YAPC::NA Director)
Date: Fri, 9 Mar 2012 04:00:03 -0500
Subject: [yapc] Stackato - Bringing the Cloud Back Home
Message-ID: <4f59c694.2015640a.0e87.ffff985f@mx.google.com>

Ingy d??t Net? will give a talk at YAPC::NA_2012 described as:
     Stackato is a private/personal PaaS solution from ActiveState. Get
     all the simplicity of deploying your favorite Perl (and many others)
     apps, like you get from DotCloud or Heroku. The difference is you can
     host it anywhere you want, from your laptop to Amazon EC2. It???s
     your software, and its free.
     In this talk Ingy d??t Net will get everyone in the audience up and
     running their favorite Perl web apps on their own private PaaS in
     minutes. Fun!
[From the YAPC::NA_Blog.]
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From schwern at pobox.com  Fri Mar  9 13:57:49 2012
From: schwern at pobox.com (Michael G Schwern)
Date: Fri, 09 Mar 2012 13:57:49 -0800
Subject: [yapc] All Talks Welcome
In-Reply-To: <2D720609-2421-46FE-B938-CBECE2F3FDCB@yapcna.org>
References: <4f539f93.181b640a.2777.4076@mx.google.com>
	<9BBB1CA2-A22B-4CFA-8745-D0FA964FCABC@shadowcat.co.uk>
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On 2012.3.4 3:13 PM, JT Smith wrote:
> Why? If it takes you more than two weeks to write a paragraph or two about
> what you're speaking about, it doesn't seem to me that you'll be able to get
> it done if I give you four weeks. 

As a champion procrastinator, I don't agree.

More realistically, it takes time for the word to percolate out to various
groups and individuals who probably aren't on this list.  And then most
probably don't have a talk idea ready to go, they have to mull it over for a
while.  Once they come up with something, it can take A LOT of time to put
together a proposal: roughing it out, fixing it up, showing it around to
people to see what they think, etc...

Takes me a long time and I've been doing it for over a decade now.  "The Next
Generation" of speakers will probably be far slower to get the word and react.


-- 
Ahh email, my old friend.  Do you know that revenge is a dish that is best
served cold?  And it is very cold on the Internet!

From admin at yapcna.org  Sat Mar 10 01:00:03 2012
From: admin at yapcna.org (YAPC::NA Director)
Date: Sat, 10 Mar 2012 04:00:03 -0500
Subject: [yapc] Best of two worlds - Drupal and Modern Perl happily married
 to build content driven web portal
Message-ID: <4f5b1814.2a0cb60a.66ef.ffffd6f1@mx.google.com>

Maxim Gregoriev will give a talk at YAPC::NA_2012 described as:
     There was a goal to deliver a web portal where US Department of
     Energy WAN users can easily find all network performance metrics and
     where they can share or get some advice from the networking
     ???wizards???. The WAN monitoring bits of data are gathered from the
     mesh of decentralised multi-domain network monitoring web services
     called perfSONAR-PS. The project we will be talking about is called
     ???E-Center??? and it ? provides a higher level aggregation of the
     monitoring data with anomalous events detection, forecasting and
     fluid data visualization.
[From the YAPC::NA_Blog.]
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From admin at yapcna.org  Sun Mar 11 00:00:03 2012
From: admin at yapcna.org (YAPC::NA Director)
Date: Sun, 11 Mar 2012 04:00:03 -0400
Subject: [yapc] Perl in a Trading Environment: A Multi-Pronged Success Story
Message-ID: <4f5c5b84.e938b60a.1950.65d9@mx.google.com>

Sean Blanton will give a talk at YAPC::NA_2012 described as:
     Perl has proven itself in our start-up trading strategy in many
     different areas: system and application administration, networking,
     data collection, reporting, website and recently analytics with PDL.
     For every task, we have evaluated the best tool for the job and
     decided on Perl because of the wide variety of available **tested**
     modules, and the ability to share code for very different tasks.
     Perl?s close relationship with C is a big plus. A set of generic
     services built up using Moose and Bread::Board has been particularly
     effective for code reuse. All of this helped reduce implementation
     time and free resources for other tasks, such as strategic analysis
     and planning, which in turn helped accelerate revenue growth.
[From the YAPC::NA_Blog.]
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From admin at yapcna.org  Mon Mar 12 01:00:03 2012
From: admin at yapcna.org (YAPC::NA Director)
Date: Mon, 12 Mar 2012 04:00:03 -0400
Subject: I’m excited to tell you that Larry Wall, the creator of...
Message-ID: <4f5dad04.8335b60a.5fb7.fffffa8a@mx.google.com>

[http://29.media.tumblr.com/tumblr_m06kxhKbRR1qm5pt2o1_250.jpg]

I???m excited to tell you that Larry Wall, the creator of Perl, will be joining
us at YAPC::NA_2012. We???re going to be doing a number of things with Larry
this year, but I want to tell you about the first two.? 
As many of you know we???ve replaced the auction with a raffle. Larry is one of
the things we???re raffling off! More specifically, we???re raffling ???Lunch
with Larry???. Who wouldn???t want to have lunch with this guy? When you buy a
ticket for the Lunch with Larry raffle you???ll have 9 opportunities to win!
We???ll choose 3 people, each of the 3 days, to go have a bite with Larry and
talk about whatever you like.
We???re also going to have a little fire-side chat with Larry at the end of the
conference. We???re calling this ???One On One With The Great One???. It will
basically be an open forum for Larry to address the entire crowd, and for you
to ask him some of your most pressing questions.? 
[From the YAPC::NA_Blog.]
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From admin at yapcna.org  Tue Mar 13 01:00:03 2012
From: admin at yapcna.org (YAPC::NA Director)
Date: Tue, 13 Mar 2012 04:00:03 -0400
Subject: [yapc] One Quarter Until YAPC::NA 2012
Message-ID: <4f5efe84.04043c0a.2099.ffffd5d4@mx.google.com>

Fire up your smart phones and mark down these dates: June 13-15. You???re going
to be in beautiful Madison, WI for YAPC::NA_2012.? 
While you???re at it, send your spouse and email and tell him or her that they
are coming with you to YAPC. They can enjoy our amazing Spouse???s_Program
during the day, and hang out and socialize with us at night.? 
While you???re at it, why not go buy your badge today, book a flight, and
reserve a hotel room?
[From the YAPC::NA_Blog.]
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From c.nehren/yapc at shadowcat.co.uk  Tue Mar 13 14:47:59 2012
From: c.nehren/yapc at shadowcat.co.uk (Chris Nehren)
Date: Tue, 13 Mar 2012 17:47:59 -0400
Subject: [yapc] All Talks Welcome
In-Reply-To: <2D720609-2421-46FE-B938-CBECE2F3FDCB@yapcna.org>
References: <4f539f93.181b640a.2777.4076@mx.google.com>
	<9BBB1CA2-A22B-4CFA-8745-D0FA964FCABC@shadowcat.co.uk>
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On Mar 4, 2012, at 18:13, JT Smith wrote:

> Why? If it takes you more than two weeks to write a paragraph or two about what you're speaking about, it doesn't seem to me that you'll be able to get it done if I give you four weeks. 


Just now on #yapc (which has remarkably little organizer presence, mind):
17:36:21 *** kthakore ~kthakore at li136-101.members.linode.com has joined #yapc
17:36:28 <kthakore> hallo!
17:36:46 <kthakore> Are there any openings for giving talks at yapc::na?
17:38:18 <apeiron> yes. 
17:38:52 <kthakore> And where would I submit this?
17:39:23 <apeiron> register on act.yapcna.org
17:39:33 <kthakore> ah
17:39:42 <kthakore> cannot find this link in the blog posts done
17:39:47 <kthakore> thank you much apeiron 
17:39:53 <apeiron> then go to http://act.yapcna.org/2012/newtalk

This is why. This, here, this is precisely why. kthakore only just found out *today* where to submit a talk. If you're not familiar with his work, he pretty much singlehandedly turned the SDL project around from stagnation into awesomeness. I would certainly (and did!*) accept a talk he submitted to YAPC. With such a stringent deadline you're going to be missing submissions from people like him. ... and also schwern, from the sound of it. 

* having also twisted his arm into actually submitting in the first place and offered hosting for a demo he wanted to do, but I digress


From admin at yapcna.org  Wed Mar 14 01:00:02 2012
From: admin at yapcna.org (YAPC::NA Director)
Date: Wed, 14 Mar 2012 04:00:02 -0400
Subject: [yapc] The Perl Foundation Review 2011 - 2012
Message-ID: <4f605003.23a5b60a.097f.ffffe72b@mx.google.com>

Karen Pauley will be giving a talk at YAPC::NA_2012 she describes as:
     Over the past year The Perl Foundation has continued to work on its
     goal of advancing Perl and supporting the community. This talk will
     provide a review of our recent successes and failures, and take a
     brief look at the plans for the year ahead.
[From the YAPC::NA_Blog.]
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From tco2 at cornell.edu  Wed Mar 14 05:36:53 2012
From: tco2 at cornell.edu (Todd Olson)
Date: Wed, 14 Mar 2012 12:36:53 +0000
Subject: [yapc] All Talks Welcome
In-Reply-To: <08C55B10-7DCC-4DC7-BF1B-9E13B085585D@shadowcat.co.uk>
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Hi

On 2012-Mar-13, at 17:47, Chris Nehren wrote:

> On Mar 4, 2012, at 18:13, JT Smith wrote:
> 17:39:42 <kthakore> cannot find this link in the blog posts done
> 17:39:47 <kthakore> thank you much apeiron 
> 17:39:53 <apeiron> then go to http://act.yapcna.org/2012/newtalk

I have also not been able to find this link by just visiting the yapcna site.
I was only able to find it by digging through past postings to this mailing list.

Regards,
Todd

From perrin at elem.com  Wed Mar 14 10:40:45 2012
From: perrin at elem.com (Perrin Harkins)
Date: Wed, 14 Mar 2012 13:40:45 -0400
Subject: [yapc] All Talks Welcome
In-Reply-To: <AA70D519-94CE-4E9B-BEAF-32C07FD945D1@cornell.edu>
References: <4f539f93.181b640a.2777.4076@mx.google.com>
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It used to be prominently featured on the front page of the site.
Probably a good idea to put it back until the submission deadline has
passed.

In defense of JT, I think the deadline for talks is already extremely
generous.  By comparison the O'Reilly Open Source Convention ended
their CFP on 1/12 and that conference is a month later than YAPC::NA!
There has to be a deadline sometime.  But putting the link to submit
talks front and center would help people who have waited until the
last minute.

- Perrin

On Wed, Mar 14, 2012 at 8:36 AM, Todd Olson <tco2 at cornell.edu> wrote:
> Hi
>
> On 2012-Mar-13, at 17:47, Chris Nehren wrote:
>
>> On Mar 4, 2012, at 18:13, JT Smith wrote:
>> 17:39:42 <kthakore> cannot find this link in the blog posts done
>> 17:39:47 <kthakore> thank you much apeiron
>> 17:39:53 <apeiron> then go to http://act.yapcna.org/2012/newtalk
>
> I have also not been able to find this link by just visiting the yapcna site.
> I was only able to find it by digging through past postings to this mailing list.
>
> Regards,
> Todd
> _______________________________________________
> yapc mailing list
> yapc at pm.org
> http://mail.pm.org/mailman/listinfo/yapc

From bradley.d.andersen at gmail.com  Wed Mar 14 10:47:16 2012
From: bradley.d.andersen at gmail.com (Bradley Andersen)
Date: Wed, 14 Mar 2012 13:47:16 -0400
Subject: [yapc] All Talks Welcome
In-Reply-To: <CAC0_be2ejHNaOxtQpmgPQikfvUXoUsbn_7=efTm8Fhr_k7trhg@mail.gmail.com>
References: <4f539f93.181b640a.2777.4076@mx.google.com>
	<9BBB1CA2-A22B-4CFA-8745-D0FA964FCABC@shadowcat.co.uk>
	<2D720609-2421-46FE-B938-CBECE2F3FDCB@yapcna.org>
	<08C55B10-7DCC-4DC7-BF1B-9E13B085585D@shadowcat.co.uk>
	<AA70D519-94CE-4E9B-BEAF-32C07FD945D1@cornell.edu>
	<CAC0_be2ejHNaOxtQpmgPQikfvUXoUsbn_7=efTm8Fhr_k7trhg@mail.gmail.com>
Message-ID: <CAN+Wnj0Owgkv7D9xAFPwL+Ve_rtWdpwswz0UpyFS6zoGyhc-YA@mail.gmail.com>

The only 'problem' I have found with locating the link is that it comes
into existence only after one is logged in.  I suppose though that it is a
good idea to have an account if you will be giving a talk?



On Wed, Mar 14, 2012 at 1:40 PM, Perrin Harkins <perrin at elem.com> wrote:

> It used to be prominently featured on the front page of the site.
> Probably a good idea to put it back until the submission deadline has
> passed.
>
> In defense of JT, I think the deadline for talks is already extremely
> generous.  By comparison the O'Reilly Open Source Convention ended
> their CFP on 1/12 and that conference is a month later than YAPC::NA!
> There has to be a deadline sometime.  But putting the link to submit
> talks front and center would help people who have waited until the
> last minute.
>
> - Perrin
>
> On Wed, Mar 14, 2012 at 8:36 AM, Todd Olson <tco2 at cornell.edu> wrote:
> > Hi
> >
> > On 2012-Mar-13, at 17:47, Chris Nehren wrote:
> >
> >> On Mar 4, 2012, at 18:13, JT Smith wrote:
> >> 17:39:42 <kthakore> cannot find this link in the blog posts done
> >> 17:39:47 <kthakore> thank you much apeiron
> >> 17:39:53 <apeiron> then go to http://act.yapcna.org/2012/newtalk
> >
> > I have also not been able to find this link by just visiting the yapcna
> site.
> > I was only able to find it by digging through past postings to this
> mailing list.
> >
> > Regards,
> > Todd
> > _______________________________________________
> > yapc mailing list
> > yapc at pm.org
> > http://mail.pm.org/mailman/listinfo/yapc
> _______________________________________________
> yapc mailing list
> yapc at pm.org
> http://mail.pm.org/mailman/listinfo/yapc
>
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From merlyn at stonehenge.com  Wed Mar 14 11:07:51 2012
From: merlyn at stonehenge.com (Randal L. Schwartz)
Date: Wed, 14 Mar 2012 11:07:51 -0700
Subject: [yapc] All Talks Welcome
In-Reply-To: <CAN+Wnj0Owgkv7D9xAFPwL+Ve_rtWdpwswz0UpyFS6zoGyhc-YA@mail.gmail.com>
	(Bradley Andersen's message of "Wed, 14 Mar 2012 13:47:16 -0400")
References: <4f539f93.181b640a.2777.4076@mx.google.com>
	<9BBB1CA2-A22B-4CFA-8745-D0FA964FCABC@shadowcat.co.uk>
	<2D720609-2421-46FE-B938-CBECE2F3FDCB@yapcna.org>
	<08C55B10-7DCC-4DC7-BF1B-9E13B085585D@shadowcat.co.uk>
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Message-ID: <86y5r32gzs.fsf@red.stonehenge.com>

>>>>> "Bradley" == Bradley Andersen <bradley.d.andersen at gmail.com> writes:

Bradley> The only 'problem' I have found with locating the link is that
Bradley> it comes into existence only after one is logged in.  I suppose
Bradley> though that it is a good idea to have an account if you will be
Bradley> giving a talk?

I too had to dig through my old mail to find the submission link.  And
of course, then I was prompted to log in or create an account.

So, paint me confused as well.

-- 
Randal L. Schwartz - Stonehenge Consulting Services, Inc. - +1 503 777 0095
<merlyn at stonehenge.com> <URL:http://www.stonehenge.com/merlyn/>
Smalltalk/Perl/Unix consulting, Technical writing, Comedy, etc. etc.
See http://methodsandmessages.posterous.com/ for Smalltalk discussion

From c.nehren/yapc at shadowcat.co.uk  Wed Mar 14 12:47:45 2012
From: c.nehren/yapc at shadowcat.co.uk (Chris Nehren)
Date: Wed, 14 Mar 2012 15:47:45 -0400
Subject: [yapc] All Talks Welcome
In-Reply-To: <CAC0_be2ejHNaOxtQpmgPQikfvUXoUsbn_7=efTm8Fhr_k7trhg@mail.gmail.com>
References: <4f539f93.181b640a.2777.4076@mx.google.com>
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	<2D720609-2421-46FE-B938-CBECE2F3FDCB@yapcna.org>
	<08C55B10-7DCC-4DC7-BF1B-9E13B085585D@shadowcat.co.uk>
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Message-ID: <4EAFF3AC-440B-4CFD-9890-870AD13D2C56@shadowcat.co.uk>

On Mar 14, 2012, at 13:40, Perrin Harkins wrote:

> In defense of JT, I think the deadline for talks is already extremely
> generous.  By comparison the O'Reilly Open Source Convention ended
> their CFP on 1/12 and that conference is a month later than YAPC::NA!
> There has to be a deadline sometime.  But putting the link to submit
> talks front and center would help people who have waited until the
> last minute.

Comparing YAPC to The Perl Conference^W^W^WOSCON is rather silly in many respects. OSCON is a much, much larger conference, with far more submissions. OSCON is run by paid professionals whose job is to run OSCON. They have sponsors giving dollar amounts that would cover an entire YAPC (several YAPCs, in fact, if you use the 2008 prospectus as a guide). It's just a totally different scale of event.

-- 
Thanks and best regards,
Chris Nehren


From perrin at elem.com  Wed Mar 14 12:58:18 2012
From: perrin at elem.com (Perrin Harkins)
Date: Wed, 14 Mar 2012 15:58:18 -0400
Subject: [yapc] All Talks Welcome
In-Reply-To: <A4E4F588-4B02-4F55-926D-B9EAE500FC3D@shadowcat.co.uk>
References: <4f539f93.181b640a.2777.4076@mx.google.com>
	<9BBB1CA2-A22B-4CFA-8745-D0FA964FCABC@shadowcat.co.uk>
	<2D720609-2421-46FE-B938-CBECE2F3FDCB@yapcna.org>
	<08C55B10-7DCC-4DC7-BF1B-9E13B085585D@shadowcat.co.uk>
	<AA70D519-94CE-4E9B-BEAF-32C07FD945D1@cornell.edu>
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On Wed, Mar 14, 2012 at 3:08 PM, Chris Nehren <c.nehren at shadowcat.co.uk> wrote:
> Comparing YAPC to The Perl Conference^W^W^WOSCON is rather silly in many respects. OSCON is a much, much larger conference, with far more submissions. OSCON is run by paid professionals whose job is to run OSCON. They have sponsors giving dollar amounts that would cover an entire YAPC (several YAPCs, in fact, if you use the 2008 prospectus as a guide). It's just a totally different scale of event.

Since it's the other US conference that YAPC::NA speakers are most
likely to be submitting talks to, it seems highly relevant to me.

The CFP went out at the beginning of January and I saw it about 20
times on different mailing lists, blogs, and Perl news sources.  The
organizers did a good job promoting it, and gave plenty of advance
notice.  I don't care whether the deadline is extended or not, but the
criticism of JT is unfounded.

- Perrin

From admin at yapcna.org  Wed Mar 14 13:04:02 2012
From: admin at yapcna.org (JT Smith)
Date: Wed, 14 Mar 2012 15:04:02 -0500
Subject: [yapc] All Talks Welcome
In-Reply-To: <4EAFF3AC-440B-4CFD-9890-870AD13D2C56@shadowcat.co.uk>
References: <4f539f93.181b640a.2777.4076@mx.google.com>
	<9BBB1CA2-A22B-4CFA-8745-D0FA964FCABC@shadowcat.co.uk>
	<2D720609-2421-46FE-B938-CBECE2F3FDCB@yapcna.org>
	<08C55B10-7DCC-4DC7-BF1B-9E13B085585D@shadowcat.co.uk>
	<AA70D519-94CE-4E9B-BEAF-32C07FD945D1@cornell.edu>
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	<4EAFF3AC-440B-4CFD-9890-870AD13D2C56@shadowcat.co.uk>
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I'm not looking to stir up any ill will, but this whole discussion is irrelevant. We have more than enough talks to fill the schedule already, and the deadline is tomorrow. If some come in after the deadline and a spot opens up, it will get a shot at filling that spot. 

I appreciate your concern.

JT Smith
Director, YAPC::NA 2012
http://www.yapcna.org

PS 

Another way you can support Perl is by adding a link to the bottom of your web site, or on your credits / thank you page to http://www.perl.org
	

On Mar 14, 2012, at 2:47 PM, Chris Nehren wrote:

> On Mar 14, 2012, at 13:40, Perrin Harkins wrote:
> 
>> In defense of JT, I think the deadline for talks is already extremely
>> generous.  By comparison the O'Reilly Open Source Convention ended
>> their CFP on 1/12 and that conference is a month later than YAPC::NA!
>> There has to be a deadline sometime.  But putting the link to submit
>> talks front and center would help people who have waited until the
>> last minute.
> 
> Comparing YAPC to The Perl Conference^W^W^WOSCON is rather silly in many respects. OSCON is a much, much larger conference, with far more submissions. OSCON is run by paid professionals whose job is to run OSCON. They have sponsors giving dollar amounts that would cover an entire YAPC (several YAPCs, in fact, if you use the 2008 prospectus as a guide). It's just a totally different scale of event.
> 
> -- 
> Thanks and best regards,
> Chris Nehren
> 
> _______________________________________________
> yapc mailing list
> yapc at pm.org
> http://mail.pm.org/mailman/listinfo/yapc

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From paulm at paulm.com  Wed Mar 14 13:26:03 2012
From: paulm at paulm.com (Paul Makepeace)
Date: Wed, 14 Mar 2012 13:26:03 -0700
Subject: [yapc] All Talks Welcome
In-Reply-To: <4F35566F-2B00-4F11-8F4B-F590547C12F3@yapcna.org>
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On Wed, Mar 14, 2012 at 13:04, JT Smith <admin at yapcna.org> wrote:
> I'm not looking to stir up any ill will, but this whole discussion is
> irrelevant. We have more than enough talks to fill the schedule already

This thread started with you saying "We?re still looking for sessions
to fill all of those areas, [?]"

A number of smart people have said they found the links to talk
submissions non-straightforward to find, and to abrasively dismiss
that & the rest of peoples input as irrelevant is really off-putting,
imo. I'd urge you as an ambassador of the perl community to take a
more welcoming & less aggressive attitude.

Paul

From admin at yapcna.org  Wed Mar 14 13:30:56 2012
From: admin at yapcna.org (JT Smith)
Date: Wed, 14 Mar 2012 15:30:56 -0500
Subject: [yapc] All Talks Welcome
In-Reply-To: <CAMEJyitZzB==FOkoDoZcLQP0tCZqwD8JWZaZ0QbnrQxdcRuCyA@mail.gmail.com>
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	<2D720609-2421-46FE-B938-CBECE2F3FDCB@yapcna.org>
	<08C55B10-7DCC-4DC7-BF1B-9E13B085585D@shadowcat.co.uk>
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See, now. Why do you have to go and start trouble? I think it's reasonable to assume that I wasn't talking about those people that couldn't find the links but rather the discussion of extending the deadline. 

Of course I'm sorry that people couldn't find the link. However, there's nothing I can do about that any longer. I didn't find out that people were struggling to find the link until yesterday, and we've already got more than enough talks. 

JT Smith
Director, YAPC::NA 2012
http://www.yapcna.org

PS 

Another way you can support Perl is by adding a link to the bottom of your web site, or on your credits / thank you page to http://www.perl.org
	

On Mar 14, 2012, at 3:26 PM, Paul Makepeace wrote:

> On Wed, Mar 14, 2012 at 13:04, JT Smith <admin at yapcna.org> wrote:
>> I'm not looking to stir up any ill will, but this whole discussion is
>> irrelevant. We have more than enough talks to fill the schedule already
> 
> This thread started with you saying "We?re still looking for sessions
> to fill all of those areas, [?]"
> 
> A number of smart people have said they found the links to talk
> submissions non-straightforward to find, and to abrasively dismiss
> that & the rest of peoples input as irrelevant is really off-putting,
> imo. I'd urge you as an ambassador of the perl community to take a
> more welcoming & less aggressive attitude.
> 
> Paul

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From perrin at elem.com  Wed Mar 14 15:10:28 2012
From: perrin at elem.com (Perrin Harkins)
Date: Wed, 14 Mar 2012 18:10:28 -0400
Subject: [yapc] All Talks Welcome
In-Reply-To: <20120314204006.GK19118@agaton.scsys.co.uk>
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Sorry if I sounded harsh, Chris.  No harm intended.

- Perrin

On Wed, Mar 14, 2012 at 4:40 PM, Matt S Trout <mst at shadowcat.co.uk> wrote:
> On Wed, Mar 14, 2012 at 03:58:18PM -0400, Perrin Harkins wrote:
>> I don't care whether the deadline is extended or not, but the
>> criticism of JT is unfounded.
>
> The original mail said:
>
> "In light of the misunderstanding, perhaps you should consider extending the
> deadline a few weeks?"
>
> That is a polite suggestion to *consider* changing a policy.
>
> People are allowed to hold differing opinions without having to hate each
> other or criticise each other.
>
> The only discussion here was whether the deadline should be extended.
>
> That is not a criticism of JT. It might be a criticism of the current policy,
> or the linking of the websites, but it's no criticism of JT.
>
> --
> Matt S Trout - Shadowcat Systems - Perl consulting with a commit bit and a clue
>
> http://shadowcat.co.uk/blog/matt-s-trout/ ? http://twitter.com/shadowcat_mst/
>
> Email me now on mst (at) shadowcat.co.uk and let's chat about how our Catalyst
> commercial support, training and consultancy packages could help your team.

From scott at slowass.net  Thu Mar 15 00:13:53 2012
From: scott at slowass.net (Scott Walters)
Date: Thu, 15 Mar 2012 03:13:53 -0400
Subject: [yapc] All Talks Welcome
In-Reply-To: <08C55B10-7DCC-4DC7-BF1B-9E13B085585D@shadowcat.co.uk>
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kthakore found out because I urged him to put in for a talk because he's
working on some really interesting stuff and I knew the deadline was
approaching.  Talk or no talk, I hope he'll consider Startup Row.

Speaking of deadlines, I've just turned my attention from another one
to this one and I'm finding that http://act.yapcna.org/2012/newtalk is
giving "504 Gateway Time-out nginx/1.0.9" and has been for a while.
This is making me nervous.

Can someone kick the machine?

Thanks,
-scott


On  0, Chris Nehren <c.nehren/yapc at shadowcat.co.uk> wrote:
> On Mar 4, 2012, at 18:13, JT Smith wrote:
> 
> > Why? If it takes you more than two weeks to write a paragraph or two about what you're speaking about, it doesn't seem to me that you'll be able to get it done if I give you four weeks. 
> 
> 
> Just now on #yapc (which has remarkably little organizer presence, mind):
> 17:36:21 *** kthakore ~kthakore at li136-101.members.linode.com has joined #yapc
> 17:36:28 <kthakore> hallo!
> 17:36:46 <kthakore> Are there any openings for giving talks at yapc::na?
> 17:38:18 <apeiron> yes. 
> 17:38:52 <kthakore> And where would I submit this?
> 17:39:23 <apeiron> register on act.yapcna.org
> 17:39:33 <kthakore> ah
> 17:39:42 <kthakore> cannot find this link in the blog posts done
> 17:39:47 <kthakore> thank you much apeiron 
> 17:39:53 <apeiron> then go to http://act.yapcna.org/2012/newtalk
> 
> This is why. This, here, this is precisely why. kthakore only just found out *today* where to submit a talk. If you're not familiar with his work, he pretty much singlehandedly turned the SDL project around from stagnation into awesomeness. I would certainly (and did!*) accept a talk he submitted to YAPC. With such a stringent deadline you're going to be missing submissions from people like him. ... and also schwern, from the sound of it. 
> 
> * having also twisted his arm into actually submitting in the first place and offered hosting for a demo he wanted to do, but I digress
> 
> _______________________________________________
> yapc mailing list
> yapc at pm.org
> http://mail.pm.org/mailman/listinfo/yapc


From admin at yapcna.org  Thu Mar 15 01:00:02 2012
From: admin at yapcna.org (YAPC::NA Director)
Date: Thu, 15 Mar 2012 04:00:02 -0400
Subject: [yapc] Dancer:  Getting to Hello World
Message-ID: <4f61a183.04043c0a.79dd.35c9@mx.google.com>

R Geoffrey Avery will be giving a talk at YAPC::NA_2012 that he describes as:
     When attempting to learn Dancer I ran into the problem that all the
     documentation started from ???Here is a ???Hello World??? script???.
     ? But that was assuming many things were set up and configured and
     that just was not true, at least not on my server.
     This is a collection of what I learned.
[From the YAPC::NA_Blog.]
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From admin at yapcna.org  Thu Mar 15 06:23:29 2012
From: admin at yapcna.org (JT Smith)
Date: Thu, 15 Mar 2012 08:23:29 -0500
Subject: [yapc] All Talks Welcome
In-Reply-To: <20120315071353.GC2972@slowass.net>
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Machine kicked. Not sure why the monitoring system didn't detect that. Checking on it.

JT Smith
Director, YAPC::NA 2012
http://www.yapcna.org

PS 

Another way you can support Perl is by adding a link to the bottom of your web site, or on your credits / thank you page to http://www.perl.org
	

On Mar 15, 2012, at 2:13 AM, Scott Walters wrote:

> 
> kthakore found out because I urged him to put in for a talk because he's
> working on some really interesting stuff and I knew the deadline was
> approaching.  Talk or no talk, I hope he'll consider Startup Row.
> 
> Speaking of deadlines, I've just turned my attention from another one
> to this one and I'm finding that http://act.yapcna.org/2012/newtalk is
> giving "504 Gateway Time-out nginx/1.0.9" and has been for a while.
> This is making me nervous.
> 
> Can someone kick the machine?
> 
> Thanks,
> -scott
> 
> 
> On  0, Chris Nehren <c.nehren/yapc at shadowcat.co.uk> wrote:
>> On Mar 4, 2012, at 18:13, JT Smith wrote:
>> 
>>> Why? If it takes you more than two weeks to write a paragraph or two about what you're speaking about, it doesn't seem to me that you'll be able to get it done if I give you four weeks. 
>> 
>> 
>> Just now on #yapc (which has remarkably little organizer presence, mind):
>> 17:36:21 *** kthakore ~kthakore at li136-101.members.linode.com has joined #yapc
>> 17:36:28 <kthakore> hallo!
>> 17:36:46 <kthakore> Are there any openings for giving talks at yapc::na?
>> 17:38:18 <apeiron> yes. 
>> 17:38:52 <kthakore> And where would I submit this?
>> 17:39:23 <apeiron> register on act.yapcna.org
>> 17:39:33 <kthakore> ah
>> 17:39:42 <kthakore> cannot find this link in the blog posts done
>> 17:39:47 <kthakore> thank you much apeiron 
>> 17:39:53 <apeiron> then go to http://act.yapcna.org/2012/newtalk
>> 
>> This is why. This, here, this is precisely why. kthakore only just found out *today* where to submit a talk. If you're not familiar with his work, he pretty much singlehandedly turned the SDL project around from stagnation into awesomeness. I would certainly (and did!*) accept a talk he submitted to YAPC. With such a stringent deadline you're going to be missing submissions from people like him. ... and also schwern, from the sound of it. 
>> 
>> * having also twisted his arm into actually submitting in the first place and offered hosting for a demo he wanted to do, but I digress
>> 
>> _______________________________________________
>> yapc mailing list
>> yapc at pm.org
>> http://mail.pm.org/mailman/listinfo/yapc
> 
> _______________________________________________
> yapc mailing list
> yapc at pm.org
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From scott at slowass.net  Thu Mar 15 12:20:23 2012
From: scott at slowass.net (Scott Walters)
Date: Thu, 15 Mar 2012 15:20:23 -0400
Subject: [yapc] All Talks Welcome
In-Reply-To: <B469A957-EA95-422B-842E-F5F1503C335B@yapcna.org>
References: <4f539f93.181b640a.2777.4076@mx.google.com>
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Is it the case that the system only lets you put in for one talk?
Going back to http://act.yapcna.org/2012/newtalk to enter a second one,
it just tells me that my talk submission has been recorded.  Or am I
doing it wrong?

Thanks,
-scott


From bradley.d.andersen at gmail.com  Thu Mar 15 12:22:57 2012
From: bradley.d.andersen at gmail.com (Bradley Andersen)
Date: Thu, 15 Mar 2012 15:22:57 -0400
Subject: [yapc] All Talks Welcome
In-Reply-To: <20120315192023.GE2972@slowass.net>
References: <4f539f93.181b640a.2777.4076@mx.google.com>
	<9BBB1CA2-A22B-4CFA-8745-D0FA964FCABC@shadowcat.co.uk>
	<2D720609-2421-46FE-B938-CBECE2F3FDCB@yapcna.org>
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I submitted two.



On Thu, Mar 15, 2012 at 3:20 PM, Scott Walters <scott at slowass.net> wrote:

>
> Is it the case that the system only lets you put in for one talk?
> Going back to http://act.yapcna.org/2012/newtalk to enter a second one,
> it just tells me that my talk submission has been recorded.  Or am I
> doing it wrong?
>
> Thanks,
> -scott
>
> _______________________________________________
> yapc mailing list
> yapc at pm.org
> http://mail.pm.org/mailman/listinfo/yapc
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From admin at yapcna.org  Thu Mar 15 12:23:59 2012
From: admin at yapcna.org (JT Smith)
Date: Thu, 15 Mar 2012 14:23:59 -0500
Subject: [yapc] All Talks Welcome
In-Reply-To: <20120315192023.GE2972@slowass.net>
References: <4f539f93.181b640a.2777.4076@mx.google.com>
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	<2D720609-2421-46FE-B938-CBECE2F3FDCB@yapcna.org>
	<08C55B10-7DCC-4DC7-BF1B-9E13B085585D@shadowcat.co.uk>
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You can submit as many talks as you want. Some people have submitted 6 or 7.

JT Smith
Director, YAPC::NA 2012
http://www.yapcna.org

PS 

Another way you can support Perl is by adding a link to the bottom of your web site, or on your credits / thank you page to http://www.perl.org
	

On Mar 15, 2012, at 2:20 PM, Scott Walters wrote:

> 
> Is it the case that the system only lets you put in for one talk?
> Going back to http://act.yapcna.org/2012/newtalk to enter a second one,
> it just tells me that my talk submission has been recorded.  Or am I
> doing it wrong?
> 
> Thanks,
> -scott
> 
> _______________________________________________
> yapc mailing list
> yapc at pm.org
> http://mail.pm.org/mailman/listinfo/yapc

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From admin at yapcna.org  Thu Mar 15 12:49:54 2012
From: admin at yapcna.org (JT Smith)
Date: Thu, 15 Mar 2012 14:49:54 -0500
Subject: [yapc] All Talks Welcome
In-Reply-To: <CA+WR+g4QTQqZz96G_XQXd8TneB9djvKeAVB50L86omy4rhaj7w@mail.gmail.com>
References: <4f539f93.181b640a.2777.4076@mx.google.com>
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There are no accounts from last year. We're hosting Act on our own server. You'll have to create a new account. I've also fixed the 502 problem. 

JT Smith
Director, YAPC::NA 2012
http://www.yapcna.org

PS 

Another way you can support Perl is by adding a link to the bottom of your web site, or on your credits / thank you page to http://www.perl.org
	

On Mar 15, 2012, at 2:43 PM, Josh Rabinowitz wrote:

> I'm trying to set up my account to submit my proposal, but when I submit the Registration page (the system can't seem to find my account from last year) I get:
> 502 Bad Gateway
> 
> nginx/1.0.9
> 
> 
> Josh
> 
> On Thu, Mar 15, 2012 at 3:23 PM, JT Smith <admin at yapcna.org> wrote:
> You can submit as many talks as you want. Some people have submitted 6 or 7.
> 
> 
> JT Smith
> Director, YAPC::NA 2012
> http://www.yapcna.org
> 
> PS 
> 
> Another way you can support Perl is by adding a link to the bottom of your web site, or on your credits / thank you page to http://www.perl.org
> 	
> 
> On Mar 15, 2012, at 2:20 PM, Scott Walters wrote:
> 
>> 
>> Is it the case that the system only lets you put in for one talk?
>> Going back to http://act.yapcna.org/2012/newtalk to enter a second one,
>> it just tells me that my talk submission has been recorded.  Or am I
>> doing it wrong?
>> 
>> Thanks,
>> -scott
>> 
>> _______________________________________________
>> yapc mailing list
>> yapc at pm.org
>> http://mail.pm.org/mailman/listinfo/yapc
> 
> 
> _______________________________________________
> yapc mailing list
> yapc at pm.org
> http://mail.pm.org/mailman/listinfo/yapc
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From admin at yapcna.org  Fri Mar 16 01:00:03 2012
From: admin at yapcna.org (YAPC::NA Director)
Date: Fri, 16 Mar 2012 04:00:03 -0400
Subject: [yapc] The Perl from Ipanema
Message-ID: <4f62f304.a71c3c0a.636b.ffffc509@mx.google.com>

Breno de Oliveira will be giving a talk at YAPC::NA_2012 described as:
     Tall and tan and young and lovely, the Brazilian Perl communities
     have grown a lot over the past decade and have a lot to share with
     other communities worldwide. Sadly, though, most of the time it feels
     like there are huge barriers between South America and North America/
     Europe. I hope to change that a bit now :)
     In this talk I share a little about the Brazilian Perl communities?
     past, present and future, and try to raise some awareness to the
     things we?re doing around these parts, and how we?re doing it.
     Oh, and also invite everyone to visit us for some hacking by the
     beach, of course :)
[From the YAPC::NA_Blog.]
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From admin at yapcna.org  Sat Mar 17 01:00:03 2012
From: admin at yapcna.org (YAPC::NA Director)
Date: Sat, 17 Mar 2012 04:00:03 -0400
Subject: [yapc] Transforming URLs into rich content with Plack, AnyEvent,
 and Javascript
Message-ID: <4f644484.65183c0a.1c6c.1406@mx.google.com>

Lee Aylward will be giving a talk at YAPC::NA_2012 described as:
     After investigating oEmbed, I came to the conclusion that oEmbed is a
     great idea, but difficult to use in practice. oEmbed providers are
     inconsistent and unreliable. So I built Noembed, a consistent oEmbed
     gateway to a large list of sites (many that don???t even support
     oEmbed themselves.)
     Noembed was built using a mix of Plack and AnyEvent. It is used by us
     at Ars Technica, and will soon be used by a fairly popular Twitter
     client.
     I???ll give a quick overview of the oEmbed spec, show some of the
     Noembed internals, and then do short demo.
     ? * http://www.oembed.com/
     ? * http://noembed.com
     ? * https://github.com/leedo/noembed
[From the YAPC::NA_Blog.]
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From admin at yapcna.org  Sun Mar 18 01:00:07 2012
From: admin at yapcna.org (YAPC::NA Director)
Date: Sun, 18 Mar 2012 04:00:07 -0400
Subject: [yapc] Exceptional Exceptions
Message-ID: <4f65960a.a802b60a.44c4.ffffcff6@mx.google.com>

Mark Fowler will be giving a talk at YAPC::NA_2012 described as:
     This talk attempts to be the definitive guide to current state of
     exception handling in Perl
     This talk will cover:
     ?  ? * The concept of exceptions and exception flow control
     ?  ? * throwing errors with die
     ?  ? *** The final newline oddity
     ?  ? *** autodie
     ?  ? * eval (it???s pronounced ???try???)
     ?  ? *** The two forms of eval
     ?  ? *** Dealing with errors
     ?  ? *** How this sucks
     ?  ? * A note about %SIG handlers
     ?  ? *** CGI::Carp
     ?  ? * Throwing Blessed Objects
     ?  ? *** Rolling your own exception class
     ?  ? *** Handy exception object classes on the CPAN
     ?  ? * The DESTROY problem on legacy Perls
     ?  ? *** Why this problem occurs
     ?  ? *** How it???s solved on Perl 5.14 and later
     ?  ? *** Bad workarounds
     ?  ? *** Perl::Critic::Policy::ErrorHandling::
     RequireCheckingReturnValueOfEval
     ?  ? * Alternative syntax
     ?  ?  *** Try::Tiny
     ?  ?  ? *** TryCatch
[From the YAPC::NA_Blog.]
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From admin at yapcna.org  Mon Mar 19 01:00:04 2012
From: admin at yapcna.org (YAPC::NA Director)
Date: Mon, 19 Mar 2012 04:00:04 -0400
Subject: [yapc] YAPC::NA 2012 Schedule Final
Message-ID: <4f66e786.e71eb60a.7838.394f@mx.google.com>

As of now we have approved the list of talks for YAPC::NA_2012. You made it
tough. We had 150 talks submitted, and only had room in the schedule for 95! So
we had to make some tough choices.
If your talk was chosen you have until April 19th to confirm it on the site. If
you do not confirm it by April 19th then your talk will be removed from the
schedule, and a replacement talk will be scheduled. Likewise, if for any reason
you no longer want to or cannot give the talk, please let_us_know.? 
If your talk was not chosen, fear not, there is still hope. Your best bet for
getting your talk on the schedule is to convert it into a 5 minute lightening
talk. There is room at the end of each day for 10+ lightening talks, and none
of them have been scheduled yet. Also, some people will definitely drop out
from the list that was chosen. When they do, a spot opens up for those talks
that have been submitted but not chosen.? 
The YAPC::NA 2012 staff would like to thank you all for your talk submissions.
You have ensured that we will have a spectacular conference in Madison this
year!
[From the YAPC::NA_Blog.]
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From admin at yapcna.org  Mon Mar 19 17:00:06 2012
From: admin at yapcna.org (YAPC::NA Director)
Date: Mon, 19 Mar 2012 20:00:06 -0400
Subject: [yapc] Fight Night
Message-ID: <4f67c888.c3043c0a.110d.1138@mx.google.com>

Guest poster brian d foy writes:
YAPC::NA_is_hosting_a_deathmatch that will finally settle_the_editor_question,
do_you_settle_for_vim_or_emacs_when_you_are_stubborn_enough_to_not_use
something_good. The advocates of either side are sure to point to the many ways
they are able to modify their editor (probably using something that most people
will agree is even uglier than Perl) so they can use weird, private
incantations to do things that only work on their local system. You might
notice these people wasting half a day setting up their inferior editor when
they get a new system, or being unable to follow what they are doing in their
primitive editors during their presentations.
If you?re using one of these abysmally lacking editors, what have you done to
make it useful to you? What aliases and commands have you set up? Which ones do
you use most frequently? Did you get these modifications in secret meetings in
dark alleys away from the eyes of respectable society? Did you download dubious
files from sketchy websites that you find on Reddit? How many editor diseases
you have caught?
If you are using a good editor, you can still participate by showing the
luddites how easily you accomplish simple tasks. Or, you can tell the
troglodytes just how unevolved they are. Remember, though, to hate the sin but
love the sinner. The YAPC::NA_Code_of_Conduct wants to make the conference a
safe place, even if an attendee has an unfortunate choice of editor.
No matter how sophisticated or modern you are, post a picture of your editor
setup and link to this post. We want to see what colors, sizes, and fonts that
you use. Do you like light on dark, dark on light, light on transparent light?
Do you have a background picture or a solid background? Do you want to make
your editor look like the old dumb terminals or have all the flash of the Las
Vegas strip at night?
[From the YAPC::NA_Blog.]
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From mst at shadowcatsystems.co.uk  Mon Mar 19 17:48:11 2012
From: mst at shadowcatsystems.co.uk (Matt S Trout)
Date: Tue, 20 Mar 2012 00:48:11 +0000
Subject: [yapc] Fight Night
In-Reply-To: <4f67c888.c3043c0a.110d.1138@mx.google.com>
References: <4f67c888.c3043c0a.110d.1138@mx.google.com>
Message-ID: <20120320004811.GS19118@agaton.scsys.co.uk>

On Mon, Mar 19, 2012 at 08:00:06PM -0400, YAPC::NA Director wrote:
> Guest poster brian d foy writes:
> YAPC::NA_is_hosting_a_deathmatch that will finally settle_the_editor_question,
> do_you_settle_for_vim_or_emacs_when_you_are_stubborn_enough_to_not_use
> something_good.

Was this post supposed to be funny?

Because it managed to be impressively condescending without raising a single
smile from me, and editor wars are normally at least marginally entertaining.

Of course, we all knew Brian was going senile when he wrote a blog post
about using *formats* as part of modern perl, but it's sad to see he's
lost his sense of humour as well as his hair now ...

-- 
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http://shadowcat.co.uk/blog/matt-s-trout/   http://twitter.com/shadowcat_mst/

Email me now on mst (at) shadowcat.co.uk and let's chat about how our Catalyst
commercial support, training and consultancy packages could help your team.

From rob.kinyon at gmail.com  Mon Mar 19 18:12:06 2012
From: rob.kinyon at gmail.com (Rob Kinyon)
Date: Mon, 19 Mar 2012 18:12:06 -0700
Subject: [yapc] Fight Night
In-Reply-To: <20120320004811.GS19118@agaton.scsys.co.uk>
References: <4f67c888.c3043c0a.110d.1138@mx.google.com>
	<20120320004811.GS19118@agaton.scsys.co.uk>
Message-ID: <CADbe1CWYjiJziP9z2iPyLoBSehQon_FNjbeGf8490bj+f7ghPw@mail.gmail.com>

On Mon, Mar 19, 2012 at 17:48, Matt S Trout <mst at shadowcatsystems.co.uk> wrote:
> On Mon, Mar 19, 2012 at 08:00:06PM -0400, YAPC::NA Director wrote:
>> Guest poster brian d foy writes:
>> YAPC::NA_is_hosting_a_deathmatch that will finally settle_the_editor_question,
>> do_you_settle_for_vim_or_emacs_when_you_are_stubborn_enough_to_not_use
>> something_good.
>
> Was this post supposed to be funny?
>
> Because it managed to be impressively condescending without raising a single
> smile from me, and editor wars are normally at least marginally entertaining.
>
> Of course, we all knew Brian was going senile when he wrote a blog post
> about using *formats* as part of modern perl, but it's sad to see he's
> lost his sense of humour as well as his hair now ...

This coming from someone who had to dye all 3 feet (yes, we colonists
use the imperial weights and measures!) of his hair a pale white two
years ago . . .

From jarich at perltraining.com.au  Mon Mar 19 18:40:11 2012
From: jarich at perltraining.com.au (Jacinta Richardson)
Date: Tue, 20 Mar 2012 12:40:11 +1100
Subject: [yapc] Fight Night
In-Reply-To: <20120320004811.GS19118@agaton.scsys.co.uk>
References: <4f67c888.c3043c0a.110d.1138@mx.google.com>
	<20120320004811.GS19118@agaton.scsys.co.uk>
Message-ID: <4F67DFFB.5000204@perltraining.com.au>

On 20/03/12 11:48, Matt S Trout wrote:
> On Mon, Mar 19, 2012 at 08:00:06PM -0400, YAPC::NA Director wrote:
>> Guest poster brian d foy writes:
>> YAPC::NA_is_hosting_a_deathmatch that will finally settle_the_editor_question,
>> do_you_settle_for_vim_or_emacs_when_you_are_stubborn_enough_to_not_use
>> something_good.
> Was this post supposed to be funny?
>
> Because it managed to be impressively condescending without raising a single
> smile from me, and editor wars are normally at least marginally entertaining.

I agreed with these two paragraphs, but not the personal attack.

     J

From admin at yapcna.org  Tue Mar 20 01:00:02 2012
From: admin at yapcna.org (YAPC::NA Director)
Date: Tue, 20 Mar 2012 04:00:02 -0400
Subject: [yapc] Intro to Mojolicious
Message-ID: <4f683904.e71d3c0a.25c8.1e37@mx.google.com>

Glen Hinkle will be giving a talk at YAPC::NA_2012 described as:
     Get an overview of what Mojolicious has to offer, and what makes it
     unique in the Perl community. ? Learn how to quickly make and deploy
     a web app (even if you have no web development experience) and know
     what resources are available to you going forward.
     Best served with beginners, intermediates looking for direction, and
     those curious to see what this whole mojo thing is all about.
     Get on the bus!
[From the YAPC::NA_Blog.]
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From admin at yapcna.org  Tue Mar 20 09:00:03 2012
From: admin at yapcna.org (YAPC::NA Director)
Date: Tue, 20 Mar 2012 12:00:03 -0400
Subject: [yapc] There will be a Game Room at YAPC::NA 2012. Our sponsor
	cPanel...
Message-ID: <4f68a987.e71eb60a.6d47.4f6b@mx.google.com>

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There will be a Game_Room at YAPC::NA_2012. Our sponsor cPanel has helped us
arrange this spectacular extra social event.? 
The idea was actually brought up on ideas.yapcna.org several times in various
ways. Some people suggested doing a poker tournament, while others wanted to
play RPGs, while others wanted to play board and card games, while still others
wanted to do a LAN party. ? (Who knew there were so many gamers in the Perl
community?) We decided to do them all in the form of a game room.
We???ll be setting up a banquet hall at YAPC with large round tables. The_Game
Crafter will supply some custom YAPC-themed decks of cards. And we???ll also
see about having a few board games available. You are of course welcome and
encouraged to bring your own board games, poker chips, or other gaming
paraphernalia.? 
cPanel will then be sponsoring snacks (not a full meal) and drinks and the game
room itself!? 
Also, at the same time, right next door David Adler and Jeff Goff will be
running the Bad_Movie_BOF. Between these two events and the plethora of
nightlife in Madison, nobody should have a hard time finding something to do
after-hours at YAPC this year!
Thank you to cPanel for being so generous! We really couldn???t do such an
amazing thing without you!
[From the YAPC::NA_Blog.]
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From admin at yapcna.org  Wed Mar 21 01:00:03 2012
From: admin at yapcna.org (YAPC::NA Director)
Date: Wed, 21 Mar 2012 04:00:03 -0400
Subject: [yapc] REST in the trenches - Jackalope part duex
Message-ID: <4f698a85.e89dec0a.40bb.22eb@mx.google.com>

Stevan Little will be giving a talk at YAPC::NA_2012 described as:
     Introduced at YAPC::NA 2011, the Jackalope web-service framework was
     still a work-in-progress. Now a year later, Jackalope is still a
     work-in-progress but has seen over a year of real world usage. Come
     to hear what worked and what didn?t work about the framework and
     about building REST web-services for a large organization.
[From the YAPC::NA_Blog.]
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From admin at yapcna.org  Thu Mar 22 01:00:03 2012
From: admin at yapcna.org (YAPC::NA Director)
Date: Thu, 22 Mar 2012 04:00:03 -0400
Subject: [yapc] Perl IPC: Power of Communication
Message-ID: <4f6adc04.aa46b60a.0267.ffffca49@mx.google.com>

Jason May will give a talk at YAPC::NA_2012 described as:
     This talk will introduce common ways of using Perl to have processes
     communicate to each other. ? It will cover things like how to
     communicate between parent/child processes and between completely
     separate processes, whether it is on the same host or a different
     one. It will also cover libraries and tools that facilitate building
     and testing these aspects, such as Reflex, AnyEvent, and netcat.
     Common examples that are applicable to each aspect of the talk will
     be discussed, such as coordinating processing information in
     parallel, working with job queues, and establishing gateways.
     ? Demonstrations, useful references, and caveats will be provided
     along the way.
[From the YAPC::NA_Blog.]
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From admin at yapcna.org  Wed Mar 21 09:00:04 2012
From: admin at yapcna.org (YAPC::NA Director)
Date: Wed, 21 Mar 2012 12:00:04 -0400
Subject: Linode is sponsoring a beer party at YAPC::NA 2012. We’ll...
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Linode is sponsoring a beer party at YAPC::NA 2012. We?ll have beer, wine,
soda, and water available for an hour before the banquet at YAPC this year.
Thanks to Linode for being so generous!
[From the YAPC::NA_Blog.]
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From admin at yapcna.org  Thu Mar 22 09:00:04 2012
From: admin at yapcna.org (YAPC::NA Director)
Date: Thu, 22 Mar 2012 12:00:04 -0400
Subject: [yapc] We will be having a Perl Foundation Party at YAPC::NA 2012
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We will be having a Perl Foundation Party at YAPC::NA_2012 this year. At the
banquet we???ll hand out clubbing shirts. They light up and animate like the
image above.? That will be your ticket to get into the party.
The party itself will be hosted a few blocks away at a nightclub called
Segredo. If you show up wearing the shirt we???ll let you in to the VIP lounge
where you can get your first few drinks for free!
This party is being sponsored by a donor who would like to remain nameless.
However, they???d like to encourage you to give_generously_to_the_Perl
Foundation.? 
[From the YAPC::NA_Blog.]
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From admin at yapcna.org  Fri Mar 23 01:00:02 2012
From: admin at yapcna.org (YAPC::NA Director)
Date: Fri, 23 Mar 2012 04:00:02 -0400
Subject: [yapc] Baby XS to get you started
Message-ID: <4f6c2d83.2451b60a.4249.7034@mx.google.com>

Joel Berger will give a talk at YAPC::NA_2012 described as:
     I am no expert in XS, nor am I am expert in C, but events conspired
     to force me to learn. What I found is that while XS can be used as a
     language all its own, it can also look and feel very much like C.
     In this talk I will present a minimal subset of XS needed to get
     started. I will present some ???easy??? idioms and rules-of-thumb to
     keep XS from becoming overwhelming. Best of all, its still real XS,
     so you can add all the full-power XS you want later!? 
     If you would like to learn enough to start a small XS project, come
     see this talk.
[From the YAPC::NA_Blog.]
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From admin at yapcna.org  Sat Mar 24 05:00:02 2012
From: admin at yapcna.org (YAPC::NA Director)
Date: Sat, 24 Mar 2012 08:00:02 -0400
Subject: [yapc] What I Learned Teaching Perl for Advocacy
Message-ID: <4f6db743.e55bb60a.42dd.1196@mx.google.com>

John Napiorkowski will be giving a talk at YAPC::NA_2012 described as:
     In Q4? 2011 I taught an eight session class about Modern Perl, which
     was primarily aimed at people that are new to Perl but wanted to
     learn.
     This is a presentation about what I learned from my students during
     that class. ? I will review what they loved as well as what they
     found difficult. ? The goal of my presentation will be to help those
     who want to teach Perl for fun and advocacy learn from my experience.
     ? Additionally I think that the community can really benefit from
     understanding what is on the minds of people new to Perl.
[From the YAPC::NA_Blog.]
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From admin at yapcna.org  Sun Mar 25 01:00:03 2012
From: admin at yapcna.org (YAPC::NA Director)
Date: Sun, 25 Mar 2012 04:00:03 -0400
Subject: [yapc] Web Security 101
Message-ID: <4f6ed084.a2083c0a.77fe.618d@mx.google.com>

Michael Peters will be giving a talk at YAPC::NA_2012 described as:
     Security is important in any programming environment but programming
     for the web has some unique possibilities and hazards. Most web
     programmers have little to no training in security and lots of web
     development is done by people who don?t wear a full-time developer
     hat. Add to this the fact that bad security on a web project can have
     very public, very embarassing, and sometimes legal consequences.
     This talk will walk through the basics of web security without
     focussing too much on the particular tools that you choose. The
     concepts are universal, although most examples will be in Perl.
     We?ll also look at various attack vectors (SQL Injection, XSS,
     CSRF, and more) and see how you can avoid them. Whether you?re an
     experienced web developer (we all need reminding) or just starting
     out, this talk can help avoid being the next easy harvest of The Bad
     Guys.
[From the YAPC::NA_Blog.]
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From admin at yapcna.org  Mon Mar 26 01:00:03 2012
From: admin at yapcna.org (YAPC::NA Director)
Date: Mon, 26 Mar 2012 04:00:03 -0400
Subject: Booking is now a YAPC::NA 2012 sponsor!  Booking.com is...
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Booking is now a YAPC::NA_2012?_sponsor!? 
Booking.com? is part of? Priceline.com? and is World???s #1 Online Hotel
Reservations Company, offering over 200,000 hotels worldwide.
Due to the growth of our IT department we are now hiring Perl devs!
We use Perl, Apache, mod_perl, MySQL, Memcache, Mason, JavaScript, Git, Linux &
more!
Our software development basis is SCRUM.
If you want to work in an international, result driven, fun & dynamic
environment, join our team in Amsterdam, the Netherlands!
[From the YAPC::NA_Blog.]
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From admin at yapcna.org  Mon Mar 26 09:00:02 2012
From: admin at yapcna.org (YAPC::NA Director)
Date: Mon, 26 Mar 2012 12:00:02 -0400
Subject: [yapc] The Essential Perl Hacker's Toolkit
Message-ID: <4f709286.2451b60a.4249.04c9@mx.google.com>

Stephen Scaffidi will give a talk at YAPC::NA_2012 described as:
     How many times have you written your own routines to filter a file
     in-place? Maybe you just wrote a ???quick routine??? to generate
     permutations??? or parse CSV??? or compare dates and times???
     *shudder*? 
     How about handling command-line options? Do you write your own code
     for logging? reading & writing from pipes? Daemonizing processes?
     Make HTTP requests? You have? *AREN???T YOU A CLEVER HACKER!*
     NOW STOP IT.
     Other people have already written code that does this stuff better
     than yours.
     Are you still building and parsing filesystem paths with regexes? FOR
     SHAME.
     Have you been writing code to manipulate URLs? Dates and times?
     Extract data from JSON? XML? *HEAD ASPLODE*
     Sure, there are reasons to do this stuff yourself, but face it,
     they???re all bad.
     This will be a whirlwind tour of some of the best little gems on the
     CPAN, and a few things in core as well. There???s a lot of good,
     fast, well-maintained and well-tested code out there that can make
     using Perl much easier, faster, more maintainable, and just plain
     awesome. This is the stuff that helps keep you from creating stupid
     bugs, writing horrible hacks, making a mess of your environment and
     just generally irritating yourself and those who have to debug your
     code later.
     While there???s always MTOWTDI, I will mostly discuss smaller,
     ???focused??? modules that provide essential functionality with
     minimal overhead (where possible). These are the modules that you can
     reach for on a daily basis, whether you???re writing quick one-offs
     or mission-critical systems.
[From the YAPC::NA_Blog.]
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From admin at yapcna.org  Tue Mar 27 01:00:03 2012
From: admin at yapcna.org (YAPC::NA Director)
Date: Tue, 27 Mar 2012 04:00:03 -0400
Subject: [yapc] HTML forms with FormHandler
Message-ID: <4f717384.024cb60a.64bd.7a0b@mx.google.com>

Gerda Shank will give a talk at YAPC::NA_2012 described as:
     Using FormHandler forms from basic to complex. Organizing your form
     library. Different rendering options; rendering themes; rendering for
     Twitter Boostrap and similar frameworks. Automatic database
     integration; handling your own database updates. Customizing form
     behavior. Testing forms.
[From the YAPC::NA_Blog.]
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From admin at yapcna.org  Wed Mar 28 01:00:02 2012
From: admin at yapcna.org (YAPC::NA Director)
Date: Wed, 28 Mar 2012 04:00:02 -0400
Subject: [yapc] Introduction to writing Perl Documentation
Message-ID: <4f72c505.2613b60a.3be0.ffff846e@mx.google.com>

Mark A. Stratman will give a talk at YAPC::NA_2012 described as:
     This talk will help get you in the mindset necessary to write
     effective documentation.
     We will briefly touch on POD (Plain Old Documentation) syntax, but
     due to its elegant simplicity we can quickly move on to examine the
     bigger picture, and explore the decisions we face when writing
     documentation.
     Some key points will include:
     - Conventions and expectations
     - APIs, Tutorials, Manuals, and Cookbooks? and how and when to use
     them.
     - Writing POD to take full advantage of formatters (e.g. Pod::LaTeX,
     Pod::HTML)
     - Inviting community contributions
[From the YAPC::NA_Blog.]
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From admin at yapcna.org  Thu Mar 29 01:00:03 2012
From: admin at yapcna.org (YAPC::NA Director)
Date: Thu, 29 Mar 2012 04:00:03 -0400
Subject: [yapc] Refactoring Perl code
Message-ID: <4f741686.0a9ab60a.293b.272f@mx.google.com>

Gabor Szabo will be giving a talk at YAPC::NA_2012 described as:
     Code refactoring is ?disciplined technique for restructuring an
     existing body of code, altering its internal structure without
     changing its external behavior?. It is needed to ensure your code
     remains readable while growing in size and scope.
     It is needed if you have some old code base that needs improvement
     and after every period of intense development when you ?did not
     have the time to properly design your code?.
     There are several patterns in refactoring, some of them you might
     already practice without knowing the name.
     The most obvious is when you use a variable $x and suddenly you
     realize it could have a more descriptive name.
     If you change all the occurances of $x to this better name, without
     changing anything else in the code, that?s already refactoring.
     We will see several patterns for refactoring Perl code. We see
     examples doing them manually and we?ll try to automate them as
     well.
[From the YAPC::NA_Blog.]
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From admin at yapcna.org  Fri Mar 30 01:00:02 2012
From: admin at yapcna.org (YAPC::NA Director)
Date: Fri, 30 Mar 2012 04:00:02 -0400
Subject: [yapc] Move over PRS: Interactive classrooms with Perl
Message-ID: <4f756803.02d8b60a.2b4d.5b28@mx.google.com>

A. Sinan Unur will give a talk at YAPC::NA_2012 described as:? 
     Personal response systems (PRS) are small, dedicated pieces of
     hardware with a bunch of buttons on them. They transmit key presses
     to a dedicated receiver.
     PRS are used in large classrooms to track and measure student
     attendance and participation, and to record responses to questions
     interspersed in a lecture. The software that comes with these systems
     is usually closed source, not-extensible, and generally lame.
     Twilio provides a service that will contact a web application at a
     designated URL in response to text messages. Cell phones with
     messaging are almost ubiquitous on college campuses these days. Using
     mobile phones students already have along with open source software
     would alleviate a lot of the headaches teachers go through when
     implementing proprietary solutions.
     I am putting together such a system using the Perl web application
     framework Dancer. The system will include a web interface for the
     lecturer to manage questions, visualize responses etc, and I hope it
     will demonstrate the superiority of such a system to a combination of
     clunky proprietary hardware and software.
[From the YAPC::NA_Blog.]
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From admin at yapcna.org  Sat Mar 31 01:00:02 2012
From: admin at yapcna.org (YAPC::NA Director)
Date: Sat, 31 Mar 2012 04:00:02 -0400
Subject: [yapc] Putting the ideas together,
	a hands on tutorial of modern Perl
Message-ID: <4f76b984.679fb60a.474b.ffff8b7f@mx.google.com>

Jacinta Richardson will be giving a free workshop at YAPC::NA_2012 described
as:
     So you?ve heard of Moose, autodie, DBIx::Class, Try::Tiny, Method::
     Signatures, autobox, NYTProf, Perl::Critic, test driven development
     and the funky regular expressions changes Perl 5.10 brought in. Or at
     least you?ve heard of some of them. Have you had the opportunity to
     smash these all together and see what amazing results can fall out?
     This tutorial will treat most of these modules as black boxes which
     do amazing magic; and instead of showing you the intimate details of
     how to create your classes with Moose, create hints for autodie,
     interface with a database with DBIx::Class, or catch exceptions with
     Try::Tiny etc; this tutorial will show you how to use code where all
     of that work is already done, allowing you the freedom to play with
     the fun bit of what comes next.
     If you?ve ever wished you could just write code that looks more
     like:
     $string->split(? ?)->reverse->join(? ?)->say;
     rather than
     say join(? ?, reverse(split(? ?, $string)));
     Or hated writing or die $! after every open, or lost count of opening
     parentheses in a regular expression and not been sure if you wanted
     $5 or $6, or got annoyed at unpacking @_. If you?ve ever been
     afraid of writing tests or littered your code with print statements
     to try to guess where it was taking so long or grumbled about a lack
     of try-catch semantics that don?t involve eval and $@. If you?ve
     been frustrated by these things, but just accepted that this is the
     way Perl is, then no more, because this is the tutorial for you.
[From the YAPC::NA_Blog.]
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