http://prezi.com/csbyxwomcsoi/more-wtf-in-perl-yapceu2010-pisa/

See also:

1. YAPC EU 2010 is coming
2. My presentation at YAPC::EU::2009 was graded
3. WTFish side of using Perl talk at YAPC::EU 2009 – slides

Tickets:

• Regular fee: 100 EUR
• Student fee (for full-time students): 40 EUR
• Corporate fee (invoice available): 250 EUR

All prices include Italian VAT (20%).

For speakers free (lightning-talk speakers not included)

Guests: Wall, Conway, Randall, Rolsky…

There will be courses before and after conference:

• Understanding Regular Expressions, by Damian Conway
• Introducing Modern Perl, by Dave Cross
• Presentation Aikido, by Damian Conway
• Introduction to Moose, by Dave Rolsky
• Catalyst 5.80 Master Class, by Matt S. Trout (Shadowcat Systems Ltd.)
• WxPerl in Details, by Herbert Breunung
• Effective Perl Programming, by brian d foy

Priced 150-220 euro each.

(more about courses)

And a trip to Florence is very likely to be arranged on Saturday, August 7th (just after the conference).  Yay! Remener Hannibal Lecter drawing Duomo on the wall in his cell?

See also:

1. Nice people I met at YAPC::EU
2. YAPC::EU 2010 Pisa – my presentation
3. Frozen Perl soon

It will be held from 4 to 6 August 2010 in My One Hotel Pisa Conference Centre
( http://www.myonehotel.it/eng/galilei/default.asp – map: http://bit.ly/8FN64F – quite near to the airport. )

Twitter: http://twitter/yapceu2010

Website: http://www.yapceurope.org/2010/

YAPC::EU::2010 conference theme will be: The Renaissance of Perl

    The conference theme is the Renaissance of Perl. This topic pays homage
    to Italy's role as the cradle of the Renaissance, and acknowledges how
    Perl is far from a dead legacy language

The more I hear that Perl is not dead, the more I wonder whether it is acutally dead ;-p

See also:

1. YAPC::EU 2009 in Lisboa (Lisbon, Lizbona)!
2. Perl is dead – or is it not?
3. YAPC EU 2010 is coming

Recently they published financial reports http://www.yapceurope.org/finance/reports/ and cashflow diagrams for past conferences ( http://www.yapceurope.org/finance/cashflow.html ) .

From the financial report for 2009 one canread that much of their expenses is bank and payment processign expenses – about 100 EUR for Bank Account Charge and 600E for payment.

If you are going to organise perl conference or other similiar event with the help of foundation – read the cashflow diagrams carefully, to avoid sudden shortage of cash

See also:

1. YAPC EU 2010 is coming
2. YAPC::EU 2009 in Lisboa (Lisbon, Lizbona)!
3. Nice people I met at YAPC::EU – continued

At Friday there are two classes:  Effective Perl Programming by brian d foy and Intro to Moose by Dave Rolsky. Each class is $100,  also 4 student seats at $25 each.

At Sunday, there will be hackathons ( http://www.frozen-perl.org/mpw2010/wiki?node=Hackathon )

More info here: http://www.frozen-perl.org/mpw2010/

It seems that there are lots of conferences and other events about perl – both global (like yapc) and local (like Bulgarian Perl Workshop http://event.perlbulgaria.org/sofia2010/ ). So maybe perl is not dying at all

See also:

1. YAPC Europe Foundation financial reports
2. YAPC EU 2010 is coming
3. Nothing about perl today

Gábor Szabó – no, not the hungarian guitarist, nor football player, but the guy who makes Padre and advertises perl so it does not die.

Three nice guys from Poland (okay, two, as I travelled with one): Maciej, Perl developer from booking.com, and the second I do not know much about

And lots and lots more, but its no use to write about all

See also:

1. Nice people I met at YAPC::EU
2. Perl, PHP, corporate – continued.
3. My presentation at YAPC::EU::2009 was graded

I was honoured to meet Larry Wall, who told me to have “appropiate amount of fun” on my presentation about WTFs.

A few minutes earlier I met Damian Conway, whom I helped with aplying last-minute changes to conference schedule and putting in on conference room door, before I realised who he was.

Paul Fenwick dressed as Star Trek hero did presentation about klingon Perl programming. A bit earlier this day, Damian Conway did completely different presentation about klingon Perl programming, making with his voice sounds that soon made him thirsty.

to be continued…

See also:

1. Nice people I met at YAPC::EU – continued
2. YAPC EU 2010 is coming
3. My presentation at YAPC::EU::2009 was graded

After the conference attendees are encouraged to express their opinions on presentations they attended and grade them. Then the aggregated grades and opinions are sent to speaker.

I was a bit nervous, but fortunately presentation about WTFish side of using Perl was graded between 7 and 10 (on a scale from 1 to 10), mostly 8-9.

There were also opinions – good and bad.

Bad: I could have been speaking louder and with better intonation and gestures. Slides also could be a bit better. Someone even wrote “Poor guy, it is hard to present in another language. I hope he isnt disheartened, his presentation is good”

Good opinions (quoted from the feedback I got):

• Covered well some common but not obvious traps in Perl for newbies. The material was good.
• Good title and subject – humourous way to present this sid of Perl. As a total beginner some parts I knew of and felt the same WTFness and it is nice to feel that it is as mad as I thought!
• This presentation pin pointed some of the things that regularly “bite” newbies, so it was most valuable. It had many examples, and I hope I can remember them all. [ note: there are slides available to download at this blog, so you don't have to remeber all   - Lech ]

Poor guy, it is hard to present in another language.	I hope he isnt
  disheartened, his presentation is good

Thanks for good opinions and also for bad – those taught me something about presentations. Next time it will be better

See also:

1. WTFish side of using Perl talk at YAPC::EU 2009 – slides
2. YAPC::EU 2010 Pisa – my presentation
3. YAPC::EU 2009 in Lisboa (Lisbon, Lizbona)!

• http://perl.baczynski.com/lisboa/WTF.odt
• http://perl.baczynski.com/lisboa/WTF.pdf

Feedback about my talk is appreciated, use comment field below

See also:

1. My presentation at YAPC::EU::2009 was graded
2. YAPC::EU 2009 in Lisboa (Lisbon, Lizbona)!
3. Nice people I met at YAPC::EU

Taxi warnings:
http://www.virtualtourist.com/travel/Europe/Portugal/Distrito_de_Lisboa/Lisbon-286122/Warnings_or_Dangers-Lisbon-Taxi_rip_offs-BR-1.html

Useful site:
http://www.virtualtourist.com/travel/Europe/Portugal/Distrito_de_Lisboa/Lisbon-286122/TravelGuide-Lisbon.html

See also:

1. YAPC::EU 2009 in Lisboa (Lisbon, Lizbona)!
2. YAPC Europe Foundation financial reports
3. Perl is dead – or is it not?