From admin at yapcna.org Wed Feb 1 01:00:03 2012 From: admin at yapcna.org (YAPC::NA Director) Date: Wed, 1 Feb 2012 04:00:03 -0500 Subject: [yapc] Thank You Sponsors Message-ID: <20120201010003.175726DE@dm0201.mta.everyone.net> We?d like to thank our_sponsors for stepping up to support us. We really couldn?t do this without their support. You too could sponsor_YAPC. PS The guys running the 2012_Perl_QA_Hackathon have asked me to remind everyone that the hackathon is taking place March 30-April 1 in Paris. They?re also in need of sponsors. If you can help, click the ?donate? button at the top right corner of their site. [From the YAPC::NA_Blog.] -------------- next part -------------- An HTML attachment was scrubbed... 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They???re also in need of sponsors. If you can help, click the ???donate??? button at the top right corner of their site. [From the YAPC::NA_Blog.] -------------- next part -------------- An HTML attachment was scrubbed... URL: From scott at slowass.net Thu Feb 2 09:21:39 2012 From: scott at slowass.net (Scott Walters) Date: Thu, 2 Feb 2012 12:21:39 -0500 Subject: [yapc] I need your help with Perl and the Internet of Things at YAPC::NA In-Reply-To: References: Message-ID: Hi all, The Arduino is awesome and I don't want to create an NIH-fueled schism, but if you did want to do embedded programming in Perl, check out the Bifferboard: http://bifferos.co.uk/. It's a Chinese 486 clone that will run a stock Slackware install (or various other distros). You can put something like OpenWRT on the on-board flash or run full install off of USB storage. I'll try to remember to bring one along with me. Incidentally, one of them got transplanted into a friend's toaster while she was gone on vacation over April Fool's. She came home to a joke telling talking toaster that runs Slackware. Cheers, -scott On 1/13/12, Gabor Szabo wrote: > Hi Robert, > > On Fri, Jan 13, 2012 at 4:33 AM, Robert Blackwell > wrote: >> >> Physical Computing, Internet of Things it does not really matter what you >> call it. We are talking about controlling things. Maybe you just want a >> text >> message when your doorbell rings or maybe you want to print in 3D straight >> from Perl using a Makerbot. Maybe you just want more control over your >> Christmas lights, CheerLights. Maybe there are dirty words you want your >> TV >> to just mute. >> >> Arduino, PWM, servo motors, stepper motors, wii controllers, the list goes >> on and on. Have you ever wondered what it all means and how to connect >> them >> all? >> >> Many of you know I am working on getting the Perl community interested in >> the Internet of Things and in getting CPAN stuffed full of Internet of >> Things code. To do that I need more people interested and enable to hack >> in >> the Internet of Things space. >> >> I know we can make Perl a choice language for scripting the physical world >> together. >> >> What do you want to learn? >> What can I facilitate? >> What projects do you need help with? >> Would you pay for a class to learn about something non Perl like how to >> use >> an Arduino? >> What do you want to learn? >> What do you need? >> >> There is a lot of non Perl to learn in order to do things. But just like >> there is Baby Perl there is Baby Internet of Things. You can really do >> interesting things with out having an EE degree. >> >> Don't fear the connected future help build it. > > > I bought an Arduino a year ago and Martin Berends helped me get started > with it > programming it in it C-like language but quickly got stuck for two main > reasons > 1) lack of time > 2) 0, or even negative understanding in electronics - all the physical > part of it > > Since then I accumulated a lot of junk - in preparation to the time > when I need various physical devices to hook up to my Arduino but that > time is still on its way. > > I don't think you can help with (1) well, unless you help me get lot > of people buy my training classes :) > (and thank *you* for buying it) but (2) might be something interesting and > fun > even if I don't see how is it useful. > > It might be more fun to program my Arduino in Perl but I don't mind > playing with the C code. > The thing I would really need help with is understanding the electronics > part. > > Oh and an idea. I'd love to see some robot competition at YAPCs. > > Sorry if this wasn't much help. > > regards > Gabor > _______________________________________________ > yapc mailing list > yapc at pm.org > http://mail.pm.org/mailman/listinfo/yapc > From admin at yapcna.org Fri Feb 3 01:00:03 2012 From: admin at yapcna.org (YAPC::NA Director) Date: Fri, 3 Feb 2012 04:00:03 -0500 Subject: [yapc] Calling All Speakers! Message-ID: <20120203010003.1756B96E@dm0206.mta.everyone.net> Submit_a_talk for YAPC::NA_2012. We???re especially interested in talks on real-world Perl apps and quintessential Perl 101 talks, but we???re open to any ideas you have.? [From the YAPC::NA_Blog.] -------------- next part -------------- An HTML attachment was scrubbed... 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Give the marker back to whomever you got it from Of course you might also want not want to do that since YAPC is a social conference and you might actually want to make it easy to share your info with other people at the conference. Did you know that QR Codes are evil because ? _____FILL_IN_THE_BLANK_REASON_____? Welcome to 2012. The world???s going to end this year anyway. Why do you care? [From the YAPC::NA_Blog.] -------------- next part -------------- An HTML attachment was scrubbed... URL: -------------- next part -------------- A non-text attachment was scrubbed... Name: not available Type: image/png Size: 5214 bytes Desc: not available URL: From admin at yapcna.org Sun Feb 5 01:00:03 2012 From: admin at yapcna.org (YAPC::NA Director) Date: Sun, 5 Feb 2012 04:00:03 -0500 Subject: [yapc] QR Code Scanner Pro Message-ID: <20120205010003.1756D098@dm0205.mta.everyone.net> QR_Code_Scanner_Pro: QR_Code_Scanner_Pro? is one of the better QR Code readers for Blackberry. Most importantly, it handles vCards. Since we???re using a lot of QR Codes at YAPC:: NA_2012, do yourself a favor and get QR Code Scanner Pro, if you???re a Blackberry user. [From the YAPC::NA_Blog.] -------------- next part -------------- An HTML attachment was scrubbed... URL: From zak.zebrowski at gmail.com Sun Feb 5 07:56:20 2012 From: zak.zebrowski at gmail.com (Zachary Zebrowski) Date: Sun, 5 Feb 2012 10:56:20 -0500 Subject: [yapc] I need your help with Perl and the Internet of Things at YAPC::NA In-Reply-To: References: Message-ID: Very interesting... Anyone interested in doing a group purchase? For the dual usb port, w/ powersuppy & usb cable, cost would be about $94 per person (with ten people buying)... any takers? Zak On Thu, Feb 2, 2012 at 12:21 PM, Scott Walters wrote: > Hi all, > > The Arduino is awesome and I don't want to create an NIH-fueled > schism, but if you did want to do embedded programming in Perl, check > out the Bifferboard: http://bifferos.co.uk/. It's a Chinese 486 > clone that will run a stock Slackware install (or various other > distros). You can put something like OpenWRT on the on-board flash or > run full install off of USB storage. I'll try to remember to bring > one along with me. Incidentally, one of them got transplanted into a > friend's toaster while she was gone on vacation over April Fool's. > She came home to a joke telling talking toaster that runs Slackware. > > Cheers, > -scott > > On 1/13/12, Gabor Szabo wrote: > > Hi Robert, > > > > On Fri, Jan 13, 2012 at 4:33 AM, Robert Blackwell > > wrote: > >> > >> Physical Computing, Internet of Things it does not really matter what > you > >> call it. We are talking about controlling things. Maybe you just want a > >> text > >> message when your doorbell rings or maybe you want to print in 3D > straight > >> from Perl using a Makerbot. Maybe you just want more control over your > >> Christmas lights, CheerLights. Maybe there are dirty words you want your > >> TV > >> to just mute. > >> > >> Arduino, PWM, servo motors, stepper motors, wii controllers, the list > goes > >> on and on. Have you ever wondered what it all means and how to connect > >> them > >> all? > >> > >> Many of you know I am working on getting the Perl community interested > in > >> the Internet of Things and in getting CPAN stuffed full of Internet of > >> Things code. To do that I need more people interested and enable to hack > >> in > >> the Internet of Things space. > >> > >> I know we can make Perl a choice language for scripting the physical > world > >> together. > >> > >> What do you want to learn? > >> What can I facilitate? > >> What projects do you need help with? > >> Would you pay for a class to learn about something non Perl like how to > >> use > >> an Arduino? > >> What do you want to learn? > >> What do you need? > >> > >> There is a lot of non Perl to learn in order to do things. But just like > >> there is Baby Perl there is Baby Internet of Things. You can really do > >> interesting things with out having an EE degree. > >> > >> Don't fear the connected future help build it. > > > > > > I bought an Arduino a year ago and Martin Berends helped me get started > > with it > > programming it in it C-like language but quickly got stuck for two main > > reasons > > 1) lack of time > > 2) 0, or even negative understanding in electronics - all the physical > > part of it > > > > Since then I accumulated a lot of junk - in preparation to the time > > when I need various physical devices to hook up to my Arduino but that > > time is still on its way. > > > > I don't think you can help with (1) well, unless you help me get lot > > of people buy my training classes :) > > (and thank *you* for buying it) but (2) might be something interesting > and > > fun > > even if I don't see how is it useful. > > > > It might be more fun to program my Arduino in Perl but I don't mind > > playing with the C code. > > The thing I would really need help with is understanding the electronics > > part. > > > > Oh and an idea. I'd love to see some robot competition at YAPCs. > > > > Sorry if this wasn't much help. > > > > regards > > Gabor > > _______________________________________________ > > yapc mailing list > > yapc at pm.org > > http://mail.pm.org/mailman/listinfo/yapc > > > _______________________________________________ > yapc mailing list > yapc at pm.org > http://mail.pm.org/mailman/listinfo/yapc > -------------- next part -------------- An HTML attachment was scrubbed... URL: From robert at robertblackwell.com Sun Feb 5 08:07:47 2012 From: robert at robertblackwell.com (Robert Blackwell) Date: Sun, 5 Feb 2012 11:07:47 -0500 Subject: [yapc] I need your help with Perl and the Internet of Things at YAPC::NA In-Reply-To: References: Message-ID: <77CF1A35-A3BB-4F54-8402-DFBE3A7E4D3F@robertblackwell.com> Well of course I am in for one. On Feb 5, 2012, at 10:56 AM, Zachary Zebrowski wrote: > Very interesting... > Anyone interested in doing a group purchase? > For the dual usb port, w/ powersuppy & usb cable, cost would be about $94 per person (with ten people buying)... any takers? > Zak > > On Thu, Feb 2, 2012 at 12:21 PM, Scott Walters wrote: > Hi all, > > The Arduino is awesome and I don't want to create an NIH-fueled > schism, but if you did want to do embedded programming in Perl, check > out the Bifferboard: http://bifferos.co.uk/. It's a Chinese 486 > clone that will run a stock Slackware install (or various other > distros). You can put something like OpenWRT on the on-board flash or > run full install off of USB storage. I'll try to remember to bring > one along with me. Incidentally, one of them got transplanted into a > friend's toaster while she was gone on vacation over April Fool's. > She came home to a joke telling talking toaster that runs Slackware. > > Cheers, > -scott > > On 1/13/12, Gabor Szabo wrote: > > Hi Robert, > > > > On Fri, Jan 13, 2012 at 4:33 AM, Robert Blackwell > > wrote: > >> > >> Physical Computing, Internet of Things it does not really matter what you > >> call it. We are talking about controlling things. Maybe you just want a > >> text > >> message when your doorbell rings or maybe you want to print in 3D straight > >> from Perl using a Makerbot. Maybe you just want more control over your > >> Christmas lights, CheerLights. Maybe there are dirty words you want your > >> TV > >> to just mute. > >> > >> Arduino, PWM, servo motors, stepper motors, wii controllers, the list goes > >> on and on. Have you ever wondered what it all means and how to connect > >> them > >> all? > >> > >> Many of you know I am working on getting the Perl community interested in > >> the Internet of Things and in getting CPAN stuffed full of Internet of > >> Things code. To do that I need more people interested and enable to hack > >> in > >> the Internet of Things space. > >> > >> I know we can make Perl a choice language for scripting the physical world > >> together. > >> > >> What do you want to learn? > >> What can I facilitate? > >> What projects do you need help with? > >> Would you pay for a class to learn about something non Perl like how to > >> use > >> an Arduino? > >> What do you want to learn? > >> What do you need? > >> > >> There is a lot of non Perl to learn in order to do things. But just like > >> there is Baby Perl there is Baby Internet of Things. You can really do > >> interesting things with out having an EE degree. > >> > >> Don't fear the connected future help build it. > > > > > > I bought an Arduino a year ago and Martin Berends helped me get started > > with it > > programming it in it C-like language but quickly got stuck for two main > > reasons > > 1) lack of time > > 2) 0, or even negative understanding in electronics - all the physical > > part of it > > > > Since then I accumulated a lot of junk - in preparation to the time > > when I need various physical devices to hook up to my Arduino but that > > time is still on its way. > > > > I don't think you can help with (1) well, unless you help me get lot > > of people buy my training classes :) > > (and thank *you* for buying it) but (2) might be something interesting and > > fun > > even if I don't see how is it useful. > > > > It might be more fun to program my Arduino in Perl but I don't mind > > playing with the C code. > > The thing I would really need help with is understanding the electronics > > part. > > > > Oh and an idea. I'd love to see some robot competition at YAPCs. > > > > Sorry if this wasn't much help. > > > > regards > > Gabor > > _______________________________________________ > > yapc mailing list > > yapc at pm.org > > http://mail.pm.org/mailman/listinfo/yapc > > > _______________________________________________ > yapc mailing list > yapc at pm.org > http://mail.pm.org/mailman/listinfo/yapc > > _______________________________________________ > yapc mailing list > yapc at pm.org > http://mail.pm.org/mailman/listinfo/yapc -------------- next part -------------- An HTML attachment was scrubbed... URL: From admin at yapcna.org Mon Feb 6 01:00:03 2012 From: admin at yapcna.org (YAPC::NA Director) Date: Mon, 6 Feb 2012 04:00:03 -0500 Subject: [yapc] When Wrong is Better Message-ID: <20120206010003.1756483B@dm0227.mta.everyone.net> chromatic will be giving a talk at YAPC::NA_2012 that he describes as: Perl 1 was a quick and dirty tool intended to solve problems with minimal ceremony. Perl 5 continues that proud tradition and extends it with our amazing CPAN. Yet sometimes our amazing tools aren?t what we need. Sometimes we make more work for ourselves. Sometimes the monolingual purity of our conventional orthodoxy gets in the way. Sometimes solving a problem the best way (performance, ease, simplicity, safety, schedule) means doing it the wrong way. I?ll show examples from real projects, deployed to real users, and explain why we chose to do things the wrong way. Potential examples include: * HTML parsing * Database updates * Caching and the lack thereof * Avoiding rework * Error handling * Queueing [From the YAPC::NA_Blog.] -------------- next part -------------- An HTML attachment was scrubbed... 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Kurt Vonnegut From admin at yapcna.org Mon Feb 6 09:09:35 2012 From: admin at yapcna.org (JT Smith) Date: Mon, 6 Feb 2012 11:09:35 -0600 Subject: [yapc] QR Code FAQ In-Reply-To: References: <20120204010003.17566C46@dm0202.mta.everyone.net> Message-ID: <7ADCDF06-B524-48E0-981A-7ACB63F9B33E@yapcna.org> What level of error correction did you put into your code and what version of the QR code did you use? Most phones can't read anything beyond version 10. This article on Wikipedia does a great job of explaining how it all comes together: http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/QR_code JT Smith Director, YAPC::NA 2012 http://www.yapcna.org PS Another way you can support Perl is by adding a link to the bottom of your web site, or on your credits / thank you page to http://www.perl.org On Feb 6, 2012, at 10:57 AM, Andy_Bach at wiwb.uscourts.gov wrote: > One a seriouser QR FAQ-ish sort of note - we just created our first QR for > work here and are seeing some variations in reader success - anybody know > of a good site/software for 'debugging' QR codes (if such a thing is > possible? > > Thanks. > > a > > ---------------------- > Andy Bach > Systems Mangler > Internet: andy_bach at wiwb.uscourts.gov > Voice: (608) 261-5738, Cell: (608) 658-1890 > > We are what we pretend to be, so we must be careful about what we > pretend to be. > Kurt Vonnegut > > _______________________________________________ > yapc mailing list > yapc at pm.org > http://mail.pm.org/mailman/listinfo/yapc -------------- next part -------------- An HTML attachment was scrubbed... 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Most phones can't read anything beyond version 10. > > This article on Wikipedia does a great job of explaining how it all comes together: http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/QR_code > > JT Smith > Director, YAPC::NA 2012 > http://www.yapcna.org > > PS > > Another way you can support Perl is by adding a link to the bottom of your web site, or on your credits / thank you page to http://www.perl.org > > > On Feb 6, 2012, at 10:57 AM, Andy_Bach at wiwb.uscourts.gov wrote: > >> One a seriouser QR FAQ-ish sort of note - we just created our first QR for >> work here and are seeing some variations in reader success - anybody know >> of a good site/software for 'debugging' QR codes (if such a thing is >> possible? >> >> Thanks. >> >> a >> >> ---------------------- >> Andy Bach >> Systems Mangler >> Internet: andy_bach at wiwb.uscourts.gov >> Voice: (608) 261-5738, Cell: (608) 658-1890 >> >> We are what we pretend to be, so we must be careful about what we >> pretend to be. >> Kurt Vonnegut >> >> _______________________________________________ >> yapc mailing list >> yapc at pm.org >> http://mail.pm.org/mailman/listinfo/yapc > > _______________________________________________ > yapc mailing list > yapc at pm.org > http://mail.pm.org/mailman/listinfo/yapc -------------- next part -------------- An HTML attachment was scrubbed... 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Most phones can't read anything beyond version > 10. > > This article on Wikipedia does a great job of explaining how it all comes > together: http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/QR_code > > JT Smith > Director, YAPC::NA 2012 > http://www.yapcna.org > > PS > > Another way you can support Perl is by adding a link to the bottom of your > web site, or on your credits / thank you page to http://www.perl.org > > On Feb 6, 2012, at 10:57 AM, Andy_Bach at wiwb.uscourts.gov wrote: > > One a seriouser QR FAQ-ish sort of note - we just created our first QR for > work here and are seeing some variations in reader success - anybody know > of a good site/software for 'debugging' QR codes (if such a thing is > possible? > > Thanks. > > a > > ---------------------- > Andy Bach > Systems Mangler > Internet: andy_bach at wiwb.uscourts.gov > Voice: (608) 261-5738, Cell: (608) 658-1890 > > We are what we pretend to be, so we must be careful about what we > pretend to be. > Kurt Vonnegut > > _______________________________________________ > yapc mailing list > yapc at pm.org > http://mail.pm.org/mailman/listinfo/yapc > > > _______________________________________________ > yapc mailing list > yapc at pm.org > http://mail.pm.org/mailman/listinfo/yapc > > > > _______________________________________________ > yapc mailing list > yapc at pm.org > http://mail.pm.org/mailman/listinfo/yapc > -------------- next part -------------- An HTML attachment was scrubbed... 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JT Smith Director, YAPC::NA 2012 http://www.yapcna.org PS Another way you can support Perl is by adding a link to the bottom of your web site, or on your credits / thank you page to http://www.perl.org On Feb 6, 2012, at 2:23 PM, Jesse Thompson wrote: > To be completely fair > > https://encrypted.google.com/search?q=perl+site%3Aplainblack.com > > returns 570 results > > I've heard JT's explanation of why perl isn't mentioned on his end-customer facing pages, but I won't attempt to misquote him. > > Jesse > > On Mon, Feb 6, 2012 at 11:37 AM, Chris Nehren wrote: > Indeed. > > $ curl http://plainblack.com/ 2>/dev/null | grep -i perl > $ > -- > Thanks and best regards, > Chris Nehren > > On Feb 6, 2012, at 12:09, JT Smith wrote: > >> What level of error correction did you put into your code and what version of the QR code did you use? Most phones can't read anything beyond version 10. >> >> This article on Wikipedia does a great job of explaining how it all comes together: http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/QR_code >> >> JT Smith >> Director, YAPC::NA 2012 >> http://www.yapcna.org >> >> PS >> >> Another way you can support Perl is by adding a link to the bottom of your web site, or on your credits / thank you page to http://www.perl.org >> >> >> On Feb 6, 2012, at 10:57 AM, Andy_Bach at wiwb.uscourts.gov wrote: >> >>> One a seriouser QR FAQ-ish sort of note - we just created our first QR for >>> work here and are seeing some variations in reader success - anybody know >>> of a good site/software for 'debugging' QR codes (if such a thing is >>> possible? >>> >>> Thanks. >>> >>> a >>> >>> ---------------------- >>> Andy Bach >>> Systems Mangler >>> Internet: andy_bach at wiwb.uscourts.gov >>> Voice: (608) 261-5738, Cell: (608) 658-1890 >>> >>> We are what we pretend to be, so we must be careful about what we >>> pretend to be. >>> Kurt Vonnegut >>> >>> _______________________________________________ >>> yapc mailing list >>> yapc at pm.org >>> http://mail.pm.org/mailman/listinfo/yapc >> >> _______________________________________________ >> yapc mailing list >> yapc at pm.org >> http://mail.pm.org/mailman/listinfo/yapc > > > _______________________________________________ > yapc mailing list > yapc at pm.org > http://mail.pm.org/mailman/listinfo/yapc > > _______________________________________________ > yapc mailing list > yapc at pm.org > http://mail.pm.org/mailman/listinfo/yapc -------------- next part -------------- An HTML attachment was scrubbed... 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Darth Vader was a lowly slave boy before he almost ruled the galaxy. Shakespeare was a short order cook in high school. Chuck Norris was probably always Chuck Norris, though. Do you think you???re a good programmer? Were you a good programmer five years ago? Are you embarrassed to look at your first CPAN uploads? I???m embarrassed to look at mine. Speaking is the same thing. You jump in and do it, and the more you do it the better you???ll get. You think about the next talk, not the last one. One very notable Perl speaker I know has stage fright so bad he doesn???t come out of his room until he has to give his talk, but you wouldn???t know it from being at his talk, which appears effortless. Another popular speaker, Damian Conway, was actually yanked off stage by a big hook on his first try, and now look at him at the top of the list of Perl speaking talent. Okay, the part about the hook isn???t true, but it could be. I like to think it???s true because even though I???m not in his league as a speaker, I want to remember he???s a real person who has achieved that level of performance through experience and hard work. Despite what anyone told you, he really is from this planet. Australia exists. It???s a real place, and it???s right here on Earth. Damian spends quite a bit of time before a talk isolating himself in his room to rehearse, and it doesn???t show, which is the ironic point of it all. It looks like he???s just naturally fantastic. People deal with the attention and isolation of being on stage in different ways, and one person might have a variety of ways of dealing with different situations. A user group meeting can be much more informal with significant audience participation, but a huge event might have you standing 50 feet away from the front row which you can???t see because of the spotlights. Shorter talks are tougher than longer ones because you have less time to waste. Each of us can cope with our personal insecurities about speaking because we???ve spoke a lot. I know that I???m going to be nervous directly up the point where I literally make the first sound, which is almost always ???Ok, let???s get started???, the throw away phrase I use to give people the chance to STFU before I really start speaking. I know that all that anxiety is going to disappear the second I make that first sound. Your fear is mostly about the consequences of your talk. People might hate you, realize you???re a fraud, tweet negative reviews, or stop contributing to your module. You might say something stupid, and people will know it???s stupid. Here???s the deal: you are going to say something stupid. That???s just the way it goes. I???ve never counted???maybe the audience has???but I figure I say one incredibly stupid thing every five minutes. I???ve said incredibly incorrect things about a module when the author was in the room. I once gave a three hour Learning Perl tutorial where Larry Wall, Randal Schwartz, and Allison Randal were a third of the audience. Imagine lecturing the Pope on Catholicism. They were very nice about it. I forgot what the -w switch did during one Perl tutorial while I was explaining -a and -F, which I did remember. During one of my earlier talks on Perl 6, Audrey Tang asked to look at my slides 10 minutes before I was to start speaking, and she started changing them right on the spot. Damian and Larry were in that talk which Audrey should have received an author half-credit. The other half I needed to correct on stage as Damian would call out ???We just changed that this morning???. Almost nothing I had said was currently right, even if most of it was right when I wrote the talk. I???ve spoken in rooms where only a couple of people spoke english, and it was still terrifying even though almost no one would have known if I said something stupid. But, here you are reading what I???ve written and maybe even planning to go to my Zero to Perl class, CPAN See One, Do One, Teach One workshop, or Advanced Modulinos talk. For all the stupid things I???ve said and done, people still show up for my talks. Some of them even like them. So, how can you go from where you are now, a potential YAPC speaker, to being an experienced YAPC speaker, and eventually a decent speaker? Start small. If you talk to actors, comics, musicians, and other people who have to overcome the same fears, you???ll probably find out that not only did they start off small???school plays, community theater, small clubs???but they still start start out small. They go small in a couple of ways???time on stage and audience size. No matter how poorly you might perform, if you only have to do five minutes, you know the embarrassment won???t last for long. It might seem forever when things are going poorly, but you probably can???t fathom 55 minutes. Along with that, you risk less if you make a fool of yourself in front of a room of 10 people. Even top-shelf comics work out new bits in small sets in front of small crowds. Write out a talk that you don???t plan on giving. The very act of preparing your talk is more important than giving it, at this stage. Thinking about you had to explain everything makes you think about those things. You wire up different groups of neurons by using different parts of your brain to think about things the rest of your brain might already know. It???s one of the reasons we have exercises in Learning Perl. You think you understand what we write until you actually have to use it. It???s the same with communication. You think you understand it until you have to explain it to someone else. Move on to work colleagues at lunch time talks. Public (well, private for your company) speaking is a good skill to have and that your manager should be encouraging. Your ability to effectively communicate makes you a better team worker. Your co-workers already know how much of an idiot you are, so there???s not much to lose. Start with a 5 minute talk about what your team is doing. Do that several times over several months. Each time should be less scary. When you are almost comfortable with the short internal talks, move on to the local Perl mongers group, or a similar user group with short talks. It???s a slightly larger crowd, mixes in some people who don???t know you, but is still casual and low stakes. But, don???t wait until you think you???re ready to move on. You don???t need to be completely comfortable speaking in front of your work colleagues to move on; you just have to not be terrified. The next step is always going to be terrifying. >From there, you can work on lengthening your talks. It actually gets a bit easier to do longer talks because you are less concerned with finishing on time. You have a lot more wiggle room. You have some skill and experience now, so the things that you thought were difficult before shouldn???t terrify you now. Different things will scare you. Don???t worry. There???s always a new set of scary things. Once you are almost comfortable with your local user group and longer talks, you have a progression events from the small Perl workshops to the large YAPC. When I was talking with Nat Torkington about this as we hiked in Colorado, he called this ???failing at bigger and bigger things???. You???re always moving on to the next level of failure. It???s not that you???re going to fail, but that you are always on to the next challenge. The stuff that you think you failed at before become the things that you can do much easier now. There it is. YAPC::NA is in June. There???s plenty of time to start small and show up at YAPC with a lightning talk or a short, 20 minute session. Give yourself the end goal right away though; submit_your_talk_today. 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It?s not > going to disappear, but you can learn to control it. > > [ snip snip snip ] > Brian is correct. Take a deep breath and just do it. Find something you think you know about and volunteer to talk about it. Better yet, find something you're a little fuzzy in, and offer to give a beginner's talk. There is no better way to learn a topic then to prepare to teach it. Last year, the person scheduled to give a dancer talk was unable to make it. I IMed a colleague, Jon Hogue, and he left the talk he was in, and talked about dancer for ten minutes (with slides), on a moment's notice. When he was done, Yanick Champoux brought his laptop to the front of the room, and did an impromptu dancer demo for the rest of the time. Neither one came to yapc to speak on Dancer, and they had to wing it. Imagine what you can do with months of lead time, and a community that wants to help you succeed. Step outside your comfort zone, and you'll grow tremendously. Len. -- lenjaffe at jaffesystems.com 614-404-4214 Proprietor: http://www.theycomewithcheese.com/ - An Homage to Fromage Grubmaster: Greenbar 2011, 2010, 2009, Grub Asst. 2008, Trained 2007. -------------- next part -------------- An HTML attachment was scrubbed... URL: From admin at yapcna.org Thu Feb 9 01:00:03 2012 From: admin at yapcna.org (YAPC::NA Director) Date: Thu, 9 Feb 2012 04:00:03 -0500 Subject: [yapc] Building a DevOps process using Meister and Perl Message-ID: <20120209010003.60336872@dm0201.mta.everyone.net> Tracy Ragan will give a talk at YAPC::NA_2012 described as: Defining a build to deploy process that can easily be passed between development operations can be a challenge with the ???one off??? script. ? The scripts designed for the developers purpose do not meet the production control needs. ? Developers are looking for speed and agility, while production looks for audit and control. ? This talk reviews how OpenMake Software leverages Perl to create a Smart Scripter language that can auto-generate build, test and deploy scripts for multiple environments across the life cycle. You will learn how Perl has been used to create a adaptable build, test and deploy process without relying on one off script driven process, moving instead to a dynamic and adaptable model driven process based on the Perl language. [From the YAPC::NA_Blog.] -------------- next part -------------- An HTML attachment was scrubbed... URL: From admin at yapcna.org Fri Feb 10 01:00:03 2012 From: admin at yapcna.org (YAPC::NA Director) Date: Fri, 10 Feb 2012 04:00:03 -0500 Subject: [yapc] Dorm Housing Now Accepting Reservations Message-ID: <20120210010003.6033E2E4@dm0202.mta.everyone.net> The University has opened the reservation process for dorms for YAPC::NA_2012. You can simply visit_the_reservation_web_site to make your reservation. You can stay from Monday, June 11th though Saturday, June 16th (leaving Sunday) or anywhere in-between. A single occupancy room is $62.95 per night, and a double occupancy room is $42.10 per person per night. You must register before Monday, May 14th, as reservations will be closed on that date. If you don?t wish to use the web-based reservation, you can download_a_PDF reservation_form. There?s also a complete_list_of_amenities that you?ll be receiving with your accommodations. [From the YAPC::NA_Blog.] -------------- next part -------------- An HTML attachment was scrubbed... URL: From admin at yapcna.org Sat Feb 11 01:00:03 2012 From: admin at yapcna.org (YAPC::NA Director) Date: Sat, 11 Feb 2012 04:00:03 -0500 Subject: [yapc] Polish Those Slides: We Need 'Em Message-ID: <20120211010004.603253C4@dm0205.mta.everyone.net> Submit_a_talk for YAPC::NA_2012. We???re especially interested in talks on real-world Perl apps and quintessential Perl 101 talks, but we???re open to any ideas you have.? [From the YAPC::NA_Blog.] -------------- next part -------------- An HTML attachment was scrubbed... URL: From admin at yapcna.org Sun Feb 12 01:00:03 2012 From: admin at yapcna.org (YAPC::NA Director) Date: Sun, 12 Feb 2012 04:00:03 -0500 Subject: [yapc] Dyn and Perl Message-ID: <20120212010004.60322546@dm0202.mta.everyone.net> Matt Horsfall will give a talk at YAPC::NA_2012 described as: Dyn (better known as dyndns.org) is an organization built from the beginning on Perl. While we?ve incorporated many other languages and technologies into our platforms since then, Perl is still the number one language of choice for development and is at the core of many of our key products. In this talk I?ll give a brief overview of what we do and how we use Perl to do it. 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There?s even a little bistro on the first floor of Ruby Marie that serves the best croissants anywhere outside of France. Turn YAPC into a romantic getaway for two! Happy Valentines day! [From the YAPC::NA_Blog.] -------------- next part -------------- An HTML attachment was scrubbed... URL: From admin at yapcna.org Tue Feb 14 08:14:42 2012 From: admin at yapcna.org (YAPC::NA Director) Date: Tue, 14 Feb 2012 11:14:42 -0500 Subject: [yapc] Four Months To YAPC North America Message-ID: <4f3a8873.0610640a.0cf1.163a@mx.google.com> Now would be a great time to schedule some time off from work so you can come to YAPC::NA_2012. It???s going to be June 13-15 in beautiful Madison, WI.? While you???re at it, tell your spouse to block off some time and come enjoy our Spouses_Program.? [From the YAPC::NA_Blog.] -------------- next part -------------- An HTML attachment was scrubbed... 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Thanks, Tommy [0] http://act.yapcna.org/2012/schedule [1] http://act.yapcna.org/2012/wiki?node=Arrivals%20and%20Departures [2] http://www.yapc2011.us/yn2011/wiki?node=ArrivalsAndDepartures From lembark at wrkhors.com Tue Feb 14 10:25:06 2012 From: lembark at wrkhors.com (Steven Lembark) Date: Tue, 14 Feb 2012 12:25:06 -0600 Subject: [yapc] One suggestion for talks: Bioinformatics Message-ID: <20120214122506.3f04c144.lembark@wrkhors.com> Many Bioinfo folks don't think of YAPC as "their" conference. If you actually asked for people -- or convinced Lincoln Stein to crawl down -- it would given an opportunity for a group of heavy Perl users to participate. -- Steven Lembark 3646 Flora Pl Workhorse Computing St Louis, MO 63110 lembark at wrkhors.com +1 888 359 3508 From admin at yapcna.org Tue Feb 14 10:35:12 2012 From: admin at yapcna.org (JT Smith) Date: Tue, 14 Feb 2012 12:35:12 -0600 Subject: [yapc] One suggestion for talks: Bioinformatics In-Reply-To: <20120214122506.3f04c144.lembark@wrkhors.com> References: <20120214122506.3f04c144.lembark@wrkhors.com> Message-ID: <4D3B5F4A-0FEE-41FD-AB15-0352C6DE94B4@yapcna.org> I'd like to do both. Do you have any contact info for Lincoln Stein? 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All of pair Networks??? operations, including datacenters, support operations, administrative facilities, and employee commutes & business travel are 100% Carbon Neutral. Plus, pair Networks is powered by 100% renewable energy. To learn more about pair Networks,? visit:? http://www.pair.com/ [From the YAPC::NA_Blog.] -------------- next part -------------- An HTML attachment was scrubbed... URL: -------------- next part -------------- A non-text attachment was scrubbed... Name: not available Type: image/png Size: 9354 bytes Desc: not available URL: From admin at yapcna.org Thu Feb 16 01:00:02 2012 From: admin at yapcna.org (YAPC::NA Director) Date: Thu, 16 Feb 2012 04:00:02 -0500 Subject: I’m very pleased to announce that Double Prime has decided... Message-ID: <4f3cc595.e71d3c0a.3d64.2f2d@mx.google.com> [http://27.media.tumblr.com/tumblr_lzfxhxAAFA1qm5pt2o1_400.png] I???m very pleased to announce that Double_Prime has decided to sponsor YAPC:: NA_2012. 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Roles will include:? * day-to-day interaction with the our group, client management, and design firms, maintaining and developing websites * new application development * systems and network administration (solaris, linux, cisco) Most importantly, a thorough knowledge of OO perl is required. Beyond that, since we are looking for people to fulfill multiple roles, specifics are listed below. Frontend_Javascript_Engineer We are looking for 1 full-time engineer to join our team. ? This is a full-time W2 position with health benefits and 401k. Some roles are available as work- from-home (tele-commute from within the US) and others will be on site in NYC.? Front-end developer requirements:? * Must have experience with object-oriented Javascript - Mod_Perl experience a plus - Must be proficient with HTML, CSS, and cross-browser issues. - Experience with the following JavaScript frameworks: Prototype (required) JQuery (required) Dojo (a plus) * Intermediate to Advanced experience with front-end concepts: AJAX (XMLHttpRequest) * Must have Drupal Theming API, Drupal, JQuery and some php experience * Structural HTML/CSS Thorough knowledge of DOM and CSS definitions and usage is required. The ability to use JavaScript frameworks to examine and manipulate the DOM is required. * Must be experienced with debugging tools such as Firebug. * Knowledge of Perl, Mod_Perl is a plus. * Knowledge of social media integration (Facebook, Twitter, etc) is a plus. * Operating Systems: Unix/Linux (required) * Version Control: Knowledge of one of the following is required: git, svn, cvs, rcs Drupal_Engineer We are looking for 3 full-time engineers to join our team. This is a full-time W2 position with a 401k and health benefits. Some roles are available as work- from-home (tele- commute from within the US) and others will be on site in NYC.? Job Description:? The Drupal engineer will be responsible for analyzing, designing, developing, testing, implementing and maintaining software systems to support our clients* projects in online marketing, e-commerce and mobile applications.? Specific duties include, but are not limited to:? * Participating in the full life-cycle of software development, including requirements gathering, estimating, development, testing and support * Supporting customers * integration of internally developed applications and commercial software * Maintain awareness of trends in the fields of: web-based technology (including ecommerce), IT security and object oriented programming. * Ongoing Involvement in the larger Drupal community. * Assist in improving on all existing Drupal products * Work with internal and 3rd party teams to support existing applications * Become a subject matter expert on all things Drupal as it relates to existing application development, new development and support Editor???s Note: The Drupal position requires Perl knowledge for integration with other systems, and some system administration tools. [From the YAPC::NA_Blog.] -------------- next part -------------- An HTML attachment was scrubbed... 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URL: From admin at yapcna.org Sun Feb 19 01:00:03 2012 From: admin at yapcna.org (YAPC::NA Director) Date: Sun, 19 Feb 2012 04:00:03 -0500 Subject: [yapc] Perl and Opendata Message-ID: <4f40ba14.e828b60a.792f.5e65@mx.google.com> Thiago Rondon will give a talk at YAPC::NA_2012 described as: Opendata is the idea that certain data should be freely available to everyone to use and republish as they wish, without restrictions from copyright, patents or other mechanisms of control. In Brasil, we worked last year with some solutions with opendata, that government can be transparent and make a good comunication with society. And the result of this work are three websites that use Catalyst, DBIx::Class and a lot modules of CPAN. One of this websites is ???Where does my money go? ???? - ? http:// www.paraondefoiomeudinheiro.com.br/. Another one, is about where is crime in one state of Brasil, that with a map you can see where it is happy by time. - http:// www.ondeacontece.com.br/ At last, one about our representants - http://www.deputando.com.br. In this talk, I explain how Perl can be a good language to make nice and fast websites with opendata. [From the YAPC::NA_Blog.] -------------- next part -------------- An HTML attachment was scrubbed... URL: From admin at yapcna.org Mon Feb 20 01:00:03 2012 From: admin at yapcna.org (YAPC::NA Director) Date: Mon, 20 Feb 2012 04:00:03 -0500 Subject: I’m quite pleased to announce that Shadowcat Systems has... Message-ID: <4f420b95.e828b60a.792f.ffff9bdc@mx.google.com> [http://29.media.tumblr.com/tumblr_lzhshuD4EL1qm5pt2o1_400.png] I???m quite pleased to announce that Shadowcat Systems has decided to sponsor YAPC::NA_2012! Shadowcat_Systems is a developer, sponsor of, and contributor to open source software projects including Catalyst, Moose, Moo, Tak, Devel::Declare and DBIx::Class. Shadowcat provides consultancy, training and support for these projects and for most of CPAN; systems management and automation; the design and implementation of network architecture; the development of proprietary and open source custom web applications; and offers Perl refactoring and project crisis management. Shadowcat Systems are based in the United Kingdom but delivers solutions to a global community of clients via onsite supervision along with traditional and internet based communications.? [From the YAPC::NA_Blog.] -------------- next part -------------- An HTML attachment was scrubbed... URL: -------------- next part -------------- A non-text attachment was scrubbed... Name: not available Type: image/png Size: 49697 bytes Desc: not available URL: From admin at yapcna.org Tue Feb 21 01:00:03 2012 From: admin at yapcna.org (YAPC::NA Director) Date: Tue, 21 Feb 2012 04:00:03 -0500 Subject: [yapc] Perl Data Language at YAPC Message-ID: <4f435d14.67163c0a.7533.47fe@mx.google.com> We???ve got a start on a track about the Perl_Data_Language_(PDL)? at YAPC::NA 2012. This area of Perl is a great fit with our ???Perl in the Wild??? theme. So if you have some expertise using the PDL, by all means submit_a_talk about it. If we can get enough talks, we can put together a one day track about it. Likewise if you want to run a workshop to get people bootstrapped on PDL, you can submit_a_talk for that as well.? [From the YAPC::NA_Blog.] -------------- next part -------------- An HTML attachment was scrubbed... URL: From admin at yapcna.org Wed Feb 22 01:00:03 2012 From: admin at yapcna.org (YAPC::NA Director) Date: Wed, 22 Feb 2012 04:00:03 -0500 Subject: I’m happy to announce that ActiveState has decided to... Message-ID: <4f44ae96.0c52ec0a.615a.14fd@mx.google.com> [http://24.media.tumblr.com/tumblr_lzjjsrUMfD1qm5pt2o1_500.png] I?m happy to announce that ActiveState has decided to sponsor YAPC::NA_2012. ActiveState empowers innovation from code to cloud smarter, safer, and faster. ActiveState?s cutting-edge solutions give developers and enterprises the power and flexibility to develop in Java, Ruby, Python, Perl, Node.js, PHP, Tcl, and more. Stackato is ActiveState?s groundbreaking cloud platform for creating a private platform as a service (PaaS), and is the cost-effective, secure, and portable way to develop and deploy apps to the cloud. ActiveState is proven for the enterprise: More than two million developers and 97% of Fortune-1000 companies use ActiveState?s end-to-end solutions to develop, distribute, and manage their software applications. Global customers like Cisco, CA, HP, Bank of America, Siemens, and Lockheed Martin look to ActiveState to save time, save money, minimize risk, ensure compliance, and reduce time to market. For more information, visit www.activestate.com. [From the YAPC::NA_Blog.] -------------- next part -------------- An HTML attachment was scrubbed... URL: -------------- next part -------------- A non-text attachment was scrubbed... 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URL: From admin at yapcna.org Fri Feb 24 01:00:03 2012 From: admin at yapcna.org (YAPC::NA Director) Date: Fri, 24 Feb 2012 04:00:03 -0500 Subject: [yapc] Large-scale deployments with Pogo at Yahoo! Message-ID: <4f475194.0ce2640a.50d4.29df@mx.google.com> Mike Schilli will be giving a talk at YAPC::NA_2012 described as: Deploying releases to tens of thousands of hosts reliably while only disrupting a limited number of busy production servers at a time in different colocations is impossible to manage manually. Pogo is a distributed deployment engine written in Perl that solves this problem. It?s an open source project on Github, written by Yahoo?s deployment tools engineering group. It enables one-button deployments in large infrastructures at Yahoo! every day. The talk offers a glimpse at how large-scale deployments are done at Yahoo! and how Pogo manages these tasks. We?ll also cover the Pogo distributed architecture, how to configure and use it for your needs and how to get involved with the project. [From the YAPC::NA_Blog.] -------------- next part -------------- An HTML attachment was scrubbed... URL: From admin at yapcna.org Sat Feb 25 01:00:02 2012 From: admin at yapcna.org (YAPC::NA Director) Date: Sat, 25 Feb 2012 04:00:02 -0500 Subject: [yapc] Creating And Managing A Private CPAN With Pinto Message-ID: <4f48a314.1781650a.384c.29eb@mx.google.com> Jeffrey Thalhammer will be giving a talk at YAPC::NA_2012 described as: The CPAN provides a wealth of open source software for Perl developers. But the CPAN model can be used for distributing proprietary software as well. In this talk, we will explore some of the challenges and benefits of creating private CPANs. ? In particular, we???ll show how to use the Pinto tool suite to create and manage a private CPAN, and how to incorporate a private CPAN into the typical development cycle. Along the way, we will also survey some of the other tools that are available, such as CPAN::Mini, OrePAN, MyCPAN::App::DPAN, and Carton. [From the YAPC::NA_Blog.] -------------- next part -------------- An HTML attachment was scrubbed... URL: From admin at yapcna.org Sun Feb 26 01:00:02 2012 From: admin at yapcna.org (YAPC::NA Director) Date: Sun, 26 Feb 2012 04:00:02 -0500 Subject: [yapc] Countrymen, Lend Me Your Slides! Message-ID: <4f49f493.2803650a.5eea.ffffcb2d@mx.google.com> Submit_a_talk for YAPC::NA_2012. We???re especially interested in talks on real-world Perl apps and quintessential Perl 101 talks, but we???re open to any ideas you have.? [From the YAPC::NA_Blog.] -------------- next part -------------- An HTML attachment was scrubbed... URL: From tommystanton at gmail.com Sun Feb 26 13:59:46 2012 From: tommystanton at gmail.com (Tommy Stanton) Date: Sun, 26 Feb 2012 15:59:46 -0600 Subject: [yapc] Flight schedules to Madison for YAPC::NA 2012 In-Reply-To: References: Message-ID: On 2/14/12, Tommy Stanton wrote: > I've started a wiki page [1] (in the same style as last year's [2]) > where attendees can enter in their flight info. Please add to it so > that we can see when you're planning on coming. I just purchased my plane tickets to the MSN airport, so I've updated the wiki page with my info. Don't be shy, y'all. ;) > [1] http://act.yapcna.org/2012/wiki?node=Arrivals%20and%20Departures From admin at yapcna.org Mon Feb 27 01:00:03 2012 From: admin at yapcna.org (YAPC::NA Director) Date: Mon, 27 Feb 2012 04:00:03 -0500 Subject: [yapc] 29 ways to get started in open source today Message-ID: <4f4b4614.a490ec0a.237f.62d6@mx.google.com> Andy Lester will give a talk at YAPC::NA_2012 described as: We all love open source software, but to many it seems you have to be a rock star programmer to contribute to your favorite projects. In reality, most projects are easy to join, if you know where to look. In this presentation, I???ll deal with the common questions and problems of those looking to help out on projects: * ???I wouldn???t know where to start!??? * ???What???s a good project to start on???? * ???How good a programmer do I have to be????? * ???I???m just a nobody, they won???t be able to use me.??? * ???They probably have enough people already.??? You???ll learn about different ways people of all experience levels can pitch in. From coding and documentation to devops and project management to publicity and community, there???s a place for everyone in the open source ecosystem. If you???ve never had the joy of improving the software you use every day, seeing your work published for the world to see and use, this is the session for you. [From the YAPC::NA_Blog.] -------------- next part -------------- An HTML attachment was scrubbed... URL: From afbach at gmail.com Mon Feb 27 06:47:14 2012 From: afbach at gmail.com (Andy Bach) Date: Mon, 27 Feb 2012 08:47:14 -0600 Subject: [yapc] Flight schedules to Madison for YAPC::NA 2012 In-Reply-To: References: Message-ID: On Tue, Feb 14, 2012 at 10:49 AM, Tommy Stanton wrote: > I'm curious as to what are good times to arrive and depart for > this year's YAPC, since I'm starting to look at flights. Not sure if this is germane but there's a very nice bus from Chicago's O'Hare (3 hours, 58 bucks round trip http://www.coachusa.com/vangalder/ss.ohareairport.asp ) that'll drop you off just a couple blocks from YAPC and a similar (shorter, probably) ride from Milwaukee. That might give folks a few more flight options. -- a Andy Bach, afbach at gmail.com 608 658-1890 cell 608 261-5738 wk From bradley.d.andersen at gmail.com Mon Feb 27 06:51:31 2012 From: bradley.d.andersen at gmail.com (Bradley Andersen) Date: Mon, 27 Feb 2012 09:51:31 -0500 Subject: [yapc] Flight schedules to Madison for YAPC::NA 2012 In-Reply-To: References: Message-ID: Or - you could fly to Indianapolis and drive 6 hours like I plan to. I have room in my car if potential passengers aren't as offensive on the nose as several of my friends ... ;) On Mon, Feb 27, 2012 at 9:47 AM, Andy Bach wrote: > On Tue, Feb 14, 2012 at 10:49 AM, Tommy Stanton > wrote: > > I'm curious as to what are good times to arrive and depart for > > this year's YAPC, since I'm starting to look at flights. > > Not sure if this is germane but there's a very nice bus from Chicago's > O'Hare (3 hours, 58 bucks round trip > http://www.coachusa.com/vangalder/ss.ohareairport.asp > > ) that'll drop you off just a couple blocks from YAPC and a similar > (shorter, probably) ride from Milwaukee. That might give folks a few > more flight options. > > > -- > > a > > Andy Bach, > afbach at gmail.com > 608 658-1890 cell > 608 261-5738 wk > _______________________________________________ > yapc mailing list > yapc at pm.org > http://mail.pm.org/mailman/listinfo/yapc > -------------- next part -------------- An HTML attachment was scrubbed... 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The philosophy we employ in the development of our IaaS offerings and internal applications is served fabulously by the robust programming language and exemplary modules provided by the Perl community. As we move forward with our continued expansion, we plan to continue focusing on the zest for innovation and pioneering spirit the company was founded on. In that mission, we are also looking to bring aboard anyone willing to grow and develop with a unique up-and-coming company. If this sounds like you, head over to our Jobs_page for additional details. [From the YAPC::NA_Blog.] -------------- next part -------------- An HTML attachment was scrubbed... URL: -------------- next part -------------- A non-text attachment was scrubbed... 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The company?s proven IaaS (Infrastructure as a Service) offering enables customers to deploy and manage Linux virtual servers in the Linode Cloud with the ability to scale deployments to meet business demands - paying only for what they use with no long-term commitments. For more information, visit http://www.linode.com/. [From the YAPC::NA_Blog.] -------------- next part -------------- An HTML attachment was scrubbed... URL: -------------- next part -------------- A non-text attachment was scrubbed... Name: not available Type: image/png Size: 17910 bytes Desc: not available URL: