*** Candybar (~u38625503@s133948615.onlinehome.us) has joined channel #yapcHi... I hear some folks are chatting about YAPC::NA::2010 in Columbus *** karen (~karen@pool-71-162-10-245.pitbpa.fios.verizon.net) has joined channel #yapc that did happen > I think after chatting about it, they said "yes". > isn't that another steel town though? > do we really need two steel towns, back to back? Yes. Bethlehem 2011 Candybar: Howdy! Candybar: People are excited about Columbus, as is usual after a successful YAPC the next YAPC is anticipated. > hrm, maybe if I take passage as a crewmember on a steam ship I could afford YAPC::EU... *** lando (~orlando@S0106001c10086ef3.vc.shawcable.net) has joined channel #yapc scrottie0: Stow away, its the cheapest. as a first time attender of YAPC this year I'm looking forward to next years duaneb: Excellent. I have already contacted the Bio Perl people and they are very excited duaneb: Candybar is the crazy person^W^Worganizer. here is our plan two main threads and a "misc" thread bio perl thread corporate perl thread Don't use threads! fork()! and misc things that kinda match *** stash (~Adium@S0106001c100a7a61.vc.shawcable.net) has joined channel #yapc I have already contacted the OpenSource club at OSU > I was talking to the SNOBOL guys after this go. Myself and someone else have both done SNOBOL talks now. It would be interesting to +see them come out and even give a short talk themselves. > 20 minutes is a wonderful thing. > or, more broadly, I think it would be good for the Perl community to be exposed to more related topics if they can be presented by +experts. not every talk has to be a Perl tech talk. the OpenSource club has already reserved the architecture building for free for free are they mad? > shoot, go recruit someone to give a robotics talk. > is there an I2C module for Perl? my "Corporate Perl" is along the lines of how perl is used in big business > sorry, I'm stuck on that "misc" track you mentioned. I am talking to Oracle to see if I can get them involved and as a sponser > oraperl, w00t! dude I still got 4.036 clients man they use oraperl 7.3.2 clients *** Signoff: karen (Quit: karen) ok YAPC is a year away and the misc track will probibly become somthing else it all depends on what talks get submitted > I missed the last DEFCON but there are always network security tools that get written in Perl... think about looking over that +schedule and asking a few of those speakers to come out and give their talk again. *** khaos (~karen@pool-71-162-10-245.pitbpa.fios.verizon.net) has joined channel #yapc *** Mode change "+o khaos" on channel #yapc by BinGOs > YAPC is a wonderful thing but something isn't sitting right with me. well, there's always something not sitting right with me. and +in this case, I think YAPC needs broaded horizons. it's becoming too much of an echo chamber. > and becoming too isolated. > I should not be an example of someone doing something neat with Perl. other people doing far more interesting things should be. Well at a YAPC around 50% of the attendees won't have been to one before scrottie0: I would agree I'll have to wait for the survey responses to see what the stats are like for this one - but there were a lot of first time +people there but isn't that really what lighting talks are... people showing off cool things that end up being a talk later on Lightening talks are supposed to be that > well, I wasn't refering to my lightning talk. > but yes, lightning talks should be that. > and various other things. I was referring to the Vegas talk. but in the past few years they are become entertainment ok here is what we have ... we have a lot of corporations that need to see that perl is still used in business > dunno. I say we get Rocky Horror and pants the newbies. we have a lot of students that use perl in the OSU biology department *** Signoff: stash (Quit: Leaving.) so that is two big hitters *** stash (~Adium@S0106001c100a7a61.vc.shawcable.net) has joined channel #yapc so that is two big hitters *** stash (~Adium@S0106001c100a7a61.vc.shawcable.net) has joined channel #yapc > and you have attendees that want to be excited about Perl. but maintaining huge piles of legacy code ain't that. > actually I almost put in a talk for maintaining huge piles of legacy code... which seems to be the defining characteristic of Perl in +a large company. > "How to Scale Your Big Ball of Mud Even Larger" or something like that. **Wave** I get to maintain a big old warm pile of stinky "legacy code" my unofficial title is "Perl Janitor" > virtually everywhere. it's not that companies have something against perl itself... they've come to hate the codebases, specifically +the difficulty in extending them, that are written in Perl I get to help clean up everyone piles of warm "code" > they can't separate "rewrite" from "switch to " in their head. no one wants a rewrite, but everyone wants to switch +to Java|Ruby|Python|whatever Ok so I know that Oracle uses perl. I know Veritas uses perl. I know that SUN (now Oracle) uses perl and I have sales contacts in each one that I am working > well, don't just worry about catering to your sponsors -- cater to your audiance. Candybar: I expect great things in Columbus. > in fact, the way you're presenting this to me now, I'm nervous about the whole thing. > I don't mind in principle of YAPC gets commercialized up a bit one go but if the content isn't geared towards me or anyone I know, I +lack incentive to go. the Columbus.PM bid was all about "involving" corporations in perl scrottie0: Another selling point! the TPF decided that this was the direction that they wanted to try and go the theme for YAPC::EU this year is "Corporate Perl" and their program looks fine to me - as it is a good mix of things > again, you've said a lot about what you're doing for your sponsors but not a thing about what you're doing for the attendees. is this +a free conference, like InteropNetworld? I am not planning on "selling" perl out to anyone Candybar: I was thinking "Enterprise Perl" is a good way to go. scrottie0: Don't make Candybar cry you bastard. scrottie0: He's working one side at a time. Sorry my 18 month old just threw her cheerios at me... Back for a sec... Heh. She is also afraid you are selling out! okay, Yaakov. The message that I get all of the time from my Corporation is that perl is dead and java is the word yet they continue to purchase vendor applications written in perl Perl is the hidden hero. they continue to use perl but "hide" it exactly > what corporations think matters. what corporations can offer YAPC matters. but I want to hear it out of your flapping pie hole +feeder appendages that the people going to this and paying money to do so matter too. scrottie0: We are waiting for you to leave before revealing thesexy details of the attendee "special benefits". here is what I don't want to do I don't want to have T-Shirts that have Oracle or SUN spread all over them > I don't care about that. > the shirts already have sponsors on them. I don't want to rename YAPC to Oracle World > Java Mongers. been there, done that. yippie, shirts that can be worn without extra advertising > I hope youporn sponspors YAPC. why not... lets ask em Has Mexico put in a bid for 2012? dngor: Amnesiac is an USAian now! > Candybar, that's all tangent to what I was asking about -- yet again, do any of your plans revolve around bringing interesting content +to the attendees? or is this just Oracle's and Sun's job? 2012 should be extra special as we will never beyond the winter solstice that year > your reasons listed for the two tracks you talked about had to do with the sponsor's wishes, not the betterment of the attendees. > I wouldn't suppose that that's your only motive but you're not helping me dispel that myth either. ok so I support over 300 perl programmers in my little corporation I know tht this sounds crazy but I am their perl dude I am planning this YAPC to cater to the corporation perl programmers in Columbus to get them excited about using perl more the tracks are not set in stone but you might find the Bio Perl then more interesting > okay, that's something. but it still sounds to me a bit like a career fair, not a technical gathering. actually it will be a career fair in a way People need jobs, a lot. because I am working with the OSU office of student affairs It is currently very relevant. and I want a perl class taught to seniors with the understanding that right after graduation that they can attend and talk to recruiters yay! Candybar: Idea: One of the forks can be a "Practical Perl" fork. that is interesting Enterprise Perl, Bio Perl, Practical Perl because I already have a committment from my friend Mr Conway to come > okay, so my Vegas talk shouldn't be an example of someone doing something exciting with Perl; doing maitenance with 299 other Perl +programmers should be. ok my kids are now screaming at me louder then scrottie0 I will be back sometime... > give them icescream and a triple lattes and Mickey's for me. take care and keep track of your thoughts *** Signoff: Candybar (Quit: Leaving)
