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10/21/2004 Archived Entry: "Lightning talks October 26, 2004"

For our next meeting, we're planning something a little different. Those of you who've gone to OSCON know about Lightning Talks: lots of five-minute presentations combined in one time slot. They're fun, they're pithy, and they're a good way to transmit information that is important but that doesn't fill a full-bore presentation slot.

We have the following talks planned; we'll also take volunteers on the spot. We should finish the meeting fairly early, so we'll go out for drinks and/or dessert.

• Bob Goolsby on a useful use of Acme::Bleach in production
  
• Rich Morin on weird data structures
  
• David Fetter on license gotchas with certain code in CPAN
  
• Quinn Weaver on Getopt::Declare, my current favorite Damian module
  
• Bob Goolsby on a tour of Net::
  

RSVP: If you're planning to come, mail Quinn Weaver (qw@sf.pm.org). Please give the names of everyone in your party, so I can guest-list you with building security. You can use pseudonyms if you like.

Date: Tuesday, October 26, 2004
Time: 8:00 p.m.
Place: Barclays Global Investors, 45 Fremont St.

Parking: There are several outdoor lots with cheap evening rates, all of them south of Market and within a few blocks of 45 Fremont. Look on Harrison and Fremont first. After 7:00, these lots usually have plenty of spaces.

From BART: Get off at the Embarcadero station. Take the Beale St. exit. Heading away from the water on Market, come to Fremont. Turn left on Fremont; 45 Fremont is the big building halfway down the block.

From Caltrain: (Don't take Caltrain if you can avoid it. Trains run back at 10:00 p.m. and 11:59 p.m. only!) From the station, take the N Judah to the Embarcadero station, then follow the directions from BART.