From jarich at perltraining.com.au Thu May 15 21:53:39 2008 From: jarich at perltraining.com.au (Jacinta Richardson) Date: Fri, 16 May 2008 14:53:39 +1000 Subject: [Brisbane-pm] 2008 PM Census & local OSDClub Message-ID: <482D1353.9040208@perltraining.com.au> G'day folk, The Brisbane PM list has been a little quiet recently, so I thought I'd see what I could do to wake it up. As you may be aware, davorg (Perl Groups Manager) is running another PM groups census. ( http://use.perl.org/~davorg/journal/36385 ). This is to determine: * How many groups are active * How many people participate etc You don't have to meet regularly in order for the group to continue to exist, but Damian will need to fill in the questions sent from davorg, and it'll probably be a good idea if this list gets some traffic. If you didn't know, the Gold Coast LUG (GCLUG) members were very excited about the success of OSDC last year and have started up their own OSD Gold Coast Club meetings. These might be organised by Steve Dalton (he sent the announcement to the last one) which was on May 8th. http://groups.google.com/group/gclug/browse_thread/thread/adc34363f017406a?hl=en If you're proximate to the Gold Coast, you may find it useful to participate in the OSDGC meetings. If they're anything like their Melbourne predecessors, they should be a great way to learn about lots of things incidental to programming in Perl and spend time with a good mix of people. All the very best, Jacinta From djames at thehub.com.au Thu May 15 22:06:36 2008 From: djames at thehub.com.au (Damian James) Date: Fri, 16 May 2008 15:06:36 +1000 Subject: [Brisbane-pm] 2008 PM Census & local OSDClub In-Reply-To: <482D1353.9040208@perltraining.com.au> References: <482D1353.9040208@perltraining.com.au> Message-ID: <75B79203-C3F7-4A86-81CF-41E0207B09B2@thehub.com.au> I started to fill this out back when it came out... must have got distracted, my apologies, I'll do that now. I'm keen to get things happening in Brisbane too. I can even volunteer a venue for events, with videoconferencing facilities and other goodies, close to the CBD. I don't have a lot of time to co- ordinate anything much, but some simple meetings could be a fine thing. I recall the last time anything interesting happened with Brisbane.pm it involved the folks from Trolltech - are you still around? Cheers Damian On 16/05/2008, at 2:53 PM, Jacinta Richardson wrote: > G'day folk, > > The Brisbane PM list has been a little quiet recently, so I thought > I'd see what I could do to wake it up. As you may be aware, davorg > (Perl Groups Manager) is running another PM groups census. > ( http://use.perl.org/~davorg/journal/36385 ). This is to determine: > > * How many groups are active > * How many people participate etc > > You don't have to meet regularly in order for the group to continue > to exist, but Damian will need to fill in the questions sent from > davorg, and it'll probably be a good idea if this list gets some > traffic. > > If you didn't know, the Gold Coast LUG (GCLUG) members were very > excited about the success of OSDC last year and have started up > their own OSD Gold Coast Club meetings. These might be organised > by Steve Dalton (he sent the announcement to the last one) which > was on May 8th. > > http://groups.google.com/group/gclug/browse_thread/thread/ > adc34363f017406a?hl=en > > If you're proximate to the Gold Coast, you may find it useful to > participate in the OSDGC meetings. If they're anything like their > Melbourne predecessors, they should be a great way to learn about > lots of things incidental to programming in Perl and spend time > with a good mix of people. > > All the very best, > > Jacinta From jarich at perltraining.com.au Thu May 15 23:07:30 2008 From: jarich at perltraining.com.au (Jacinta Richardson) Date: Fri, 16 May 2008 16:07:30 +1000 Subject: [Brisbane-pm] OSDC 2008 Sydney (1-5 Dec 2008) - Call for Papers Message-ID: <482D24A2.5070701@perltraining.com.au> Sorry if this results in a duplicate. I just haven't seen it around as much as I'd like ------------------------------------------------------------------------- Call for Papers Open Source Developers' Conference 2008 1st - 5th December 2008, Sydney, Australia The Open Source Developers' Conference 2008 is a conference run by open source developers, for developers and business people. It covers numerous programming languages across a range of operating systems, and related topics such as business processes, licensing, and strategy. Talks vary from introductory pieces through to the deeply technical. It is a great opportunity to meet, share, and learn with like-minded individuals. This year, the conference will be held in Sydney, Australia during the first week of December (1st - 5th). If you are an Open Source maintainer, developer or user, the organising committee would encourage you to submit a talk proposal on open source tools, solutions, languages or technologies you are working with. For more details and to submit your proposal(s), go to: http://osdc.com.au/2008/papers/cfp.html If you have any questions or require assistance with your submission, please don't hesitate to ask! We recognise the importance of Open Source in providing a medium for collaboration between individuals, researchers, business and government. In recognition of this and ensure a high standard of presentations, we intend to peer-review all submitted papers. OSDC 2008 Sydney (Australia) - Key Program Dates: 30 Jun - Initial proposals (short abstract) due 21 Jul - Proposal acceptance 15 Sep - Accepted paper submissions 13 Oct - Reviews completed 27 Oct - Final paper submission cut-off For all information, contacts and updates, see the OSDC conference web site at http://osdc.com.au/2008/ Also if you are interested in sponsoring, please see: http://www.osdc.com.au/2008/sponsors/opportunities.html Regards Mark Rees OSDC 2008 Marketing Co-ordinator From pjf at perltraining.com.au Sat May 17 21:13:15 2008 From: pjf at perltraining.com.au (Paul Fenwick) Date: Sun, 18 May 2008 14:13:15 +1000 Subject: [Brisbane-pm] White Camel nominations are now open Message-ID: <482FACDB.1060708@perltraining.com.au> ---------- Forwarded Message: ---------- Subject: [pm_groups] White Camel nominations are now open Date: Saturday 17 May 2008 From: "Jos? Castro" Every year, at OSCON, the White Camels are presented. If you look at the previous winners [1], you'll notice that these are mostly unsung heroes, like previous awardee Eric Cholet, the human moderator of so many Perl mailing lists, or Jay Hannah, one of the people running pm.org [2] (if you ever created/maintained a pm group, chances are that Jay walked you through the process). Some of these people may be well known, like Allison Randal or Randal Schwartz, while others may be complete strangers to at least part of the globe, like Josh McAdams or Jay. Some of them may be extreme Perl hackers who created the original JAPH, but they actually received this award as a recognition for their community contributions to Perl. That's not to say a great hacker can't receive the award, but you don't have to be one in order to be eligible. That being said, the nomination process for the 2008 White Camels is now open. If you think there's someone who deserves a White Camel, this is the time for you to send in your nominations. Send them to jose at pm.org, if possible with a subject along the lines of "White Camel Nomination :: $name". Make sure you properly identify the nominee and tell us why you think that's a worthy nomination. Don't go thinking "nah, somebody else will do it" because: a) everybody else may be thinking the same, and b) you may state your case differently than the next person. We'll be receiving nominations until June 11, 2008, by midnight, but don't wait up or you'll forget. Do it now! Regards, jac PS: Please forward as you see fit. [1] - http://www.perl.org/advocacy/white_camel/ [2] - http://pm.org/ -- Jos? Castro TPF Community Relations Leader ------------------------------------------------------- From damian at eidsvold.net Tue May 20 01:11:46 2008 From: damian at eidsvold.net (Damian James) Date: Tue, 20 May 2008 18:11:46 +1000 Subject: [Brisbane-pm] Brisbane Perl Mongers activity Message-ID: <47CF83AF-0919-419B-988E-E156F85B18EC@eidsvold.net> Hi All, This is a bit of an "is there anybody out there?" message. I note there are 73 current subscribers to this list, and I'm not getting bounces. I do see names of some people who definitely don't live in Brisbane (hi Randal!) but there are plenty for an active group, if people were inclined to have one. Hence this is also a call for information about what people would like done with the group, if anything. Would you come to Perl oriented technical events? Would you be interested in giving a talk at one? Would you come to social events? I'm not sure how much I can volunteer to do, presumably like everyone else here things have been insanely busy for me for a long time, but I can volunteer a venue close to town (on the RBWH campus), and I'm sure a bare minimum of things could in fact happen. But that depends on there being interest out there. So... over to you :) Cheers, Damian From mikem at open.com.au Tue May 20 03:41:37 2008 From: mikem at open.com.au (Mike McCauley) Date: Tue, 20 May 2008 20:41:37 +1000 Subject: [Brisbane-pm] Brisbane Perl Mongers activity In-Reply-To: <47CF83AF-0919-419B-988E-E156F85B18EC@eidsvold.net> References: <47CF83AF-0919-419B-988E-E156F85B18EC@eidsvold.net> Message-ID: <200805202041.37802.mikem@open.com.au> Hi, Im here, but at the other end of the Gold Coast. I would prob be able to go to a technical/social and maybe give a very short and very informal talk about our use of Perl at OSC. But I would be able to get up to Bris very often for that sort of thing. Cheers. On Tuesday 20 May 2008 18:11, Damian James wrote: > Hi All, > > This is a bit of an "is there anybody out there?" message. I note > there are 73 current subscribers to this list, and I'm not getting > bounces. I do see names of some people who definitely don't live in > Brisbane (hi Randal!) but there are plenty for an active group, if > people were inclined to have one. Hence this is also a call for > information about what people would like done with the group, if > anything. Would you come to Perl oriented technical events? Would you > be interested in giving a talk at one? Would you come to social events? > > I'm not sure how much I can volunteer to do, presumably like everyone > else here things have been insanely busy for me for a long time, but > I can volunteer a venue close to town (on the RBWH campus), and I'm > sure a bare minimum of things could in fact happen. But that depends > on there being interest out there. So... over to you :) > > Cheers, > Damian > _______________________________________________ > Brisbane-pm mailing list > Brisbane-pm at pm.org > http://mail.pm.org/mailman/listinfo/brisbane-pm -- Mike McCauley mikem at open.com.au Open System Consultants Pty. Ltd Unix, Perl, Motif, C++, WWW 9 Bulbul Place Currumbin Waters QLD 4223 Australia http://www.open.com.au Phone +61 7 5598-7474 Fax +61 7 5598-7070 Radiator: the most portable, flexible and configurable RADIUS server anywhere. SQL, proxy, DBM, files, LDAP, NIS+, password, NT, Emerald, Platypus, Freeside, TACACS+, PAM, external, Active Directory, EAP, TLS, TTLS, PEAP, TNC, WiMAX etc on Unix, Windows, MacOS, NetWare etc. From pjf at perltraining.com.au Tue May 20 03:50:24 2008 From: pjf at perltraining.com.au (Paul Fenwick) Date: Tue, 20 May 2008 20:50:24 +1000 Subject: [Brisbane-pm] Brisbane Perl Mongers activity In-Reply-To: <47CF83AF-0919-419B-988E-E156F85B18EC@eidsvold.net> References: <47CF83AF-0919-419B-988E-E156F85B18EC@eidsvold.net> Message-ID: <4832ACF0.3010005@perltraining.com.au> G'day Damian, Damian James wrote: > This is a bit of an "is there anybody out there?" message. Hi. I'm Paul Fenwick. Along with Jacinta, I run Perl Training Australia. I don't live in Brisbane, but I like to visit. > Would you come to Perl oriented technical events? Would you > be interested in giving a talk at one? Would you come to social events? Yes to all of the above, if I'm in town. If I am in town, I can supply talks on Perl and other matters until you all get sick of me. ;) Unfortunately, I don't know when that will be. When I do, I'll be sure to let you all know. Cheerio, Paul -- Paul Fenwick | http://perltraining.com.au/ Director of Training | Ph: +61 3 9354 6001 Perl Training Australia | Fax: +61 3 9354 2681 From lukeaar at gmail.com Tue May 20 18:36:38 2008 From: lukeaar at gmail.com (Luke Aaron) Date: Wed, 21 May 2008 11:36:38 +1000 Subject: [Brisbane-pm] Brisbane Perl Mongers activity Message-ID: <1b8d6c000805201836i56025c7cjf31555fbc343d46a@mail.gmail.com> I'm here! I would attent technical events and social events if possible, but I wouldn't feel comfortable giving a talk at one. It allways seems to be busy is the only problem, and I understand everyone must be in the same situation. It would be good even if the activity in this mailing list increased maybe.....tenfold? Some activity would be great! We'll see how it pans out. Luke -------------- next part -------------- An HTML attachment was scrubbed... URL: http://mail.pm.org/pipermail/brisbane-pm/attachments/20080521/5b23355d/attachment.html From lists at elysiansystems.com Sun May 25 19:49:53 2008 From: lists at elysiansystems.com (Lea de Groot) Date: Mon, 26 May 2008 12:49:53 +1000 Subject: [Brisbane-pm] Developer Seminar: Usability and Eyetracking Seminar Message-ID: <20080526124953734209.d3c38db3@elysiansystems.com> Brisbane doesn't get many formal seminars, its mostly homegrown user meetings. In June, we have the opportunity to learn more about eyetracking. Want to know just what your users are doing on your site? Attend to learn :) http://wipa.org.au/event/141 "Eyetracking - Applications in Digital and Media - Peter Brawn This presentation is a practical introduction to eyetracking in which the latest mobile unit will be demonstrated. Peter will introduce the field, describe how the technology works and how it is providing unique insights in evaluating websites as key part of usability studies. Included in the session is a demonstration of the latest advancements in mobile eye tracking with a device that allows us to explore user behaviour with authentic materials and environments." Register at http://wipa.org.au/event/141 WIPA Members: $50 (inc GST) Non-Members: $90 (inc GST) PS - at that price, its pretty much worth joining WIPA - the Web Industry Professionals Association - http://wipa.org.au/join/ (Sorry for the cross posts - trying to promote this broadly :) ) warmly, Lea -- Lea de Groot WIPA Committee Member