On Sun, Jul 4, 2010 at 1:20 PM, Rodrigo <[email protected]> wrote: >> >> If I may recommend something is to try to inject talks in other track >> talking about Perl. >> So if there is a PostgreSQL track, inject a talk on something that >> connects Perl and Pg. >> etc. >> That will help us in getting out of the echo chamber even more than a >> separate dev room for Perl. >> >> regards >> Gabor >> ___________ > > > I agree, but I think that can also be accomplished by focusing talks on > certain off-Perl subjects within the Perl track dev room. > For instance, instead of a talk called "Using Test::More", call it "Test > Driven Development", do a brief into on TDD, then demo Test::* packages. Or > "Successful ORM", and base it on a DBIx::Class talk. That doesn't mean the > "Perl6" talk should be called "The Future of Programming" -- I suppose there > will be Perl developers who will see the "Perl6" title and will come by to > check out what's up with Perl6. > Lame examples, but you get the idea. > cheers, > -rodrigo
IMHO you would still fight the inertia. Pg people will stick to the Pg room. Especially if is bigger than the Perl room. Anyway, why not try both ? Gabor _______________________________________________ Madrid-pm mailing list [email protected] http://mail.pm.org/mailman/listinfo/madrid-pm
