<p>From guest contributor Matt Trout:</p>
<p><span class="Apple-style-span"><a href="http://www.yapcna.org" target="_blank">YAPC::NA</a> isn’t just about the main conference programme - there’s often</span><span class="Apple-style-span"><br/></span><span class="Apple-style-span">things that get organised on the fly by attendees because somebody comes</span><span class="Apple-style-span"><br/></span><span class="Apple-style-span">up with an idea, or because they want to try somewhere new for lunch.</span><span class="Apple-style-span"><br/></span><span class="Apple-style-span"><br/></span><span class="Apple-style-span">In order to make sure you don’t miss out - and to find out if somebody</span><span class="Apple-style-span"><br/></span><span class="Apple-style-span">has found the power cable you accidentally left in the lobby - it’s worth</span><span class="Apple-style-span"><br/></span><span class="Apple-style-span">keeping in touch.</span><span class="Apple-style-span"><br/></span><span clas
 s="Apple-style-span"><br/></span><span class="Apple-style-span">To do that, there are two key resources -</span><span class="Apple-style-span"><br/></span><span class="Apple-style-span"><br/></span><span class="Apple-style-span"> 1) The mailing list:</span><span class="Apple-style-span"><br/></span><span class="Apple-style-span"><br/></span><span class="Apple-style-span">    </span><span class="Apple-style-span"><a href="http://mail.pm.org/mailman/listinfo/yapc" target="_blank"><a href="http://mail.pm.org/mailman/listinfo/yapc" target="_blank">http://mail.pm.org/mailman/listinfo/yapc</a></a></span><span class="Apple-style-span"><br/></span><span class="Apple-style-span"><br/></span><span class="Apple-style-span"> 2) The IRC channel:</span><span class="Apple-style-span"><br/></span><span class="Apple-style-span"><br/></span><span class="Apple-style-span">    #yapc on</span><span class="Apple-style-span"> </span><span class="Apple-style-span"><a href="http://irc.per
 l.org/" target="_blank">irc.perl.org</a></span><span class="Apple-style-span"> </span><span class="Apple-style-span">(which allows</span><span class="Apple-style-span"> </span><span class="Apple-style-span"><a href="http://mibbit.com/" target="_blank">mibbit.com</a></span><span class="Apple-style-span"> </span><span class="Apple-style-span">if you have no client)</span><span class="Apple-style-span"><br/></span><span class="Apple-style-span"><br/></span><span class="Apple-style-span">The mailing list tends to be used for “hey, does anybody fancy doing</span><span class="Apple-style-span"><br/></span><span class="Apple-style-span">X later?” ideas, and the IRC channel for “hey, does anybody fancy doing</span><span class="Apple-style-span"><br/></span><span class="Apple-style-span">X right now?” but that’s more down to the technology than any enforcement.</span><span class="Apple-style-span"><br/></span><span class="Apple-style-span"><br/></span
 ><span class="Apple-style-span">These will help you get the most out of your YAPC - and to find the</span><span class="Apple-style-span"><br/></span><span class="Apple-style-span">people involved in</span><span class="Apple-style-span"> </span><span class="Apple-style-span"><a href="http://act.yapcna.org/2012/wiki?node=HallwayPlusPlus" target="_blank"><a href="http://act.yapcna.org/2012/wiki?node=HallwayPlusPlus" target="_blank">http://act.yapcna.org/2012/wiki?node=HallwayPlusPlus</a></a></span><span class="Apple-style-span"><br/></span><span class="Apple-style-span">if you’re wanting to met new people while you’re here too!</span></p>

         <p>[From the <a href="http://blog.yapcna.org">YAPC::NA Blog</a>.]</p>