Category: Conferences

Training in Riga

YAPC Europe is getting closer. We’ll all be heading off to Riga in about six weeks. As has become traditional, there are a number of training courses being held both before and after the conference. This includes my Introduction to Modern Perl course on Sunday 15th August. The course is a one-day overview of many… Continue reading Training in Riga

YAPC::Europe Talks Accepted

The YAPC::Europe organisers said that they would tell speakers which talks had been accepted on July 1st. Well, it seems that the excitement was too much for them and they decided to do it a week earlier. Yesterday I got email telling me that some of my talks had been accepted and the list of… Continue reading YAPC::Europe Talks Accepted

YAPC::Europe Talks

The Call for Papers for YAPC::Europe closes in four days. If you’re thinking of giving a talk in Pisa then this weekend would be a very good time to give it some serious thought. I proposed four talks last night. I’m hoping that the organisers won’t choose more than two of them, but I like… Continue reading YAPC::Europe Talks

Marketing Perl at FOSDEM

It’s two weeks since I went to FOSDEM and I promised to write an article about what happened there. Better do that before I forget everything. Some time ago, Gabor applied for a Perl stand at this year’s FOSDEM. The idea was that we could go along and promote Perl to people who are part… Continue reading Marketing Perl at FOSDEM

FOSDEM

This weekend is the annual FOSDEM conference in Brussels. I really enjoy FOSDEM but, for reasons I don’t really understand, this will be the first time I’ve been since 2005. It will also be one of the rare occasions where I attend a conference without giving a talk – the organisers turned down my proposed… Continue reading FOSDEM