There's more free stuff?
28/11/13 09:55 by Mark Keating (mdk)
So in my happy rush to list all that was free yesterday I forgot to mention that we also have free cakes.
Yes the wonderful chaps of Exonetric will be stuffing us full of cakey goodness at the mornings coffee break.
Sorry to miss you out chaps, there was so much to list, but the cake is important!
The Event that just keeps Giving
27/11/13 11:45 by Mark Keating (mdk)
Everyone should be aware by now that the London Perl Workshop is not just in its anniversary year but is the event that gives a lot to the notion of 'free'.
We have:
* Free presentations
* Free training
* Free coffee in the morning
* Free coffee in the evening
* Free drink at the social in the evening
* Free food at the social
* Free entry (though many donated and for that we are hugely grateful)
However, we don't just stop there, and nor do our sponsors. This year we have a number of free gifts and prizes coming from sponsors:
* Free gift for everyone who registered before 15th November from Bytemark
* Free prize (to anyone) for getting a Perl question right - visit the Eligo stand for a chance to win
* free chance to win one of 10 books from O'Reilly
* two awards (kindles) from AntibodyMX as voted for by the attendees.
So everyone visiting the event now has the chance to walk away with up to three gifts, and the speakers get to fight for the chance for a fourth.
LPW, probably the best event in existence. See you on Saturday.
Perl 6 Developers Sponsor the London Perl Workshop
11/11/13 20:40 by Mark Keating (mdk)
The Perl 6 Community, in the shape of the Perl 6 Developer Team, have joined the list of sponsors of the London Perl Workshop (United Kingdom Perl Workshop) with a generous contribution of one thousand euros.
Perl 6 has grown in the past two years releasing features and furthering the development of its core language.
"Camelia is the spokesbug for Perl 6, the spunky little sister of Perl 5. Like her world-famous big sister, Perl 6 intends to carry forward the high ideals of the Perl community.
Perl 6 is currently being developed by a team of dedicated and enthusiastic volunteers. You can help too. The only requirement is that you know how to be nice to all kinds of people (and butterflies). Go to #perl6 (irc.freenode.net) and someone will be glad to help you get started."
The United Kingdom Perl Workshop is delighted to have them as sponsors in its tenth anniversary year.
Bytemark Joins the Sponsors
07/11/13 19:48 by Mark Keating (mdk)
It is a great pleasure to announce that Bytemark will once again return as sponsors of the London Perl Workshop in its tenth anniversary year.
Bytemark have been a constant supporter of the workshop and of Perl projects such as MetaCPAN and CPAN Testers for a number of years and it is a wonderful feeling to have them return to the event again.
'Bytemark Hosting is the UK's "geek hosting outfit of choice" because its programmer & network-engineer team have built it that way since 2002, with their own tools, software and technical expertise. They understand web applications and network infrastructure equally, and host names such as Bostik, dopplr.com and Britain's largest mystery shopping company, Retail Eyes. Their hosting starts at only £15 per month and runs to multi-site managed setups for customers with the fussiest demands of reliability and failover.'
This year Bytemark will sponsor two wonderful initiatives. Firstly they will host the afternoon coffee break. That's right, the LPW will be adding a free afternoon drink to the morning, evening food and drink festivities. The second initiative is very special. Everyone who signs up to the event before the 14th November, at midnight, will be treated to an individualised gift from Bytemark to be handed out at the afternoon break.
Please help spread the word about the London Perl Workshop, the only barrier-free* to attend event that offers:
Expert Perl Training A bevy of magnificent presentations A free morning drink A free afternoon drink An individualised gift A free drink in the evening social(alcoholic and non-alcoholic) Free evening buffet
* This is a ticketed event but tickets start as low as £0.
Sponsoring a Speaker
28/10/13 09:36 by Mark Keating (mdk)
Those of you who follow Miyagawa's blog, Twitter feed or general news will have heard that he is doing a European conference tour and as part of that will be attending the London Perl Workshop.
What you may not know is that his attendance at the LPW2013 has been sponsored by the wonderful chaps at Active Securities. Their contribution towards his expenses have helped secure his attendance.
Miyagawa will be presenting on the day and then holding a get-together session afterwards with people wishing to hammer out issues with their usage of Carton to manage CPAN distributions after the talk.
CV Library join the list of Sponsors
25/10/13 15:56 by Mark Keating (mdk)
It is a great pleasure to announce that the CV Library have become the latest organisation to sponsor the London Perl Workshop.
The CV Library are new sponsors to the event and have also gracefully accepted the challenge to sit on the Jobs panel and be scrutinised by the conference attendees.
CV-Library is one of the UK's leading online job boards, bringing millions of job seekers together with thousands of recruiters and direct employers. Comprehensively covering over 70 industries, CV-Library offers a high calibre of candidate across a wide range of industry sectors.
Based in Hampshire, the ever-growing company is fundamentally supported by a team of 12 expert Perl developers who are the glue behind a site delivering record breaking traffic.
Keeping work in-house, CV-Library's development team are able to fully commit themselves as industry innovators – pioneering products to help user needs and keep ahead of competitors. Using agile methodologies, and working closely with design and marketing, they turn ideas into market leading products and services.
The team utilises technical innovation and best practices to help CV-Library become a celebrated market leader and achieve notable acclaim as a Deloitte Technology Fast50 company, among other titles. If you'd like to learn more about CV-Library, or wish to speak with us about our on-going recruitment opportunities, email Roxanne: r.fitzpatrick@cv-library.co.uk.
It is a real pleasure to welcome them on board for this anniversary year.
Eligo are the Media Sponsors
25/10/13 15:44 by Mark Keating (mdk)
It is a pleasure today to talk about Eligo who have joined us again this year and taken the step of being media sponsors for the London Perl Workshop.
Eligo are a niche boutique recruitment consultancy with a team of dedicated Perl Consultants.
Eligo live and breathe their markets. In fact they like to think they are as passionate about the sector as those who work within it. If you want proof of it stop by and meet Rick Deller one of our Senior Perl Consultants. Rick will be joining us for the London Perl Workshop.
Because they understand the market shifts, history and challenges, they are able to provide honest and accurate insight into the market in terms of new entrants to the market, company growth, new products, opportunities, candidate availability, salary surveys, industry standards, competitor information etc.
They are able to find you the right person and/or job whether you are looking for- Permanent Contract, Temporary and Fixed Term Contracts
Whether you are looking for a role or a candidate in the UK, Europe or US, they can help.
Please come to see Rick at the workshop or get in touch before on 020 8944 4187, Rick@eligo.co.uk, www.eligo.co.uk.
Make sure to stop by and see Rick talk about the market and jobs as part of the special panel on the day.
Active Securities Joins Sponsors list
21/10/13 15:50 by Mark Keating (mdk)
We have the great pleasure in welcoming on board Active Securities as sponsors of the London Perl Workshop 2013.
Active Securities is an innovative alternative finance business, providing commercial and consumer credit. Established in London in 2009, Active has since extended its reach to North America and to the Pacific Rim, bringing class leading analytics and cutting edge technology to disrupt traditional credit markets.
As a UK firm with a global footprint, we aim to extend our operations to new and developing markets, leveraging our lean operational model with technology driven credit decisioning. Creative disruption in the financial world is gaining momentum, given the changing credit requirements of both consumers and business making traditional solutions increasingly obsolete.
Based in central London, Active sees itself as a technology firm first and finance operation second. Active has been recognised as Britain's 9th fastest growing privately owned technology firm in the 2013 annual Sunday Times Tech Track 100. The prestigious and highly influential league table ranks Britain's privately owned technology, media, and telecoms (TMT) companies with the fastest growing annual sales over the last three years.
Our in-house loan management platform is based on the LAMP stack (Perl). As we continue to grow rapidly we recruit all levels of Perl programmers on an ongoing basis.
It is always a great pleasure to welcome new faces to the list of sponsors and we are sure that Active Securities will become long-term friends of the London Perl Workshop.
Net-A-Porter Join the LPW sponsors for a Third Year
04/10/13 15:24 by Mark Keating (mdk)
Net-A-Porter Join the LPW sponsors for a Third Year
It is our pleasure to announce that Net-A-porter have once again joined the list of sponsors for the London Perl Workshop, 2013, Decadon.
Net-A-Porter have generously agreed to sponsor the evenings buffet at the free social event held after the end of the conference.
The social has been a staple tradition for many years at the London Perl Workshop. In the last few years it has grown, thanks to our generous sponsors, in to a great night of free food and a couple of free drinks. To our knowledge we are one of the only one day events that offer a great social occasion of this quality and generosity.
"The NET-A-PORTER Group is more than just a pioneering fashion company! What we have to offer is unique; we incorporate cutting-edge technology, expansive logistic operations and tightly edited runway content into three distinct brands with a shared goal for excellence and innovation, and integrity underpinning all that we do.
NET-A-PORTER.COM launched in June 2000 and has successfully established itself as the world's premier luxury online fashion retailer. With its acclaimed editorial format, express shipping to 170 countries, luxurious packaging and easy returns, we offer an unparalleled shopping experience. The Group also comprises of THE OUTNET, the most fashionable fashion outlet, and MR PORTER, the global men's style destination.
Innovation and technology are at the core of our success. The company has an IT team of 300 world-class technologists who build and maintain the Group's fast, responsive and reliable websites and bespoke in-house systems. This approach provides the business with a strong competitive advantage, setting it at the forefront of technological development in the e-commerce world.
Having achieved a place in the Sunday Times 100 Best Companies list for the past four years running, The NET-A-PORTER Group can offer you unrivalled career prospects.
We're progressive in our attitude, using most of the Modern::Perl stack to deliver value to our business every iteration, which means you will immediately be able to contribute and make a positive impact to our business. Why not visit our careers page to see what we have to offer?
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As in previous years a number of Net-A-Porter staff will be available on the day at the London Perl Workshop. We invite you to seek them out and say hello, you might also want to add your thanks to them and the other sponsors who help make our conference a very memorable occasion.
Ian Norton Introduces you to Perl
02/10/13 15:13 by Mark Keating (mdk)
Once again it is a pleasure to announce that Ian Norton, of Shadowcat Systems and North West England Perl Mongers, will be holding his introduction to Perl workshop at this year's event.
The 'Learning Perl' course has been hugely successful in the past few years and we expect this year to be no different.
If you know someone who would like a n introduction to Perl, or is coming from a different language and wants to pick up their skills then this is the ideal time to get them to sign up and come along.
Petamem joins list of sponsors for LPW2013
30/09/13 18:23 by Mark Keating (mdk)
It is our pleasure to announce that Petamem have joined the list of sponsors for the 10th Anniversary London Perl Workshop.
Petamem are returning this year to be our workshop sponsors so that we can hold a wider variety of longer events aimed at providing greater educational opportunities.
"The PetaMem Group stands for substantial competence in human language technologies, namely natural language processing and natural language understanding. Our systems cover all areas from language identification over machine translation to discourse systems (virtual agents) and are used worldwide by top-profile corporations as well as governmental institutions.
We consider Perl not just a programming language. For us, it is the key technology responsible for the performance and success of our systems. Designed by a linguist and applied in computational linguistics, Perl allows us to declass those competitors who are not using it."
PetaMem will also be sending a member of staff to represent them at the conference and to hold a presentation.
Eligo join the list of Sponsors
03/09/13 19:21 by Mark Keating (mdk)
It is our pleasure to announce that Eligo have joined the growing list of sponsors for this years 10th anniversary London Perl Workshop.
Eligo have had a dream for over ten years, to redefine the way in which recruitment can be done and to give a good name to a often blighted industry.
Their support of the Workshop and of the Perl community is motivated by a genuine need to supply the best possible business service, to go the extra mile for both recruiters and recruited.
This year they have decided to invest more in our event and will be taken the honoured space of Media Sponsors.
It is without doubt that Rick (Deller) a common face at Perl events in London and a member of the Eligo team will make an appearance at the event and has already committed himself to volunteering to help out.
For the Workshop organisers it is rewarding that once again Eligo will be joining us at the UK's premier Perl event.
The Facts and Figures: Week Six
19/08/13 18:42 by Mark Keating (mdk)
It is a Monday evening in the United Kingdom so it is time for a weekly news and statistics for the London Perl Workshop. We have had a short break for two weeks but are now back on schedule. Let us look at what has happened in the past sixteen days in our Facts and Figures news.
Sponsors:
We are enormously happy to announce that Exonetric will once again be sponsoring the LPW and will be contributing tasty sdnacks to complement the sponsored coffee morning being supplied by OpusVL's sponsorship.Submitted Talks:
We have had four more presentations submitted:
Neil Bowers has submitted two talks, one lightning and one twenty minute talk. He wants to talk about Questhub and also Adopting modules on CPAN, a noble cause if you wanted our opinion.
Jason Clifford wants to give a lightning talk on testing Network Client Code by Mocking LWP requests.
And David Leadbetter wants to run random Perl code...safely - with perhaps a tongue in cheek on the meaning of the word safe.
If you want to be spoken about submit your talks now and we will cover them in ourt weekly roundup.
Workshops
The London Perl Workshop has always prided itself not only on Moderate length Presentations and Lightning Talks but on Workshop Training. Each year we submit a call for people to supply us with training events and each year we are enormously gratified when people assign themselves to that task.
Joining Dave Cross this year will once again be Andrew Solomon. This year he will be presenting a workshop on Dancer2. This is likely to be a popular class, places will be limited so please sign up early and spread the word.
Andrew has given excellent workshops in previous years and all the organisers welcome his participation at this year's event.
Attendees:
There are currently 70 people signed up to the conference from 8 countries and 29 user groups. Hello all, make sure you keep reading the news page, and mdk's blog at blogs.perl.org for on-going details. You can also like us on Facebook.The most popular groups so far are:
* London.pm (no great surprise)
* NorthWestEngland.pm (go the local group of the organisers)
* Nottingham (a surprise jump up the stats)
* Niederrhein (yay a non-UK monger group in our top five)
* Drinkers.pm (those Wascally Wabbits) - have slipped to five
We'd love to see more of you signed up so please spread the word to new attendees, speakers and sponsors. Don't forget that you must choose your ticket price once you have registered, this includes about 50% of you who have registered so far.
Keep following us for more weekly updates.
Exonetric Rejoin us for Another Year
13/08/13 19:26 by Mark Keating (mdk)
The wonderful people at Exonetric have once again joined the sponsors of this year's London Perl Workshop.
As they have done in previous years Exonetric will be providing a plethora of tasty treats at the coffee morning which is being sponsored this year by Opus VL.
It is a great pleasure to welcome returning sponsors, Exonetric have supported LPW and Perl for many years. We are sure the conference attendees will enjoy a tasty mid-morning snack.
The Facts and Figures: Week Three
02/08/13 20:00 by Mark Keating (mdk)
It is a Friday evening in the United Kingdom so it is time for the weekly news and statistics for the London Perl Workshop, we are late this week due to a hectic schedule and a seires of fortunate events. Let us look at what has happened in the past twelve days in our Facts and Figures news.
Sponsors:
We have some news of a new sponsor but are unable to announce just yet as they are still firming up details.Submitted Talks:
We have had three more presentations submitted this week:
Torsten Raudssus has submitted two talks, one lightning and one twenty minute talk. He wants to talk about business success based on his work with a pioneering entrapaneur, and he will be introducing us to the latest changes at DuckDuckGo.
Mike Chamberlain will talk about a massive Perl project of over a million lines that powers an entire business.
If you want to be spoken about submit your talks now and we will cover them in ourt weekly roundup.
Attendees:
There are currently 50 people signed up to the conference from 6 countries and 20 user groups. Hello all, make sure you keep reading the news page, and mdk's blog at blogs.perl.org for on-going details. You can also like us on Facebook.The most popular groups so far are:
* London.pm (no great surprise)
* NorthWestEngland.pm (go the local group of the organisers)
* Nottingham (a surprise jump up the stats)
* Niederrhein (yay a non-UK monger group in our top five)
* Drinkers.pm (those Wascally Wabbits) - have slipped to five
We'd love to see more of you signed up so please spread the word to new attendees, speakers and sponsors. Don't forget that you must choose your ticket price once you have registered, this includes about 50% of you who have registered so far.
Keep following us for more weekly updates.
Facebook and Lanyrd
22/07/13 18:51 by Mark Keating (mdk)
The London Perl Workshop maintains a Facebook and a Lanyrd page that you can join/Like and follow at your leisure. A lot of the local events and news associated with the conference will be posted to these places.
You can also see the social side of the event in the many images of previous years. Go and take a peek at:
The Facts and Figures: Week Two
22/07/13 18:31 by Mark Keating (mdk)
It is a Monday evening in the United Kingdom so it is time for the weekly news and statistics for the London Perl Workshop. Let us look at what has happened in the past seven days in our Facts and Figures news.
Sponsors:
Submitted Talks: We have had two more presentations submitted this week:
Tim Bunce has submitted an advanced talk on profiling Memory Usage, I have a strong feeling this will be accepted as Tim is a leading light and an old friend of the event.
Dave Cross has submitted a workshop on Modern Perl for non-Perl Programmers. The organisers have accepted this and it has been added to the programme. Dave has presented training at a great number of events, and has given his valuable time freely to the LPW for many years (training at least six times). It is great to have him back with us.
Attendees: There are currently 38 people signed up to the conference from 6 countries and 16 user groups. Hello all, make sure you keep reading the news page, and mdk's blog at blogs.perl.org for on-going details. You can also like us on Facebook.
The most popular groups so far are:
* London.pm (no great surprise)
* NorthWestEngland.pm (go the local group of the organisers)
* Drinkers.pm (those Wascally Wabbits)
Keep following us for more weekly updates.
Science Photo Library join the list of Sponsors
17/07/13 19:15 by Mark Keating (mdk)
It is with great pleasure that we announce the Science Photo Library will once again be returning to the London Perl Workshop as sponsors.
It is a pleasure to have a sponsor return to us for another year and especially so during our anniversary year. Science Photo Library are contributing to the event and will no doubt feature in the list of delegates.
The library has a vast store of images and videos, almost half a million, taken by some of the world's leading science photographers. Perl is, they say, 'a key part of their business' and has inspired them to work more closely with the community.
OpusVL join the list of sponsors
16/07/13 12:11 by Mark Keating (mdk)
It is with great pleasure that we announce that OpusVL have joined the London Perl Workshop 2013 as sponsors.
OpusVL have had a good association with the conference, sponsoring, sending delegates and speakers for a number of years, having them join us for our anniversary year is a wonderful complement and shows their commitment to the community.
This year OpusVL will be sponsoring the drinks at the morning coffee break, so make sure you raise your toast to them on the day.
The Facts and Figures: Week One
15/07/13 20:26 by Mark Keating (mdk)
It has been a week since the announcement of the London Perl Workshop hit the inboxes of all those on the announce list and was first populated across the internets. In the first of a series of weekly reports we look at what has happened in the past seven days in our Facts and Figures news.
Sponsors: We have been happy to announce a new sponsor in the first week and the enticing news is that there should be a few more joining them in next weeks news (as evidenced by the news items today). We would like to firstly say a big hello to AntibodyMX, Magnum Solutions, Shadowcat Systems, the Enlightened Perl Organisation and the University of Westminster who joined us before the announcement last week. Joining them has been Nestoria who have been a long time supporter, sponsor and contributor to the event, it is good to have you along.
Submitted Talks: We have had two talks submitted already:
John Davies has submitted: Bug driven documentation
Mike Friedman has submitted: The Perl API for the Mortally Terrified
Attendees: There are currently 27 people signed up to the conference from 4 countries and 12 user groups. Hello all, make sure you keep reading the news page, and mdk's blog at blogs.perl.org for on-going details. You can also like us on Facebook.
Keep following us for more weekly updates.
Evozon Joins the Sponsors
15/07/13 16:24 by Mark Keating (mdk)
It is with great pleasure that we welcome Evozon to the growing list of sponsors to the London Perl Workshop.
This is the second year that we welcome Evozon as a sponsor and no doubt we will also see a welcome presence from their staff as both speakers and attendees.
Registration
15/07/13 09:33 by Mark Keating (mdk)
This year the London Perl Workshop has taken the bold step of having tickets for the event. They are priced in four stages and are entirely voluntary as to which stage you purchase:
Workshop Attendee (zero pounds) The London Perl Workshop is a free to attend event which means we place no fiscal barrier to being there. All persons are eligible for a ticket.
Workshop Friend (twenty-five pounds) A friend of the Workshop is helping to support the event they respect, and we admire your brio in doing so.
Workshop Lover (fifty pounds) Wow, you really like us, and this stunning contribution will be used at this event and next year.
Workshop Sponsor (one hundred pounds) You realise this makes you a SPONSOR! It also makes you a star, contributions at this level are making a great impact and we thank you for making that special choice.
All sponsorship is important. We have taken the move to having a voluntary attendance fee this year to help maintain this event and further our aims for the next ten years.
So please remember that when you register you must also purchase a ticket, even if it is for Workshop Attendance. This will also help us keep the data cogent (so the 2/3rds of you who have registered and not selected a ticket price, please log in and do so).
