[LA.pm] Losangeles-pm Digest, Vol 41, Issue 5
Nimish Parmar
nimish.parmar at gmail.com
Mon Dec 11 12:31:48 PST 2006
Todd,
I would definitely love to volunteer and help out in any and every way. Some
of the project ideas suggested by Juan Natera are very interesting and I
would very much like to collaborate with him.
Also, I wouldn't mind managing the booth evangelizing LA.pm and perl.
Nimish Parmar
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> 1. Re: LA-PM sponsoring a booth at SCALE? (Juan Jose Natera)
> 2. Need more input: So far positive on a booth (Todd Cranston-Cuebas)
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> Date: Mon, 11 Dec 2006 10:26:19 -0800
> From: "Juan Jose Natera" <naterajj at gmail.com>
> Subject: Re: [LA.pm] LA-PM sponsoring a booth at SCALE?
> To: "Todd Cranston-Cuebas" <Todd.Cranston-Cuebas at ticketmaster.com>
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> Todd, I would like to volunteer as well.
>
> Regarding demonstrations, I have a few suggestions:
>
> * An OpenGL application, doing simple things in 3D.
> * A Perl-GTK application.
> * A wxPerl application.
> * A set of mod_perl "hacks", showing interesting things.
>
> These are all things that are easy to show and/or that we can have
> running continously at the Convention.
>
> We could also give away mini CPAN CDs, all the latest Perl modules in
> a CD so people can keep a "mirror" of CPAN on their machines.
>
> Regards,
>
> Juan Natera
>
> On 12/8/06, Todd Cranston-Cuebas <Todd.Cranston-Cuebas at ticketmaster.com>
> wrote:
> >
> >
> > I wanted to open discussions on this list as to whether the LA.pm would
> like
> > to host a booth at the upcoming Southern California Linux Expo (SCALE)
> to be
> > held on the weekend of February 10th and 11th
> > (http://www.socallinuxexpo.org/scale5x/). As a local user
> > group, there would be NO COST! Trust me, that's a wonderful thing so I'd
> > really like to take advantage of their generosity. I'll only do this
> though
> > if we can get members to volunteer to sign-up for specific spots to sit
> in
> > the booth and evangelize for our favorite programming language.
> >
> > I have attended this event for a few years and the turn out for
> open-source
> > minded individuals is just tremendous. This is a great opportunity to
> keep
> > the buzz for perl alive in our area and perhaps have a very public forum
> for
> > addressing specific misinformation that to my surprise never seems to go
> > away (e.g., perl is slow, perl can't scale, perl can't be used for
> building
> > "real" applications, etc.).
> >
> > The only requirement that SCALE organizers place on us is that we will
> have
> > to have live demonstration systems showing something related to perl at
> the
> > show. They'll provide free internet access and power. We need to provide
> a
> > few boxes showing "something" that we can demonstrate. This could be
> > examples of performance tests in operation, a perl-based rapid
> development
> > framework, etc. I think it would be ideal if the demonstration could
> address
> > one of perl's common misconceptions (e.g., performance, difficulty to
> use,
> > etc.) rather than just do something cryptic or esoteric.
> >
> > In order to know if we should proceed, I'll need for everyone who is
> > interested to reply.
> >
> > 1). Should we have a booth?
> > 2). Will you take a time slot at the event (Sat-Sun - Feb 10-11). The
> length
> > of the "slot" will depend on the number of volunteers.
> > 3). Do you have an idea for a demonstration?
> > 4). Will you help to build one or more demonstrations?
> >
> > Regards,
> >
> > Todd
> >
> > Todd Cranston-Cuebas
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> Date: Mon, 11 Dec 2006 10:56:08 -0800
> From: Todd Cranston-Cuebas <Todd.Cranston-Cuebas at Ticketmaster.com>
> Subject: [LA.pm] Need more input: So far positive on a booth
> To: losangeles-pm at pm.org
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> So far, I have had a number of people contact me directly with a big
> positive response to supporting a booth at SCALE. Please do me a favor and
> respond back to the whole group so others can get a sense of how many
> people
> are supportive of the idea. I'll need volunteers to:
>
> 1). Do stints in the booth talking to people who might be interested in
> the
> LA.pm specifically and perl in general. I'd expect the commitment to be
> something in the range of 2-3 hours.
>
> 2). I'd like to have a library of sample books available at the booth to
> show people the support that perl has in the industry. I'd like someone to
> coordinate borrowing books if necessary to have a nice representation at
> the
> desk. I have a number of books I can bring but I'd like someone
> responsible
> for this.
>
> 3). I'll need a team (or two) of demo-builders. Here are some ideas...
>
> A). Check out dataplace -- <http://www.dataplace.org/>
> http://www.dataplace.org . We did get an offer to do a live demo on this
> interesting site during the show. This is a mod_perl/MASON based system
> showing off some very fun web 2.0 stuff on this site supported by a
> non-profit. If there can be some nice talk about the "behind-the-scenes"
> as
> to how this was accomplished, I'd like to see this one demo'd.
>
> Also, I was emailing back-and-forth with Philippe Chiasson and I think
> there
> were a few very good ideas that came from the conversation...
>
> B). Something comparing cgi, fastcgi, mod_perl/prefork,
> mod_perl/threaded, modperl::registry vs mod_perl-handler with an automated
> benchmark/graphing tool in semi real-time (i.e., live, cool graphics
> showing
> off the major speed and performance achievable with modr-Per-handlers,
> etc.).
>
> C). A live demo of Jifty (the RonR type rapid web development
> framework). Catalyst could also be an option if we had somone very
> familiarly. I think Jifty might be the better choice if someone is
> familiar
> with it since it may have more demo "gee whiz" features. I think I could
> get
> this running but would be a poor demonstrator of anything of any depth.
>
> D: We also had suggestions for the following demos... I'm open to all
> but we need people to build them and be ready to show others who to show
> them off OR plan to be in the booth most of the time to do the demos.
> * An OpenGL application, doing simple things in 3D.
>
> * A Perl-GTK application.
>
> * A wxPerl application.
>
> * A set of mod_perl "hacks", showing interesting things.
>
> I'm not stuck on these ideas, so if you have a better idea, please let me
> know. In the long-run, the deciding factor is going to be who jumps up and
> says "I'll work on this with Bob, Mary, Joe, etc. and pull this together
> for
> the group." I'll be clear on this, I can't set up these demos since I'm
> too
> much of a newbie.
>
> 4). People to volunteer machines for the demo. Ideally, this will be the
> people who create the demo in the first place since it would probably be
> much easier to build and deploy on the same machine, but...
>
> No money is involved here just to be part of the booth group. It's just
> some
> dedication of prep time and a willingness to give up a little of your
> weekend. I know that weekend time is tough, but this is a great event to
> help build the organization so we can continue to attract monthly speakers
> and even sponsor larger perl events.
>
> I'll have to let the organizers know shortly, but I won't commit unless I
> can get a good batch of vocal volunteers. Thanks all who have jumped in to
> show support up to this point. Again, respond back to the main list.
>
> Regards,
>
> Todd
>
> Todd Cranston-Cuebas
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