March 2014 Archives

Another event in Oslo

I mentioned previously that we were aiming to organize a second free public talk in Oslo. And I can now confirm that, in addition to my talk next Wednesday night, I will now also be speaking at the University of Oslo, on Friday March 28, from 1615 to 1800.

I will be presenting an entirely new talk on Perl 6, entitled: A Programming Language for Computer Scientists (And Other Crazy People).

Although there with be a definite CS slant to the talk, i…

Le sexe et la violence en Suisse

We've just added another public event to my current European speaking tour.

On the evening of Tuesday April 1 (yeah, I know), I'll be speaking in Morges, near Lausanne, giving an updated version of my presentation: Sex and Violence: Social and Technical Lessons from the Perl 6 Project

The talk is free and open to anyone interested in project management, language design, or other related forms of sadomasochism.

While I'm in Lausanne, I'll also be offering two public…

What goes around, comes around

A thousand years ago, Viking raiders poured out of the frozen North to terrify and oppress my poor Celtic ancestors. But now it's our turn! That's right: once again, I'm returning to Oslo to spread mayhem, fear, and Perl (and not necessarily in that order!)

On Monday 24 March, I'm running a public class on behalf of Oslo.pm at Redpill-Linpro. I'll be teaching my Perl Masterclass, exploring advanced programming techniques for more experienced Perl programmers. I'm really pleased, because I don't ofte…

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