Re: OSCON ideas - more talk ideas

2003-01-14 Thread Christopher L. Everett
If its not too late to weigh in with ideas: 1) A large chunk how to on doing advanced types of XML processing with perl, I'm really interested in the idea that I can serve my content to PDA's (which is the up-and-coming killer platform for my market) and in AppML (Application Markup

RE: OSCON ideas - missing proceedings

2003-01-13 Thread Nathan Torkington
Mark Schoonover writes: Are there plans to do the University again?? Every year or two I try again to revive it. Your message started me again this year. No promises, but we're looking into it. Thanks Nat for the work you did down here!! Thanks for your kind words. I love every minute of

Re: OSCON ideas

2003-01-11 Thread Lyle Brooks
Quoting Perrin Harkins ([EMAIL PROTECTED]): As many of you probably know, the call for participation in this year's Open Source Conference has gone out (http://conferences.oreillynet.com/cs/os2003/create/e_sess). I'm thinking about possible talks to submit and I want a little feedback on

Re: OSCON ideas - missing proceedings

2003-01-10 Thread Randal L. Schwartz
Nathan == Nathan Torkington [EMAIL PROTECTED] writes: Nathan Not for two years at least (the duration of the contract with the Nathan Portland hotel). The San Diego hotel was much more expensive and Nathan remote, compared to the Portland hotel. I think people are really Nathan going to enjoy

Re: OSCON ideas - missing proceedings

2003-01-10 Thread Gunther Birznieks
Randal L. Schwartz wrote: Nathan == Nathan Torkington [EMAIL PROTECTED] writes: Nathan Not for two years at least (the duration of the contract with the Nathan Portland hotel). The San Diego hotel was much more expensive and Nathan remote, compared to the Portland hotel. I think people are

Re: OSCON ideas - MVC talk

2003-01-10 Thread Andy Wardley
On Thu, Jan 09, 2003 at 09:22:35AM -0700, Rob Nagler wrote: So how about a panel discussion. I would gladly represent the MVC camp. :-) (see http://www.bivio.biz/hm/why-bOP for my position.) And I would gladly represent the MVC-is-not-the-final-word camp :-) A

RE: OSCON ideas - missing proceedings

2003-01-10 Thread Dave Rolsky
On Thu, 9 Jan 2003, Nathan Torkington wrote: Mark Schoonover writes: Any chance they will bring it back to San Diego?? :) Not for two years at least (the duration of the contract with the Portland hotel). The San Diego hotel was much more expensive and remote, compared to the Portland

Re: [mod_perl] Re: OSCON ideas

2003-01-10 Thread Jonathan M. Hollin
Matt Sergeant wrote: I've done a lot on bayes for spam (I had an effective bayesian filter before Paul Graham wrote his article on the subject), but there's not much in it for a full talk. Maybe a lightning talk. Hmm... That would be great Matt. Funny how Paul Graham has become so synonymous

Re: OSCON ideas - more talk ideas

2003-01-10 Thread Nigel Hamilton
[EMAIL PROTECTED] Sent: Thursday, January 09, 2003 11:55 AM Subject: Re: OSCON ideas - more talk ideas HI, I'd really like to see talks on: 1. Web Server Compression - a comparison, between mod_gzip, DynaGzip Compress etc, pros / cons, SSL compression, and example configurations 2

Re: [mod_perl] Re: OSCON ideas

2003-01-10 Thread Matt Sergeant
On Fri, 10 Jan 2003, Jonathan M. Hollin wrote: Matt Sergeant wrote: I've done a lot on bayes for spam (I had an effective bayesian filter before Paul Graham wrote his article on the subject), but there's not much in it for a full talk. Maybe a lightning talk. Hmm... That would be great

Re: OSCON ideas

2003-01-09 Thread Valerio_Valdez Paolini
On Wed, 8 Jan 2003, Perrin Harkins wrote: (http://conferences.oreillynet.com/cs/os2003/create/e_sess). I'm thinking about possible talks to submit and I want a little feedback on what people are most interested in. Here are two options I'mconsidering: 1) Database Objects in Perl I would

Re: OSCON ideas - more talk ideas

2003-01-09 Thread Nigel Hamilton
HI, I'd really like to see talks on: 1. Web Server Compression - a comparison, between mod_gzip, DynaGzip Compress etc, pros / cons, SSL compression, and example configurations 2. Application Server Options - a comparison between pure-perl, Apache/mod_perl, POE, SpeedyCGI etc

Re: OSCON ideas - MVC talk

2003-01-09 Thread Gunther Birznieks
Andy Wardley wrote: Ask Bjoern Hansen wrote: I am planning to submit a proposal for a introduction talk on MVC in a web environment. [...] Like Perrin I would like feedback on the idea before putting in my proposal. I like the sound of it, but I should warn you that I have a personal

Re: OSCON ideas - more talk ideas

2003-01-09 Thread Gunther Birznieks
Nigel Hamilton wrote: HI, I'd really like to see talks on: 1. Web Server Compression - a comparison, between mod_gzip, DynaGzip Compress etc, pros / cons, SSL compression, and example configurations 2. Application Server Options - a comparison between pure-perl, Apache/mod_perl, POE,

Re: OSCON ideas - MVC talk

2003-01-09 Thread Matt Sergeant
On Wed, 8 Jan 2003, Nathan Torkington wrote: Ask Bjoern Hansen writes: On Wed, 8 Jan 2003, Perrin Harkins wrote: Like Perrin I would like feedback on the idea before putting in my proposal. I've also been asked if anyone has a wishlist of talks they'd like to see at the conference.

Re: OSCON ideas - MVC talk

2003-01-09 Thread James G Smith
Nathan Torkington [EMAIL PROTECTED] wrote: Ask Bjoern Hansen writes: On Wed, 8 Jan 2003, Perrin Harkins wrote: Like Perrin I would like feedback on the idea before putting in my proposal. I've also been asked if anyone has a wishlist of talks they'd like to see at the conference. Ideally

Re: OSCON ideas

2003-01-09 Thread Jonathan M. Hollin
Perrin Harkins wrote: (http://conferences.oreillynet.com/cs/os2003/create/e_sess). I'm thinking about possible talks to submit and I want a little feedback on what people are most interested in. Here are two options I'mconsidering: I would be extremely interested in talks covering any work

Re: OSCON ideas - MVC talk

2003-01-09 Thread Rob Nagler
Andy Wardley writes: I like the sound of it, but I should warn you that I have a personal crusade against inappropriate use of the phrase MVC in relation to web development. So how about a panel discussion. I would gladly represent the MVC camp. :-) (see http://www.bivio.biz/hm/why-bOP

Re: OSCON ideas

2003-01-09 Thread Larry Leszczynski
On Wed, 8 Jan 2003, Perrin Harkins wrote: 2) The Perl Pet Store This would be a discussion of porting the J2EE Pet Store reference application to Perl. It would cover Perl equivalents for various J2EE features, and talk about what was easier or harder to do in Perl. I think this could

Re: OSCON ideas

2003-01-09 Thread Perrin Harkins
Larry Leszczynski wrote: On Wed, 8 Jan 2003, Perrin Harkins wrote: 2) The Perl Pet Store This would be a discussion of porting the J2EE Pet Store reference application to Perl. It would cover Perl equivalents for various J2EE features, and talk about what was easier or harder to do in

Re: OSCON ideas

2003-01-09 Thread Jonathan M. Hollin
Perrin Harkins wrote: Several people have brought up benchmarking in reference to the pet store. I don't think it will possible to do a good benchmark of this application, partly because it's so big (it's a reference app that uses lots of functionality just to demonstrate it) and partly

Re: OSCON ideas

2003-01-09 Thread Larry Leszczynski
Hi Perrin - If people are more concerned with seeing something that would dispel myths about Perl performance, rather than a talk on feature portability from J2EE to Perl, I agree benchmarks would be a valuable marketing tool, but personally I prefer the feature portability angle - I don't

RE: OSCON ideas

2003-01-09 Thread Narins, Josh
: Re: OSCON ideas Perrin Harkins wrote: Several people have brought up benchmarking in reference to the pet store. I don't think it will possible to do a good benchmark of this application, partly because it's so big (it's a reference app that uses lots of functionality just to demonstrate

Re: OSCON ideas

2003-01-09 Thread Geoffrey Young
but where do you get a corporate experienced, clean-cut (75%, at least) person willing to put on the tie 5 days a week and do mod_perl? I suspect that there are actually quite a few people on this list that would _love_ to do mod_perl full time. after talking to a few employers over the

Re: OSCON ideas

2003-01-09 Thread Dave Rolsky
On Thu, 9 Jan 2003, Jonathan M. Hollin wrote: Perrin Harkins wrote: (http://conferences.oreillynet.com/cs/os2003/create/e_sess). I'm thinking about possible talks to submit and I want a little feedback on what people are most interested in. Here are two options I'mconsidering: I would be

RE: OSCON ideas

2003-01-09 Thread FFabrizio
I suspect that there are actually quite a few people on this list that would _love_ to do mod_perl full time. open up to telecommuting and I suspect you would soon find yourself fully staffed. Definitely. Put me in this category. I'm faced with having to relocate at some point in

[OT] Re: OSCON ideas

2003-01-09 Thread Larry Leszczynski
but where do you get a corporate experienced, clean-cut (75%, at least) person willing to put on the tie 5 days a week and do mod_perl? Josh: I was with you right up to the part about wearing a tie :-) I suspect that there are actually quite a few people on this list that would _love_

Re: [OT] Re: OSCON ideas

2003-01-09 Thread Dave Rolsky
On Thu, 9 Jan 2003, Larry Leszczynski wrote: But even if Perrin's OSCON talk (hint hint) gave me some valuable ammunition to show that I could just as easily design on top of a Perl-based application framework as on J2EE, we still come back around to the perception that it's easier to find

Re: OSCON ideas

2003-01-09 Thread wsheldah
: OSCON ideas but where do you get a corporate experienced, clean-cut (75%, at least) person willing to put on the tie 5 days a week and do mod_perl? I suspect that there are actually quite a few people on this list that would _love_ to do mod_perl full time. after talking to a few employers

RE: OSCON ideas

2003-01-09 Thread FFabrizio
I wonder if telecommuting plus occasional travel for face-to-face would sell better than pure telecommuting. Is this done very often in telecommute situations? This is exactly what I hope to propose if the need arises in my situation. Would love to hear from others who have had success

RE: OSCON ideas - missing proceedings

2003-01-09 Thread Mark Schoonover
Any chance they will bring it back to San Diego?? :) .mark -Original Message- From: Robert Landrum [mailto:[EMAIL PROTECTED]] Sent: Thursday, January 09, 2003 2:03 PM To: [EMAIL PROTECTED] Subject: Re: OSCON ideas - missing proceedings One of the other things I disliked about the last

Re: OSCON ideas

2003-01-09 Thread Gunther Birznieks
[EMAIL PROTECTED] wrote: I wonder if telecommuting plus occasional travel for face-to-face would sell better than pure telecommuting. Is this done very often in telecommute situations? This is exactly what I hope to propose if the need arises in my situation. Would love to hear from

RE: OSCON ideas - missing proceedings

2003-01-09 Thread Nathan Torkington
Mark Schoonover writes: Any chance they will bring it back to San Diego?? :) Not for two years at least (the duration of the contract with the Portland hotel). The San Diego hotel was much more expensive and remote, compared to the Portland hotel. I think people are really going to enjoy being

Re: OSCON ideas - missing proceedings

2003-01-09 Thread Nathan Torkington
Robert Landrum writes: One of the other things I disliked about the last OSCON was the missing Perl Conference Proceedings. They didn't appear because we didn't have time at O'Reilly to do it. They're prepared in Framemaker, to fit with our style guide, and take a huge and painful amount of

Re: OSCON ideas - more talk ideas

2003-01-09 Thread Slava Bizyayev
, January 09, 2003 11:55 AM Subject: Re: OSCON ideas - more talk ideas HI, I'd really like to see talks on: 1. Web Server Compression - a comparison, between mod_gzip, DynaGzip Compress etc, pros / cons, SSL compression, and example configurations 2. Application Server Options

Re: OSCON ideas - MVC talk

2003-01-09 Thread Andy Wardley
Ask Bjoern Hansen wrote: I am planning to submit a proposal for a introduction talk on MVC in a web environment. [...] Like Perrin I would like feedback on the idea before putting in my proposal. I like the sound of it, but I should warn you that I have a personal crusade against

Re: OSCON ideas - missing proceedings

2003-01-09 Thread Robert Landrum
One of the other things I disliked about the last OSCON was the missing Perl Conference Proceedings. I still have very fond memories of reading about Damians very sick, very twisted, Coy.pm in the 1999 Perl Conference Proceedings. Did anyone else notice that they weren't made available at the

OSCON ideas

2003-01-08 Thread Perrin Harkins
As many of you probably know, the call for participation in this year's Open Source Conference has gone out (http://conferences.oreillynet.com/cs/os2003/create/e_sess). I'm thinking about possible talks to submit and I want a little feedback on what people are most interested in. Here are

RE: OSCON ideas

2003-01-08 Thread FFabrizio
1) Database Objects in Perl This talk would focus on the database mapping options for Perl, including modules like Tangram, Class::DBI, SPOPS, etc. It would examine the differences in features, ease of use, and performance and include a set of hand-coded classes using straight DBI for

Re: OSCON ideas - MVC talk

2003-01-08 Thread Ask Bjoern Hansen
On Wed, 8 Jan 2003, Perrin Harkins wrote: I am planning to submit a proposal for a introduction talk on MVC in a web environment. It is mostly talking about why (seperation of concerns etc) it's (sometimes) nicer than whatever you used to do and how you apply the goals to the actual

Re: OSCON ideas - MVC talk

2003-01-08 Thread Nathan Torkington
Ask Bjoern Hansen writes: On Wed, 8 Jan 2003, Perrin Harkins wrote: Like Perrin I would like feedback on the idea before putting in my proposal. I've also been asked if anyone has a wishlist of talks they'd like to see at the conference. Ideally they'd be talks I'd pay money to see but I

Re: OSCON ideas - MVC talk

2003-01-08 Thread Stas Bekman
Nathan Torkington wrote: (yes, yes, we all want to see the How mod_perl 2.0 was finished but I'm not sure that's on the cards :-) Since the submission deadline is one week that certainly would not happen. Though an improved mod_perl 2.0 by Example tutorial is definitely a must for those who

Re: OSCON ideas - MVC talk

2003-01-08 Thread Stas Bekman
Stas Bekman wrote: Since the submission deadline is one week that certainly would not happen. For some reason I thought the deadline was Jan 15th, I see that it's Feb 15th. Submit your proposals here: http://conferences.oreillynet.com/cs/os2003/create/e_sess

Re: OSCON ideas

2003-01-08 Thread David Wheeler
On Wednesday, January 8, 2003, at 01:14 PM, Perrin Harkins wrote: 1) Database Objects in Perl 2) The Perl Pet Store What do you guys think? I say both. :-) David -- David Wheeler AIM: dwTheory [EMAIL PROTECTED] ICQ:

Re: OSCON ideas - MVC talk

2003-01-08 Thread Dave Rolsky
On Thu, 9 Jan 2003, Stas Bekman wrote: Stas Bekman wrote: Since the submission deadline is one week that certainly would not happen. For some reason I thought the deadline was Jan 15th, I see that it's Feb 15th. Wow, you scared the crap out of me for a second. I want to submit some

Re: OSCON ideas

2003-01-08 Thread Robert Landrum
On Wed, Jan 08, 2003 at 04:14:47PM -0500, Perrin Harkins wrote: What do you guys think? As an OSCON attendee for the past few years, I've found only a few talks that really were helpful. One thing that I would love to see are practical implementations of perl applications. For example, we