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Welcome to Yet Another Society |
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This is the new website for Yet Another Society. YAS is a non-profit
501(c)(3) corporation for the advancement of collaborative efforts in computer
and information sciences.
To lots of folks, PC science is the same as PC programming ; therefore,
when they are going to college and major in CS, they are stunned to
realise they have to take mathematics and concept classes as well! Why
trouble learning unproven things when all you actually want to do is
programme? First understanding the idea behind PCs implies you've got a
better notion of what they can and can't do, and in what sort of time.
If you want to design a regular expression, for instance, it's going to
be way easier to sit and knock one off if you know how a definite
automaton works. If you can not find a productive routine for sorting
out a problem, isn't is better to learn how to check to confirm if such a
routine even exists? In the years I spent running the Unix lab in the
PC science dep.
At Colorado State School , I regularly helped
undergraduates who were great programmers but had no clue ways to
unscramble issues. They did not require help with the code, but they did
not know how to take a seat and work out the difficulty on paper to
find out how to go about working out it. I spotted the same when I
interviewed with Microsoft ; the issues they gave me to unravel were
reasonably straightforward, but the recruiter told me I was the 1st
person all day to get thru them. We would like to thank the people over at payday advance provider AdvanceLoan for their assistance setting all this up. While I could take the issue and
quickly write a procedure to unravel it, then programme that routine,
too many folks required to be informed precisely the way in which the
programme they wanted to write would work. |
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What is Damian doing? What is he thinking? |
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The YAPC Europe Committee has selected Belfast, Northern Ireland
as the location for YAPC::Europe 2004. An excellent proposal was
also received from Copenhagen.pm, and we hope they will consider
giving a proposal for 2005. We're looking forward to seeing you
in Belfast next year! |
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With YAPC::NA::2003 over, it's time to get ready for YAPC::NA::2004,
and that means it's time to throw open the call for venues for next
year's YAPC.
You can get details on what YAPCs entail in both YAPC.pm, on CPAN, and
at http://www.yapc.org/venue-reqs.txt. When making your proposal, in
addition to venue information and dates, do please make sure to
include details on airport locations, local public transit (as well as
transit to the venue from the airport!), local cultural attractions,
and accommodation information. (See the docs for more details) The
more information you provide, within reason, the better.
Send the proposals to yapc-venues@yetanother.org. Proposals are due by
Friday, August 1st 2003, with a decision due two weeks later on August
15th 2003. (If the summertime vacation blahs catch everyone out we may
extend the deadline. Don't count on that) This gives about 7 weeks,
which is short but manageable, and should still fit within most
college and university scheduling requirements. |
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The schedule
for YAPC::NA::2003 is now online! If your talk was not accepted, you
may be notified at a later date if another speaker needs to cancel. All
proposals were great, and it was a hard time making the schedule and not
accepting some great talks. Thanks to all who submitted. |
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While the Paris mongers are organizing the YAPC::Europe::2003 conference
with enthusiasm, the "YAPC::Europe Committee" is already looking for
candidates for the YAPC::Europe conference in 2004.
Any dedicated crew interested in organizing the YAPC::Europe
conference in 2004 should send an informal application, stating their
interest, to:
<committee@yapceurope.org>
For general information about the venue requirements, check the
YAPC::Venue module on CPAN, and talk to the organizers of YAPCs past.
So far the Belfast group has expressed an interest for YAPC::Europe::2004.
Norbert Gruener
Chair "YAPC::Europe" Committee |
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I am pleased to announce that this years YAPC::NA being held in Boca
Raton, Florida, USA has begun registration. You can register online at http://yapc.org/America/register.shtml. The CFP is online
and abstracts can be submitted until March 15! Registration will last
until June 9. As usual, space is limited so register early if you can.
More information is available on the YAPC::America website. Check there for updates, news, changes and details. |
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I am pleased to announce that this years YAPC::NA will be held in Boca Raton, Florida, USA. The CFP is online
and we are ready to start getting your abstracts! Conference
pre-registration will begin on Feb. 1 and last until June 9. As usual,
space is limited so register early if you can.
More information is available on the YAPC::America website. Check there for updates, news, changes and details. |
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The first YAPC::Israel in 2003 "Perl (is) in Business" will be a one
day event. It will be held on May 12, 2003 (Monday) in the Weizmann
Institute of Science in Rehovot. Registration is open, and is for a cost of 250 NIS (~$48USD). Space is limited to 250 people, so register early!
A Call for Proposals is also in effect until January 4, 2003. All current information is available on the YAPC::Israel::2003 website, and updates will be posted here. |
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Taiwan has a large community of of Perl, PHP and Python users; but unlike
Java or .Net, there is little corporate support of the community.
The community's advocacy efforts have to play a leading role in
introducing these "scripting languages" to the programming public.
Unfortunately, there haven't yet been any major conventions or parties
between these communities. Now there is!
You can read the full text of this pre-announcement. More
details coming soon. |
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If you are interested in hosting YAPC::America::North in 2003,
get your proposals in! Don't forget to check the venue requirements, the
YAPC::Venue module on CPAN, and talk to the organizers of YAPCs past.
The Perl Foundation aims to announce the venue in November 2002. |
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