YAPC::Europe::2004 2004-09-18T12:08:32Z YAPC::Europe 2004 tag:belfast.yapc.org,2004://2 Movable Type Copyright (c) 2004, Karen Thank You 2004-09-18T12:08:32Z 2004-09-18T13:08:32+00:00 tag:belfast.yapc.org,2004://2.34 2004-09-18T12:08:32Z On behalf of the organisers of YAPC::Europe 2004 I would like to say a big thank you to all our speakers, sponsors and attendees. Without you there would have been no conference. You were great!... Karen karen@kasei.com home On behalf of the organisers of YAPC::Europe 2004 I would like to say a big thank you to all our speakers, sponsors and attendees. Without you there would have been no conference. You were great!

]]> Paying at the auction 2004-09-17T11:02:44Z 2004-09-17T12:02:44+00:00 tag:belfast.yapc.org,2004://2.33 2004-09-17T11:02:44Z If you can't pay in cash, use PayPal:... Marty marty+gundan-mt@kasei.com home If you can't pay in cash, use PayPal:

]]> Connected 2004-09-15T23:36:24Z 2004-09-16T00:36:24+00:00 tag:belfast.yapc.org,2004://2.32 2004-09-15T23:36:24Z The UK Free Software Network have sponsored YAPC::Europe by providing our 2Mbps Net connection. UKFSN sell broadband internet connections so they can fund Free Software in the UK by donating their profits to the Association for Free Software.... Marty marty+gundan-mt@kasei.com sponsors The UK Free Software Network have sponsored YAPC::Europe by providing our 2Mbps Net connection.

UKFSN sell broadband internet connections so they can fund Free Software in the UK by donating their profits to the Association for Free Software.

]]> Schedule 2004-09-13T00:06:38Z 2004-09-13T01:06:38+00:00 tag:belfast.yapc.org,2004://2.31 2004-09-13T00:06:38Z The conference schedule is now available.... Marty marty+gundan-mt@kasei.com talks The conference schedule is now available.

]]> Powered by Movable Type, really! 2004-09-01T06:20:47Z 2004-09-01T07:20:47+00:00 tag:belfast.yapc.org,2004://2.30 2004-09-01T06:20:47Z Movable Type is a blog content management Perl application written by Six Apart. They have recently opened a new office in Paris to enable them to develop and extend Movable Type and TypePad for the European market. To mark their... Marty marty+gundan-mt@kasei.com sponsors Movable Type is a blog content management Perl application written by Six Apart. They have recently opened a new office in Paris to enable them to develop and extend Movable Type and TypePad for the European market.

To mark their expansion they wanted to sponsor YAPC::Europe this year. During the conference they will explain how they can help Perl developers make money. And they are looking for a good Perl engineer.

]]> Conference Update 2004-08-21T15:52:03Z 2004-08-21T16:52:03+00:00 tag:belfast.yapc.org,2004://2.29 2004-08-21T15:52:03Z We now have less than a month to go to the conference. Things are getting quite hectic with the conference committee. We are still waiting on about 70% of the confirmed speakers to provide material for the proceedings; at this... Karen karen@kasei.com home We now have less than a month to go to the conference. Things are getting quite hectic with the conference committee. We are still waiting on about 70% of the confirmed speakers to provide material for the proceedings; at this rate they should be ready by Christmas, a bit like Perl 6.

We have started to add the abstract details to the confirmed talks page and we will be adding details of some more talks once the speakers confirm their attendance. There are three longer conference sessions planned with multiple speakers. The first of these is a session which Marty has fondly named "WWW Smackdown" where the speakers will be talking on various web development issues. The second of these is a session on essential CPAN modules and the third is a session on ~/bin scripts.

We have been looking at stats for the wiki and have discovered that Mark Fowler is the most popular person followed by Barbie and then Mock! 26.9% of the people accessing the site are using Linux and the most popular browser is Firefox with 33%. Bring on the geeks!

]]> Confirmed Speakers 2004-08-16T09:02:47Z 2004-08-16T10:02:47+00:00 tag:belfast.yapc.org,2004://2.28 2004-08-16T09:02:47Z We now have a list of confirmed talks on the wiki. It's not as long as we wanted, but it has had the desired effect: the unconfirmed speakers are starting to confirm their attendance, so the list of talks will... Marty marty+gundan-mt@kasei.com talks We now have a list of confirmed talks on the wiki. It's not as long as we wanted, but it has had the desired effect: the unconfirmed speakers are starting to confirm their attendance, so the list of talks will be growing over the next few days.

]]> How safe is Belfast? 2004-08-12T00:05:53Z 2004-08-12T01:05:53+00:00 tag:belfast.yapc.org,2004://2.26 2004-08-12T00:05:53Z A few people have asked us about their safety in Belfast. Our answer might be surprising: Northern Ireland has one of the lowest crime rates among industrialised countries. One report based on the International Crime Victim Survey said: The ICVS... Marty marty+gundan-mt@kasei.com location A few people have asked us about their safety in Belfast. Our answer might be surprising: Northern Ireland has one of the lowest crime rates among industrialised countries.

One report based on the International Crime Victim Survey said:

The ICVS allows an overall measure of victimisation which is the percentage of people victimised once or more in the previous year by any of the eleven crimes covered by the survey. This prevalence measure is a simple but robust indicator of overall proneness to crime. The countries fall into three bands.
  • Above 24% (victim of any crime in 1999): Australia, England and Wales, the Netherlands and Sweden
  • 20%-24%: Canada, Scotland, Denmark, Poland, Belgium, France, and USA
  • Under 20%: Finland, Catalonia (Spain), Switzerland, Portugal, Japan and Northern Ireland.

From the results of the ICVS it seems that Japan is the only industrialised country safer than Northern Ireland. So YAPC in Belfast will be the safest YAPC ever!

]]> O'Reilly 2004-08-11T23:12:33Z 2004-08-12T00:12:33+00:00 tag:belfast.yapc.org,2004://2.27 2004-08-11T23:12:33Z O'Reilly and Perl are soul mates. This year O'Reilly have agreed to sponsor YAPC::Europe again. It really wouldn't be the same without them.... Marty marty+gundan-mt@kasei.com sponsors O'Reilly and Perl are soul mates. This year O'Reilly have agreed to sponsor YAPC::Europe again. It really wouldn't be the same without them.

]]> The Opening Keynote 2004-07-22T23:13:09Z 2004-07-23T00:13:09+00:00 tag:belfast.yapc.org,2004://2.25 2004-07-22T23:13:09Z We are delighted to annouce that Allison Randal will be giving the opening keynote at YAPC::Europe. Allison's first geek career was as a research linguist in eastern Africa. But eventually her love of coding seduced her away from natural languages... Marty marty+gundan-mt@kasei.com talks We are delighted to annouce that Allison Randal will be giving the opening keynote at YAPC::Europe.

Allison's first geek career was as a research linguist in eastern Africa. But eventually her love of coding seduced her away from natural languages to artificial ones. A Perl programmer by trade, she's the president of The Perl Foundation, a member of the Perl 6 design team, a contributing developer on the Perl 6 compiler, project manager for Perl 6, co-author of "Perl 6 & Parrot Essentials" with Dan Sugalski and Leopold Toetsch, and founder and president of Onyx Neon.

]]> ActiveState 2004-07-20T18:12:37Z 2004-07-20T19:12:37+00:00 tag:belfast.yapc.org,2004://2.24 2004-07-20T18:12:37Z We are pleased to say that ActiveState are sponsoring us this year, as they have done in previous years. ActiveState are a great example of a company that has used Perl for Profit. At one time they were the only... Marty marty+gundan-mt@kasei.com sponsors ActiveStateWe are pleased to say that ActiveState are sponsoring us this year, as they have done in previous years.

ActiveState are a great example of a company that has used Perl for Profit. At one time they were the only place to get Perl for Microsoft Windows, and their ActivePerl distribution is still the prefered Windows version of Perl, and it now runs on better operating systems too. They also produce Komodo, an IDE for Open Source languages including Perl.

]]> What we need 2004-07-05T21:35:53Z 2004-07-05T22:35:53+00:00 tag:belfast.yapc.org,2004://2.23 2004-07-05T21:35:53Z Essential rooms Net connection, ADSL wireless network AV equipment Expected T-shirts name badges pens notepaper printed proceedings bags computers for registration coffee & tea Useful power adaptors lunches, and maybe a dinner computers for presentations computers for net access... Marty marty+gundan-mt@kasei.com sponsors Essential
  • rooms
  • Net connection, ADSL
  • wireless network
  • AV equipment

Expected

  • T-shirts
  • name badges
  • pens
  • notepaper
  • printed proceedings
  • bags
  • computers for registration
  • coffee & tea

Useful

  • power adaptors
  • lunches, and maybe a dinner
  • computers for presentations
  • computers for net access
  • cds of CPAN and proceedings
]]> Lightning talks: call for proposals 2004-07-01T23:05:06Z 2004-07-02T00:05:06+00:00 tag:belfast.yapc.org,2004://2.21 2004-07-01T23:05:06Z Who:You. What:A 5-minute talk on just about anything. For more information: What are Lightning Talks? Where:YAPC::Europe in Belfast When:September 15-17, 2004 Submission deadline September 8, 2004 Speaker notification September 9, 2004 Why:To get one third of your lifetime allotment... Marty marty+gundan-mt@kasei.com talks Who:You. What:A 5-minute talk on just about anything. For more information: What are Lightning Talks? Where:YAPC::Europe in Belfast When:September 15-17, 2004
Submission deadline September 8, 2004
Speaker notification September 9, 2004 Why:To get one third of your lifetime allotment of "15 minutes of fame". How: Submit your proposal! ]]> Sponsor us! 2004-06-30T00:00:00Z 2004-06-30T01:00:00+00:00 tag:belfast.yapc.org,2004://2.20 2004-06-30T00:00:00Z We can now accept sponsorship via PayPal; it's easier than a cheque. Sponsor YAPC::Europe... Marty marty+gundan-mt@kasei.com sponsors We can now accept sponsorship via PayPal; it's easier than a cheque.

]]> Registration is open 2004-06-29T23:00:00Z 2004-06-30T00:00:00+00:00 tag:belfast.yapc.org,2004://2.19 2004-06-29T23:00:00Z Marty marty+gundan-mt@kasei.com registration YAPC::Europe is an inexpensive conference, so it will cost you only £65 (about 99 Euro) to register.

All registered attendees will receive a name badge and a T-shirt, so we need some information from you before we take your money:

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If you have any problems with registration, contact <register@belfast.yapc.org>

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