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)!

And, more important for myself – what should I do?

There are several things:

• spread the word that perl is great and not dead, by for example joining ironman blogging chalenge
• wait, and do nothing – if perl is good then it may defend itself without my help
• learn a new language, to be safe. Or brush up old good java or C-something.

What do YOU think about it?

See also:

1. Perl WTFs – last in function
2. WTFish side of using Perl talk at YAPC::EU 2009 – slides
3. Nice people I met at YAPC::EU

• 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?

Tenth Edition of the european Yet Another Perl Conference will be held in Lisbon, Portugal, 3-5 August 2009.

The conference website is here: http://yapceurope2009.org/. There is also wiki and twitter

And I am going to be there http://yapceurope2009.org/ye2009/talk/1896

See also:

1. WTFish side of using Perl talk at YAPC::EU 2009 – slides
2. My presentation at YAPC::EU::2009 was graded
3. Lisbon guide – taxis, traps, virtualtourist