He will be in NYC for NY.pm on August 14. Sent from my iPhone
On Jul 19, 2013, at 12:43 PM, Uri Guttman <[email protected]> wrote: > hi all, > > maybe someone here can make it to toronto for one or both of these damian > talks. we have to get him here next year!! > > thanx, > > uri > > > -------- Original Message -------- > Subject: [tpm] Damian Conway talk details! Tue 6 and Thu 8 August, 2013 > Date: Fri, 19 Jul 2013 11:42:25 -0400 > From: Richard Dice <[email protected]> > To: Toronto Perl Mongers <[email protected]> > > *Good news, everyone!* > > Dr. Damian Conway will be coming to visit the computer tech community of > Toronto during the first week of August 2013. Damian is a Master Hacker > and fantastic, entertaining presenter. The Perl community has known and > loved him for decades but he has something to offer anyone who is > interested in programming and computer science regardless of your language > of choice. His talks are both educational and entertaining! And, they're > free. *(But we are taking donations. See details below.)* > > *Tuesday Aug 6 @ 7pm (please enter the room approx. 6:45pm)* > *Mozilla Offices, Suite 500, 366 Adelaide Street West (just east of Spadina) > * > *"Fun With Dead Languages" -- > http://damian.conway.org/Seminars/DeadLanguages.html* > > Watch in mesmerized terror as Damian hacks code in several unrelated > programming languages (none of them Perl). Along the way, you'll also > discover what's wrong with modern CS education, why programmers shouldn't > frequent casinos, the power of Thor's Law, the language of moisture > vaporators, C++ mysticism, how to use the three shells, state machines on > steroids, programming without variables or subroutines, a cheap and > eco-friendly alternative for distributed persistent computation, what the > Romans used instead of braces, the ancient probabilistic wisdom of bodkins, > and the price of fish. > > > (Ed.: This is going to be the more outlandish of his talks this year. It > is a new-and-improved version of a talk Damian last gave in Toronto seven > years ago where he demonstrates his virtuosity -- and insanity -- in many > programming languages and paradigms. Computer geeks from all language > backgrounds should enjoy this thoroughly.) > > > *Thursday Aug 8 @ 7pm (please enter the room approx. 6:45pm)* > *University of Toronto, St. George Campus (downtown), Bahen Centre for IT > (40 St. George Street, just north of College St.), Room # BA-1160* > *Talk # 1 - "A Few Of My Favorite Things"-- > http://damian.conway.org/Seminars/FavoriteThings.html* > > (Go to the URL, read the description. It will be Perl 5 Madness, Damian > style.) > > > *Talk #2 - "Sex and Violence: Social and Technical Lessons from the Perl 6 > Project" -- http://damian.conway.org/Seminars/SexViolence.html* > > In June 2000, Larry Wall announced a new four-month Open Source development > effort: the reinvention of Perl. In this keynote, Damian Conway will unfold > the twisting and sordid tale of what happened over the next ten years of > the project, highlighting the sexy new language that has been created, the > extreme violence that was sometimes necessary to make it happen, and the > dozen or so harsh-but-invaluable lessons that the development team learned > along the way. > > > > *About Damian* > > For those of you who don't already know... > > * http://damian.conway.org/About_us/Bio_formal.html > * http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Damian_Conway > * http://fyi.oreilly.com/2008/08/the-mind-of-damian-conway-scie.html > * What the Internet thinks of him! -- > http://www.googlism.com/who_is/d/damian_conway/ > > Damian has given talks in Toronto most years since 2001 and they are widely > enjoyed, even by IT people who don't normally "do the Perl thing." Think > of it as the Toronto IT community's annual party. > > > *I can has donation plz?* > > Damian's trip to Toronto is un-funded... that is, as of right now it's > coming out of his own pocketbook. However, as I have done for the past 13 > years I am organizing a community pass-'round-the-hat donation to help > cover the expenses (i.e. a plane ticket, roughly a week of hotel rooms, and > meals and other incidentals while he is here). If you would like to help > out with these expenses, please get in touch with me off-list. Donations > from companies are gladly welcomed, too! Any funds raised in excess of > what is needed to cover his expenses will be given to him as an honorarium > for his visit. > > Please circulate this email announcement! Forward to any one / any company > you think might be interested. We always have a great crowd come out for > Damian's events and getting the word out widely is a big part of that. > > Did I omit any important information? Please ask me, and when I send out > reminder emails I will include that info in them. > > Looking forward to seeing you soon... > > Cheers, > - Richard > > P.S. http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=1D1cap6yETA > > > > <Attached Message Part> > > _______________________________________________ > Boston-pm mailing list > [email protected] > http://mail.pm.org/mailman/listinfo/boston-pm _______________________________________________ Boston-pm mailing list [email protected] http://mail.pm.org/mailman/listinfo/boston-pm
