Boston.pm will have a tech meeting tonight, Tuesday, August 9, at MIT, in building E51, room 376 (directions below), starting at 7pm. (Please note, not 7:30 as at previous meetings.)
Phil Mitchell will give a demonstration of a project that he is working on: a new kind of social software called Reef -- an ecosystem for content. Reef integrates key ideas from wiki, structured blogging, BBS, social nets, and RSS, and is built on top of Catalyst, an MVC web application framework. Reef will serve as the foundation for a community site devoted to sustainability. We'll probably also spend some time talking about happenings at the Open Source Conference. I will have one review copy each of Perl Best Practices and Advanced Perl Programming 2nd Ed to give out, generously provided by O'Reilly. I have also received from O'Reilly one review copy each of Learning Perl 4th Ed and Perl Testing: A Developer's Notebook. The latter is coauthored by our own Ian Langworth. RSVP to me if you're planning to attend - rjk-bostonpm(at)tamias.net. Pizza and soda will be provided. Keep in mind that refreshments are not allowed in the room; they'll be served in the hallway. Thanks to Uri Guttman for his help in arranging this new meeting space, and to Richard Barbalace, William Ricker, Tom Metro, and Uri for helping with directions to the building. Ronald For more information about Boston Perl Mongers, or to subscribe to one of our mailing lists, visit our website at http://boston.pm.org/ Directions to MIT, Building E51: Building E51 (the Tang Center) is located at the corners of Amherst and Wadsworth Streets in Cambridge. http://whereis.mit.edu/map-jpg?mapterms=e51 Directions by T: Take the Red Line to Kendall. Building E51 is right around the corner from the T stop. From the Inbound side, facing into Main Street, turn right (toward Boston) and walk down the block. Turn right on Wadsworth Street and walk to the corner of Amherst Street. Building E51 is the building across the street directly in front of you with the metal canopy. Directions by Car: General directions provided by MIT: http://whereis.mit.edu/map-jpg?section=directions The Boston Linux and Unix user group also meets at E51, so you may find their directions helpful as well (keeping in mind that we will be meeting in room 376, not room 315): http://www.blu.org/directions/mit/e51-315.php Parking Information: MIT's Amherst Street Lot is adjacent to the building: http://whereis.mit.edu/map-jpg?selection=P4&Parking=go Officially, a sticker is required to park in the lot. However, we've been told unofficially that there is no enforcement after 3pm weekdays, nor on the weekends. Chances are very slim that cars will be ticketed. Nonetheless, parking in the lot is at your own risk. _______________________________________________ Boston-pm mailing list [email protected] http://mail.pm.org/mailman/listinfo/boston-pm
