[LA.pm] Fwd: Re: Todd?

[Todd Cranston-Cuebas]

> Thanks Howard for pointing out that I did not send my reply to the whole
> group ;)


See below for a quick update ;) In terms of my geekhunter site, it's
off-line because I switched providers, etc. Hopefully, I'll have a blog up
and running again soon. Please see below for some thoughts I had regarding
moving forward with talks at the LA.pm. What do you think?

> Yes, it's true! After 6 1/2 great years at Ticketmaster I decided it was
> > time to try something new. I'm now doing my same basic job (recruiting!)
> for
> > Google in Santa Monica. I know that I've been a bit silent lately, but
> > getting adjusted over the last few weeks has taken up most of my time.
> It's
> > a great place though and the work is really exciting. I hope you all
> > understand that this transition is going to take most of my energy over
> the
> > next few months. Pablo has jumped into my shoes to run the last few
> meeting
> > which is _greatly_ appreciated. Actually, I don't have any new guest
> > speakers scheduled at this point so this is a good time to open the
> floor up
> > to suggestions.
> >
> > During the SCALE conference there was a lot of talk about the creation
> of a
> > list of "hot topics" which local la.pm members volunteering to take on a
> > topic and become the guinea pig for a talk. For instance, if Catalyst
> was
> > one of the topics, someone would raise their hand high, spend the next
> month
> > or so beating on it, and then present their findings to the group. It
> could
> > be a very interesting way of getting some unique insights.
> >
> > What do you think? If there is a generally positive response, the first
> > thing to get done would be the creation of the "hot list." I'll start
> off
> > the list with...
> >
> > 1). Catalyst
> > 2). Jifty
> > 3). Parrot
> > 4). The current "state" of Perl 6
> >
> > Mind you, these are only suggestions... ;)
> >
> > Todd
> > tcc at google.com
> > 310-309-6812
> >
> > On 4/6/07, Howard Siegel <hsiegel at panix.com> wrote:
> >>
> >> On Fri, 6 Apr 2007, Mike MacKenzie wrote:
> >>
> >> >> --- Howard Siegel <hsiegel at pobox.com> wrote:
> >> >>
> >> >> It would appear that he has jumped ship to work for Google.
> >> >>
> >> >
> >> > I had heard that Google was not a big friend of Perl.  Do you suppose
> >> this
> >> > signals a change in attitude there towards Perl?
> >>
> >> No clue.
> >>
> >> But I also note that Todd's Geekhunter blog appears to be offline as
> well.
> >>
> >> - h
> >>
> >> --
> >>
> >> hsiegel~at~pobox~dot~com  <*>  LHT  <*>  Netcom Class of '93, RIP
> Netcom!
> >>
> >>
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>
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