From dgwilson1 at cox.net Tue Jun 20 07:10:24 2006 From: dgwilson1 at cox.net (Douglas Wilson) Date: Tue, 20 Jun 2006 07:10:24 -0700 Subject: [Oc-pm] FW: LAPM event Message-ID: <449801D0.50003@cox.net> Things are still slow around here (and Todd asked me to forward this), so here's something you might be interested in if you're up for a drive: Announcing this month's LA.pm Tech Talk! When: Thursday, June 22, 2006, 7-9 p.m. Where: Ticketmaster's movie theater 8800 W. Sunset Blvd West Hollywood, CA 90069 All the way from Australia (and on his way to YAPC), we present... Adam Kennedy presenting... Nothing Can Possibly Go Wrong Short Description of talk... Everybody makes mistakes. Most of the time they can be fixed. But as you gain more experience and your projects get larger you enter the dangerous and exotic world of large-scale design, with mistakes so seductive you won't notice until years after you make them, and so dangerous you can't risk fixing them even once you do. In the style of "You Can't Get There From Here", this talk will cover the theoretical basis of some of the worst design mistakes, and take you on a tour of some the biggest mistakes in the Perl world (including mine). Adam's Bio... Adam Kennedy is one of Perl's "beautiful people", brilliant, outgoing, stunningly handsome, yet still modest. And he loves being asked to write his own bio. Founder of Perl development and consulting company Phase N Australia, he works on Perl scalability and the solution of novel, complex and non-trivial problems for a variety of clients. Preview of next month... Set aside July 11th for the next big talk. Note: I'm still finalizing the location. Randal's back in town to present... Practicing Better Perl: Randal Schwartz summarizes the 30 most important "Perl Best Practices" from Professor Conway's book of the same name, and throws in his own experiences as well. Please click on the supplied link below to let us know if you're coming. As far as I know, you will _not_ be required to register with Evite if this is a concern. This will help me to get a better idea of the head count so PLEASE take the time to RVSP. The Evite invitation also has more information regarding parking, etc. http://www.evite.com/app/publicUrl/tcc at ticketmaster.com/lapm062206 Thank you! Todd Cranston-Cuebas