Here at UW-Madison, there is a group of folks who gather under the moniker "The Hacker Within" to share experience on open source scientific computing [1]. One of the offsite members at UT-Austin, who also works for Enthought Corp, purveyors of fine Python-ware, came up with the idea of science podcasts [2]. This group generally has love to spare for Python. So, I thought, why not a podcast on PDL?
Here is how it works -- 3 panelists are found, who join one moderator to do a show. They conference via Skype on the chosen day/time and chit-chat for 20-30 mins getting to know each other and discussing the topic at hand. Then, the recording begins. Each panelist gets 1.5-2 mins to talk about their perspective on the topic du jour. Then the moderator jumps in and asks questions, and the panelists go round and round again. The show ends with a 30 seconds rant from each panelist. The entire show is about 20 mins. The whole process takes one hour. Even though I thought up the idea for a PDL-focused podcast (actually, it should really be a "Perl for Scientific Computing" podcast, much in line with a recent thread on this list), I believe most everyone else on this list is more qualified than I to speak on this topic. I need three folks interested in spreading Perl/PDL/science/computing love. I can connect the three volunteers to the moderator. Any volunteers? I participated in the first episode (episode 0), and even though I am not photogenic at all, I daresay it was a rather fun experience. Puneet. [1] http://hackerwithin.org/thw/ [2] http://inscight.org/ _______________________________________________ Perldl mailing list [email protected] http://mailman.jach.hawaii.edu/mailman/listinfo/perldl
