Perl QA Hackathon 2012 Once again I have to thank the laws determining large numbers and the interaction of societies[1] for Les Mongueurs de Perl those wonderful French Perl Mongers. Once again they have taken up a baton that was in the way of being passed and will be hosting the QA Hackathon for 2012.[2] [...]
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Do what thou wilt…
(Caution this post may contain personal opinion, emotional choice and some casually rambling rhetoric, a longer version can be found at http://www.markkeating.me.uk/2011/08/07/do-what-thou-wilt/) I was asked, online in Twitter(1) by a friend (@techpractical is their twitter ident) if I would support their efforts to form a LGBT.pm. @techpractical had decided that Perl needed a specific group [...]
GSoC – Next year’s flyer
The Perl Foundation Perl GSoC Before we begin I just wish to state that I haven’t gone insane I just have channeled the spirit of Baden Powell and am working in advance so that we can function efficiently later this year. So I am proud to present to you the current working copy of the [...]
GSoC – Progress Report
The Perl Foundation Perl GSoC In the last post I wrote about GSoC and the efforts on behalf of The Perl Foundation I promised to keep you all updated on the events as they transpired. This is the first report of that promise. Honeymoon Over… (So while we all look sideways and shrug to avoid [...]
YAPC::NA – A little more on rooms
One of the most difficult tasks that any organiser will face is the choosing of not just an appropriate venue, but an appropriate hotel to either host it, or close enough nearby to act as the conference hotel. Aside from the difficulties of room size, choice, quality and availability there is the negotiation for time [...]
We Need Quality Conferences Without High Cost
There is a tradition in conferences, that is prevalent to all manner of business or event, and that tradition is that the larger the event with more sponsors, and potentially more speakers, the higher the cost to the attendee. It has always stunned me that the cost of some of these events, which don’t seem [...]
DuckDuckGo Gain an OS Community Manager
As some of you may know, if you follow shadowcat_mdk on Twitter, I have some news to be announced later this week, but before that I have some great news to announce about a friend, and fellow community member. Torsten Raudssus, @raudssus on Twitter and Getty on irc, has been made the “Open Source Community [...]
The Play’s the thing…
The Perl Foundation Perl GSoC Now, before I go any further I should make a quick apology and caveat, this post is intended to be somewhat, ‘tongue in cheek’ in tone, it isn’t attempting to elicit any strong feelings or emotions although it may reflect strong sentiments that have already been expressed, I want to [...]
GSoC – The TPF Accepted Students
The Perl Foundation Perl GSoC Today at 19:00 UTC the six successful applicants to represent the Perl Foundation in the Google Summer of Code were selected, approved and informed. I can now let you know who they are: André Walker – Rework Catalyst component setup code Mentored by Tomas Doran and Eden Cardim Brian Neil [...]
A Meeting of Many Camels
QA2011 Hackathon Day One Today marked the first day[1] of the Quality Assurance Hackathon 2011, an event not restricted to but mostly featuring work done in the Perl community. This event has been sponsored by Booking.com, Vienna and French Perl Mongers, YEF and the EPO and is being hosted by Booking.com at their office in [...]
