From admin at yapcna.org Thu Feb 7 08:07:15 2013 From: admin at yapcna.org (YAPC NA) Date: Thu, 7 Feb 2013 11:07:15 -0500 Subject: YAPCNA update + can you help guide our promotion by "official" online posting? Message-ID: If anyone has ideas how we can better promote yapcna via "official" online posting, or is simply willing to add their email address to the list of folk we have available to give feedback on our daily blogging, please email admin at yapcna.org. A walk thru of Wednesday's promotion of yapcna.org by "official" online posting: Wednesday daytime JT posted a blog about the Idea Collector he has set up for us: http://blog.yapcna.org/post/42425648896/idea-collector The following tweet was then automatically generated and cross-posted: Idea Collector - Continuing with the tradition started last year, we?ve set up a site specifically for you to? http://tmblr.co/ZwdUIxdWn0S0 Yesterday evening we posted a "quick update" blog entry: http://blog.yapcna.org/post/42458159855/quick-update-on-our-progress The automated cross-posting didn't work. (We're trying to figure that out.) I (raiph) also didn't like the way the tweet from JT's post had been truncated. So last night I manually added these two tweets: submit and vote on ideas for YAPC::NA 2013. Who would you like to see? Something you want to do? Any idea is welcome. http://ideas.yapcna.org Quick update: Travel, Parking, Lodging pages added to http://yapcna.org, 78 registered so far. YAPC::NA 2013, June 3-5, Austin, Texas. These, or close variants, were cross-posted (mostly manually) to: G+ Twitter LinkedIn the #yapc IRC channel PerlMonks, reddit HyperNews and, with this post, the yapc mailing list. Facebook should follow today. What else can we do to improve the effectiveness of our online promotion? Talk to you soon, YAPC::NA Team -------------- next part -------------- An HTML attachment was scrubbed... URL: From toddr at cpanel.net Fri Feb 8 22:19:06 2013 From: toddr at cpanel.net (Todd Rinaldo) Date: Sat, 9 Feb 2013 00:19:06 -0600 Subject: Mailing list is working again. Message-ID: <4EE89D3F-B780-46F1-9D2D-4B61C0E19A82@cpanel.net> Today, A problem was fixed with the yapc at pm.org mailing list. As best I can tell, since November, no email being sent to the list was making it out to anyone. It's been corrected and I'm sending this email so I can confirm it re-sends to my other email accounts on this mailing list. Please DO NOT reply to this email and tell me it's working. Nobody wants an email bomb. Thanks, Todd From admin at yapcna.org Fri Feb 8 22:56:49 2013 From: admin at yapcna.org (YAPC NA) Date: Sat, 9 Feb 2013 00:56:49 -0600 Subject: No subject Message-ID: http://blog.yapcna.org/post/41471395954/yapc-na-2013-in-texas-june-3-5-see-yapcna-org-for YAPC::NA 2013 will be held in the ?Live Music Capital of the World?, Austin, Texas, from June 3rd through June 5th. The conference theme is ?25 Years of Perl?. Come celebrate Perl?s silver year with all your favorite members of the Perl community. http://www.yapcna.org Registration and talk submissions have been switched on. We?ll be posting more about this very soon. Talk to you soon, YAPC::NA Team -------------- next part -------------- An HTML attachment was scrubbed... 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From admin at yapcna.org Fri Feb 15 11:42:33 2013 From: admin at yapcna.org (YAPC NA) Date: Fri, 15 Feb 2013 14:42:33 -0500 Subject: Quick update on YAPC::NA 2013 (Austin, TX, USA, June 3-5) Message-ID: - 124 registrants from 10 countries - 6 sponsors - 27 talks submitted, 3 accepted - 4 wiki pages updated in last week - 13 ideas (keep ?em coming!) - Added History page Later, YAPC::NA Team admin at yapcna.org http://yapcna.org From bruce.gray at acm.org Tue Feb 19 13:19:32 2013 From: bruce.gray at acm.org (Bruce Gray) Date: Tue, 19 Feb 2013 15:19:32 -0600 Subject: Hackathons at YAPC::NA::2013 Message-ID: <9BBDE66B-9F54-4C1E-A6A3-6C782594CC1D@acm.org> To the conference organizers: For those of us contemplating a pre-YAPC or post-YAPC hackathon, what space (as in "seat count") could be made available for hackathons, and more importantly, *when*? Before YAPC? After YAPC? One day, or two days? If both before and after are possible, consider that Texas Linux Fest is on the same campus as YAPC on Friday and Saturday before YAPC. http://www.yapcna.org/yn2013/wiki?node=PreConferenceActivities That would make "before YAPC" a better choice for hackathons, since the LinuxFest is an extra draw for people on the fence about extra days. On the other hand, LinuxFest might absorb all available spaces, leaving "after YAPC" as the only option. My personal interest is for a "Perl, The Next Generation" hackathon, currently proposed in #parrotsketch. ( Moe, Parrot, NQP, Rakudo, Niecza, p5-mop (Moose in P5-core), Topaz, etc. ) -- Thank you, Bruce Gray (Util of PerlMonks) From toddr at cpanel.net Tue Feb 19 14:20:12 2013 From: toddr at cpanel.net (Todd Rinaldo) Date: Tue, 19 Feb 2013 16:20:12 -0600 Subject: Hackathons at YAPC::NA::2013 In-Reply-To: <9BBDE66B-9F54-4C1E-A6A3-6C782594CC1D@acm.org> References: <9BBDE66B-9F54-4C1E-A6A3-6C782594CC1D@acm.org> Message-ID: <12137A56-EFEF-4836-9918-16A038319EB3@cpanel.net> On Feb 19, 2013, at 3:19 PM, Bruce Gray wrote: > To the conference organizers: > > For those of us contemplating a pre-YAPC or post-YAPC hackathon, what space (as in "seat count") could be made available for hackathons, and more importantly, *when*? > Before YAPC? > After YAPC? > One day, or two days? > > If both before and after are possible, consider that Texas Linux Fest is on the same campus as YAPC on Friday and Saturday before YAPC. > http://www.yapcna.org/yn2013/wiki?node=PreConferenceActivities Actually I think the Texas Linux Festival is at the AT&T Center off campus. > That would make "before YAPC" a better choice for hackathons, since the LinuxFest is an extra draw for people on the fence about extra days. > On the other hand, LinuxFest might absorb all available spaces, leaving "after YAPC" as the only option. > > My personal interest is for a "Perl, The Next Generation" hackathon, currently proposed in #parrotsketch. > ( Moe, Parrot, NQP, Rakudo, Niecza, p5-mop (Moose in P5-core), Topaz, etc. ) > > -- > Thank you, > Bruce Gray (Util of PerlMonks) Bruce, We've got a couple of options at the moment and I think we're too far out for me to tell you which one will happen. http://www.flickr.com/photos/therinaldos/tags/yapcna2013/ 1. Bennu Coffee which has in/out seating and Wifi - http://www.flickr.com/photos/therinaldos/8186385296/in/photostream/ 2. The dining area at the TCC, where the conference will be held - http://www.flickr.com/photos/therinaldos/8186321506/in/photostream/ 3. We could reserve a hackathon room on Sunday (and Thursday/Friday) if there's sufficient interest. 4. During the conference (Mon-Wed), we should have sufficient extra rooms to meet any needs on this. In order for us to decide, I'd ask that you do 2 things for me: 1. Please document what your planned hackathon activities are (http://www.yapcna.org/yn2013/wiki?node=Hackathons). 2. It would be good for us to know how many are interested in the hackathons. Creating an "Ideas" item for each day and getting people to vote would really help us gauge interest and make sure the space is available: http://ideas.yapcna.org/. Thanks for bringing this up! Todd -------------- next part -------------- An HTML attachment was scrubbed... URL: From todd at rinaldo.us Wed Feb 20 22:15:56 2013 From: todd at rinaldo.us (Todd Rinaldo) Date: Thu, 21 Feb 2013 00:15:56 -0600 Subject: Reposting messages to YAPC mailing list Message-ID: Some of the posts we've been making for YAPC didn't go through due to some technical issues with mailman. I'm going to aggregate them here to go easy on everyone's inbox. You can also view these and future posts here: http://blog.yapcna.org/, or follow us on Facebook or Twitter --- YAPC::NA 2013 will be held in the ?Live Music Capital of the World?, Austin, Texas, from June 3rd through June 5th. The conference theme is ?25 Years of Perl?. Come celebrate Perl?s silver year with all your favorite members of the Perl community. http://www.yapcna.org Registration and talk submissions have been switched on. We?ll be posting more about this very soon. Talk to you soon, YAPC::NA Team Jan 23, 2013 --- Idea Collector Continuing with the tradition started last year, we?ve set up a site specifically for you to submit and vote on ideas for YAPC::NA 2013. Whether it be ideas for about speakers you?d like to come see present, or the subject of talks you?d like to see, or maybe a social activity you?d like to participate in. Any idea is welcome. And then everyone can vote on those ideas so that the most popular ideas will float to the top. Jan 25, 2013 --- Code of Conduct At this year?s YAPC::NA, we hope it?s everything you?re expecting, and more! When we say more, we mean good things, so we?re going to cover some basics regarding conduct. You know these, and we?re sure you?ll have no problem respecting them, so here?s just a small run through. One of the great things about the Perl Community is the diversity it incorporates. We know every sponsor, volunteer, speaker, attendee, and vendor will be welcoming to everyone. No one will exclude anyone based on gender, sexual orientation, disability, ethnicity, religion, preferred operating system, programming language, or text editor. A few things to keep in mind; be considerate, respectful, collaborative, mindful of your surroundings, and of your fellow participants. This includes refraining from demeaning, discriminatory, or harassing behavior and speech. If any of this is occurring, or someone needs help, please don?t hesitate to tell conference organizers. Sometimes, things don?t always stay inside the lines. Things like harassment, being abusive, discriminatory, using derogatory language, or not respecting the general public at various venues could lead to expulsion. No one wants that! If you are ever on the receiving end, let Will Braswell, YAPC::NA Director, know right away (+1 512-655-9272). This is a big year for Perl; 25 years! Celebrate in a big way, but remember to keep your conduct on point so everyone has just as great of an experience! Feb 15, 2013 --- YAPC Payment is open. $80 for early birds! In keeping with the YAPC tradition of an accessible grassroots conference, the ticket price remains just $100 ($80 for registrations made before May 1st 2013). Feb 19, 2013 --- Call for speakers for YAPC::NA::2013 in Austin The call for speakers has already opened for YAPC::NA in Austin this year. We?ve already received some really great talk submissions, but we want more! Have a great idea for a new talk but don?t think you can give it? head on over tohttp://ideas.yapcna.org and let us know what you?d like to see. The deadline for talk submissions is March 15th. Feb 20, 2013 From admin at yapcna.org Thu Feb 21 21:15:15 2013 From: admin at yapcna.org (YAPC NA) Date: Fri, 22 Feb 2013 00:15:15 -0500 Subject: YAPC::NA 2013 tickets are $100 ($80 for early birds) Message-ID: In keeping with the YAPC tradition of an accessible grassroots conference, the ticket price remains just $100 ($80 for registrations made before May 1st 2013). You can pay for registration here: http://www.yapcna.org/yn2013/purchase YAPC::NA 2013 Team From admin at yapcna.org Thu Feb 21 21:19:33 2013 From: admin at yapcna.org (YAPC NA) Date: Fri, 22 Feb 2013 00:19:33 -0500 Subject: Call for speakers for YAPC::NA::2013 in Austin, TX, June 3-5 Message-ID: The call for speakers has already opened for YAPC::NA in Austin this year. We?ve already received some really great talk submissions, but we want more! Have a great idea for a new talk but don?t think you can give it? Head on over to http://ideas.yapcna.org and let us know what you?d like to see. The deadline for talk submissions is March 15th: http://www.yapcna.org/yn2013/newtalk YAPC::NA 2013 Team From admin at yapcna.org Thu Feb 21 21:29:04 2013 From: admin at yapcna.org (YAPC NA) Date: Fri, 22 Feb 2013 00:29:04 -0500 Subject: Thanks to cPanel, Diamond ($10k!) sponsor of YAPC::NA 2013. :) Message-ID: We are pleased to announce that cPanel is an elite Diamond sponsor of YAPC::NA 2013 in Austin, Texas, June 3rd-5th. cPanel is a Houston based control panel software company. Their goal is to be universally synonymous with web hosting, and continually better their product to have a positive impact in the industry. They continue to be avid supporters of the conference, and look forward to celebrating 25 years of Perl at YAPC::NA. http://cpanel.net/ http://cpanel.net/jobs-site/ From bruce.gray at acm.org Fri Feb 22 20:23:10 2013 From: bruce.gray at acm.org (Bruce Gray) Date: Fri, 22 Feb 2013 22:23:10 -0600 Subject: Hackathons at YAPC::NA::2013 In-Reply-To: <12137A56-EFEF-4836-9918-16A038319EB3@cpanel.net> References: <9BBDE66B-9F54-4C1E-A6A3-6C782594CC1D@acm.org> <12137A56-EFEF-4836-9918-16A038319EB3@cpanel.net> Message-ID: <2A477E04-2DEB-412D-9D45-C33646460D35@acm.org> On Feb 19, 2013, at 4:20 PM, Todd Rinaldo wrote: > > On Feb 19, 2013, at 3:19 PM, Bruce Gray wrote: > >> To the conference organizers: >> >> For those of us contemplating a pre-YAPC or post-YAPC hackathon, what space (as in "seat count") could be made available for hackathons, and more importantly, *when*? >> Before YAPC? >> After YAPC? >> One day, or two days? >> >> If both before and after are possible, consider that Texas Linux Fest is on the same campus as YAPC on Friday and Saturday before YAPC. >> http://www.yapcna.org/yn2013/wiki?node=PreConferenceActivities > Actually I think the Texas Linux Festival is at the AT&T Center off campus. > >> That would make "before YAPC" a better choice for hackathons, since the LinuxFest is an extra draw for people on the fence about extra days. >> On the other hand, LinuxFest might absorb all available spaces, leaving "after YAPC" as the only option. >> >> My personal interest is for a "Perl, The Next Generation" hackathon, currently proposed in #parrotsketch. >> ( Moe, Parrot, NQP, Rakudo, Niecza, p5-mop (Moose in P5-core), Topaz, etc. ) >> >> -- >> Thank you, >> Bruce Gray (Util of PerlMonks) > > Bruce, > > We've got a couple of options at the moment and I think we're too far out for me to tell you which one will happen. > > http://www.flickr.com/photos/therinaldos/tags/yapcna2013/ > > 1. Bennu Coffee which has in/out seating and Wifi - http://www.flickr.com/photos/therinaldos/8186385296/in/photostream/ > 2. The dining area at the TCC, where the conference will be held - http://www.flickr.com/photos/therinaldos/8186321506/in/photostream/ > 3. We could reserve a hackathon room on Sunday (and Thursday/Friday) if there's sufficient interest. > 4. During the conference (Mon-Wed), we should have sufficient extra rooms to meet any needs on this. > > In order for us to decide, I'd ask that you do 2 things for me: > 1. Please document what your planned hackathon activities are (http://www.yapcna.org/yn2013/wiki?node=Hackathons). > 2. It would be good for us to know how many are interested in the hackathons. Creating an "Ideas" item for each day and getting people to vote would really help us gauge interest and make sure the space is available: http://ideas.yapcna.org/. > > Thanks for bringing this up! > Todd > Todd, * While any space will be appreciated, a dedicated space like a reserved room will work better than a semi-public area like a coffee shop or dining hall. However, a sufficiently large dedicated hackathon room might support multiple hackathons. * Based on past experience, hackathons scheduled *during* YAPC do not work as well as pre- or post-YAPC hackathons, because YAPC is always excellent and we don't want to miss any of it. * Done: http://www.yapcna.org/yn2013/wiki?node=Hackathons http://ideas.yapcna.org/idea/6290DA56-7AEB-11E2-818A-8AC49D4F7835/perl-ng-hackathon Hopefully the Ideas page will reflect enough interest to warrant a dedicated space. -- Thank you, Bruce Gray (Util of PerlMonks) -------------- next part -------------- An HTML attachment was scrubbed... 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Later, YAPC::NA 2013 Team From admin at yapcna.org Sun Feb 24 19:48:29 2013 From: admin at yapcna.org (YAPC NA) Date: Sun, 24 Feb 2013 21:48:29 -0600 Subject: Perl of Christmas Past Message-ID: http://blog.yapcna.org/post/43956265472/perl-of-christmas-past The attendees of the opening keynote of this years YAPC::NA will be treated to a visitation: ?being now a thing with one arm, now with one leg, now with twenty legs, now a pair of legs without a head, now a head without a body: of which dissolving parts, no outline would be visible in the dense gloom wherein they melted away.? This vagrant spirit will take us along a journey of Perl?s past, with visitations into history powered by legend and illusion. Perl is twenty-five years old, and though many of us will know the history and elements of its illustrious evolution, few will have had it delivered as a monologue with the style associated with a moderately-crazed Brit from the wilds of Lancashire. Mark Keating will take us on a journey through the ?Time Vortex? to Perl?s humble beginnings and discuss the whole ?Wibbly Wobbly? miasma that is the world of Perl. But this is a social event, and we are social people so there will be an element of the people on display and with luck a few Perl tales you may find new. Join us for the first haunting and learn how we all got to be where we are now. You can register here to let us know you?ll be coming: http://www.yapcna.org/yn2013/main From admin at yapcna.org Tue Feb 26 06:03:24 2013 From: admin at yapcna.org (YAPC NA) Date: Tue, 26 Feb 2013 08:03:24 -0600 Subject: Welcome Platinum Sponsor Linode! Message-ID: http://blog.yapcna.org/post/44061391295/welcome-platinum-sponsor-linode YAPC is thrilled to have the support of Linode as a Platinum Sponsor. Linode is a VPS hosting company with the primary goal to ?provide the best possible tools and services to those that know they need better hosting?. Recently recognized by Inc. magazine as one of the top 500 fastest growing private companies in America, Linode delivers virtualized cloud services from six regions across the U.S., Europe, and Asia to innovative companies in the world. Companies that trust Linode with their hosting needs include The Onion and Creative Commons. As a Platinum Sponsor for YAPC, they look forward to celebrating the 25 year anniversary of Perl with the Perl community. For more information about YAPC sponsors, please visit: http://www.yapcna.org/yn2013/our-sponsors.html From admin at yapcna.org Tue Feb 26 20:45:01 2013 From: admin at yapcna.org (YAPC NA) Date: Tue, 26 Feb 2013 22:45:01 -0600 Subject: Perl of Christmas Present Message-ID: Sorry but this post loses some meaning after plain text conversion... http://blog.yapcna.org/post/44120322394/perl-of-christmas-present Continuing on our Dickens theme, Stevan Little visit our main auditorium stage Tuesday as the Ghost of Christmas Present to talk about the Perl of today. Personally, I think he could totally pull off Carol Kane in a Fairy Costume, but he insists on going Father Christmas on the get up.