From andy at petdance.com Mon May 17 12:51:40 2004 From: andy at petdance.com (Andy Lester) Date: Mon Aug 2 21:27:41 2004 Subject: [Chicago-announce] June meeting: Getting a great job Message-ID: <20040517175140.GA6425@petdance.com> Next Chicago Perl Mongers meeting is June 1, 2004, 7pm. I'll be presenting my talk The Open Source Programmer's Guide To Getting A Great Job that I've been developing with Bill Odom of the St. Louis Perl Mongers. This is the same talk that I'll be giving at YAPC in June and at OSCON in July, so Chicago PM will be the first and cheapest way to hear my talk! I hope to see you there! xoa -- Andy Lester => andy@petdance.com => www.petdance.com => AIM:petdance From andy at petdance.com Mon May 17 12:53:59 2004 From: andy at petdance.com (Andy Lester) Date: Mon Aug 2 21:27:41 2004 Subject: [Chicago-announce] July meeting: Lightning talks! Message-ID: <20040517175359.GB6425@petdance.com> In July, we'll be doing Lightning Talks. LTs are 5-minute talks, given on any subject you can think of. Here's somewhere to look for ideas: http://perl.plover.com/lt/lightning-talks.html Lightning talks rely on YOU getting up there and doing your five minutes in the spotlight. It's a GREAT way for people who have never spoken before to get out there and get their feet wet. From MJD's page: Maybe you've never given a talk before, and you'd like to start small. For a Lightning Talk, you don't need to make slides, and if you do decide to make slides, you only need to make three. Maybe you're nervous and you're afraid you'll mess up. It's a lot easier to plan and deliver a five minute talk than it is to deliver a long talk. And if you do mess up, at least the painful part will be over quickly. Maybe you don't have much to say. Maybe you just want to ask a question, or invite people to help you with your project, or boast about something you did, or tell a short cautionary story. These things are all interesting and worth talking about, but there might not be enough to say about them to fill up thirty minutes. If you're at ALL interested in doing a talk, please contact me directly at andy@petdance.com, or talk on the chicago-talk mailing list. Lightning talks are a lot of fun, but to quote the great Dora The Explorer, "I need your help!" xoa -- Andy Lester => andy@petdance.com => www.petdance.com => AIM:petdance From ehs at pobox.com Sat May 22 06:39:41 2004 From: ehs at pobox.com (Ed Summers) Date: Mon Aug 2 21:27:41 2004 Subject: [Chicago-announce] Uniforum: World's Largest Databases Message-ID: <20040522113941.GA2136@chloe.inkdroid.org> --------------------------------------------------------------------------- World's Largest Databases Howard Fosdick Tuesday May 25th, 2004, 7:00-9:00pm College of DuPage, Building SRC, Room 1450AB Abstract -------- How do you build the world's largest database? What DBMS would you use? What techniques and technologies are involved? This talk walks through various "top ten" lists of the world's largest databases, pointing out the software, hardware and configurations employed. While certain aspects of these huge databases are unique to their scale, one can also learn much about the databases you and I support on a daily basis. Speaker Bio ----------- Howard Fosdick, long-time independent contractor in the Chicago area, is both an Oracle-certified DBA and an IBM-certified DB2 DBA. He works hands-on with the major database products under Unix, Linux and Windows. Fosdick has written many technical articles and books and frequently speaks at user groups and conferences. Getting There ------------- The next meeting of UniForum Chicago will be from 7:00 pm to 9:00 pm on Tuesday, May 25, 2004, at the College of DuPage. The address of the meeting facility is: College of DuPage Building SRC, Rm 1450AB Fawell Blvd (formerly 22nd St) and Lambert Glen Ellyn, IL 60137-6599 Take 355 to Butterfield Rd (Rt 56). Butterfield West to Lambert Rd. Lambert Rd North to first right after College Road. Park in lots 7 or 8 (aka lot P) and walk to SRC building. Rooms 1450AB are on the first floor of the SRC building, and are entered through the cafeteria at the South of the building. All UniForum Chicago general meetings are open to the public free of charge. For additional information contact David Young at (630) 357-5963 or visit the UniForum Chicago web site at: http://www.uniforum.chi.il.us/