[Wolves] [ANNOUNCE] Birmingham.pm Tech Meet - Wed 30th November

[Barbie]

I'll try that again....


Just in case some of you guys might be interested in coming over to see
what we're up to.....


Event:   Technical Meeting
Date:    Wednesday 30th November 2005
Times:   from 6pm onwards (see below)
Venue:   O'Neills, 90 Hurst Street, The Arcadian Centre, Birmingham
Details: http://birmingham.pm.org/docs/technical-next.html

Talks:

For the November Technical Meeting we will be changing the format a
little. Rather than one or two longish talks, we are going to aim to
have around 6-10 lightning talks. A lightning talk is a 5 minute
presentation, where you basically get a flavour for the subject and
then straight on to the next subject. It's a great way to get some 
practice at presenting, as well as an ideal way to advertise your 
latest project without having to get too involved in the details. In 
no particular order the talks currently scheduled are:

* So Damn Kludgy [Barbie]
* Smoking The Stats [Barbie]
* History of a FAQ [Brian McCauley]
* substr() as subroutine argument [Brian McCauley]
* When does (pre|post)increment happen? [Brian McCauley]
* Photo Tools [JJ]
* TBA [Richard Dawe]

We have room for more speakers should anyone wish to volunteer 
themselves for a spot. However, due to time constraints you will need 
to let me know as soon as possible. If you plan to do a lightning talk, 
you will need to get me your slides/presentation before lunchtime on 
Wednesday. If you've never seen or heard of a lightning talk, the 
following links might give you an idea of what to expect.

* http://www.perl.com/pub/a/2004/07/30/lightningtalk.html
* http://perl.plover.com/lt/osc2005/lightning-talks.html
* http://www.justanotherperlhacker.org/lightning/

These talks are aimed at getting as many people talking as possible, so 
if you've never spoken at a technical meeting, and want to have a short 
spot to advertise your favourite project (doesn't have to be Perl) or 
just get some experience of speaking before doing a longer talk, please 
give it a go. We will be gentle, and you'll get some good feedback.

As always entry is free, and whatever your knowledge of Perl, we'd be 
delighted to have you along. Feel free to invite family, friends and 
colleagues ;)

Times:

Times for the evening we are planning for are:

* food available: 6.00-7.30pm
* talks: 7.30-9.00pm
* pub closes: 11pm

Food:

Food is available until 8pm, however we can pre-order food so that we 
can eat before the talks. A menu is available (click the link below). 
If you would like to order food, please let me know your order and 
roughly what time you plan to get there, by 4pm on Tuesday 25th 
October. We normally start arriving from 6pm onwards, with the food 
usually being served about 7pm. If you wanted to eat earlier I'm sure 
they can accommodate you. You can order on the night, but you might 
have to wait a little longer, or be out of luck with some choices.

  Menu - http://birmingham.pm.org/docs/technical/oneills-menu.html

Venue:

Technical meetings are held at O'Neills on Hurst Street, by The 
Arcadian Centre. We will be in the main function room ("the band room" 
if you've ever been there at the weekend). It's approximately 5-10 
minutes walk from New Street station, and only slightly longer from 
the city centre.

O'Neills, The Arcadian Centre, 90 Hurst Street, Birmingham, West 
Midlands, B5 4DT
- http://www.pubs247.co.uk/pubPages/pub.asp?id=46670
- http://www.streetmap.co.uk/newmap.srf?x=407133&y=286252&z=1&sv=407250,286250&st=4&ar=Y

Directions & Parking:

See website for details.

http://birmingham.pm.org/docs/technical-next.html


If you get stuck or lost, please call me on 0771 401 6184 for 
directions.

Hope to see you there.

Barbie.
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| Barbie (@missbarbell.co.uk) 
| Birmingham Perl Mongers user group 
| http://birmingham.pm.org/