From chardin at gmail.com  Wed Jan  2 10:43:24 2013
From: chardin at gmail.com (Chuck Hardin)
Date: Wed, 2 Jan 2013 10:43:24 -0800
Subject: [Thousand-Oaks-pm] Next TO-PM Meeting:  Wednesday, January 9!
Message-ID: <B9FE76E9-7444-4002-ABFA-00921D0AAD8A@gmail.com>

Happy New Year, fellow Mongers!  The next meeting of Thousand Oaks Perl Mongers is one week from today on Wednesday, January 9 at 7 PM.  As usual, full particulars are available at http://thousand-oaks.pm.org/ for the curious.

We have one presentation from Barry Brevik -- a long-postponed Part II in the "Rolling Your Own" series on small Perl utilities to automate various tasks.  Barry needn't be alone, however.  We all have a few scripts and libraries we use to make life easier.  Show us what you have up your sleeve!

This leaves us room for one other presentation, discussion, or exercise.  All volunteers and suggestions welcome.

See you there!

Best,
CCH





From daoswald at gmail.com  Wed Jan  2 15:18:23 2013
From: daoswald at gmail.com (David Oswald)
Date: Wed, 2 Jan 2013 23:18:23 +0000
Subject: [Thousand-Oaks-pm] Next TO-PM Meeting:  Wednesday, January 9!
In-Reply-To: <B9FE76E9-7444-4002-ABFA-00921D0AAD8A@gmail.com>
References: <B9FE76E9-7444-4002-ABFA-00921D0AAD8A@gmail.com>
Message-ID: <380931787-1357168703-cardhu_decombobulator_blackberry.rim.net-813818831-@b4.c13.bise6.blackberry>

After last month's meeting Barry mentioned an intro to creating a CPAN dist might be interesting, and in answer to that I prepared a short presentation that I figured I would just hold onto until an opportunity presented itself. 

'30 Minutes to CPAN, in a 20 Minute Tutorial'. 

-- Dave Oswald

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From: Chuck Hardin <chardin at gmail.com>
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To: ThousandOaks.pm<thousand-oaks-pm at pm.org>
Subject: [Thousand-Oaks-pm] Next TO-PM Meeting:  Wednesday, January 9!

Happy New Year, fellow Mongers!  The next meeting of Thousand Oaks Perl Mongers is one week from today on Wednesday, January 9 at 7 PM.  As usual, full particulars are available at http://thousand-oaks.pm.org/ for the curious.

We have one presentation from Barry Brevik -- a long-postponed Part II in the "Rolling Your Own" series on small Perl utilities to automate various tasks.  Barry needn't be alone, however.  We all have a few scripts and libraries we use to make life easier.  Show us what you have up your sleeve!

This leaves us room for one other presentation, discussion, or exercise.  All volunteers and suggestions welcome.

See you there!

Best,
CCH





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Mailing list: http://mail.pm.org/mailman/listinfo/thousand-oaks-pm

From daoswald at gmail.com  Wed Jan  9 23:57:28 2013
From: daoswald at gmail.com (David Oswald)
Date: Wed, 9 Jan 2013 23:57:28 -0800
Subject: [Thousand-Oaks-pm] Introduction to building CPAN distributions
Message-ID: <CAKTcQ95P26rihXca216EDcXTuCyMxx5x=FkoeEMMNe+MvNupgw@mail.gmail.com>

The slides for this evening's presentation on the "nuts and bolts" of
a basic CPAN distribution are on slideshare at:

http://www.slideshare.net/daoswald/30-minutes-to-cpan



--

David Oswald
daoswald at gmail.com

From jeff at imaginative-software.com  Thu Jan 10 00:26:36 2013
From: jeff at imaginative-software.com (Jeffrey Ryan Thalhammer)
Date: Thu, 10 Jan 2013 00:26:36 -0800
Subject: [Thousand-Oaks-pm] Introduction to building CPAN distributions
In-Reply-To: <CAKTcQ95P26rihXca216EDcXTuCyMxx5x=FkoeEMMNe+MvNupgw@mail.gmail.com>
References: <CAKTcQ95P26rihXca216EDcXTuCyMxx5x=FkoeEMMNe+MvNupgw@mail.gmail.com>
Message-ID: <ADA4B873-9EF7-4E64-B099-537308E58F48@imaginative-software.com>


On Jan 9, 2013, at 11:57 PM, David Oswald wrote:

> The slides for this evening's presentation on the "nuts and bolts" of
> a basic CPAN distribution are on slideshare at:

Great deck!  Sorry I couldn't be there.  I definitely think it is worth creating one CPAN distribution by hand, before jumping to tools like Dist::Zilla.  Until you've made and managed all those files by yourself, the workflow for D::Z may not seem obvious.  But once you've done a couple dists the old fashioned way, you'll definitely want to (and really enjoy) using D::Z.

IMHO, registering modules is totally unnecessary.  If you're the first to release a module with a given name, then it is yours -- even if you never register it.  The only folks that still seem to register modules are those who control the registry.

Also IMHO, people fuss over namespaces way too much.  If your module fits nicely into an existing namespace, then great.  If not, then don't torture yourself over creating a new one.  Call it Tarantula or MoonBeam or whatever.  Then focus your energy on making sure your code is well organized into meaningful packages within your chosen namespace.  If it's good, people will find it no matter what you call it.

May a thousand distros bloom!    -- Ancient Chinese proverb

-Jeff
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From daoswald at gmail.com  Thu Jan 10 10:48:57 2013
From: daoswald at gmail.com (David Oswald)
Date: Thu, 10 Jan 2013 10:48:57 -0800
Subject: [Thousand-Oaks-pm] Contacts in Salt Lake City
Message-ID: <CAKTcQ963VPkA5Ws_hD3ihdTHa89dwq+GFd20KUzRFknX1EwcaA@mail.gmail.com>

As I mentioned in yesterday's meeting, we just found out (this week)
that we have an opportunity now to act upon a long-term goal of
relocating to Salt Lake City.  My wife's been offered her dream
promotion there.

After we arrive I'll be interested in getting to know the Perl
community in Salt Lake City (and the greater programming community).
Who knows; maybe I'll even start a PerlMongers group.  To that end, if
any of you know of Perl shops there, or even just individuals active
in "the community", I'd love to hear about them.


Dave

--

David Oswald
daoswald at gmail.com

From chardin at gmail.com  Fri Jan 25 09:49:35 2013
From: chardin at gmail.com (Chuck Hardin)
Date: Fri, 25 Jan 2013 09:49:35 -0800
Subject: [Thousand-Oaks-pm] TO-PM now being organized by Peter Bowen
Message-ID: <6A6D49E6-F0EF-4F89-A1E2-2720BA5EA229@gmail.com>

Dave Oswald recently announced that he's moving to Salt Lake City and is therefore not co-organizing Thousand Oaks Perl Mongers.  We all wish him well, and appreciate all he has done for us.

I am also bowing out of co-organizing TO-PM.  My job in Culver City makes it difficult to make it to Thousand Oaks by 7 PM on meeting days, and I am not able to devote the kind of time and attention the group deserves.  I'll still attend when I can, but I'm not going to be a co-organizer.

Peter Bowen of ValueClick is taking over as organizer, and I'm sure he'll do an excellent job.

Thanks for the opportunity to work with this chapter.  I have learned a lot and enjoyed myself enormously!

Best,
CCH





From naterajj at gmail.com  Fri Jan 25 10:14:46 2013
From: naterajj at gmail.com (Juan J. Natera)
Date: Fri, 25 Jan 2013 10:14:46 -0800
Subject: [Thousand-Oaks-pm] SCALE 11x one month from now, volunteers needed
Message-ID: <CAF6iUEPXVUZFpnKwofxQhSRSSn_3xgP+-pAx3b9mB3WA=UkSpw@mail.gmail.com>

Hi Folks,

It's that time of the year again, and we're looking for a few brave souls
to help us in the Perl Mongers booth at SCALE 11x.

If you interested in helping out, please choose one or more of the
following slots and message me privately.

Saturday Morning 9:00am to 1:30pm
Saturday afternoon 1:30pm to 6:00pm
Sunday Morning 9:30am to 1:15pm
Sunday Afternoon 1:15pm to 5:00pm

Sunday shifts are a bit shorter since there is no need to setup the booth
tear down historically begins early as well..

If you volunteer, I will provide you the information you need to register
and receive a full free conference pass.

If you just want to attend SCALE, remember you can use promo code PMONG to
get a 50% discount.

Thanks!

Juan Natera
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From naterajj at gmail.com  Fri Jan 25 11:18:28 2013
From: naterajj at gmail.com (Juan J. Natera)
Date: Fri, 25 Jan 2013 11:18:28 -0800
Subject: [Thousand-Oaks-pm] SCALE 11x one month from now,
	volunteers needed
In-Reply-To: <CAF6iUEPXVUZFpnKwofxQhSRSSn_3xgP+-pAx3b9mB3WA=UkSpw@mail.gmail.com>
References: <CAF6iUEPXVUZFpnKwofxQhSRSSn_3xgP+-pAx3b9mB3WA=UkSpw@mail.gmail.com>
Message-ID: <CAF6iUEOuosm7gY_9uhC7EPYDuZFwJm6niWgrEV2tLNtk-fv9Uw@mail.gmail.com>

SCALE 11x will be held at the LAX Hilton on Feb 22nd to the 24th, for more
information please visit:

https://www.socallinuxexpo.org/scale11x

Thanks!

Juan



On Fri, Jan 25, 2013 at 10:14 AM, Juan J. Natera <naterajj at gmail.com> wrote:

> Hi Folks,
>
> It's that time of the year again, and we're looking for a few brave souls
> to help us in the Perl Mongers booth at SCALE 11x.
>
> If you interested in helping out, please choose one or more of the
> following slots and message me privately.
>
> Saturday Morning 9:00am to 1:30pm
> Saturday afternoon 1:30pm to 6:00pm
> Sunday Morning 9:30am to 1:15pm
> Sunday Afternoon 1:15pm to 5:00pm
>
> Sunday shifts are a bit shorter since there is no need to setup the booth
> tear down historically begins early as well..
>
> If you volunteer, I will provide you the information you need to register
> and receive a full free conference pass.
>
> If you just want to attend SCALE, remember you can use promo code PMONG to
> get a 50% discount.
>
> Thanks!
>
> Juan Natera
>
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From peter at bowenfamily.org  Fri Jan 25 19:54:13 2013
From: peter at bowenfamily.org (Peter Bowen)
Date: Fri, 25 Jan 2013 19:54:13 -0800
Subject: [Thousand-Oaks-pm] TO-PM now being organized by Peter Bowen
In-Reply-To: <6A6D49E6-F0EF-4F89-A1E2-2720BA5EA229@gmail.com>
References: <6A6D49E6-F0EF-4F89-A1E2-2720BA5EA229@gmail.com>
Message-ID: <51035365.3060802@bowenfamily.org>

Chuck,
     Thank you for your help and coordination.  I appreciate your 
efforts, and I'm sure that I'm not alone.  I wish you well in your 
future endeavors, but hope that you'll stop by and say hello whenever 
you can.  Thanks again.

-Peter




On 1/25/13 9:49 AM, Chuck Hardin wrote:
> Dave Oswald recently announced that he's moving to Salt Lake City and is therefore not co-organizing Thousand Oaks Perl Mongers.  We all wish him well, and appreciate all he has done for us.
>
> I am also bowing out of co-organizing TO-PM.  My job in Culver City makes it difficult to make it to Thousand Oaks by 7 PM on meeting days, and I am not able to devote the kind of time and attention the group deserves.  I'll still attend when I can, but I'm not going to be a co-organizer.
>
> Peter Bowen of ValueClick is taking over as organizer, and I'm sure he'll do an excellent job.
>
> Thanks for the opportunity to work with this chapter.  I have learned a lot and enjoyed myself enormously!
>
> Best,
> CCH
>
>
>
>
>
> _______________________________________________
> ThousandOaks.pm - Thousand Oaks Perl Mongers
> Website:      http://thousand-oaks.pm.org/
> Mailing list: http://mail.pm.org/mailman/listinfo/thousand-oaks-pm
>


From daoswald at gmail.com  Fri Jan 25 20:03:24 2013
From: daoswald at gmail.com (David Oswald)
Date: Fri, 25 Jan 2013 20:03:24 -0800
Subject: [Thousand-Oaks-pm] TO-PM now being organized by Peter Bowen
In-Reply-To: <51035365.3060802@bowenfamily.org>
References: <6A6D49E6-F0EF-4F89-A1E2-2720BA5EA229@gmail.com>
	<51035365.3060802@bowenfamily.org>
Message-ID: <CAKTcQ97+ip-WUhS_kQjCJf7Ljigr3ryQjdZkB6gd-4EtwFv29Q@mail.gmail.com>

I'd like to thank you too, Chuck.  I've really enjoyed TO-PM, and your
efforts have made it happen.  Perl Mongers is one of the things I'll
miss about Southern California as I move on to Salt Lake City.

Peter: Keep the ball rolling!

I'm still in LA until Feb 25th, so I'll be present in the Feb meeting.

Once my feet hit the ground in SLC I think I'd like to start a Salt
Lake Perl Mongers.  So if any of you happen to pass through let me
know and we'll look forward to a celebrity guest speaker! :)



On Fri, Jan 25, 2013 at 7:54 PM, Peter Bowen <peter at bowenfamily.org> wrote:
> Chuck,
>     Thank you for your help and coordination.  I appreciate your efforts,
> and I'm sure that I'm not alone.  I wish you well in your future endeavors,
> but hope that you'll stop by and say hello whenever you can.  Thanks again.
>
> -Peter
>
>
>
>
>
> On 1/25/13 9:49 AM, Chuck Hardin wrote:
>>
>> Dave Oswald recently announced that he's moving to Salt Lake City and is
>> therefore not co-organizing Thousand Oaks Perl Mongers.  We all wish him
>> well, and appreciate all he has done for us.
>>
>> I am also bowing out of co-organizing TO-PM.  My job in Culver City makes
>> it difficult to make it to Thousand Oaks by 7 PM on meeting days, and I am
>> not able to devote the kind of time and attention the group deserves.  I'll
>> still attend when I can, but I'm not going to be a co-organizer.
>>
>> Peter Bowen of ValueClick is taking over as organizer, and I'm sure he'll
>> do an excellent job.
>>
>> Thanks for the opportunity to work with this chapter.  I have learned a
>> lot and enjoyed myself enormously!
>>
>> Best,
>> CCH
>>
>>
>>
>>
>>
>> _______________________________________________
>> ThousandOaks.pm - Thousand Oaks Perl Mongers
>> Website:      http://thousand-oaks.pm.org/
>> Mailing list: http://mail.pm.org/mailman/listinfo/thousand-oaks-pm
>>
>
>
> _______________________________________________
> ThousandOaks.pm - Thousand Oaks Perl Mongers
> Website:      http://thousand-oaks.pm.org/
> Mailing list: http://mail.pm.org/mailman/listinfo/thousand-oaks-pm



-- 

David Oswald
daoswald at gmail.com