London Perl Workshop 2024 – Preview

Perl in London

After a break of five years, the London Perl Workshop returns next weekend. It’s been twenty years since the first one. This year’s event is at a new venue called The Trampery, which is very close to Old Street tube station. If you’re a veteran of the early-2000s “Silicon Roundabout” excitement, you’ll know the place […]

London Perl Workshop 2018

London.pm Leaders

Last Saturday was the London Perl Workshop and (as has become traditional), I’m going to tell you how much fun it was so that you feel jealous that you missed it and make more of an effort to come along next year. This year was slightly different for me. For various reasons, I didn’t have […]

London Perl Workshop Report

Lightning Talks Preparation at the LPW 2017

(Photo above by Chris Jack) Last Saturday was the annual London Perl Workshop. I should write up what happened before I forget it all. I arrived at about 8:30 in the morning and was able to check in quickly – collecting a bit of swag which included a free t-shirt as I was a speaker. […]

London Perl Workshop Klaxon

The London Perl Workshop is looking frighteningly imminent. It’s on November 25th – that’s less than three weeks away. All across the capital (and even further afield) if you listen hard you will hear the sounds of speakers frantically trying to get their talks ready. That, at least, is how I have spent my weekend. I’m […]

London Perl Workshop Review

Larry Wall at the London Perl Workshop

(Photo by Mark Keating) Last Saturday was the annual London Perl Workshop. And, as always, it was a great opportunity to soak up the generosity, good humour and all-round-awesomeness of the European Perl community. I say “European” as the LPW doesn’t just get visitors from London or the UK. There are many people who attend […]