Toronto Perl Mongers present Randal Schwartz: Half My Life with Perl

As part of year 25 of The Perl Advent Calendar, Perl luminary and co-author of O’Reilly’s “Learning Perl” Randal Schwartz will be giving a presentation entitled "Half My Life with Perl".

This event will be a live stream via Zoom. The stream URL will be provided as we get closer to the date. Please register now if you’re interested in the event, so that we know how many Zoom attendees to plan for.

Updated October 31, 2024: Sounds interesting, Alex. When is the event? Oh, you forgot that part?

This will be a virtual event (so don't worry if you can't find your passport), to be held Saturday, December 14, 2024 at 5pm ET -- Google Calendar reliably tells me that's 10pm UTC. A link to the event will be posted when it's available. So far, we have 60 people signed up -- and it's six weeks away. I don't know what the limits are for a Zoom session, but Olaf is working on arranging that.

Updated December 3, 2024: We now have an even 200 folks signed up, and I've put an arbitrary limit of 300 on this event. Thanks to TPRF for providing access to their Zoom account for this event -- it should be intriguing.

Alex / talexb / Toronto

Thanks PJ. We owe you so much. Groklaw -- RIP -- 2003 to 2013.

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Re: Toronto Perl Mongers present Randal Schwartz: Half My Life with Perl by Tux (Canon) on Nov 01, 2024 at 08:36 UTC
If there is a limit, the next question is: will the session be recorded, so people do not need to join to see it? I did not yet register, as I have no guarantee theat I can join then, but I am for sure interested! Enjoy, Have FUN! H.Merijn	[reply]
Re^2: Toronto Perl Mongers present Randal Schwartz: Half My Life with Perl by talexb (Chancellor) on Nov 01, 2024 at 21:16 UTC
There isn't a limit -- or rather, I don't think Zoom is going to be overloaded by having 100+ people attend a session. My understanding is that we are going to record this event, so folks will be able to go back and watch it later. Thanks for the feedback! Alex / talexb / Toronto Thanks PJ. We owe you so much. Groklaw -- RIP -- 2003 to 2013.	[reply]
Re: Toronto Perl Mongers present Randal Schwartz: Half My Life with Perl by Tux (Canon) on Oct 31, 2024 at 08:34 UTC
Saturday, 14 December 2024, 23:00 - 01:00 GMT+1 (to make it easier for people to check agenda(s)) Enjoy, Have FUN! H.Merijn	[reply]
Re: Toronto Perl Mongers present Randal Schwartz: Half My Life with Perl by stevieb (Canon) on Nov 01, 2024 at 06:10 UTC
I've signed up. Out of curiosity, are you holding an in-person session in my hometown so that a group of Monks can participate/join together? Just so happens that this date falls during an optimal week that I could fly home for such an event... -stevieb	[reply]
Re^2: Toronto Perl Mongers present Randal Schwartz: Half My Life with Perl by talexb (Chancellor) on Nov 01, 2024 at 21:14 UTC
I haven't set anything up for a local listening session, since we no longer have a cool place to congregate. Toronto, as you may know, can be hilariously expensive for this kind of event. Also, I no longer have an employer that I can ask about arranging something on premises. Alex / talexb / Toronto Thanks PJ. We owe you so much. Groklaw -- RIP -- 2003 to 2013.	[reply]