All of the videos from the conference have now been uploaded to the YAPCEU 2014 YouTube page
That's over 35 new videos from Vitosha hall for your viewing pleasure.
Hearty thanks to all the Sofia video team: Guru, Krokodilerian, ignisf, and all the volunteers who helped man the video desk, pan cameras, help speakers with A/V setup, or manage the communication in the halls. From a back-of-the-envelope calculation, the work to produce these videos from setup, staffing, clearup, editing, and upload comes to upwards of 80 man-hours of work!
Guys, we have lost one of the conference laptops. A metallic Asus Zenbook. If anyone have found it. Please contact me.
Loved YAPC::EU::2014? Hated it? Perhaps the conference would have been perfect if only we'd done X? What was your favourite talk? Could some talks have been improved?
You should have received an email from Barbie with an invitation to fill The YAPC::Europe 2014 Survey:
As an attendee of YAPC::Europe 2014, we would like to invite you to participate in the online conference surveys. Whether you are an attendee, speaker or sponsor, we would like to get your feedback regarding any talks and tutorials you attend, as well as the conference itself, with the aim of helping to improve the conference experience for future attendees.
Please shout at the organisers or email barbie@missbarbell.co.uk if you have any problems filling this, or did not receive an email with your keycode!
The surveys are already open! (You can fill in for all talks which have completed).
We know that as well as hearing great talks many people attend YAPC so that they can meet others who contribute to Perl, whom they may never have met in person before, and to socialise with members of the Perl community.
This year we will be starting the conference with a meet and greet session. We want everyone to get the most out of their time at YAPC and we are hoping that by setting time aside specifically so that people can introduce themselves to people they don't know that our conference will get off to a fantastic start.
Looking forward to speaking to you soon!
Here are some details on our keynote speakers, who will close off each day of the conference in the main auditorium. Rather than technical talks on a specific part of Perl technology, these keynotes deal with major themes in Perl and the art of programming. We're delighted to present three of the major figures of Perl in Europe at YAPC::EU::2014.
This isn't a talk about Perl; it's a talk about how we're changing the world and how the world is sitting up and noticing.
Ovid will cover the gamut of human civilisation from hunter/gatherer tribes to Valve software in a fascinating call to arms about hierarchies and innovation.
"What shall we do tonight, mst?"
"Same thing we do every night: Try to conquer the world"
Your yearly breakneck survey of the Perl community, language and culture. Heartwarming, earthy, loud.
This is the joy in what we do
Sawyer presents a journey through consciousness and reality itself via puzzles, the craft of programming, and flathunting. Unmissable.
Birds of a feather... flock together.
YAPC::EU is a great place to meet face to face with others in the community that share your interests, even non-Perl ones. To make it easier for you organise these informal gatherings - known as BoFs - we have created a page on the wiki.
Fancy getting together to watch the premier of the new season of Dr Who, going for a run, or discussing the future of Act (A Conference Toolkit? Then sign-up now!
If none of the current BoFs interest you then please feel free to make your own suggestions for a meet-up on the wiki and help us make the conference even better.
We are very proud and delighted to announce the conference schedule!
http://act.yapc.eu/ye2014/schedule
We've tried our hardest to balance the wealth of topics that our lovely speakers have proposed. But please let us know any issues with scheduling, as we will be fine-tuning this over the next weeks.
If you've submitted a talk and had it accepted, please check on the conference website for your talk (there is a link via your personal page) to see what time slot it will be! In some cases, we have had to change the time you suggested. All talks will be either:
Most talks will be 20 minutes. This is a great length to introduce a subject, without getting bogged down in too much detail.
Some topics need more time to really go into them in detail. If you requested a 40 or 60 minute talk, then you will have a 50 minute time slot. DON'T PANIC if your talk is only 40 minutes! You will simply have more time for questions, discussion, or a coffee break afterwards.
The lightning talks are each 5 minutes long.
As YAPC::EU draws closer, here are some ways to stay informed about the latest news and views about the conference, talks, venue, and city:
* all major news items will be announced here
* we are tweeting as @yapceu
* we will be blogging news, but also information about speakers, and nuggets of useful information at Blogs.perl.org
* All registered attendees should shortly be added to a mailing list for important anouncements
* See what other attendees are discussing on our Wiki and help edit it.
* ... and if you still can't find the information you need, then Contact us!
You can see the currently submitted talks here.
And the link is also added in the Wiki.