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OSCON 2010: Tuesday

Posted on Sunday, 15 August 2010 by sirhc

I returned from the O’Reilly Open Source Convention three weeks ago, and I’ve had drafts for my Tuesday through Friday travel posts sitting around since then. I’ve finally found a moment on a lazy Sunday afternoon to enjoy a pint … Continue reading →

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OSCON 2010: License to Fail

Posted on Friday, 30 July 2010 by sirhc

Robert “r0ml” Lefkowitz This session is a companion to the session on competition r0ml presented on Wednesday. For those of us who, for whatever reason, were unable to attend the previous session, he provided us with five second summaries: Wednesday: … Continue reading →

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OSCON 2010: Friday Morning Plenary Sessions

Posted on Friday, 23 July 2010 by sirhc

I’m tired this morning after a long week at OSCON, so my ability to understand and summarize the Friday plenary sessions is diminished. As such, what follows won’t be terribly useful to anyone. Your Work in Open Source, 3 years … Continue reading →

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OSCON 2010: State of the Onion

Posted on Thursday, 22 July 2010 by sirhc

The Thursday sessions are over, but before I head out to the parties, I’m attending the 14th State of the Onion address. This is the always well-attended update on the universe of Perl. I immediately noticed that Larry is surrounded … Continue reading →

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OSCON 2010: Awesome Things You’ve Missed in Perl

Posted on Thursday, 22 July 2010 by sirhc

Paul Fenwick (Perl Training Australia) Ever since I saw An Illustrated History of Failure two years ago, I’ve made it a point to see @pjf‘s talks. That’s how I find myself in his mid-afternoon session, Awesome Things You’ve Missed in … Continue reading →

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OSCON 2010: 21st Century Systems Perl

Posted on Thursday, 22 July 2010 by sirhc

Matt Trout (Shadowcat Systems Limited) The full title of this session is, 21st Century Systems Perl – the New Perl Enlightment for sysadmins Introduction While Perl isn’t dying, “PERL” most certainly is dying. This is a good thing, because it … Continue reading →

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OSCON 2010: Dist::Zilla

Posted on Thursday, 22 July 2010 by sirhc

Ricardo Signes (Pobox.com) The full title of this talk is, Dist::Zilla – Maximum Overkill for CPAN Distributions. Every CPAN distribution contains a significant amount of crap. It’s infrastructure used for the distribution tools. ExtUtils::MakeMaker has been the traditional way to … Continue reading →

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OSCON 2010: Thursday Plenary Session

Posted on Thursday, 22 July 2010 by sirhc

This morning’s plenary session, based on the scheduled speakers, is focused on the nebulous cloud. The cloud is what everyone in technology talks about, but everyone defines differently. It’s the section of the flow chart where magic happens. Somehow, we … Continue reading →

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OSCON 2010: Hands-on Cassandra

Posted on Thursday, 22 July 2010 by sirhc

The second tutorial I attended on Tuesday, and the last one of the conference, was Hands-on Cassandra. Actually, I missed the first half of this tutorial, for reasons which I explain in my Tuesday recap post. I’ve been told by … Continue reading →

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OSCON 2010: Environmental Monitoring with Arduino

Posted on Wednesday, 21 July 2010 by sirhc

Russell Nelson (Open Source Initiative) For my final session of the day, I’m in Environmental Monitoring with Arduino and Compatibles. Since I attended the Arduino tutorial on Monday, I thought it would be fun to attend a session on using … Continue reading →

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