Re: Parrot at YAPC::NA::2008 in Chicago June 16-18

2008-06-08 Thread James E Keenan
James E Keenan wrote: A couple of points about YAPC: I've started a page on the YAPC Conference Wiki to provide YAPC attendees with information about our Parrot/Rakudo Buildfest. http://conferences.mongueurs.net/yn2008/wiki?node=Parrot%20and%20Perl%206%20Workshop Those of us who are organ

Re: Parrot at YAPC::NA::2008 in Chicago June 16-18

2008-05-13 Thread Will Coleda
On Tue, May 13, 2008 at 10:22 PM, James E Keenan <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote: > James E Keenan wrote: > > > > > > On the basis of doing two of these buildfests in the past month, I would > say that TAs are what we *most* need. > > > > Except for the first 5 and last 10 minutes of the session, all the

Re: Parrot at YAPC::NA::2008 in Chicago June 16-18

2008-05-13 Thread James E Keenan
James E Keenan wrote: On the basis of doing two of these buildfests in the past month, I would say that TAs are what we *most* need. Except for the first 5 and last 10 minutes of the session, all the Parrot team members present will be moving around the room coaching people on how to confi

Re: Parrot at YAPC::NA::2008 in Chicago June 16-18

2008-04-21 Thread James E Keenan
Bob Rogers wrote: I don't expect to be able to co-lead (since, for one thing, that would require putting in significant time in advance), but I would be willing to help TA such a thing. I suspect it would be valuable to have a number of TAs with diverse areas of trouble-shooting expertise, sin

Re: Parrot at YAPC::NA::2008 in Chicago June 16-18

2008-03-09 Thread Bob Rogers
From: James E Keenan <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> Date: Sun, 09 Mar 2008 13:25:21 -0400 James E Keenan wrote: The title and description I provided for this proposal is as follows: ### Parrot and Perl 6 Workshop . . . ### Feedback welcome -- particularly if i

Re: Parrot at YAPC::NA::2008 in Chicago June 16-18

2008-03-09 Thread James E Keenan
James E Keenan wrote: 3. YAPC is trying out a new format for some time slots this year. Josh McAdams writes on use.perl.org: "This year we are also planning on introducing more hands-on workshop-style tracks to the conference. These sessions will typically be a little longer than a norma

Parrot at YAPC::NA::2008 in Chicago June 16-18

2008-03-08 Thread James E Keenan
A couple of points about YAPC: 1. It's almost two weeks earlier this year than it has been in the past three years. So if your mental clock has been set to "3 days of YAPC + 2 days of hackathon + 3-day 4th-of-July weekend" (as mine has), please reset it whenever you (or, at least, those of y